The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-28


mature vigor ofmanhoo are alike pow
erless, it assumes the most horrible and
detestable features. Wa8
. In your case, we regret to sny, there
IS not single mitigating circumstance
thatwe can discover. Certainly moth
ing that should lead you to hope that
Justice will not exact the full penalty
OF the law. You should, therefore, lose
no time IN preparing for the fearful is
sue that in all human probability
awaits you in the not far distant future.
While the nature and d-circumstances of
youh crime, the amount and weight of
the evidences adducedj to fasten guilt
upon you are such as to preclude the
hope of q successful appeal for mercy
70 any earthly power, there is One who
IS able to reconcile mercy with Justice,
and to whom yousmay yet safely go for
the full pardon of all Your siiis. We
Kindly eptreat you, therefore, to hum
ble yourself before God, and earnestly
implore His mercy and forgiveness
through the merits of q eFucified Savior.
In this way, and in this alone, cnn YOU
be prepared FOR lhe awful change @ mat
shortly awaits you in the execution OF
the sentence which it is now our painful
duty as ministers of this, law, to pro-
nounce against you. ~ q Il
The sentence of the law is, that YOU,
Martha Grinder, the pfiB6 fiei' at the bar,
be taken hence to the jail of Allegheny
county, whence you came, and thence
to the place of execution. and that YOU
be there hanged by the neck until you
be dead, andimay God in His infinite
goodnes. have mercy on your soul.
The dead silence in Which the Judge
had been listened to was broken nv an
effort on the part of the. prisoner to
make some rambling and 5fneohere1t
remRrksI the meaning of which it was
impossible to catch or Oriunderstand. At
signal from the lcourtshe was remov-
This should be, so fnr us the public is
concerned, always excepting one scene
IN which a galows bears a prominent
partS1 the end of Martha Grinder.
~. go = .. :. - . u y
Mr.. Summers 'Clemency and Common
The practical part Of the moral of
Senator Summers article under this
title in the December Atlantic is as fol-
lows: - -7ali5 siRni7 . .
tItis easy for the individuall to for
give. lt is easy also for the republic to
be generous. But forgiveness Of often
seS must not be a letter OF license to
crime; 1t must not be the recognition OF
an ancient tyranny, and it must not be
stupendous ingratitude. There is ia
mlliar saying, with the salt of ages,
which is addressed to us now; fBejust
before you are generous.J. Beiuss ~ ali
before you are generous toT thssfiaTr = Re
Just to the nIflIions only, hs,IF i-ss,,,,o n
from OPPRESSION. before Won are ysnerl
Gus to their cruel task-masters. I DO not
initiate that, precious chnractsr IN. tbe
gallery'of old Tallemant de Reaux, OF
whom it was said. thnt fie!bniIt ohm Frhe-
without paving his. -debtss sohr fore
most duties now are, to, I1ay, o1E flahtS
and these. are tvyo-fold:-:first7 In I'll -
national freedman; and, secondly, to
'sApply these obvious princinlez
practicafly. A child can doit WndIftI,
Of ciemeney. can instify mi ;ninstsos
Therefore, in exercising the bsantifI1I
power of pardon at this1nonent IN Ct1I
country, several conditions miist he
observed. - ~ p Z
II. As "a raneral ,r,,Ia I,ol1;o,a,.,,,,,,
traitors, who have battied tied sGaiagt Stftbs I'M
country, must not be permitted at once,
without probation or trial. to resume
their old places of stand mower SncS
concession would be clearly against
every suggestion of common SENSE.
and President Johnson claarly 81 " Il
SO, when, addressing his lfeiIoW-citi-
zens Of Tennessee, June llOJi 1854! = he
said: Il say that traitors ishoulfl take
a back seat in the work of restoTntioI,
If there be but five ,f1onsand I,ena IN
Tennessee, loyal to the constitution.
loyal to freedom, loyal TO Justice. these
true and faithful men stouli Control
the work of reorpaniZation and irefor-
nation absolutely Fl * -, 81 =
"2. Especially are we bound, byevery
obligation of Justice. and nv evfsTyI San
timent of honor. to see to II that BeIIio-
gerent traitors who have Ijfittiefli ia1ai nSt
| their country are moi allowed rs rnIs
the constant loyaiists' NJ harS,y hite jte
or black, embracing the recent freed
men who have been DIR ,friaI,lis q So,S,I
allies. - S==N.s' fss'N y
ct ibeIliryare,,tt troito-, t,,,roo0;,,o,
slowly and cautiously back into The
sovereignty of citizenship, II is hattar
that tilev should wait thar tho @,ay,nroi i
security be imDeriIefI- .-onrLSSoia,',1
| obligations. whether 10 theT 4 stiona i
freedman or the national craj;tor ba
impaired. -
81. Let parClons sfssue oI1lty ~, aatis
| fictory assurance that tbe o1rIicant
who has been engaged for war; IN Tnnr,
derinE our feflow5cit S6aII sua-
| tain the eoualE EriOhta ; ,1ixIii o,1TI -,,I;t;
cal, of all men. aeoordino, to the ,1ri1,c
Piles of the Declaration Of f1nSenepSa1,Sa.
that he shall pledge himstIf t6 the sSn,
port of the national debt and if he r.
among tho larGe boISarS [ Of Idnd - III 80 ~
lhashSlITsAt ,Sa r. 4 .s
lfreednlenl Z o i11iTIS ST'sc 3fh
IEThe iI.na zoe, 81 ts,a.y,,t :. 10.
mon sense. seelfingtS avo;S n,,s ,1o;I
how everything or worth or. 1ISTtr.1' Il Il.
bound up with the national seeTiritI,
and the national faith and that until
ines tnese are are nSed beyond change sagrieul-
must snffer csnitsI S 81 o.aii Kinds
justice is, denied.r Emigratiom must
avoid a land blasted by the spirit OF
iS.tS, ltt5elt VIII refuse TO grow