New-York tribune., 1869-01-22

in that State for the purpose OF manufacturing public
@ that & would o9a 20 was ssg made n he senate and
that body equally divided Ihe opponents Oh dI 0dR
Spon 1 Re es s6 py be n S by
tactics. introduced "decoy Dlll IN ihe house, alh
Killed dtN the latter measure ey s gbed its own b aud
that was the last heard OF the matter; po ho so
Sse6 @ a t campaign W bs 81 ro that he has since
made 1t the mission Of his fe visiting ~ the noint
reached by bs he was prominent in the movement
OF 1860 which temporarily modified inc law ~ ea @ In tbe
Assembly by Messrs Van Horn, Powell ana H., Otners 5I
Inc inst named genteman maue pd urgin the al
lowing points with great olearness and force anSs "
V faacy to attempt 10 sustain tuo u Sar * tIe eai
lows does not diminish the crime Of murder we me
hanging Of men by the State tends 10 lessen @
Death Penalty has been attended with good results ana
clear dimnutlon OF crime In al uneS % p' np country
aud our own day. The Religious Society OF frienGs "a IA
the state OF NewYOrk presented an earsss d ayoynS
their beei thar human life is inyioable ana that MI
laws which require its sacrifice as er failed TO
give protection against violence" Mr. Van Horns Dl loP
total abolition reached third reading rhsittinen
prsonment Isr life s. Pron0uncing the CONVEX oa
dead as 70 propuvy, matrmony' ana al weYer S tound
that this could not be carried ty pVD
Houses and r Powes BILL ana dne o, 'i e
statute OF 1874 became law in April, 1900 anu VI %
practically abolished hanging. IL prOuuceu NO Ttl 20
less the usual evils OF halfway Measure & ~ mroble arose
70 its construction eTd with regard 10 tS aud
the ensuing Gatur after the expiration Of precisely
year. restored the old statute and the latter IS sun
In 1867 we and Mr. Bovee cooperating with the oppo,
nents OF Capital Punishment In Illinois, ana ~
Of that State refusing to inhict ,no gSn"iNSy ny
Of death without the ontire OF jary j mo NO
law. In Minnesota q similar law was enacted last
Spring, and, as Mr.. Boyee trnmphantly writes writes the
mower OF the gibbet Ia broken IN the NOrth-Wesr
In the City o. New.York at present hardly one mur'
derer in ten brought final conviction and execution
ttbe votes OF the very class who most frequently
outrage the laws are bound TO give eTsnd ana
PSsSG upright rymen and Justices there is strong
10 taking human life that evidence in favor
OF prisoner is douby reckoned and all sorts Of appeals
and stays OF proceeding are lberaly allowed Ine result
not only the galows any punishment tending social
protection and their own reform renewed enort ls
the Death.Penaty. The editor Of THB N. Y TRIBUNE,
for years consistent advocate OF this cause says IN
recent issue OF his journal "We are eohmdens tnas
proper effort will place the gallows in all civilized coun
tries along with the rack the boot the thumDscrew ana
other devices q Le' e tbs Is 1eorm
and within ten yesIs thereafter ihe gaows VIII De
ware in whose capital city the pory and the whipping
post still illustrate the history OF the past
And now TO sum up the considerations with which
have strengthened this protest against Judicial taking
OF human life. What every person OF culture and
feeing recos from cannot be right In itsef Because
the exercise Of capital punishment ts repno,ys OK
cept TO the morbid curiosity Of the most degraded be-
cause horrible unnatural torture ana Waste q
sacred fe It be not only evil IN ITSELF but denora
zng I'm its reflex social influence Oppose ~ ana tae e
OF "sicky sentmentasm" often raised Inc writer rs
no sentimentast upon this subject Convince MN hs'
criminal executions necessary to the protecton OF
eiety And he would resort to them as n or bis
kill upon tnv sPet ruian vho sought ms own - tn
neghbOs life but appears thai after the repea OF
violent crime IL not Increased on the con-
ary IL decreases advance In tho education ana
amulioraton 81 the ignorant and poor L.,
The stand recently taken by an eminent thinker-Who
supports Capital Punishment being less severe pen
atty than the vicious Imagine II, and because .hsr
waranabe dread OF death renders II the best prophy
chas little bearing upon this matter from our pot on
view The resut concerns the cOndemners ana nov tno
condemned After his period OF torture De long or
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