New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-08

can mind it's cscsadiney 5cuotiui wae;hc. ec3son
..onld even haT1 ce,ry,d fora pardon the nay o!
his execution, hadl. 5ec; within as reach. &c Vas
exul;..n. IN The ihnur. :ha, God aacicrg:Fc3 ava.
and " as .cn Il: crsro;s 10 sc With tar!s: n
Paradise confess tina, he -,ililnE3cSsz IN Ctf-
tam quarters give crrd:. 70 ne dyac ce:a:a.sos
Of feliow-mor.a IS 20 appalling enough lean
only tor IT .ie supposi;:on ma. oecas;se
thew find themselves 50 ii.tlc ,llc icc ~ :c..-
facts Of death. judgment iad e;t:rav> ir5a nc .sa
distance al 'rhich iney narc .!acec ine:n ey Cal
no: see nov others can &c influenced % seriousness
bv t1cn whose position br!asS .EcEl iiiorc "a coiact
win these dreadful realities The DIG CRIMES '-9e
wont 20 say :ia- men MAJ I've Zoos, bat ioois .e:
cannot Gle : and Z has passed mo 2 psoTefo j.s'.
diving hour IS usually homes hour q at .nsse
sometimes awful exceptions 20 iiis 'ssi: o'it
thei, ne only exceptions 10 Il general r1lc.
The President may receive the re2orc 0. fis D.
TIC. A;.0rney as ever way Satisfactory, out INNS
Otherwise. Certainty ne cannot, II he eTcT hlo.s
how C,cerenoniously ne Sc; ASIDE the new class @:
circumstances that had conc 20 light. have often
heard Of lawyer getting out OF ne Eec1rc and so:g
beyond the record, but obviously ts instance oi
only going partly through the record, as !!
journey should find his horse, by instinct, or habit o..
both. pulling up a: halfway hocse,sand hiiases;
tempted by the refreshments found there 70 remain
for while and finally forge. that inc DINER halt ilo
most important o. his journey, Tas SUI u1per.ormeo
would submit 10 Mr.. District Attorney Hall! that nc
refer again to the rules OF evidence, ard see II eSii
nony taken IN articnto ortis IS not 2oou poor, ia
then tel! me- rs a good sound lawyer. las kn0H re
ISL i the evidence embraced IL the confessions VI
Douglass and Benson was not N ever sense: ssSL.
Inonv IN articNio ortis and so. VIZ s1oi!G l. no.
be received proof OF inc Innocence o. Clemens III
any participation IN the murder o.; NJ ild.eI1s On
board the A!nencan bark Glenn!
The Jaw Is not my profession and clam not 20 DE
an adcp: It's rules out Go claim 10 have some
common sense. and the folio wing .acis infuenceiny
mind as am confident thcy will The common sense
of his community. r. Asa A.1la"cns was shot and
stabbed. and struck on the neck WITH an AK OF a
g;@ennight III ScptemDe! last on the high seas his
testimony agen II orttceio norris Sas thi me MI:
kIlc.vnz as Edward (. Douglass gave mn thcSc
the murdc.ops cruelty. but earnestly anu often
charged itupon that one man Is hen Douglass ;iad
Benson came De executed FOR this crime Douglass
confessed he shot and stabbed. and gave Nlr atvens
the blov; with the Benson confessed himself an
accessory iii the murder. and owned the justice OF
his sentence Now Mr. Iiarcns never as tappears.
charged Clemens with anything not even TO the lift
ing OF a hand upon HIM Douglass and Benson. the
only witnesses IN the say nc cid not and say so
with their diving breath. Alths seems clear enough
20 Indicate the boys innocence of the murder et 10
the officers Of the law there is complication ABOUT
il which makes them think he ought 10 hang In
their view of the M.. Editor. have no synipa-
thy, would occupy their position for zen tlloi-
sand worlds. am persuaded tins poor unfortunate
SAILOR boy Will not be executed. helS II VII! SEND Il
thrill or horror through this country that will do
more toward breaking down the gaows than all the
anti-captal punishment lectures and speeches ever
delivered from Noah until now.
Thus / have endcayorcd to show the untenao!c-
ness Of Mr. Iasr report and his reasons for IT. For
him personally cherish tho highest esteem. Hound
him aInaole and gentlcmanlrlo myself cmlncnuy
So-but he well knows his action rs a public man Is
omen Ia review and Just criticism. i honor the
illusions with all the eaTncStncsS OF depreciation i
thus take leave Of the MAKER. in your columns. by
commencing poor Clemens 10 the syrnpith!cS ana
efforts OF tdiscerJllng public. l..