The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-07-30

ptil"sophefs. all sntind tb,nkerss all ,,,.
ssaseHmrnt nave wished tn blot Frau. th.
statute book4a NV which Bera q. ,,.....,....
ced ititpiOtis, and Franklin drcIs,sJ .ho.s..,
ablc; law which, falling part;r,,I.ry. g.. -,
that portion Of me people air. adv .r,,.
ny 'gn"rance and misery, is as odEou. 70 m.
democracy ~ 80 repugnan, 10 the rrors
refned and IN likeht conservat,v..s Is..
which King Louis Philippe, whom TaIvs.s
name with the NspHct due to ape. 20 mis-.
fortune and to deah In exils, said he ode
tested with his whde souI," d Ia % a0a;nA,
which Monsieur 6uizDt has written-.wbo..
aDrogation the Chamber OF Deputles. tven.
" years SInces 10, 1880. demanded nv accl.h
nation, and tch, at the same epoch .be
seml-harbar0us Oiaheitans RACED from their
codea-a law which the A ssembIy OF Frank
Tort abolished three years since, and wh,ci.
was admitted IatO our Constitution Of az
~ tho most iamentabIe indecision. and AMID
the most poignant regrets, but which, At IN.
very moment | speak, 10 subjected to tw..
propositions for it's repeal hv the Assembly:
q law, IN short, which Tuscany discard..
which Russia discards and which France i.
aDPut, and ought To- discard-hat law before
which the human conscience every day re-
coils with deeper dread. il, the penalty Of
death (Profound emption.l
Mr.. Hugo here read some extracts from
Leon Fouchsr. in censure of the Iaw. and
describing how society began to get nsha>
med OF the gulloIine
Weii. gentlemen, was deceived: Leon
FCucher was O, ceived. Ii il recovering
that ialse shame. The gulIio,ine begins q,
fael that IL too is a social institution a. w..
say to day. And who knows? P.,haus n
10 dreaming. like others of its re.tora,,oo
A I ugh The obscure barrier 81. Jaones.
~n''Oef nas been rem"vrd, Is falling Int"
= ecay. May we rot vet see II reauDrar n.
the Place de Grave, in broad dsv-hse,,a
the crowd-wIth its apparatus Of heads,nen.
gems afmes, and PLollc criers; and ulrd~r
the very wInd'ws Of the Hptel de Vie
where u was once, on the 24th OF February,
dish"nored and mutila;ed?
Meanwhile il is striking itaelf upl Il
iee:s that society, so deeply moved. must
heeos' IN oroc: to its establishment. re-
turn TO its ancient traditions; and the guillo,
the 10 one Ut those traditions. II nTuests
against those drmagogues and disclaimers.
whom we call Beccaria. Vicn. F,!anO;eri.
hont- squIeu, Target, F,anklin: wb.m ~ =
call Lou's Philippe. and who dare 10 th,nk
and TO say that machine Tor choDDi,,U of
mems heads is superlu0us in a socie,,
which lives bJ tn" Gospel. ESensation !
Ii ls indignant against Ihase anarch;.,s .,,d
ueoPians, aud on the morrow of ia mo-,
terrible and bloody days. asks for our adD,;,
alton. Il demands our r.spects. or. !, ~.
rridse. declares itself insuIted, apbeaIs 10 ,hr
civil law. and looks for compen.a,;oD ;o
damages!
Ii has had bl ,od, but that . not Ano,,Sb. !,
Is not contented, il requires an apoIo0V and
the prison. (Appause
Gentlemen Of the jury, when tbia hit ofl
stamped paper, from my son, was brought !.
'nr; this citation To a most unqualifiable anil.
strange as are the times IN which we live.
and we ought To be- accustomed 10 fhem.
will confess that | was over ghelmed with
great surprise What nave we reached
such pitch? WnalI have the prrr,.c. |
nents on good sense, on reason. on libert,
Ut thought. on natural right. extended so far. |
mat we are called upon To pay, not our ma
"rial respects, which are adiy Conceded, |
but our moral respects, TO penalties which |
open the protnnndest abysses ofthe cOnscl. |
.nce, which turn whoever thinks Of them
- e, and which religion abhorsl to tho q |
s-naltiss which knowing that they are
blind yet dare t0 be irieparable; pe allies |
which Dip their f~gers ia human blood. ,., /
write the commandment. Thou shalt NO,
Shl;" penalties which make Us doubt oil
Sod when they fall upon the innocent
No! no! we cannot have arrived at tha,
'ltch. Loud and general Applause.