The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-11-09
From the Home Junrnal.
A BOARD OF PARDON.

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idea of helping Il poor wretch oul 6r
prison thai i,,cliucs pconl, IN favor n
most auv pr,jvc, of IN. kind Whnn
! The petition i ready ,h, r.xI .,..n i
to manure the r,ysrnor m, sk;lr,L
pardnn.nlonccr knows hi, man and
appeals either To hi, svn,n,,i,irs nr his
interest. ac.nrdinu to Ills character. or
else. lac " aries lin on, with iprrsson,
mpoltunitics. Such efforts are vcrv
often successful. Th. rrisnn.r Win
HIS the money to So, in nrnrot;,n ,his
machinery of pardon. procurinr oocs
= IL
his time.
The most cnormors wrono no,hons
ever committed hv an ,n;c;, unrsn,'
arr. occurred NJ, ,r. informed ,,,
wears orn in :. ,Ii.,,,, S,,,o !, o,
nrction with the pardoninr power. \
man was living under sentence o.;
death for murder. An election wa.
about to take place. and ,Lc nnvcrnnr
Of the State was candidate for re-.
election. The day before thu, on witch
ihc conurmncd man was 10 be ry.
rcutrI. the governor sent y pardou 1o
Il secret committee who had his polili
cal interests in charn. viiL dir.,,im,
to the following ciltcl: ''ii,hc use of
! the Iur,un will suiscryr the in,.rcs, <
81: our paIty, in the coming election.
hand i, to the sheriff; if not, burn il, :"
The pardon was given to The sheriff:
and the man was saved; but one of
tic committee, politician as he was.
WAS 50 struck with the Unreasonable
tnrpltudc of the transaction, that he
revealed it 10 th.. leading editor of the
opposite party, and it thus became
known /" the whole State. If this
waSs not the most fragrant crime ever
committed IN this nation, we know not
what "Iicncc Is entitled to the bad pre-
cm'nrnce.
Ir"frssor Licbcr proposes that the
pard"ning power be taken from The
governors, and vested in what he call.
~ Board OF Pardon" We merely