The daily gazette., 1877-12-05

has long been recognized everywhere in
the government of families. No parent
would think of incarcerating a disooedl-
ent child in damp, cold dungeon @ H. 10 I'M I'M
deeds bnt would subject the offender TO
the rightful authority of the household by
a few stripes of the lash mercifully lald on
and at once restore him again to the innu-
ence of pure air and native activity. just
SO does Justice deal with her offender here.
She claims unconditional fealty 10 ner
laws and humanely enforces her penalties
upon those who violate them; not Dy IN
viting slow disease To waste the body in
dreary cell, but by method at once natu-
raj and effective.
No culprit cares to pay tribute to our
violated laws a second time through the
medium of our whipping post; and as
having been once f1ogged here lose no time
in seeking safety IN more congenfal locali-
ties, where crime is fostered by uncertain
tenure OF the punishment attached TO IL,
and onviction, sentence and penalties are
made matters of fmerchandize, to the great
injury of public morals and social order.
Criminals will not long remain where they
know that punishment is swift, sure and
public, where the people maintain an ha-
bitual regard for law, where the Bar is
honorable and the Bench is ipcorruptible;
where new trials and claws delays" are as
nnfrequent as executive pardons, and
where justice is all the time clothed In the
aes'y ae 70 81 bs ner eps daT 10 ay ths mach n
Justification of our system OF corporal
punishment, and especially as it has, with
In recent period, entered into the minus
States to establish 1t for the better protec-
tion of society within their own borders.
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS.
The question. What shall be done to check
the gro with ofcrime, which is by tar,too preva-
!, lent among the youth o., our larger cities
and townsfb presents itself to the considera-
| ton of the Grand Jury with much iorce. In
Wilmington, especially, does juvenile De-
creasing magnitude as to awaken the gravest
appreheasons a. 10 the future character of
the community; and the time has come when
dif nuts ,uisy. SO solve We The hep problem. and at pnce sr-
| ply the proper remedy. The evil is growing.
rap pidiv growing. and uniess speedily arrested
wiilassume proportions which VIII eyentoal,
| ly bring untold sorrows - maEy otherwise
HAPPY homes. 2 a l1
At every term Of Court q large number Of
tjuvenite offenders are found in Jail and
ing OF the expense of preparing preliminary
proceedings, witness fees. and costs OF trial,
is wasted, with no compensating results
instituti ans and the philanthrophic instincts
of our people. to confne children of tender
age 10 a common prison, whore, by ass ocla-
crime and vice fix themselves uIon the
youthful mind, and make them ultimately
fit eompanions Of the vile and depraved.
II should be the duty Of all good people o to g
\
the perils that beset them. Instead o.
]dwarfng their undeveloped sense Of man
i, hood by contact with hardened culprits, they
, should be kindly cared for and placed IL
some institution where habits OF honesty, IN
dust y. sobriety. and the influence of moral
: ty and religion should surrou nd them. ana o
\ m ade a part of their fe and daily study.
To this most desirable end we earnestly re
commend that all the influences which TIM
honorable Court can command. togethe
!, with an emphatic and united expression O
public opinion be exertsd in favor OF tn'
!, erection of suitable
HOUSE OF CORRECTION,
!, In which juvenile offenders may be PLACED
!. and educated into good clelzenshlp ana De
) come useful members of society as they grow
up to years of maturity.
= CONCLUSION.
In concluding our report,we beg to expires
our thanks to the honorable. the in dges. TO
the information and counsel which they hav
9 given us. as occasion required; and whlcl
d enab led us the more easily to arrive at wha
}, we believe to have been:just conclusions an
+ proper actio in the discharge of our duties
II To the Attorney-General. and his associat
:, officers, for the advice and assistance the
, y rendered us. and for heir imp artial. emerge
/ tie and diligent efforts in prosecuting onend
II ers, and thus vindicating the supremacy q
l. the law; the thanks of the Grand Jury an
r 1t may not be out of place to saytn closln
:, that the views, suggestions ahd recommeL
= dations set forth In this report are the unar
u imous and deliberate conclusions of tn
Grand Jury, reached after very Iuli an
d free interchange of opinions, based upo
: our own Individual Judgment as well q
rs upon the popular sentiment of New Cast
= county. WILLIAM CANBY, Foreman.
h HENRY EcKEL, Secretary.
december Sd, 1877.