Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-07-24
For he HroH
Law VS.. the Cowhide.

seems disposed 10 enter upon he subject OF
Legislation 10 the rue democratic style.shat is.
TO have the people do il, upon The subject c.
COW Winding and he calls upon the press. the
pulpit and The people to take the subject in
hand and TO have law passed TO suitably
punish such an cfFsnce, or charges tina, if they
neglect to do so. thew will be as guilty Of
blood as they who have oaded the engines Of
death with slugs or shot all must. therefore.
flake a hand 10 the enactment. or. 10 the yeiw
Of PAX have this fearful responsibility lie
a, their door As one Of the people, there
fore. viii offer my views on The subject.
/ agree with Pax that a suitable punishment
should be inflicted upon man who will COW.
hide another, If no such punishment; Is now
provided. But when we attempt 10 legislaie
crime out Of being. we should not attempt by
the halves or quarters Lee. ihr Whole cata
Iogne of offences n the same degrading char
acler be included in the bill Let Us also
strike at The root Of the evil lie, US 6rst
provide suitable punishment for those who.
10 the estimation Of public opinion deserve
cowhiding. When this Is done, the injured
party who thinks that nothing but the COW.
hide upon the back of the man who has in
jnred him. can make suitable amends for The
injury he has received, Will be able 10 seek h is
remedy In the law aud II he refuses to DO ,his
when remedy is at hand. why, Thea le, the
eowhider be punished for his offence.
! differ ia opinion with Pax. as to The rea
son why oahidng is considered degrading
! DO not think i, is because that kind of whip is
used only for The bark Of aares because il is
a we'll known fact than slave drivers aud slave
whippers seldom, IL ever use il. They gen
orally use lash whip Of some kicd. and
eowhides are of,onef used Tor horses aod on
rully white bays. Ye, ! admit thar 10 pub
Ito estimation, TO be cowhideo is 10 be- degra.
ded n Ugh not made slave Of And adj
nit fuuher that public opinion jos,ifes such
degradation 90 those culprIs who canno, be
reached with any suitable punishmen, by due
process Of law No one thinks Of eowhiding
another unless 10 soch a case. n ono would
Justify cowhdIug under any other circumsiao.
ces, IT, indeed be would iuedfy il at all. as
some do MOI. myself among them. Bot 10
legisatins for the dear people, We are not TO
take things az they should DO for such they
are not bu, take them as they are. and try to
make them as they should be. To begin
right, therefore. we should frs, provide a suit
AHA tnf aflaoca l.
cowhding. You mus, remove The cause be
| fore the effect will cease.
! Now for what reason does one man usually
cowhide anoiherl' Why, e. ing tim some
injury, for which he has no adequate remedy
a, law. For instance some one ttac,s from
/ your character. by sly inneutoes which do
not amount 10 an Overt ac whieh ht law can
reach. or words 10 themselves .iousb'e.-
/ The Islander Is as efrectual. as to he injury
done you. Hints are thrown out calculated
and intended to create suspicion as to your
honor or honesty. These hints are graspsd at
with avidiiy by some. suspicious are formed
injurious TO yonr reputation, but nothing tan.
R,ble Is spoken or writes. or with sufficen,
dIs'iuetness TO be sc,iouabs. Now 10 such
case what remedy have you a, Law, either
statute or comment
Would no, man II hne feeling. Of high
sense Of honor. and whose moral honesty had
no, 'i'l then been impeaohed. feel as mpch do.
graded in public sentiment, yes. and infinitely
more so, than II he had been cowhidedi A
cowbide can ouly ioiiot an imaginary degra.
da,ion, Il oaly Affects your pride, Blu, de.
( uao1ioo from yoar character 90, only affects
yoor pride bu. may greatly ipiure you 10 bust.
ness II from conscientious seSupes, or re.
\ ligiocs motives, yoa ABSTAIN from g., aud skull
/ lighting 81 every kind, you nigh, be eOwhided
dozen times, and your moral honesty woold
NOT be stIscted thereby, Bio, d,usc,loa sud
SANDER has very different Effect.
! II you are cowhised and 90 not resen, il,
and are 90, restrained from doipg so BY re.
ligious mo,ivss, re- most and wors, tha, can
be said OF you is that you are a coward. sad a
man NAV tsa coward and ys, DO honest. and
be trusted by bis nsighbors, Be, i' Is Gar
otherwise II your moral character fails under
the suspieions which deEae,ion Is calculated
and iniended 10 EFFECT.
/ SANDER we kuoW. may BE- paoished BY
civil dsNa'lss, DO, ys, ,his is bs, poor rene
dy for Injured reputation Be, speak Of
those drtrscions, iuueBdos aud h,uts which
! 40 their nature and ,eedsosy citrate sespicieos
ans do essrn''a 'oiots whlss are core erasr
seeh cover IS a., To- be sss0aaAls.
The reason that Pax e,. ior ,yaruas
law 10 sai'abl, peuisa ,se sswh.jsf Is .las s.
is such an eilenee as cails Tor e!og.,. 10 w3rt
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