The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-04


IT appears that earnest endcavor is being padetA
obtain Communication OF the sentence of ,hs. pa}rde3r
Rodgers to Imprisonment for lfe trust that n$hs Sase
the head of the vii! not permit ritpg douht
should he possibly entertain one TO be 50 magnaed or
suffer his sympathes to be so wroughtudn by thd aIgu
ments and persuosons of icw hundred petitioners Pro-
Tossing to represent tho opinions Of the w6de pVs w.
to oppose the execution OF a wise law 90 v sps"'s
The death penalty is not crude idea norths Law rdsr
which this was convicted nsenton sihll ocTns
practicable principles and requiring Thousand aSassss
and improvements. FL. e. :. 49, Ia - q,
It has been the subject of long and dSeut and Of
careful legislation by able men, and should not be lightly
set aside was framed by juris.s familiar with the Sub
jec and perfectly competent to value the doubts and
contingencies and weigh the difficulties attending etqsl
OF Of SO important nature AZ eaps siancpsSapd
SSr nSS PROVISIONS
This man has had impartial trial. and bsez defended
could he construed his favor ne had iA I'M benefit
Of His youth, character not ,hthcysAi nssorss
Sy Daa sna Ssss apparent
his guilt undeniably manifest that no An tortsu 81
proof or Of the law could prevent his couvctp Hws
convicted and TO death by one who knows the
law Of mercy well that OF Justice :" - p's atr
No proof has been discovered since no 6ag found
j. s the U lack sasTn
earthly reason has been given since the sentence wasQx
nounced why IL should be revoked that Ses patent
Now AK Why this man should not ssehung7 Whs q
there learned In the science Of moraysr h law as TO
be able 70 say why the half dozen fcons in our pS
waiting their doom deserve TO live? They knew tS
law Of their country and its pen atty yet tbey rblaed
by the ioulest crimes and the sympahjsng 6reIds p
these wretches ask the dear kind public 20 sxcfsetfei
JUS. this and overlook thsfreaks Of hassrno ubht
amorous or ferocous spirits. Wha; pity
tee must sometimes be done Just 10 Keep up Appearances
and that criminal law cannot be made ilaspsy issSst
and fur IN earnesti .r -t-.. L. 49, LAIR "a.
In cases IKE this when petition for 4 now abuse Of
the prerogatvo IS made, all lovers OF ff ana st6t
baers Of wrong should make COULTER and thrx
do what lies their power to uphold the law and mete
vice their These petitens txc1ased
some time after sentence, when popular liuiisn Ieton
against the most wanton outrages has partially died
away been succeeded by some new excYstmtnt bcis
mos. revolving forgotten, and Interested sQds Qeshe
feon easy persuade weak and tmid people
by plausible representations, induce nops hn0e srne
unthmSipgy TO ask the remission Of p0Pshnnt YbicA
they bal once deemed too mercifu They DO not con
slider that they doing far greater 1cety By
sending these malefactors forth again ntoA gQrd t
cast them out, not only by seeming % sppsion Their
crimes, but by afording more dangerous
they could possibly do in allowing he xw TO tahe ~
course. .. a. - L., A..
ipfaenccd. HIS sympathcs naturally snolng0 AuD 20
clemency always difficult 10 deny TO the Aapeals OF
agonized relatives and supplicang friends; M Views
everything through the distorted medium ~ intstrd
representations be hoars but side of the case
cannot but regret, he too frequently paxions. =
II Rodgers Is not made 20 suffer the terrible rctbuon
IL has been decreed he must, then lot usmake
that statutes were Improbable riddles happily become
oheolete, and criminal jurisprudence a perpe king
puzzle which mankind tcased themselves with trying 10
solve, but at last threw away in disgust. - .
society dos not thirst for blood; less the
divine Law which oxacted eye for anHye Adl3tak@
for tooth 1t only csmors for justice. Lctiss uA
executive will not this mltakelhA 11aust
Of bis predecessor, IN extending an absqtdcA1d Ni0t2
c,emsncy. "a Pro EGO PeHIco