New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-08


whats the o. vOtin'l Look at our LGSni,, ,tv
That's Democrat Look at most every town au ail
officer outside ~ Wilmington. They're eeh,'nJJ' ywbar
Seymour and BLAIR and whar that IS the Ga @ can he
people won't vote UP free schools whar uestions
dedicated to look proper onto al ieSo te Whoopng
what's the use O tryin' to vote down 'Ho
postg You can't do IT," ,r ..,,,o bis orpear-
orco rho news sprcod through the town that th e
sheriff had come and that number OF 80 nm
utes the iailyard contained thrOng OF people, iv
were III the majority, as before puL Ia NOT to see
fnii.crovn men Who came, they sald ho 'v w. Car
tSn i"i f,r tbat had long lost It's c.aru rpa
them but 10 take look at the jiasi, and other
recent sharp cuts received from re 'J which has
n,ncra incIndmg The Wilmington COnpeIctai, Ml' o
always denounced the barDaTOus winning io nenre
nItcnt effect in Openng the eyes OF lhe PtuHo
to ~ ct that from end of the country 10 lle
the state OF Delaware Is an OBJECT o adj
nrtoin cxtpnt butt of ridicue Tor us peaistcrC
Gcremce TO the notions which governed Tue 'sH''""'
peSpS ~ fbc Exhibition began The negro suby was me
first victim brought forth for punishment DlupPg nv
tt fron his shoulders he held up his hands IN inc
direction OF the IRON bracelets suspended 10 INC pos, so
as if he had done the same tlnE OItcn euouaH go s
all about There was cheerful snIe upo ni ,sts
Mir Vping deity locked the handcuts around MS WISts
and sfrirbtrung himself up, ne awaited the Impending
y 'rb ,ba I'D i0erence Of a man to whom care, aud
anxiety and fear, strangers. 1he Shtfh Nl'H to
look of one who has just been detected III the @
Of very mean act took ms position az 5e e
further off on the other side, IN accoluanc91
with tmehonored regulations !he heSnoniE sft
manu- iie" said MIR Vininr i'm his official voice
Again the whip went NJ, and AGAIN 1t came down upon
the broad bare shoulders of the smiling criminal M
said Mt. Nmnc. Aud So on III me Wl .au cO,e u"cn
ment of each of the thirty strokes. The man was re-
moved from the post and as lac passed the sn'g Oh s
way 10 the cell wherein he Is to spend the next hNc years
of his nfe he bowed 10 that officer with the grace OF
dancing master, ana smingly expressed has huihpio
Thcn tie boy Graves was ironed and again the majesty
Of the law OF Delaware Vindicated IWtit! Nil"ho
caused not a muscle 81 his face 10 CULVER were 9VR
administered by the sheriff ana ialtAInly reSorte' ~!
Mr. Viung. Then Robert Harris was produced, anu tne
farce Of giving MIN ten shes punishment Tor the
crime Of stealing s. grcenback was emcIeu-"nu Vno
could not pity the macfactcrs who were th9 rccipi;
ents OF the punishment above described Tor thy
H. perhaps did pity the Sheriff II is Illuminating
nos ton, that OF public cXccutloner. Ime was Wieu ~.
was not beneath the dignity Of the auiocrt OF an ne
negro, even should that negro be woman Luz lHI
was when men owned their own NEGROES. -,
uicd too the residents Of Newcastle some or whom
are very Intelligent people. ana obiglng ana hosInA3e
whal Many Of them are opposed to keeping UP an W.
sttuton which even Great Britain tahoOed more thdh
thirty years ago, end which 10 really ciNllzcd peope
have tolerated then but their local PRIDE Is sng
and as descendants of the Blue Hens Chickens they
respect the memory Of the honored dead Who
the use OF the whprngnost even Tor tho ~, % hate
f thing fear OF raising the dust OF their ancestors III
black cloud Of Indignation and wrath. . ,,. avn
pity the children too, VINO from earliest infancy are
80 TbSt tbe eject Of looking at hafnabed
men tied up post and whipped Ike dogs for oeses
many OF which children are supposed TO Know nOu4lns
bo,t a. had no one moi brought up under the Delaware
system can doubt. IL may not make kcpt0maniacS OF
Gsin in may not incline them TO take up burglary
means of livelihood but It surely cannot elevate them
riIo any more imam regular Tendance at Court
the King Of Brabant as We have had IL set up III
made this remark to gentleman hour ago, and no
replied substantially follows: 1.-The institution or, rs
the best penal institution IN the country 10. tne pI
ment OF minor crimes. For murder and rape We hahS
! In 1855 stopped loggng women-'
"Because-wel. because public opinion was against it."
