Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-21
PUNIsHKENr.

Il is written in that code that men sh, |
commit no cxcesses. They shall not eat
10 surfeiting; il they do the digestive or
gaus will be deranged, The electrical for
res will be disturbed and fail 10 perform
their functions equally throughout the
system. The whole machinery will be
'hruwn INTO disorder, and much pin will
follow. II she crime be repeated oontin-
ually, permanent diseases viii be genera
led by il, and premature death will be the
consequence. So of Incorporate drink
ing. No court, jury, and witnesses are
necessary TO convict the offender Of the
crime and pass judgment upon him. Ii
viii make his own face confess it with
continual blush. His department will
declare it in language unmistskable. Ii
will look through his eyes, breathe its
odors from his lungs, speak its offensive
language with his organs, bloat his person,
walk zig-zag with his legs, and confuse
all his ideas. The punishment which ma
ture inhic,s are too well know 10 require
enumeration.
We will say nothing about the punish
menLs inflicted by conventional laws, be-
cause they are all familiar to every one I;
but there is kind Of punishment for Of
fenses that very frequently does great in
justice, because it precedes trial and con-
viction. No greater punishment need to
be inflicted upon amy one who has feeling
than the manifestation of displeasure by
one from whom affection and kindness are
due. The mother finds lamp broken and
TIE oil spilled on the carpet in Susan 5
bedroom. She accuses her Of gross care
lessness, convicts her without trial, and
proceeds Immediately TO the infliction Of
punishment. She screams Susan's name
with angry voice. This is one punish
ment. Susan comes, feeling very badly
on account Of the angry manner in which
she is called. The mother looks at her
with reproach in her countenance. This
is another punishment. She points at the
broken lamp and the large spot Of oil Oh
The carpet. and ask her if she isn't aSham-
ed of such carelessness, and rattes out the
punishment as fast as her tongue can ut.
Ter it, without waiting TO hear whether
the arairgned culprit has anything to of.
fer in extenuaion or not. After Size ha.
made her suffer about as much as she think.
is due to such an act of carelesssness
she stops and learns from younger sis
ter that the cat threw the lamp down ii
the act Of capturing mouse, after Susal
got up and left the room. She heard th,
lamp fall and the mouse squeak. Her,
an innocent girl is punished very severe
ly, because The domestic code is alway
administered wrong end foremost. An,
this not the worst Of it. The molhe
smarts with the punishment which tn
reaction inficfs upon her, and aggravate
the injury by an attempt at Self-iusIiflca
lion. Well, she says, you deserve 10 b
scolded for putting the lamp on that shelf
where you know mouse might come
and where the cat would be certain I
throw it down if she went to catch III
mouse, as you know she always will i
here il one ABOUT the house. This is add
ing cruelty 10 injury, and will be punish
ed by suffering large per cenlage of los
in the diminutiOn of the daughters res
pect and affection.
Every grabbed word or cross answer
a punishment, and is either meriled or no
according 10 the guilt or innocence Of tn
one who receives il and every ill-natur
cd reprimand is a severe punishment, nt
10 be endured without resentment by thos
Of similar natures, when inflicted wlthol
adequate cause. But such is the natur
Of the domestic penal law, that its punisl
ment must be inflicted without trial, 70
if they were not, they would be remitte
by another law which will always step
where there is sufficient discretion an
sympathy TO allow of a trial on the merit
This is the law Of kindness, which is ii
only one that should ever be administers
in household government. This law ne'
er fails 10 command obedience and respec
, 1t never inAiels wound upon the feelin;
{ OF innocence. Its gentle reproof, whiC
F; consists only in pointing out the diiferen'
between the right and the wrong, al
, showing what are the consequences, IS Tel
fold more elleoiual in correcting tho e
{ rors Of life than all The hard cords tn
: can be hurled from termiganI's batter
/, Invective makes the feelings smart G.
q cites similar passions, and prompts 10 r
e tsliaiion. without producing colnpuneti'
or repentance, and never mikes lhe he