Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-24

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0EO. W. -vEkNON & SONS,
EDITORS AND PRoFRIEToRs.
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nOSDAY, NOvEM Der ~. 1854.
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We are told by the advocates of the
aash and the pillory that q man who il
whipped once will take g,,od care tha,
ths operation shall not be repeated,
Whether IL Is 70 be avoided by the vic
tim Of the lash reformisg, or by becom
ing 10 sly In bis tricks rs never 70 bs
caught again, the advocates Of the lash
do not say, but in either case we would
ask what they are going TO do or say
about a case like Isaac Hayden. On
Saturday last Isaac was treated 70
twenty lasbes OF reform, aud this is
the third time to our individual know.
ledge that Isaac has been made to hug
sAe post while this peculiar kind of re.
form was injected into his system
through open pores made by the lash.
Whatever reforms may have triumph.
ID in Isaac's case, none of them seem "a
have created al x-ersion in him to t.
king other peoples property. Each
time he 10 caught he stands his hour In
the pillory manfully. takes his twenty
OF more lashes like q hero, serves GU;
Ais imprisonment like q martyr. and a.
soon rs released is back at his old
habit again. He cares neither for pill
1ory, lash nor confinement, but pur-
sues his occupation of tbieving as regu.
aAxly as he followed his more honest oc-
cupation NJ blacksmithing before he be-
came . thief.
One argument Of the advocates OF
she lash and pillery is that they driv,
criminals out OF the State, and prevent
others from coming into it. This argu.
meat does not hold good in Isaac Hay.
dsn's case. In common parlance he
don't drive worth q cent" As soon
- he gets out OF jail, instead Of striking
. Decline for the rich fruitage and
green pastures Of Chester and Della ware
Counties in our big sister State of Penn u.
sylvaDia, he lights right down in Will
@ington where nearly erybody
Knows him and he knows everybody.
But We are told that il is only the dull,
beastly, stupid kind that are caught o
4secOnd or third time, and punished
With the pillory and lash. This is not
the case with Hayden. He Is none OF
your dull. Stupid kiDd, but on the con-
trary he Ia bright and intelligent, aid
hast week plead his cause before the
Court with - IN uch good sense and as
Auensiy as many lawyer. Stupid "
not he duh ? not Bit Of it. As soon
~ he emerges from the prison doors BY
permission Of Sheriff Ford, he will be
found ia Wilmington, where be Is
known, posing rs one who has passed
tho ordeal Of the pillory, lash and i'm.
prisonment three times.
he will tell in a dramatic manner
his experience OF prison life and talk
ioarnedly Of the peculiar sensations
created by standing on the pillory
platform while great wooden clamp
held him fast by tho Eeck and wrists
until his veins became swollen as blue
~ indigo and as thick as clothes lines
He will exratists upon the more tender
sensation created ty the cat de-
scending upon his bare back, and
which OF the threeSheriffs that whipped
him, let the lashes fall the hardest
His listening auditors will admire him
and praise his powers of endurance
and his bravery, perhaps envy his ex.
porience, and perhaps form a resolu
ton to be such q hero as he has be
come.
Hayden Il an enigma he is q
mystery. He stands az a living, NOV
ing witness that 1t took at least tire.
doses Of the pillory and lash TO reform
him. aud IL remains To be seen afiel
his release from Jail whether NOR,
doses will not be required
But now a word for tue other argu.
ment that the pillory and lash deter,
criminals from en- ering the State u
commit felony and crime. Last SAtur
days scenes in the Jail yard at New
Castle 10 also fatal to this argument in
favor Of the lash. William Copeley
smart, bright intelligent youD,
white man was treated to twenty lashet
for stealing horse and carriage from
Robert Casey, Jr., Of Claymont, and t,
e1how that he was not man without
music In his soul, he at the same tim,
stole an organ from the NJ. f. chnrci
At that place. Copeley was not 1
native Of Delaware, but he came int
the State with the fear of the pillory
and lash before his eyes and stole no
only an organ, but horse and Wagon
with which to haul it away. But con
frary no doubt to his expectations b.
was caught and on Saturday receives
his rations of Delaware justice, an hon
IN the pillory and twenty lashes. Tha
n the close he turned and bowet
courteously to the Sheriff, was no in
dication that thorough reform ha,
been worked in his depraved nature
aud whether he will come out reforme.
like Hayden, time alone will tell. Al
our remarks have already uncon
sriously been prolonged beyond prope
bounds, We will close by asking serious
ly whether such punishments rs tn
piliory and the lash really do proven
IN increase of crime?
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