The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-01
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.


good old idea of a "golden mean" is
almost totally ignored, Everything
is seemingly made to bend to the
"crack of the modern whip" regard
less, too often, of age, truth, reputa-
ton and worth. How many good
and true principles have been set
aside upon the test of their abuse and
not their use; or in other words, upon
a practical trial under the supervis-
sion Of ignorance. This seems to be
the fate pending corporal punishment;
aud while we have not one word to
say in extenuation of its abuses, we
have much to offer in favor of It's
uses. Uaou ea ovt3
1t must be conceded that corporal
punishment is an element in the
means of government by which the
better nature of man is reached, and
placed in communion with the influ-
,ences of the moral universe. Every
man is little kingdom in himself
born in possession of two natures
which constitute the sole occupant of
the realm. Each of these natures
has an appointed sphere of action in
the economy Of human development;
and each is the subject of code Of
laws as immutable as the Author of
all; and since these natures are most
Intimately associated under the be-
nign influence of a relation which can
never permit usurpatlonvf the pur-
poses of the one by. the other, without
admitting a transgression of the law,
it follows as Logical sequence, il
case Of transgression, that some eff
feet must be produced and it further
follows that because the lawof devel-
Opment was retarded in it's God-ap-
pointed operation, the effect must be
of deleterious nature, or in other
words, the penalty attached to the
violation of the law. 8
Every passion and emotion; every
faculty, physical, intellectual, social
and moral, has its appointed purpose
in the economy of true, manly devel-
opment; and every violation of law,
whether it be the result of Incidence
or neglect, excessive indulgence, ig-
norsnce or any other cause, must tend
to a proportionate deprivation of the
elements Of complete man hood f.;
hence, We see that, man living and
moving in his own comparatively lit
tie Individual realm, is the subject of
grand system Of laws, to the yiola-
ton of which is attached a common
surate penalty. Who dares to ques-
ton the efficiency Of system Of laws
with their rewards and punishments,
promulgated and directed by an In
finite Wisdom Is not the law In
tended to elevate and ennoble man
And such being the case, are we not
forced to recognize a beautiful and
useful blending OF moral instruction
with retributlon Is not nature with
her rewards and punishments the her.
aid Of code Of ethics having its eff
fcacy in ennobling inspiration rather
than in the mere hireling notion
commonly associated with rewards,
or the mendacious coloring which an
Elusive Interpretation gives to fear
Has not God embellished his whole
kingdom in diadems of moral beauty
and sublimity? Has He not strewn
the pathway of our lives with innu-
merable natural objects and NANTES
tations,t arrest our attention,provoke
our curiosity,and crystalize our lives ?
The whole realm, of nature, as far as
1t relates to man, being replete with
evidence favorable to the Justification
and expediency Of rewards and pun
ishments, is it wise and just to make
these data an element in the basis of
our social structure /? .