New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-18
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Inv Criminals.


Crimnni-' ,,. ,...
pyros. ONO Thlrsdsy, APT" H. 4'''
'. ne E1iior IF The I''0a"'! .;-,......, r tho
r-,veIipc through the towns ana 'i'' w.
~, find The Tn5ase in every pace II : '''
-. containing every new tho1gh'' ana very man!
o, Therefore am Induced to become as
e''' IN, and begin by Offering word on the
-..;,,,on OF Prof WEBsrfK' when seems - -
,bs absorbing topic OF conversation "e '0'''''
through ih, 90 =, the correctness Of
~ verdict aud the opinion IS very gene
- ~, 1x,ressed that the prisoner oush' % s-HVl
~! r.paltv OF death by hanging. II IS " ''i'
e-a' r., NJ the public mind that would Oner
,,.,,d for sefoIs reflection.
Tbs minister Of Justice, an pronolLc.hS u'1 So
,once Of death upon the p'is1ner' on US -
V,e,sn5ins him 10 the mercy of Col. Inc minis
cS,o;ion ian every pulpit a; the land responds
- Thus the Church and the state CONFESS
r.. ,bo, have not that mercy which they believe
.xis. IN God and the culprt u Killed olt o. our
LII Notwithstanding AL tins, the Chris'iah
Scriptgres are read - the people rom 'ens %
.honsan4s OF pulpits on every 5tpbath-lIOse 'trr'
Tres which admoIish as 70 Judge not hocoi'ihS
:. a.nesrauccs.' but ~ "ladge righteous JUDI
-, Now righteous Judgment mu't be no less
~ Gods Judgment, aud, would ask, why is np'
r. Judgment administered by man is i trcf y
30 administered by mani Aud If s., how IS IL 10
b. learned l >, The
THUS Won see we are instantly referred 10 we
,bil1soply Of Crime. L. all my r1sea.0u, No.. ~
Christian Scriptures, can Ind not a SIDE, g.,
on ,.co,d where the judgment OF the Ohrist N"ls
o' -. ,te cr,Ig,qH from the iInpn'atou Oh
o.. o,oc The y hole scope and spirit Oh II 'eaO"
~ ,,-s !, this single pont-" The forgiveness
orsins" peter inquiries If he must forgive seven
times doy. and the Christ replies 10Y 800
,,,,es bat seventy times seven. Inc ""',
1oo,dsd 10 know what the Christ "olid 90 70
the criminal woman, Of whose CUNT tnere was no
Jcubt Her accusers were put u snaWe a"u
slo,ce while she received no condemnation. ana
ell ,,,iile the ministers o. the law were Ia TIE
a., nj uniting the Christ 20 a cruel and most isno-
minjons death, His last words were those oi 10y
givencss even to them.
Thus it appears manifest that our treatment VI
;ronols is in direct opposition TO the obvious I'M
mort Of the whole Christian Religion. Our whoie
code of criminal practice is Heather IL IS Anti
cb,;st This is the ysnI secret of that growing OPP
nositon ~ cau,ta puuishm snt, which some Phiiai'
tbropsts base upon the narrow ground OF the P'SN'
biIifv o. executing innocent person Hslead VI
a guilty one, from the uncertainty OIL 'n' "ost Po9F
tive evidence. e.. ill.,.
library punishment will increase until the truth
sbaU become clear as the meridian sun. namely,
that Man I'm his iRnOa life. IS not criminal IN the
slightest degree but on the contrary, IS az pure
and clean as God is pure. Il is only the oUf~Grd
lie that impure and that life is generated 10y the
heather institutions which still cnmber the earth,
and obstruct the development OF that inner lie
which alone is recognized by God as appropriate
10 Man
This idea viii iead 70 p development OF the true
philosophy Of Crime. OF course, the whole subject
cannot be discussed in BRET space therefore,
would merely present the thought for the consiI
Grafton OF that class OF the readers Of The Iy7buU'
which find delight in such labors. joins WHITE.
We must say we don't see the practical bear
ing Of Mr. Whites views Mast not felons snC
murderers be At least restrained f'om further crime
And if a man is intent on killing or roboing hiI
neighbor, what does the purity Of his Utmost lie
amount 10 , What is the use of such purity if !
don't keep him from cutting throats and picking
pockets We would have all mem treated hu
namely aud no man afflicted uselcssly, but, atc
all do not all sins in the order Of Providence lead 4
and find their result in suffering II man g ben
ON murder, Society must stop him, and if it can DC
if no otherwise, il must even kill him. 30 matter
what our correspondent may think of the purity o.
his inmost life" Still, we think Society as set
He'd and stable as ours can do better with any man
than to kill him. Ed' ITf0'l