Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-22
"pelaware JUSTICE"
peating

Under the above caption, the Ph'lsdelph'a
Press, exer;s IL sumentative powers IN nearly q
column OF loaded matter in commencing the
views of a correspondent from Wyoming in this
state, and in reply to paragraph in the GAZETTE
reminding that paper OF the fact, that had the
woman who murdered her child in Newark, Del
aware, committed the deed in Pennsylvania, the
hws,of that State would have condemned her to
10 hung.
The Press is usually free from the abusive
language used by many Of its Ph;'adelphia cotem-
porsries, but in the article We quoted to 1t fell
into the sams error and used the most Objechona-
ble language toward our people, because our Law
requires that persons found guilty OF murder in the
second degree, shall stand in the p'loly aud be
whipped.
This Ii termed barbarsm, end ssid the whip
plug of the woman who deliberately murdered
her child, throws King Herod quite into the
shade, and makes the ere nhicitieS Of Nero seen,
Jua hGrmle SIS fleasdnhieS."
But we will give the Press the benefit OF its OW Al
csmments; and rsks our readers - give them due
attention. Here they are, from the issue of that
excellent newspaper Of the Goth instant
What is called In Delaware "justiee' is a species
Nf baTbaTic cruelty which would DO diHgraceful to
tribe Of savages, and which is in State profess
ing civilization simply crlme objectionable. We
Yesterday called attention 10 the disgusting and de-
arading scene Of Saturday at New Castle, when
four men were publicly whipped and another eX-
losed for an hour in the pillOTy, but in Whining
t1n paper We find the announcement OF another
New Castle performance which throws King ii Herod
quite into the shade, and makes the eccentrci.ies
Of Nero secm but harmless pleasantries. On Thurs
day last a colored woman was brought 70 trlPl on
the charge of having murdered her illsg .timate
child. Tho charge was fully sustained, the woman
cbnfessing her crime; but as there were many nit
lgatinR circumstances which tended 10 palliate her
guilt, the Attorney General requested the jury 10
render d verdict of murder in the second degree 90
arequsst in which the defence homeland such
verdict was accordingly rendered. On Wednesday
tue woman was brought before the court and sen-
fenced "to pay fine Of $1,000 end costs, to stand
in the pillOry for one hour on Saturday, the Path
instant to receive the day sixty lashes upon
bare back, and beimprisoned for life" 1t seems
hlTdly credible that in the nineteenth century, in
civilized and pTofessedly Christian land. and in
a State which forms part Of free republic, that
sd barbaroUs a sentence rs this should be pronoun-
ced upon a criminal, however great his or her crime
might be but facts are stubbSrn things, and the
fact that this sentence WIS delivered cannot be
gainsayed and that the people of Delaware
are not more deeply moved only shows the dsgra-
ding effect Of their savage customs Undoubtedly
they are joined TO their idols but instead OF letting
them alone charity dictates that We send them mis-
s0naries for they certainly need such functiOnaTies
quite as much il not more, than do the regular and
pTofessed heatkcn.
How many Hebrew women who loved their
offspring as the neither OF Moses did, would
have arrived at the conclusion which the Press
has presentedE
At the time we read the article, from which we
quote the above, we I'D not deem it worth while
TO enter into an argr nent with F1y one capable
Of indicting such dat be; for it evidently shows
that the winter was wholly destitute Of every SEN
tiHent that would commend him 10 the christian
world Here is a poor innocent babe one of whom
the Saviour said 'let little children come unto me
and forbid them not" &C. murdered in cold blood
by woman, its mother, and ihe order for the
whipping Of this woman is termed a Woise deed
than the order Of Herod TO slay ;, the moe chill
drsh born Of Hebrew women; or the FlliDg Of
his own mother by that monster whom We s-e
taught TO believe "fiddled while Rome burned"
There is little use of attempting argument with
thobe who are either reckless OF what they say or
Ignorant of the language they use. When the
Press cOrrects its own bad grammar, it will DO
time enough 10 draw a typographical error, by the
omission Of single letter into an argument, 10
cover Its offensive, and un&arranted language
abuliye Of an inofensive people, whose acts OF
christian charity and deeds of love aud kindness
compare faVOrably with any people on Garth, aud
need not the services of missionaries from city
that is cursed with so many thieves, burglars and
assalsins that the Press Itself has but lately
charged even its public offices, Courts and
Councils with being iafested aud corrupted by
them.