The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-10-28

and one brOther.-May Russell, Rodman, Palo Alto
Co., Iowa.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
FRTEHDs OF THE CIUB: According 10 custom In de-
bates IL becomes my privilege 20 reply to 'Casada"
aud close the argument. i rcailirm nay statement
that the criminal suffers more ia prison than he
does by death, because he ~ punished IA llie,
and after his death he IL punished by God.
| criminal may he 20 guarded that lac cannot endan-
ger the liyes of others IL placed IN oeli 10y himself
and properly attended Go. The question u asked,
How is IL 60 he done? BY placing him IN close con-
fnement, and by having the guard handcuh and
shaclle him when IL becomes necessary.
"Casada " thinks n convict has a good time IN
prison. Well, was not claiming that the present
convict system h. right. ON the other hand think
u II wrong. because the convis too often par
dOned. because they have much liberty, because
they are too well fed, and have too many chances
90 escape. But the system must be changed.
II prisoner ls properly controlled he cannot harm
anyone. lie should not he placed IN n cell with
other prisoners, and guards should be numerous
enough 10 protect themselves. IL - not necessary
that a murderer he compelled 20 work; we'll
managed prison will more than pay expenses, and
why could not some OF the surplus revenue be USED
90 restrict aud punish those who under sentence
] for murder. Not one murderer IN 10 II now hung
for his ofiense. Mhy9 Because if he has money
and friends he can buy the Judge. the jury, good
lawyer, several false witnesses, and then be found
/ not guilty; or he can buy two jurynlen and
then have them hold out 10 acquit him; or he can
/ claim insanity and get of with no sentence;
or maybe lac is sent TO the prison, but Just as
/ like not lac IL pRrdoned 10y the Governor, or
! by "A pardoning board There is too much loose
neSs aud corruption in our courts TO make the law
| against capital crime effective. Through politics
and political influence men are acquitted. The
criminal sstrong political friends or the Judge Is
afraid lac will lose his place; he and the man on
4 trial are of the same party.
When "Casada" quotes: Whose sheddeth man g
blood 10y man shall his blood be she'd as Of univer-
I sal application, demur. That was law for the
Jews bat not for the tscntics Or n he insist that
part OF the Mosaic law Is binding why moi all of
] II? The law also prescribes that men shall be
/ punished fOr-l. Striking rcNlling parent; 2.
/ lSiasghcmy; B. Sabbath breaking; 4. Mltchcrah
. Adultery. and for seven other ohcnses. The pun
ishmcni for these oilenses Is death. This was given
az a part OF the law Was IL for all time III part
ofthelaw is 90 Doe enforced why not all Of III There
/ was Time, about a century aud half ago, or
even less. when this part Of the law enforced.
But a change took place. Men were not killed for
crimes enumerated Why? Because IL was not
right, or that Was what the people thought, Be-
cause Johnsion's Encyclopedia says that the quotas
ton Gen 500 h. nn injunction against murder.
| that does not make u SO The Sepuagint, Sainarl-
tan. and Nulgate omit the words 10y man shall ms
blood be shed" Arethey NOT reliable as the King
James version? think they are. But further, the
/ Spanish. Italian and French versions also omit
! them: also John Myclifie Pascal John Calvin and
! SwedcnbOrg. Six versions against one. Which
would you think correct? II Fix men swore that a
crime was committed and one swore that u was not
which would you believer The six of course.
Because capital punishment IL according 10 human
nature ~ no evidence that II IL right ar that II Is
authorized 10y Scripture. Sin isaccording TO human
nature, but II is not right Might never makes
right. Men are prone To do evil as the sparks fly
! upward and because they lynch afellow-man is no
reason for us To think that II il right. Lynch law
D. never Jushabe, and the right OF trial 10y jury Is
one OF the most precious rights civilized man has
A man Is not guilty until proven and found guilty,
and because there are numerous mob executions
throughout the country u no more reason for Us 10
think mob law is right than because there is much
horse stealing in she country, and that II is right
| Now, in reply TO Mr.. John Harvie aud some others
The clam that because animals shed blood they
TO be killed il correct. because in Genesis, 9Th
chapter and 9th verse IL says: And surely your
blood Of your lives will ] require: AT the hand al
every beast viii require IT," Is this not plain
! enough?
The claim that the text quoted from Genesis, 9: o
IL not in the law given 10 Moses is error
The first five books OF the Old Testament were
called the law, and they were given TO Moses 10y
God for the Jews The other question in Mr.. Har.
yes letter II answered in the fOrepart Of this letter
No such law was enforced as the law of murder
(Gen.. 81 In such instances Moses, David, Solo
mon and others.
A word more as 60 whether the text Gen 9: g. {.
an injunction or not. Whose diggeth pit shall
fall therein" Is this a command for one man "a
push into pit the person who dug tP Again. "Al
they that take the sword shall perish 10y the sword.
is this a command or an injunctionY Call this un.
certain verse of Scripture in Genesis a warrant
from Cod Why, County Sheriff would not ar.
rest horse thief such a do -btful warrant as
this-N. II.
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u The Curious Corner.
ANSWERS 10 questions will not be published Will
: In two or three weeks after questions appear. :
y all Will have chance 10 send replies aud receiN
n honorable mention with number answered.
e England was founded Ina the year 81, A. D., D.
q King Egbert.
]. The English House Of Commons was founded
a the year 1906. A. ID.
s Joan of Are was burned at the stake ia the YET
d ld3l. A. ID.
1 The salt mines Of Wieliczka, ga Austrian Galici
are the largest in the world and have been wOrks
A. from siH Ia eight hundred years
President johnson could not read or write unit
lac was II years old.
Z The first watches were made at Nuremburg
d the year lf77, A. ID.
II The first copper cent was made In the year lCs
A. D.. al New Haven.
n The answer 10 Kate Kriseler's problem, No. 8,
10 TRIBUHE Oct. z. h. 1855.
]. Who was Pulaski. aud what did he do?
ID p How old WAS Sir Walter Raleigh his FIR
Z, trip 81 discovery 10 American
B. When did the big Norway rat first appear
In American
a. 4 What is the greatest breadth Of Rhode Islam
D. east aud west?
y, 8 When was the FIRST breech- loading rife mad
- aud who the inventor?
r. g. When were sky rockets first used and
=, WhOm2
2 Ia what year did Cesar cross the Rubicon?
z O. What proportion Of the earth does the Russi
Empire occupy, and what proportion Of the d
land?
. How long was Napoleon confined on the Islai
e Of -. Helenag
r 40 When was Salt Lake City founded by d