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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

penalty has for years past been the incentive
to rather than the preventive OF homicide.
How many of our murderers are hanged
How many escape on bubbles that tho iDge-
nuity of counsel would not be taxed to invent
were not the gallows looming up before Their
clients Upon this point District Attorney
Garvin gave valuable testimony yesterday In
explaining why so many murderers remain IN
the Tombs unpublished. 1t was not his fault,
but due to the accused taking advantage OF
the delays afforded by the law. Some cases
were appealed to the highest courts; in others,
commissions were demanded to take testimony
in distant lands. Every possible technicality
is used to postpone final judgment to the last
moment. "All that man hath will he give
" for his life" is a solemn truth every day IL
Illustrated in our courts, at the cost OF society
and to the profit of the lawless.
We do not urge the vital legal reform OF an
abrogation of capital punishment at this mo-
ment from any sympathy with this most das-
tardly assassin, but because we detect IN his
trial incidents which strengthen our belief that
it must be effected before crime can be re-
pressed by certain and speedy infiction OF
the laws penalty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

Goods workers iron and steel, shpbuders Shippers
&c. desc that the special needs OF each may Do iadc
known their statistics gathered and preserved anu
way be made by which, through cooperation ana aiair
hearing OF all sides tho interests OF all may DC harmon
zed and the common foe dcomted and driven from the
field.
great respect say that folly longer proong such
an unsatisfactory and uncomfortable state OF anars
Tho whole protective policy Of the country is now en-
dangered because of lack Of efficient organization III 'ne
mast II we would save homo manufactures, ana
through them the and realize the reasohape
homes OF all our counrymen who earn their bread Dy the
syeat OF their brOws must resolve TO INK In ono
powerfu and righteous band the different interests no"
40 boldly assaled and so immlnently jeopardized
To state the case is of itself a demonstration.
We must have such an OrganizatiOn-onet that can
speak for the Productive Industry of our coun-
try, not merely for branch of it. Our ad-
versaries could no longer sow dissensions
among us, nor excite jealOusies as to the greater
favor shown to one branch than another. we
could no longer be even plausibly told that
while the consumers of Iron are many, the
makers are few, and that the interest OF the
former should prevail. An Association that
spoke not for Iron nor for Steel, for Cloths
nor for Wares especially, but for American
Industry, would command the respectful at
tention even of our inveterate foes. We sug-
gest that it be fully organized on or before the
4th of July next.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

The somewhat Imaginative figuring Of our
special Munchausen receives further correction
from the statistical division of the Department
of Agriculture. Mr.. Wells in his last report,
estimates the wages of agriculturists in the
United States as averaging 500 per annum.
including board Carefully prepared statistics
of the above mentioned Department put the
average at 1901 Sc. Mr.. Weiss aggregate
error, consequently, in the computation of the
proportion contributed by the agricultural
class TO the total gross value OF the national
product per ahfum, amounts to Somewhat over
S625, 100000, and the subsequent calculations,
speculations. and vagaries of the report are
vitiated with this error which, with tho aston
ishing wool estimates that the Commissioner
attempted to pull over the eyes of the public
is enough to establish reputation for trust
worthiness on the part of our special quite
equal to that of the original Baron"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23
SPEAK At LAST.

Has Cuba,s hour not struck To-day we
present another mass of diplomatic testimony
that much has been written and little has been
done. Our Minister in Madrid explains how
his good Offices have been refused. The Spanish
Secretary declares a want of faith IN Cuban
freedom not many degrees divergent from that
of some few of onr own politicians. SPAN
promises, and only promises, a gradual
emancipation, where the Cubans have decreed
immediate, practical abolition. To condense
into few words the moral of many chapters OF
writing the net product of eighteen months OF
patient waiting on the one hand. and merciiess
bloodshed on the other, is that Cuba is still
fighting against the world, and that so far as
Spain is concerned, Slavery, oppression, and
massacre arc az defiant as ever.
In such case as this it is the hight of pro-
priety for a Spanish Secretary of State to re-
joice that our Government has been 1.-THE
"friend and ally of Spain from the beginning
"of its glorious history" That history, be it
solemnly remembered. began with the throw
ing off by the American Colonies of letters
forged as many miles away from these
free shores as Cuba is from Spain. The men
who made it were less wronged than the Gu
bans, who to-day make the fire of their
qnenclless hatred the surest guaranty that
Spaniards shall not own the soil which they
have polluted with the most savage of crimes.
Let us hope, thcn that this wretched phrase
about our European allies will perish
from diplomacy. Russia is our ally; France
is our ally; every despotism on earth
can for diplomatic purposes, be our ally. To
our browning disgrace the anarchy which gov
ems Spain claims our partncrship-tho power
that puts shackles on Cuba presumes upon
alliance with the nation that has freed its
slaves. Does this alliance exist, and shall it
continue!
Speak at last" Speak out. we cntreat the
representatives of the people, and speak at
once The question of war in Cuba has, IN
one sense, passed out of the narrow channels
of diplomacy into the great ocean tide OF
national feeling. 1t is no longer the mere
property of a Cabinet, to be sat upon
by number of councillors with locked
doors. 1t is a question for the grand jury OF
the American people. Whether the Govern
ment thus far has done wholly right, it is not
now essential to inquire. The question has now
been delegated to Congress. Upon Congress
rests the responsibility. 1t is for Congress to
act our word for it the Administration will
gladly execute its uttermost behests. Some
thing must be done for Cuba-the more we
can honestly do the better Speak at last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

