The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1859-11-03

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N's lm n ihe uno1nai operation n oha
eh " uf ml'dcmnnu lars H. The
f.Vlte io present. another, which, though .
1 'lsesnoi noi una1unllj ytlisasobIeetIga
lIle Ha ih0 flnu whose denefiia ! hate ell 4
fHig shown. alludo 10 iho Natuto II g.
tunahl0 words 'Iha hfL though npi the
armtar objection whpliehnhe urged against /
tIis las VA ihli iho lNw N tself does nat
specify The limits NJ iia own operation, bui
leates h entirely ~ the diicretiah of Che /
tHafl, This being lho case, u we haYe a
lumnuo and mercf Judge, hs lrnii, might
80 i1r nulliiy The pufpoIo Of The law, on ihe
ono hand, a. TO render itn dend letter upon
anr Statute book and. on the other, il ve
hlda wicked and yiciou. Judge. the Law, ~
to is penal force. would be- uncertain set
itH operation would depend wholly upon the
prejudice. and passion of single man.
II the Court hlrborad malice against the
accused, what barrier could be- ipterposel o.
avert The satisfying liis yndIciyc pgei-
llis will being The penal limi, of the law IN
every ease that might ~ presented to nj
honor. In what, then, can the citizen Of The
proud State of Mississippi boast Of N supc.
hofiiy over The subject oi some foreign
prince or po,cntaic! The snhjc looks 70
the Will OF the prince as The law OF the land;
80 also, does The citizen OF Mhssslppl, IN
some cases, look to the VIII Of the Judge ol
eich Jidiclal District az the law Of that lis.
irici. There Is no dilIcrenee--ai least prac-
tcally there is none. Whatever might be
the precedent Of particular locality, must
bcconc law, and wha, light be Law ~ the
1T District, might not be law ~ the ~, AMI
what might be law IN the ~ might not he
law ~ tie III, and thus We would have .
general law for the State operating as many
different ways as there are different districts
IN The State, aud the penal force OF the law
asit now stands. would only be charactcrls-
TIC OF the humanity or inhumaniiy OF the
different Judges oi the State ut large.
/ Again: instead OF this law being means
OF protection, might It not from It's peculiar
operation, become an engine or machine OF
oppression To any and every c''iscn o' 'h'
state! hproPcscs to restrain the ~ord'
Us wei ~ the acts oi our cl!izens. The
pu'po,e nay os gooa' !e' 'n'',A , , ana -. :.
- .i''e '"o Pu"''"'"V"' u""s'', a"' .'n' ~
-. 'Au''n'' ,cV"''Se wy p"n''n.''S'' '"'...
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'v"'S ''''"cr "n' anc''s '"'' .sp"'as,s,'' =
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'S.''', Wv n't','' o"V",V n"V"" " 'ue NV
s'''' " ''',' w ,v"'' V''', '. ',f' Z, ''V IN,
; /" II we're Oa,.aO, cs'c'l "".'' o'1 'SsU 9s
~ s.',n, anu '''e, oa'' ,s W. III M NJ
any 'r'pua' =. c,''s' ''s'e s' ''y.'' ~. JAIN.
:" "apr''on nun oe'o's "na' nea'"E. Wv Wv
ess" 'ns" '.'e''c .'s"'s ,'. soa'u '."s'" ~. 49,
,hVV'S"' ic' ~ l''''Y' "'Ius"J's ...s', .,s VIZ .'
'as " ao.'"n'",e so'"s s"'"''.A' 49,, Wv w.
sa''se onee'' ~ '"e 'an" !" 'e,As "s ~" ~,
mar, 'ea"s " our V'''sO.e' """'''e' ="
may oe' ana a''Y se''c 'Hs,' Pt1so's a"' s' ~
= F'is'" '"o'n' =" w"a' ps. ~
! s'''n' '"cy may na'c "cc,' ~ .n'O'.u,'s y, =
w ah auesPce'c' 'p'"V"'' p" ",'e 'a'' sp"''
man ,"s. nc sas u sca'np' :, '"a, =, va
D'asx n.Pao"e'"' 'r' Pc'"'P7' '''' wv W"
= w ho''"'e"'"'
Z l know full well the object oi our mlsde
:, mcanor laws 's to curb aud restrain the act
u which necessarily How from excited passion
+! yet, to say that words should be raised
: the dignity OF acts IN vhe eye oi the Peha
u Law, Is perhaps to say too mucn because
!! u an established maxim OF criminal Jufl'