Delaware State reporter., 1856-02-15
The Republicans Views Of the Province
of Law,

If Law
4 Tho o,ostion between us and the Republican,
:, nil he recolIected, is whether all acts not
,,,orollv r;cht. are punishable by law. We
,,o,d tbot tbo,, aro NOT i. the Republican ALLEGES
thot tbov oro The dissemination Of this cues.
4;on u .,;,, no bo,no IN mind. is necessary in
4ho f,vt rIace or ne first stem in arriving at |
a. ,,o,,ao,,,ns, &c = rronos;l;on which we for
...toa sa, ,,o,,aro, ,,ripcin,e which should
s. III cosos docid what vices arc nroner subjects
a., 1or;slotivo action or restraint, and are to
he ,oS 70 tho cooscences Of men awakened /
ond warmed bv moral influences, namely, that
,,be,eycr the consequences of acts terminate on
u ;,d;,;,,o,, ,,Lo commits them. proiucinr no
c;,J ,n;uy,, h o,bers such acts arc bcaond the
n,oner control If the eipil or nal lar.
This prncinle which must anpcar 10 every
oo,d;d and ;mnartol indictment self evident the
13oo,,b,;.,,, con,roverts W. can hardly find
raason 70 donbt. Int that II feels constrained to
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10
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49, 49, 's 10. os ,;toI ;r,rortonco 10 al wa
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-. - o,.or, 2, ADVOCATE nr;no;r,o i, ordor
- .,,s.o;,, ,,ort;,,,,,r ,,,oos,re foron cbon,d
t,,ot ro,so, be ;nrocont in ;t.cIrl which in tic
oonoroi on,,l;cot;on nnst bo fronobt with con-
sooro,oos 80 ,,ro;,l;c;ol aud danrcrons &c onv-
,,,,;.t oeSoots H., rostroint tho rot,ro1
49, &C tho c;,;zo, For e in th;s coso NO
aa9. M i, .,ts ~ ,,,oro,, ,;,.tt ,ro e. no
-,s,ro;,od ~ nrn;ohod hr Tho c;s1 ,or 10
- !. o,,,;l,,. -, A., u;,,o;,1o ,,.,,o,, - -
os,obl;shod vii, tor,o;noto what e tlo orthor.
;tv nr q and whether II will not ronde,
moral Influences nuoatorv and the Gosnc,.
with all its teaching and the admirable sys-
lem adopted for carving out its provisions
nowerless. or rather with nothing to do. Be-
ca,,so the nrincinlc fully carried out would I'M
den;ah,v do the whole of its work bv the utter
sunnrossion1 Of every snecies Of immortality. Such
state Of society in Which no vcstige Of moral
immunity could be witnessed, however ardently
70 he wished for. was surely never designed bv
the Deity TO be consummated by such means.
In order to determine the practical applca.
ton Of the Republicans principle, VIC enumcr-
ated in our last article several classes of i'm.
4,
whether # would DENY that thew wore vicious in
+ba nroncr sense or the word ard If NOT wbe.
tber l. would make them subjects Of legislative
restraint. We understand it 10 admit that the
acts arc vicous. We named some fifteen diff
ferent vices at least, and promised, if REQUIRED
To lenethen. the list by the addition of Others
similar. From this list the RcpyJlfcaa selects
Int tbree while tbe natrre of these would in.
d;coto that ,bov ,vora ta,kan nc sbawirc in n
less olor;ng Iigbt than the others mentioned nv
nc tho ;,pnronrietv IF making tbcu tho subiects
Of legislative nrob;bition and nun;sbment.
But what Is very remarkable. the writer saws
after bav;ng very briefly noticed tbcse tbrec
"We believe we have rome over the entire lisI
of vices naued.n This will surely not tlo. W.
shall insist that each one named bv us be con
sidered, or the admission Of the princiule 70
which we contend, be conceded; and. besides
when this list shall have been gone throug
satisfactorily, we have others similar to brin
forward, for the purpose of seeing how they wi
bear the action aud the penalty of the civil Z
municipal legislature, 5. r}
But we are not satisfied with the dispositio
made by the Republican of the three, nor ca
we at all assent to it. These are, :. hmtl treaI
mert Of servants and depaaauas; eruelty an
unfeelngness to dumb beasts, and especially beas
oflqbor;, back5aiag'' Upon these, the write
remarks that il strikes him that they are prc
bib;todd bv law Rut in tt,is bo ,non;festlv mi,