Mr. Mungen's defense, yesterday, of his
disgusting references to Mr. Sumner, surrep-
titiously published in The Globe, was not less
violation of decency and an insult to the
House than the original bestialiy. lie has
fully provoked the inquiry into his conduct
which has been ordered. The censure which
the House may award him will be slight
punishment compared to that other, swiiter
and more lasting of popular contempt already
upon him. The fate of the offender will
matter little however. if the indignant protest
of the House against his fragrant violation of
its privileges shall lead to the abolition or
partial remedy of the thousand and one abuses
which have crept into the public printing. We
trust Mr.. Latin will seize this favorable
moment. when the sympathy of House and
public is with him and his Committee, to
renew his previous efforts to curtail the
enormous expenses for useless Congressional
printing. and thereby contribute in a certain
degree to prevent the recurrence of disgraceful
performances like this of Mr.. Mungen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

Some of Gen. Badeau's observations while
in England on the temper OF the Enghsh
people toward America, as contributed 10
Harper's Magazine, are published on our sec
ond page, and will be read with interest. The
feelings of the English people-thc middle and
lower classes-have never been misunderstood In
the United States, though much misrepresented,
and with them we have no quarrel. Americas
claims are against the corporate Government
the constituted authorities, of England, who
maliciously contributed so largely to our
damage. The origin of the present contribu-
ton, and the revision it has received from the
President, will deservedly attract more atten-
ton than Its matter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

The Consul of the United States at oan''ago'
in a letter which curiously contrasts WIN .he
information supplied by an ex-Consul OF ma
vana. confirms the news which The TRIBUNE
has given from the eastern quarter for months
mast The letter is dated January, and can
leave no doubt in the mind OF
the Government that the patriots OF that
section are more active than ever. The assas-
sipations of Bayamo, writes Consul Philips
are nothing more than what is daily perpe-
trated. and he adds that war of extermina-
tion is being waged Is there no rule OF inter-
national law that applies to a state of butchery.
and recognizes condition OF massacre lhen'
let lis make a precedent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

Wanted-a biography of NJ. Henri ROcheton
which shall explain to us why American editors
call him miscreant and villain, and why NJ.
Victor Hugo adopts him as son, and pro-
nounces him force for the future. Wanted
an account of NJ. RochefOrt, the lampooner OF
princes, the hater of kings, which shall show
us why Grub-street calls him wretched writer
and why Paris buys his jokes. Then, IN the
name of good sense, let the funkeys over the
channel agree upon their description OF HIM.
Is he "Sea green Incorruptible." or Sea-
green Corruptible ?-for some of them tell US
that he is livid and weak, and mean, and
though born into marquisate, no better than
ringleader among the gdminS and sans cRioiia'
We do not enjoy his quotations of Robesplere'
which are like extracts from the euloune
but we want his life, and not his head. Nanted
again-a true biography of NJ. Rochefort
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23
"U5NEING rs PLAYED OFT"

