New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-13

|, ~ VITO t~sarrg Themselves ont OF the crime
NO Eocrs oit. .. SRI ttnk how far such evil
drc- ocel 70 be taken sgainst this boys life. o.,
tla rccr Rog,r~ hsd les- stern Judge than yourself
srd more cool ard wary advocser'
In ny n,pd, the evidence is clesr Exception was
aker AID yr, s.u,ej in full argument before the Cour,
If Aype,ls. Tpey tsari everything and refused 10
ster tie decisions
AID the Cour, of Appeals are but men-and like
AZ liable In tts they hav. errei grev-
orsy. Do bot lyt their authority weigh with yoa
s.si'st the rigid facts Of the case"
You krow DO 10, view the facts 81 you regard
tlou. You NJ. nan Of great ben-vr-nce he
pl, ssed Ia saw Of woom wish {, krow more !. too.
nm not ihe urnltriire man you suppose me and here
the risrg emotion Of that serr man atested the hu
il lis ra,urel Int those hardened boys! Socety
demands that an example should be- made from among
tlsn."
Fvtn that consideration does ro' exist. Roger,
ct or Of them. lie lad resided in the peaceful
county tn u in 4 mouth Of this calamity And the
lsdy who ssw won TO day Mrs Kuklsnd knew him
Wi E. ar inot,p.iye boy
There e 10 pubic opr ion manifested in his favor.
II liess hss beer silent, hiss spoken out ag.i-
lin. AL, cave THE TRIBrNz, Tccenr- d, YOU
ip'w. coriirucdii The Gc.crpcr, tia, far greater effort
is e.t ade in e cas- or Stou, than 10 the case Of
tlif rrhspIy bo-s
-, Mt tie Effort maie By Stouts friends Dii
cry ne dislte, e,e-ted apply on his behalf Ia the
oss' q this wrtohed boy, puoc opinion among the
uterieeit en u N,w.yok il asssirg in his favor.
Al the meeting the Commission OF Emigration, Las.
eyetrg. Cspt. Crsbiree nfroduce! the subject, and
he opnon Of that rsp, ctste ard cons>'vanve body
i a.. 81. ha inn.
pi.or,d bid not hung. TIE Mayor Of Bfooklyn IS
ny suihcrIty for this statement"
Here Is letter haze ju.t received from that
gentleman. II expresses his own decided conviction
tsi LIE of Rogers should he spared but Is silent
as to the opinor OF the gentlemen referred to-
81 esteem that ,s y great misfortune. Neverthe'
l,ts W ut have stated is strictly true o Sir grant
sr,rr.,v, fer or, ek ard will be laid be.
fore You that the enlightened ssutmen' of New-foik
Ciiy vils-k soomnutatop OF this mot mistaken
terce."
81 sm debsred from doing even that" said the
Goveuor; "for, if | should grant respite then |,
IL jnrrce snd boror, could Tot do less than commute
he sentence. ii at example would be bad, aud
rooG example mutt De mste. The safety OF tue peo-
pie, ard especially OF New-York City, requires it,"
81 an n ctizen ofthat district, sn man, atme have
T. in the dead Of nielt escorted enses OF my family
through miles of ia s,re-s-,net han reds of young
men rni boys. Let nle do Justice to their manhood
ord honor. Never od they oolest me-, or one under
uy protection
1T IL most true," said the Governor thoughtfully
Gas genera thing. prujert AMI notfep,ve man is
net oi.n int,leroo with. l. too, have been through
N.w.Yoak, and Lordon and Paris, aui many otneI
c,es beth here snd il Europe, at any horr Of night
erd reve receiv, the III. htesi .nsu,;;.
thou, ht aIavorable impression was made, and
ventured to ak b, attention TO your Wednesday )
s,tc'.--to punish the use Of the brife, even the
wearing Of i, tie psrson to utcrdlc Il, sale On 10
tempting stalls of Fulton Market ana elsewhere.
What mysterious potency is there in Thought coming
dntctiy from the heart compare with the rcfeeted
thought which yru read fIom pr,,ed p'per' 1t is
sunlisht compared With moonlight. had not re"i
six lines when the Governor rose, and found our long
Interview was coming to its end You have done your
duty manluly said he -" honor you forit. ltrenains
onl, for ne TO co mine' And w. bowed out with
hat grace and that goodnature which Is characteristic
Of the bua pettlen M.
Tie following are the two paragraphs part of which
/ ,eei TO the Governor. Let me " read then to
your rosdere once sgain:
"Wiihir the las. few years the knife has come TO be
~ estuhhsnfi--l lhd almost shll II ehiLeu
tiop Glj delteratr, malicious grru.c.s have alned
stab after s,a a. tie vit4l- of men whom they sought
to desifoy. They missed their ain by hairs breadth
ard the offended party has been suffered to Withdraw
H. complaint, leaving the criminal still running loose
on society. Nay when regularly brought before Judi
cia invest gatiou the Grin ins IL suffered 10 excl pate
himself by ;he payu ent 4 few pal'ry doat,. Those
shan efui preceding the CouTt4 duly publ he'd
=, 10 ne wspapers. Brys read and oraw conclusions
n " tpk ihRt that which is lightly held by
,1uIs c,rrn. b. such hcirors thing a. they might
of,erui,s believe Il 70 be. Are we (socetyl guess
"Isr Rogers be pm shed aud all eady has hi. pun
isl r.ru, >ded thonAaid sui!eB aud untortanng
deaths. Bat if society is partly To blame-snd who
viii ssy tbst i is s'Uess let stop short at shei
dru his blood Aud ct us, nom this moment, declare
that ro upuniy 10 cC'opromss 10 eechps shall be
permitted 10 those who gse " attempt 20 use, thi,
nurneruus seapo.. State DfsOn IN all cases tor pc
RODS corresponding 10 the u"rdl gult of each case.
Put iuwn tie traffic in those wSapons, Isl IL traffic
in .lui e-shot il put down; rgiJiy entorcs the laws
ngaiIst carrying them about on the person. S0ow
(! 1T eorDc,f about putting an end 10 the in
stnttoD, root a5d brauch; ana when @e have Zone
co. should d-perai. characters set us aud the la at
{. iiaLct why hang them, II nothing else VIII do.
THOMAS A. DEyYR