The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-29
THE DEATH PENALTY.
Why not dispense with it altogether

The case of Donovan. the homicide who
has Just ben rescued from the g;.llows
bv the tarly communication 70 an lrnprls-
on,nent fer life, suggests the renewed
putting of :he question: Way retain up
on the Law boOis of Nevada, the death
penalty: We protest that We ride no
whimsical hobby horses; are not of the
over-hunane. other-Horltily, super-sentl-
mental sort; but, ON TIE con:car,, have
,.n api;liu. high regard for the practical,
material. everi lay things Of this life and
and this world (which Is good enough
for us:l bit. for the life of us We can t;
See what good hanging or other death
daalin = nv law have done o- are likely 10
a.. Tne cricie of { III Is dol almost d tiiy
on this coast tone man slam, daily, Is
but ll,;le over the lv ar...a:) an Yet. since
thu historical scurvy and traditional flip
ia ks OF 'forty-line there have been
han ed in California and the n,iIhi . III :,
States AMI Ierritorie, hardly less than Al
thousand men. We reckon that the
gha>tly statistics OF the gallows would
give mention of 4 full regiment Of men
chohei to death b. the h:.ngman' rope
between San Diego and Siskiyou and
Usl.n AMI C.pe Mealocino.)
This hanging process Is III theory, an
exemplary timing. The spirit Of the age
compeis this shan,ning hypocrisy. An
atfecra.ion Of Christianity induces the law
t. asSu-ne :. virtua winch il has no;-and
TIE old i Inn os L .vense is executed I'M
der the naln. % Example and So turks, in
bloody mln,leinesS. in the laws OF the
lnl. Tle rerenss Of it'll. oil II sb-
r.visu of al eye for an eyc-is al there
i Of honest jIstii alton III th- matter.
The example Is proven to be more than
f;:llacious-EIore than a Mere folly, be-
cause it can ami does involve, too often,
II, le,allzei mur,ier.
Nevada ...ls gone fir ahead il many en-
hylt=n.d and en.igltea:ns things. She
was fist among tas States to pass the
Fi;tsel.h, II inels: 81 lei tn vsa in
ooenin. her paJG, scl ,ols to a, children
OF Whatever cJlored skin; she IS wisest
and most consistent in her tre..1n mt of
glmblln, and gamblers: she has always
illustrated the good theory that mountain
Gus climates ani stmospher-s breed ana
S1sta.l the t-Iast frial l., OF liberty and /
bsniicent rDrGrn mont: all now let her /
cap tl- cii.nlx OF he sensible advance
Ioents by eXpIn, in5 from the criminal
code III. G.tth p,at,tv all Substituting .
il its steal :, size AMI lastin., AZ i.noT:s- ,
Onnent t. 5lDs- wID enact tht crllu- of .
zau-ier aai uuju5tifilbla taking OF human
Efe, m.alu tn. psn,l-y severe, in:ie1i .
bic, une1cePtianaJ.e sarery OF rigorous
life-lol. pllislm nj in solitary con-ine-
NM, il neil D., an there VIII be, as We
believe, pr..cticsl corrective for the
present disregard, o. the value al human
blood
Tnis suggested Repeal is, however, bu.
Al inci1 rnt of i need Il system OF Reform
ii or criminal code 10 begin down on
the graGite W. should enact something
curative OF the .amen5aL.e misapprehen-
s!ons wlich exis: III the popular mind. rs
well Us Ill the Courts, rs - what amount
OF giorii-J isno-tnce sho1!d constitute
the cl:ef oIillil II steria. IF ~ impartial
anil competent juror: and then too the
general lstnd shoaIi De lifted out ef the
Old sJ.p=rs,itians of the Law regarding
what is or ought to be the tie kind of ev-
idenc., that IS entitled to belief. Tae OUT
having OF 4 nan becdzse he las read :.
newspaper, and the daius:on that Tile i'll
TOR, wnel one accepted, IS boari to dis
regard al his senses an natural prompt
In.,s in order t. work himself up TO Il
technical belief i'll that which be natural a:
y and actually dis5elieveS aui rally dis
,re,lits: these old, nasty iic1ions of the !
~ saoulI BE- Topped off, weel=i cat and
o-eyer abolished; and these constituting
ve.y essential PAT of q needed reform, {
hould accompany the Establishment OF the ;
Death Penalty. u