The conviction of Reynolds of murder in the
first degree was n foregone conclusion. The
insane theory of the defense was followed by
a ridiculous argument and appeal in which the
prisoners counsel asked the jury not to con-
denim this criminal because dozens of other
more notorious, but more wealthy and in
luential villains, had escaped their just punish
ment. The facts were very clear; the defense
was very lame; the charge of the Judge as to
the law very explicit, and the verdict
in accordance with it. This is perhaps
a vindication of the law, and, so long as the
law is as it is, may be proper enough. But
the trial of Reynolds was not concluded with
out scenes indecorous III themselves, and
strongly suggestive of a necessity for change
in the law itself. Twice the jury returned
for instructions. On the first occasion one of
the Jurors desired to know if they were at lib
crty TO find verdict for the lesser degrees of
homicide, and was answered by the repetition
of the part of the charge defining murder in
the second degree. The juror eagerly asked,
What Is the punishmentT' to which Judge In
graham made the fitting reply that the penalties
of crime were beyond the province of the jury.
On the second occasion another juror wished
TO know whether there was any evidence that
Reynolds was insane a. the time of the COM
mission of the crime, and being told that there
was no evidence that he wasNever other than
sane, asked, argumentatively, 'but 10 1t not
possible that he was insane?n 1t is evident
that here were at least two jurors cow 7nced
that the prisoner had committed a heinous
offense for which he was accountable, but, I'M
consciously to themselves, seeking bubbles by
which to avoid the painful alternative of
inficting the punishment prescribed by the
statute. Yet they joined in the verdict, and
thus did gross violence to themselves
Experience constantly augments the proof
that law is powerful in proportion to the GER
tainty rather than to the severity Of its Nehat;es
1t is constantly becoming more difficult TO on.
force the punishment prescribed for murder in
the first degree, because the humanity of the
age instinctively shrinks from the gallows.
The assassin Reynolds brutally expressed the
sentiment of civilization when he exclaimed,
with the blood of his victim yet damp upon
him, Hanging is played out" Because of the
fact that society revolts from it and our
Lawmakers have not the sense and nerve TO
abrogate the death penalty. we are in constant
peril Of being ovefrun by assassins. While the
law DEGREES n penalty which, practically it is
impossible TO enforce, criminals will sneer at it,
Give US one that will not be imperative be-
cause this advanced civilization has given birth
to higher sentiment, which objects to the
creature assuming the functions of the Creator,
and the law will get the upper hand of the
aSS'.ssins' IA We Loeb ut tho sUhicch tue death
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amustmtnts, gtdurrs, rtt,, abs Gbtning.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-German Opera: Der frels-
shutL" Psreps Rosa CspissA
Booru's THEArER, Twenty third-st and Sixth-aye.
Hamlet" Booth
FtpTu-AvE THFATFR.-"Frou -Frou.'
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,, Twenty-thlrd-st. and
Eighth rave" Twelve Temptations"
NIRIos GARpFN-" Innisfallen; or, The Men in
Al. Gan" Nj and Mrs Barney Williams.
OLYMPIC THEATER.-At2 and s: Hamlet" G. L..
FOI
THr T,MMANY-" The Glorious Seven and Bad
Diokey"
WArIAcK's THFATRR, Broadway and Thirteenth
st-"Masks and Faces" Lester WalAeE
Woop'S MUSEUM Broadway and 30thst.-from
a. m 10 IOpm Ava "LAlAh Rookh" Ats, "Psust" Blondes
EMPIRE CITY SKATING RINK-Skating To-Day.
Mssio Afternoon and B'eupg
HARRIS BIJoU THFATER. No. 74S Broadway, be-
Bghtbs and Aston plseeAncent and Modern Magic
KELLY & Icons MINsTREIs, No. TO Broadway
g. lie Petit Faust"
NETWORK CIRCUS Fourteenth-st.- Grand ITO
grauue At q and 8; B0uestriansm
SAN FRANCIsCo Observation-Disclosures per-
fornanoes =,
ASSOCIATION Hall, Twenty -third-st and FOURTH
aye-Ata Classical Organ Coueet-SSBuel 2. Warren
Rev STEPHEN II. TYING: Association Hail.
"Jobs Huss At Prague -
Hon l. s. DHHL: Duane-st. NJ. Il. Church.
"Onsua aid Bible LahiS"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