"Yes, hut the punishment is only nominal We don't
hurt them" "
the effect upon the mind is bad-not only the mind OF the
young criminal but that Of the witness Of his pun
NO sir The effect on the contrary, is good We have
three whipping posts in this State. one at Dover one at
Georgetown and one here since the erection OF the new
castle pilOry only one wlte naive OF tne O0uhy .s
been punished, and that years ago The eject OF inc
punishment where properly administered is 10 irgiGn
the criminal lie VIII never feuutr hllsil aloiaplo
to the laws OF Delaware second TIME. lhen
Of tho pllory deers others who may be wickcdly M.
elned from committing crimes We nave the quictest
population in the country We have no murders. ana
but few bnrglares. and not many cases OF 0ther crimes
Here a communication in The gazette which, aside from
Argument in favor Of the pory and whipping post"
The gentleman then read from newspaper long article
1--WE should not did time and space permit. waste
moment in useless enccmiums on the merits Of that az
post It's satisfactory results speak loudly Tor thcn-
selves ahd the absence in courts Of the class OF Grim
portiOnate annual reduction 81 crime ~ the community
declares that Its terrors are rarely brought into req
ton the second time for the benefit OF the same convict
We may add however, while speaking on TINS SUP
iect that the cat has been lately rensaied IN New:
York as punishment for petit larceny and ohenss OF
that degree with the most gratifying results ~ the speedy
suppression OF crime and depOpuaton OF penitenaIes
and other criminal bOardng houses; and In England,
where II abolished some years ago, II has become nc
ualy necessary for statutory enactment ana the ehccs
OF its reintrOductOn already happily perceived.
The pillOry and WhippingpOst need no defense ~
Delaware from Deawareans. We know their worth ana
are determined 10 maintain them. despite carpetbag
howlIuC moral ideas and Yankee philanthropy; ana we
are aware Of at present but one needed extension OF
will he
capeibag reyilers Of the state and her Institutions are
summary brought under tue saintarY influence oil the
Said /, Where did the writer get Ills Information con-
/ don't know" said he " but II has been reported
here for two or three weeks back, that the whip
about TO be used the instrument OF punishment IN
all the TefOrnatOry institutions yOur city The Gazette
is a Democratic paper but The Republican, Of Whining
ton, which takes tile other side IN politics. says IN ~ last
ISSUE that the whipping post ought not 10 be abolished
because OF its refonatOry and restraining influence"
In regard TO your freedom from that class Of people
who live by breaking INTO houses and stealing herefrom,
saws in ~ is.ne Of Dec :" And read as follows
II Is universally conceded all hands that ct
zen@Aaye never been so lily protected in their property
some house Is broken ito at night and depreda6ns cs
and rOb6erics committed Uhiie he inmates asleep; and
rel s or none Of The offenders are erer brought 10 see
There something wrong about all this We vrtu
ally protection from the midnight rObber More ygi
ance Is required and we know OF no better way OF Sc
Metropolitan Police law that will give US officers who will
40 their duty Irrespective OF party Influence and who
shall n0tbe dependent upon the annual elections for their
| appointment"
ohy said my friend these raiders all from Phil.
| adephia"
There much feeling here on the subject Of outside in.
reference with the sacred institution Old tavern
loungers who have been soaking In bad whisky for half
century, too goodfOrnOhng TO work, too lazy steal
and who, unfortunately have never been poued or
whipped cry out loudly against the press OF the country
for its structures whats the use OF your dedication ~
said one old veteran this morning "You newspaper
| men jist larns TO write SOS 10 SANDER honest
| people. I've lived In this county going on sixty
| year. poried. The only man
| ever knOwed personally that was Pill
lored was teller that used TO sell mushrat skins by the