New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-15
The Anniversaries.
American Society for the Abolition Of Capitai
Punishment.

American society Tor the Aooliioh Oh e"p"
Punishment.
The adjourned meeting az the Apollo Rooms last
night was well attended BY nos, attentive and graft
sed audience. Messrs. Philips SNopcRAss, PIrx'
POW. GSRxIxr and Or. ELpxs addressed the people
sgans, the Death Punishment arguing ths, all are
brothers and that IL Is the duty Of brethren to de-
stroy each other but endesv0r to restrain, and
forgive.
We understand thA, letters have been received ex.
pressing appreciation Of the cause. from Hon tEvI
woopprRy. Judge ofthe Supreme Court Of the L. 5;
from Gen. DEASBoRN Mayor q the City OF koNoury;
Rev 7 c. UrHA,t D. D. OF Bowdoin College. Ne. ard
from number Of other gentlemen which will be pub
u.hed hereafter.
When this Reporter entered the Saloon Al hafpsst
WENDELL PHrtLiFs Of Boston was remaking that 90
ciety hangs a usn-snd Why Because Il fears him
There s no other possible reason lou VISA hlm our
oftha way ia order tast he may never commit another
rdsr nor furnish example that man may be slain
BY man with certsn degree oiimpuni'y Society cannot
ook into the oesrt of the sinner cannot weigh os conduct
and ia cause.-the Deity alone AZ MS own Time, can
Eve Infinite Justice tempered with iuroite mercy All
that society ought do Is TO eoDhae the criminal on ev
idencs that he Is unfit 70 be trusted n soeiey-"e
should restrain from doing eyil lie COMMENDED
that society should give youth good education,
protect them from magn influences from want
and dire necessity In how many cssss this duty IL
neglected among us--but were !, not Severe every
vo1h well lns,ru, ted stll 1t would be essential that
should be shown that il s necessary ~ s,rsnse men for
crime and that society possesses the right e. take me-
Il bad oug been the custom for every coward to run 10
the Bbs ant seek shelter for his ndeensiee dogmas in
"a pacss (Appause) such men forget that different
circurnstsnces require different laws When men cite
the text from Genesis, OF blood Tor blood IN ceencc
of Csp,al Punishment they forget that there are ~
ch,n that il il applicable II the whole Jew
sh code were put in force he nG soalsta wan would
be put 70 death. snd some would sufer woo are no"
hisb in mower and place By the law OF Moses the rule
~ hooi for blood was act aside II the murderer hed TO
certain cities and did certain things Ever since man
emerged from barbarism Society has tracked her pro-
sreas with bood-in 1900 years man has scourged his
sov 10 make him better snd clung % the precious
legacy Of the gaows The speaker addressed the audi
ence At great length and with much hueney and was
frequently cheered and spplaudeo
Or Sxop0Rsss "a Delegate from the society IN Mary
land1 thought that the present time. with its iumns
tons for wholesale ssughter was not the best htteo
for calm rehecton-but there would De r'aeuon ne
s,s,sA the case of slavecstcher who followed poor
ave near 70 the Pennsy line, and the slave told
him he was resolved 10 have his treedom-the otner
dressed upon hm-,hough warned he perssted-tne
poor slave took out bod<in and stabbed him TO Tue
bssrt-vas seized tried, condemned of course, and
when brought the gsoSs, the rope broke tno Save
fell 10 the ground blood lowing from his mouth ana
nose He was again bound up-once more tne rope
te,hev tied MIN up the third time and succeeded
An .franglps him Why did they do thisi To terriiy
slaves from seeking their freedom Has this course
suecsededl No there Is a continual succession OF
slaves seeking their natural right 10 freedom anu pass
ing on ard toward the North =,
Nr PtEapoxr at nearly 10 o'clock said that the Mo
sale law required the puuishment Tor beast VINO
kills man. as tor man. " Al ey,ry oes., W., re-
nire tr Why not te severely just toward norse or
bu that kicks man cores him as toward an indi-
vidual who commits murder i-,he rule 10 equally plain
I, both cases The Boe says that be- that takttn the
yord an all uersh BY the sword" Let ne apply thedoc'
,;oe- grin General scott; Come Rough and Ready J
II the Mosaic law applied in the case TO our tunes
why not in the other There Is enough OF the ove 0,
blood and violence ia and beast but u to call out
| that propensity that are placed In this beautiful
yorld, The fFrench) Parliament Of Toulouse former
/ lv oa..ed a law that II a man were Killed ana the
Isvsr NOT found his sword II found, should be hung
something must be hung tCheers rus vas VI" ~,
eH.ct of superstition, probably FOR what Vlolsuon OF
moral law does God ever inhict any visible penalty
/ Homicide il a violation OF the moral law no" uoe'
cd punish the violation Of bis command, tnou sns
nor kiIlfn Does he slay the sayeri No he keeps the
on in ia clay tenement that he may deal win or '
good II violate AN organic law, by jumping on ini'
building that is capital offence under ZOOS govern
ment-l lose my lie. Cam asked an Wy G,os -
Le,e, ., How do Wa care for erring chidren-the NOR
| 40 i,sane-those whom instruct In evil We take
/ a child who has committed some petty offence an.
! place him Blackwelts ISLAND "here he Iestnr '"
siny Is It wonderful that he punges deeper IN crime
/ What else have we taught him Applause
NJ GsEELEY wss here loudly called Tor, and ne pro
ceaded 10 notice the well fact that IL Is often a.
se,ted that this arguments ofopponents othe galo"swer
conrsdictnry-hAt while were Tor the siternat"
of supursssng the gaows on the score OF Jusucs an
humanity others were for perpetual .eaee,auoo'
nun.hment moro terrible TO many than DEAN user
sorne shoy by suicide He was believer IN the goo'
c,s of love kindness and instructon-he fe that IN
uunshueut of death, IT inflicted on erroneous numS'
,ss,iponv IA a wrong done which cannot be recalled
thai IL IL uncertain in ts operation Jnres naturally hr'
eating while weighing testimony more tnsn tney "ou'
ndey other circumstances. est they take me unJusoy
IT, sditted however that judges with long experience
M IN bench often argue that death, az punishment
- rnes sautary and essential ~ the safety OF so
c,a,v- of this hs was not eonviuced-and he ADVISED
,hoss who were friendly to abolition 10 90 to the soei
80. rooms and buy the tracts containing me reasoning
~ which they found their objections 10 the exl'in.
Is and circulate them thus adding more advocates
a good cause yet to triumph Mr. G was heartily cneer
ed both At the commencement and close OF MS ots 10
marks Ia ao.la,e,
bis .inrere dslA - Feudasm and slavery IN ever
| sh,n. ana form We learned from him tdst tnonsh 81
pepnsvlvania birth be Is Of lrsh extraction ne pre-
ssn,sd the remarkable picture of wretched viehm o.
o .anouinary code sent perhaps an angel 70 ne"vet
o sinner to hell-as making his peace with God al tn'
Sa of the sslloss the clergyman By his side and ye
unforpiven by his fellow men MI slrsnged win saOp
nn,,Iaed hfeess corpse and asked II THIS was Cnrs
an doctrine or Christian prscuce-li "ss eons's'sn
90 sepd the soul 10 Hssven-thrOugn me recofus o'
,hoU.snd uublic Journals, telling OF the sinner IN
sned repentance while they told in the same orestt
thar nan had no forgiveness for msu-thst me Nuci
God alone had gwen man had thus deioeia'ey 'aAe'
| away. Lt IA "a. aud,
! ence auparently unwesried, at eleven O'CLOCK