The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-10


Iiir State NJ 'ftFHH hna hduhbd The
lonalnf SYSTEM. UfH nnu Wlifii may
hp innfr appropriately ~ led illp Hfm.
iuNm u a,ttnni. ff Tho dlspWul nf ID
large puttlun Df ~ unvltf lnlnf, nnd
ii bns' not brou found in wmk we'll,
ns mr ns ID has leon ifl,d. We have
mo- extpnslvo and reliable lulnruntluu
l,y which Ia lidpc of lie prDflnbloueas
t1 Tic state. but ilofD rnn bo no uips.
tion tbnt H. stl,rs anon Inc conylct.
hnvo Loeu anything Iut sniuinry. lin.
Ier mi. svste,n iLe rnuVirl. nre dis.
lribuirJ Over IheHiut,. In .u,iads, work.
inc upou rnllrondsn md plniitntlons. and
nublir nnd nrivnte l,ui,rnyrn,o,its nm
,Isr thr rhnryr nf sertrnnts mud gnn,Ls
md entircIv LeyonJ the central nT Tho
ponItnnti,rv nniclnIs Durinv tbis
,a,Iod ~ outsiIo sorvico ,Lny mr.,
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Nv" oSVuua pnpe't au'''S "'.'''' M, t's",
huu W vN'SlsINu '''u'.,'pu' ihoao
complaints ihcIehscu untll u necanie
necessary 10 nppo,uI co''iI''lsSioiclS w
lhVes'lga'e 'ng clulgos 'up' were >"
HceIy h'"ue' 'he Iopu't VI ,"e v"H'
lllssioHeIs WIS recently co''ll'it'.u ni'o
presented W we "o'eIuor, uuu u suS,
'alns most Oh the hcouSat'ols oI cruei
ana ihiullan treatment presenting
spectacle Oh oaruarlty mat IL uisSrlGe
10 the ciVlilIatiOh OF inns country. ~
shoulu ne preillseu thht we collhilS'
sioiers see no cause 10 ihu lhuIt WIN
the law regulating the penllehtlary
ana prescribing us uiscipIlhe' Inc
law Is Juulcious, humane, anu II pro-
perry enforced, calculated 10 promote
tne temporal anu spirltuai Weiiare Oh
the conNicls' Inc acts tiiat nave peell
SO ioudly cohlpialnieu OF were uohe III
dlrect VOCATION oi the law, some OF
them WINE the penltehtiary was uh-
ger Sthle cohlroi, out great hlaily
more hiter III llhu passed. lltO lhc nhllus
oil the l'sses. Nor 40 lhc Commission
ers discover extensive occasion cen
sure III the management Oh tie PRISON
ltseii' lnsl"e llle uullhlhS the work,
loou' ciothiilE SIeepl'is acco'nIlout-
llohs, care lor the slch' e'c', ai'nouGh
not WHAT nty ought To ne, are ny no
means as oau us tlty hlght ue' ana
the pulishmenlS' hI'h3ush III some
eases UNAUTHORIZED ny law are not 40
unusual ana excessive aS 10 call Tor Sc
we're uth"hcla''"h'
~ IL among we gangs NAV ar" US
trlbutcu otcr me country uil"er lit
iarlnliS-"Il system t'iht inc great
ABUSES are ioRi", anu ~ Is not 700
.inuch 10 say tilnt lile evils Wiiic!l 'Ue
Cohhi'ssi' herS discover III inns c"il'i'e-
tioh are t"a great extent lhsrlarAhlt
from thht system. me ioo'i, h'.""'Si
premium, Is N"t Always S"',au'e or Oh
soou Iuti'ty ci"lhii'g ana oeuuii's
are often insufficient 'he sex are li"'
properly cared 'or c"hNlc'S are pun 10
labor for when they are not physlca-
~ auopted, ana seherai coh0itioh
OF nun ana neglect ~ ooserVapie;
But THESE are MINOR eVlis, compared
WIN the barnarous ana uhlawiui pun
ishments that have been reSorted to ny
those VINO nave had cohlroi Of the con-
victs. The stocks, the horse and the
lash, are the three relies OF bnrbarism
That have been carried ABOUT the colh-
try with the convict gangs, ana used
with torturing ana frequently with Ia
tai effect. or these, the lash is the on
~ punishment allowed by the law,
and that is forbldden, except when
specially ordered by the directors. The
stocks, we are assured 10y the commits
isioners, are not only Instruments OF
torture, but dangerous to life. 1t Is dis
Bclosed by the evidence that conVicts
have been chokeu To death 10y tins IN
strument. The horse is still worse.
The convict is seated astride of Il peg
hat is driven into post, tied so that
he cannot moye, and his whole weight
is brought down upon the peg. The
torture that ehsues produces The most
intense agony Imaginable, often de-
str0ying the Virllity OF the sufferer,
and the commissioners declare that 1t
would he difficult to devise an instru-
ment of torture more terrible than the
horse. Compared with the stocks and
the horse, the lash is a mild method
of punishment, yet, when convict
receives as many as six hundred lash
es ON his naked back, the extreme of
barbarism is reached. The commits
isioners pertinently suggest that If the
Icrime for when convict Is
sent to the penitentlary is not
sufficiently heinous to cause him
to be degraded by the lash, his Of
lenses against prison discipline
can not be atrocious enough to merit
such a punishment. 1t seems that the
punishments OF the lash, the stocks
ana the horse, outside OF the peniten-
tiary, have been inflicted by lrreSpOuSi-