New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-18
Remarks on the AJore.

Remarks on the AbOre.
Oar correspondents question quietly assumes the
vital point ia controversy. All parties agree that
a moderate punishment speedily and certainly In
Hcted on every offender is more effectusl and sau
tsry than far and more terrible penalty as
often escaped as inflicted and which each offender
naturally supposes he will escape, for long period
n not forever. Now our correspondent himself
shows that under the sway Of the law OF blood Tor
blood nine murderers out Of ten escape the legal
penalty Of their crime. Is not here fearful temp
tstion held out to bloody and passionate men Ana
does not the Death Penalty contribute 70 extend
that temptationl
'Ah, but says our correspondent am Tor
hanging eperv murderer-thst will do their bus
ness Men will stop killing when every one SHAH
know that his own life must surely atone for his
victims
Surelv that's the point You remember the
outset Of Mrs GLASS; recipe for cooking asalmon-
Fret catch your salmon. Murder shaus the light
and plots disguise and oncealment before and alter
the deed. Many murderers flee at once and are
never again heard Of others are tried and acqnlt
It'd. Ii is but few months since the Collector OF
Taxes in the populous and moral village NOW city
of Manchester N. II. was enticed into wood hall
a mile distant there killed early in the evening,
within sight Of five hundred dwellings his pockets
raed of sl6OO-yet up to this hour no clue has been
obtained to the murderers-no suspicion, even, at
tached to any one This is but one case out OF hun
dreds On the other hand, we have certain &C
counts of the conviction of many utterly innocent
persons good part of whom were executed. To
talk of certainly executing every murderer Is 10
babble-t is not possible to human fslibity.
But while we know that all murderers cannot
be convicted by human tribunals, no matter whst
il the penalty of their crime, insist that the pro
portion conpicted acW be much greater WITHOUT
Copital Punishment than WITH IT, Can ally man
pretend to doubt this Who does not know good
man who would he 10th to disclose facts known only
{, himself or even TO render n verdict OF guilty,
when he knew that the consequence would be
death to a fellow. creature Do you say this ought
net To be so 7 Sir, human laws should deal with
things so they are. Nay, Mr.. Wright we tell you
that vou would, on certain aggregations OF test'
mony render verdict of Guilty if the penalty were
Imprisonment for life, when you would be con
strained to say Not Guilty if the consequence OF
conviction were to be speedy Death. You would
say, The case looks strong-l verify believe the
prisoner guilty but there is a possibility of his in
nocence and while | would readily doom him to
Imprisonment for life, since he could then be ioer
ated if future developments were to establish his
Innocence, yet dare not take the tremendous re-
sponsbility ofsendhg him 10 the gailows, since IN
that case there could be no stonement IN case OF
his future vindication'-you know this IS So ana
that the penalty Of Death does save many murder
ar from conviction. Then where is your argument
- The fact that murders are abundant IN The
face OF earnest attempts to abolish the Des'h'pen-
alty. would be forcible it not for the omitted
fact that The abundant murders occur al one end 81
the Union, while the opposition to the ga1Io''s Is
made at the other. The anti Hanging agitation ]"
mainly confined to the North East the greater
part of the murders are committed in the South
West Louisiana and Kentucky surely, IN whicn
murders have been so excessive, have heard or
thought very little Of the Abolition OF the Gallows
la our Judgment Slavery and the War-both OF
them eminently scourges OF the South w est-bave
much to answer for in view Of the prevalence Of
Murder in that region. A Social relation based on
Violence and Force Instead of Justice and Love
a universal aud standing invitation to the citizens
TO volunteer for the work of killing and crushing
down their fellow-men living few hundred miles
South West OF them-these are perpetual lessons
of violence revenge aud slaughter TO the community
wherein they exist. How shall they who teach
bloody instructions affect surprise that they re-
turn to plague the INVENTOR
Mr.. Thomas Coke Wright our hardness OF
hart and obtuseress Of understanding with regard
to the utility of Capital Punishment have not been
dispeled by your article. Suppose yos try again
Ed Trib.