The gifts Of Fortune are unequal. Few ara
rich enough to own judge. Only restricted
number have relatives in the Ring Physical
capacity is limited; yet an emergency may
arise. You may even wish to commit an
atrocty. Do you in such case want pie
nary indulgence against all temporal penaltiesi
Go, hunt up your wet-nurse, or your maiden
aunt, and learn your family history. Did your
grandmother ever raye7 Was your grand
father an IDIOT Did your father carry BIS
umbrella under his arm in rain STORMY DID
your mother walk in her sleepf If so, cry
eureka, or 0mOk, and do whatever listeth you.
Provided with dispensatiOn of lunacy, If s
man doubts his wife or somebody elses, If
woman thinks her hopes of a ceremony too
long delayed, il youth gets the mitten, or a
girl fancies herself prosecuted by obtrusiys
suitors, it is only necessary to load pistol and
avenge the supposed injury. Should the wrong
person be hit by any accident of selection or
mistake of identity, so much the better safe
guard is the defense OF Insanity. How can any
moral responsibility be attributed to an lndI-
yidual so deranged as to kill some one eks
than the person intendedf Or, what would DO
the sense of being lunatic, if one must think
twice before kilng2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23
Nem'alotk Daily gribm,re,
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 80. 1870.

Minister yaldrome has submitted O report in favor
OF the decentralization Of the Executive Adj
ministraton Of the French empire. =- LORD
Chelmsford has introduced a bill to secure the
better Observance OF Sunday. == rsptue'
growing OF the debate over the Porto Rican constr
tuition is feared IN the COres. = The discussion OF
Infability will take place = Letters OF Secre-
tary Fish, Gen Sickles. Minister Silvela, and Count
Phillips tine latter giving remarkable picture OF tue
state of affairs in Eastern Cuba are published.
In the Senate yesterday bill was reported TO reor-
game the civil service Mr. COnklug spoke on he reso'
uons OF the NewYork Legislature resembling the rati'
fcation OF the Fifteenth Amendment -- In the
House Judge Busted eXonerated from the charges
made against him: resolution was introduced censur'
ing MIR Mungen for abusing House privilege; the Con
ference Committees report the Naval Deficiency Dill
was adopted; the Legislative Appropriation bill was
further considered. but no vote was reached.
1t is now reported that lives lost by the burning
OF the Emma No 3 on the Mississippi. =- The Mis-
sour Legislature have amended the School law as 10
allow women 10 vote school questions. =- NJ c.
Hamilton and Lieut. Gov Flanagan have been elected
L. g. SenatoTs from Texas. == Methodist state Con-
veutiOn is III session at Syracuse. =- A Firncns
tournament took place in Augusta, Ca, yesterday
Reynolds has been convicted of murder the first de-
gree === committee of citizens have requested Po
lice Commissioner Smith fOrego his claim TO the seat OF
SUPERVISOR IN place OF Mr.. Foley. =- Mr., and Mrs
ORourke injured the railroad at New Rochelle. will
probably die. === WashugtOns Birthday was cele-
brated in quiet way yesterday. =- No gold market
yesterday. Temperature, II. "a, %. 30
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

Parental discipline, as it is called, is in nine
cases ont of ten merely the ebultion of rn-
controlled passion. The father hoss, not BE-
cause he would reform the child but because
fogging is just then the pleasantest thing ior
him to do. Thus, in Michigan, one George
Dixon threw down his little boy, and thcn by
way of a sound moral lesson, stamped upon
his breast. In fact, so anxious was he not 70
spoil his child by undue leniency, that he klliru
the object of his affectionate Solieltude' III
consequence of this, by direction OF the author,
ties. he will reside for the next fifteen yeais
in the State Prison. This comes OF stamping
II Dixon had only used the legitimate iUu
prescribed by King Solomon, and had only
half killed his son, certain discplinariars "o
wot of would have considered him pefec'
model of parent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

Mr.. Conkling argued strongly in tho senate
yesterday against the right of the present
Legislature of New-York to rescind the reso-
luton of former one ratifying the AVth
Amendment. But il this not wasting wise
words on a dead issue-good powder on dead
gamef In the first place, the AVth hn'chu,
ment is a law without counting the vo'e vi
New-York and, in the second place. there Is
no probability that the retraction VIII DC con
sidered Mr.. Conkling's argument Is interest,
ing. and will be convincing to the DOUBTFUL IL
any there are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

