The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-16
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the Penitentiary systems--se. y
Ola. EDsTOE Hssias slseady sbo.n
ho. emsnsnliy sdsped i.a Prniasnhsty
10 he seeo0 plshmsht VI ths oeJsss 81
pnuishmsnL I .h.A proceed % sdrsrce /
some reasons abs NorIh csrOl'na Should |
adapi he syslsm.
4 Ihihk IA oil Re e5Eious 10 any one
whs oil msinrtIy and impsrIislly roo
slider Inc ssbisei. lhsI he sElmiuzl isE
u our Stale 10 sniirtly no sangnlasEs;
lhsl Tie psnsly sf Jsalh 10 iRaSrad apon
lsr tao maBy ofeasss. There 10 s1a'ge
and highly inlrlligsni Glass IN ihls sesn-
my. xhe sinrsrsiy Relieve aud eloqnfn'ly
prss that espisF I.ui.hnsnt shoUid be en-
,irsly sbali,hsd.s They contend th.t I'll
The ohiscls al punishment ran ne - ste
crssiully accomplished by other methods;
and AN lsse 10 confess thai lhsir Es.sea-
ing appears 40 se o. least plaUslhl-.
Others. an ong whom DR.. Adam Giaik
nd Df. w.yi.nd srs Ruuhersd. ennIeRd
that society has no right 10 punish sny
a,her CRIME ihsu murder wuh dsaih. shd
,hal 10 inf,e,ioa in III olbsr Eases 10 On
s.sum,l,os Of power. and consequent.
|, imngrsl l In 20, iniend 70 sllE my.
self xnh eihsr al ibess els,srs. l shsH
admit The right 20 Puni.h eaPiially n"ts
crimes Than one: hHs al lie s,me time !
sh.ll urge lhs ujsslee Snd insEPsds'ncy
II retaining 80 large number 81 eap'iI
offences upon QUE sI,iul. houk. No pr'n.
sipie i. more 6fmly established iLah hat
the punishment should. a. lar a. possible.
be propnrEOned t. the offence ni.bRs-
hons between crimes unquesiiOnahly Fx-
i,,. and nnlhIng seems n"re rrasonsble
aud Jet Than thai there should l,ksW;sT
b. d 81 nesioHs between their panlstmsns.
No Que. | Presu'Re. wIll affirm lhs the
,wsn'y-lwO erimss which are nav f,r the
FIRST tlTrnre punishable wmh death. o. the
nine Which are punishable Nth death, Emr
the secoHd ole, c., are ol like malisnay
or a'e alike dangerous 10 society. The
Site can with ease adopt . sy.tsm by
which she can dlscrimins,e beta cen tie
cumes. and s.sign IN each II. due measure
OF punishment: hence the abo, e principle,
sanctioned by time and expsnsuce, 10
si"lated without The shadow Of an excuse.
The IEnician Of the pensliy of death
upon crimes Of different degrees, tend, TO
lncIess those If greater sHoelIy. For TO-.
stance. in this State the crimes of robbery
and murder, or robbery wnhouI murder
aud r"bbsry with mu'der. are both PUNISH.
ed with death; hence there is no induce.
msnt 10 the fobbsr ~ abstain from taking
the lIle of his slcum; when he rubs, he
will in all probability likewise K u. AID
The same may he saId OF many ether Of.
fence. INCLUDED 10 the ca'slogue Ofcapiial
| crImes.
Bu, INJECTING the penalty ofjesth upon
50 many offences you destroy. TO gre.i
extent. i.s cerIsinig, end therefore u. ef.
fc.ency. AZ befMe remarked, The ti-
ticIeUey Of a punishment depends mate.
/ Tally n9an i,s fsr,.ip.y. II ops who j.
In 'ws that he viii be nrqI.suon,bly
punished, though the puni.h ne n, be mi d,
be will be more restrained than il he knew
a severe penalty awaited his Conviction,
but that there are several opportuniue. 10
evade jnstcs and TO escape hi. c.rylc-
ton. There is natural sntipslhy IN me
10 drpuvins a frlio~ efesiute Of his hf.,
and they wit. II possible, avoid surh .
sad duty. Phey will, then. be INV ling
to INFORM sgaIn.t = trllps-beiug. should
they believe he 10 destined 10 sulfer appn.
ally whirh his crime dots not d. n,and.
Jures will. il by any mean, they car,
avoid eoovic'ing the oHsndst; they will
IN many cases acquit h,n, or rs,u,n hun
guilty 1t . crime tho punishment G.r
which 10 Other than death. The tonp,..
sion Of the Executive will be rxci,ed; he
Will listen 10 The tears and suppIicat' n,
al friends and relatives; ottsn times Will
exer the Psfdon,ng po~er. and return the
gully one TO the busoR Of society. This
| Is no fiction but verit,bls fact, which
will be aGrnssd by those who have been
! oVNi Out CVuFNs Ot lQs-
ice or have iakea put 10 the sdmini.ua-
lion vt our crimifIal law. With 81 many
chances oi escape, go many Inopholes to
creep thongh, line hardened oaendrr ~ill
q" boldly on committing his derredslioas
upon society, snd seducIog others To his
own wicked course. Then the bp.t IN
.rtesi' Of the Safe demand that our crini
nal cnde should be thoroughly revised,
and that The Catalogue Of criminal fence.
'houId be essentially reduced.
Again: Were capital puni,hmen, rer.
tam, and 'hpuld every one who commi
ted a capital "G+are receive the penalty Of
the law. the frequency Of such 0 Lib4lisn.
would tend to demoslize mankind. aud
consequen " to increase crime. I need
no, enlaVge upon This ije.: II Is evidrn,
% all who have attended .be execution Of
arriin'hal anil observed The crowd pre-.
sent. No tears are shsd--no sorrow
e''"ees-no sympathy -fr the offender
mani" stubborn indiffrrenceIsee ms