The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

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providing the means of education and
civilization OF murderers, and allowing
the causes which produce such state OF
affairs to go unpublished, is directly re-
sponsible for the degradation of this class,
and indirectly responsible for crimes COM
mitted by them. Has she then any right
to take the life Of any criminal? Can
she consistently hang them? No. The
only right and proper way is to endeavor
to correct those Of the present generation
and remove the causes Of crime from the
generations yet 20 come" Mr.. EWING
argument throughout was consistent and
impressive, and well merited the applause
given him.
The negative, and debate, was closed
by II. Greeley Knowles, who first made
few opening remarks, as follows :
''Shall Capital Punishment be Abol-
ished? No. This question partial and
one-sided as it may seem, has enlisted the
pens of the gifted and good throughout
all ages, and especially in our own times
many brave and noble hearts have been
deenlv aud bonoro,,l,, oonoornod in its
agitation Morally n 10 a oro,t orostiop
whiIo .oo;o,l,, a ;s ono thot rost dosonuo,
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