Cicero said that he wondered how two Ro.
man augurs, each with a knowledge Of tho
Others tricks, could meet in the street without
laughing. In the debate in the House Iat
Friday, Mr. Morrill, asked Mr.. Patterson if 4,
had not been demonstrated what fools both
" of them were in voting for the Alaska Treaty,
Mr.. Patterson, also laughing, was mot dis
"pOsed to differ with his friend from Vermont !.
he claimed, however, as one virtue, that al
though he voted for the Treaty "he made a
"speech against it," [Great laughter.l But
Mr.. Morrill, was by no means disposed to ALLOW
this sole credit to Mr.. Patterson, for he (Mr
MorrilD "made speech against the Treaty
"and voted for it just as Mr.. Patterson did
Renewed laughter.l If there were thus a..
least two prominent members of the House
who in this unfortunate Alaska business
thought one way and voted another, the ques.
ton arises how many of all who sustained the
Treaty were guilty of like duplicity Mr.
Morrill, claims that he was simply "a fool iu
voting for the measure which he knew to be an
impolitic one. Mr.. Patterson wishes also TO b,
recorded as one of the fools" To escap.
worse, the two are content to be registered a,
non compos mentis. Gentlemen members, thin
will not do, Ii is always presupposed tha
honorable Representatives are not lacking il
common sense; nor can they be permitted ia
this, or any similar case, TO plead their own
idiocv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23
CUBA.


Isit naughtf Is it naught
That the South wind brings her wall to our shore,
That the spoilers compass our desolate sister,
Isit uauehtf Must wo say TO her, "Strve no more
with the lips wherew it'll we loved her and kissed her
With the hooking lips wherewith we said.
Thou art the dearest and fairest to us
or all the daughters the sea hath bred.
OF all green ,grdled isles that WOO u.s."
Is 1t naughti
Must We wait Must ye wait,
Till they ravage her gardens OF orange and palm,
TIL her heart Is dust till her strength Is wateri
Must We see them trampe her, and be calm
As priests when a virgin ia led TO slaughter
Shall they smite the marvel OF all lands
The nations longing the Earth's completeness
On her red mouth dropping myrrh, her hands
Filled with fruitage and spice and sweetnessf
Must ye wait
In the day, in the night.
In the burning day, in the dolorous night,
Her sun.brown checks are stained with weeping.
Her watch-fres beacon the misty height
Why are her friends and lovers seepingi
aye, at whose the hatterer bends,
Who were my kindred before all Others
Hath he set your hearts afar, my friendsi
Hath he made 80 alien. my brothers,
Day and nightw
Hear ye mott Hear sc not
From the hollow sea the sound OF hor voice;
The passionate, farof tone, which sayesh:
" Alas my brothers alas, what choice
The lust that shsmetb. the sword that slayetht
They bind me they rend my delicate locks;
They shred the beautiful robes won me!
Ny round limbs bleed OH the mountain rocks:
Save me, ere they have quito uadone me-"
Hear ye mott
Speak at last Speak at last!
In the right Of your strength in the strength OF you
right,
Speak out at last to the treacherOus spoier!
Say: "will ye harry her in our sight,
Ye shall not trample her down, nor soil her!
Loose her bonds! let her rise in her loveliness,-
Our virginia. sister: or. If ye Shame her,
Dark AmnOn shall rue for her sore distress.
And her sure revenge shall be that Of Tamarg
Speak at last!
Feb. %. EDMUND C. STEDMAS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

1t seems probable that the Senate Committee
will adopt Senator Morton's Neutrality bill, or
resolutions to the same effect. This is
to advise us that though the Cubans
will not be accorded the distinct adver-
tisement of beiligerency, they will
have its practical benefits in a declaration of
neutrality based upon our tradtions--sucl, for
instance as that of the law of 1918, under the
failure of which the Spanish gunboats
made their way out of port. It's revi-
val at this time means that Spain shall not
do 40 aoan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

From statement made out for us it would
appear that the Dominican debt was about
100000 twelve months ago. We know of
no means by which President Baez could have
reduced it since The debt, then,
which seems to represent the tail of
our Dominican KITE is not one million, as fondly
imagined, but ten times one million. We shall
be glad to understand from the friends of Mr.
Baez how 81 100000 the sum of our purchase
said debt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-23

The system of conducting public business in
the Washington Bureaus is favorite subject
of abuse by inconsiderate wits, the latest
OF whom is Mr. Beck of Kentucky who con-
sumed the time Of the House yesterday in re-
lating his adventures as a collector of claims.
The method employed at Washington.
though not the most economical Der
haps, is not unnecessarily complicated
except to the ignorant. II is confusing to
novice only as parliamentary practices are
Unfortunately the experienced bureau officers
cannot furnish brains to the new and ignorant
clerks. not to say members OF Congress-. who