The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-02
feu ron.ons IN fayor o. nboIishing caplsl punist.

la speaking Oi TINS let ~ De undefrtooo tlil
In favor oi abOtshing capital punishment anu SUD
stltutng Tor a. the sentence OF Lille imprisonment
and that 10 bc more just tie Law should TAKE away
the Governors pardouing power.
4. The criminal would suffer a. much II sentenced /
10 the prison tor iIic as u hung. :. The crlinl- 1
nal n properly attended TO IA prison. Noula 60 no
harm. 3. The death sentence j. not imposed Often
enough to make Il an example Tor Others 10y |
murder man does moi forfeit ms rlghl 10 NE.
The abolition of capital punishment soula hot
have tendency 10 increase crime. hAiefichce 1
has shown the above TO Ice true.
Take the States where capital punishment j. not
Ia fOrcehBc compare them With those where ~ Is
and the advantage De- with ihc no-puhlsntheht o!-
death States lSccause crime increases ln a Sl'se
where capital punishmcTt ~ NOT rcsorted 10 Is
neither reason Eor proof that X CAUSES lIle
Where capital punishment A. Tie law CRIME iu-
crcases also. The claim ~ usually made llal De-
cause there II passage IN the Bibe thal s"ys,
- Whose shcddcth mans blood 10y man SHAH hls
blood be shed" This IL The old Jewish law, and Is
from the Old Testament, but the Olo Testament
generation has passed awsy; II was suppieihehleu
10y the New Testament. The law gwen TO ahe jews
for them alone; they were the chosen people
Of God. This law WAS not for the Assyflans OF me
Egyptians. but ioT the jews. how Was the S%"ish
law kept- David was n murderer 80 was Moses
Simeon, Levi and Absalom. Mas Their Dioo1 shSa'
Mere not these men good IN the sight al 600, Win
the exception Of Absalumg Why WAS not thelr
blood shed? Does the same Bible not say, ib"ugh
your sins be scarlet. yet shall We DE "hIie as
snow" and lie that seekelh me shall hno me anu
shall In wise Ice east OIL Does ~ say an! tAliS
TO excluae "A sinner
The text, 80 often misguided, was given a.
warning against cannibalIsin. ID n 80 Thought 10y
able men. The text is not translated correctly from
the mother tongue and prior 90 The niih century
did not have the " OTds - by man. a1dJohn SAa'lh,
Swedenborg. Pascala and john MiclIhe, Win others
say that the translation u incorrect Inc ~
gnt and Samaritan versions OF the llble omit the
words " 10y man. The verse should read, " So-o
sheddeth mans blood his blood Wi, lie sheH;
the verse Is correct Whose sheddetb man blood
10y man shall ms blood be shed, Then Mlld animals,
etc, should have their blood shed. Inc verse Is
not command or warrant ~ II Naiilts ron
ylnfaE
shall be she'd At BE- NOT n command. oh lhAi l'he
command) theory the jury, Judge ana hausnian
would be guilty of murder as the man himself
lf this law la force As AZ II Chained ihcn, nc
cordng TO the bible. the Judge, jury ana llahGhah
have not use least privilege 10 pass sentence OF 70
hang. The Bible says tlaai The aNeslSeT ol oiveu ~
10 be the nearest in kin To the peTsos whose D'ooa
was shed
Any man who kills another by accident should
he hung, according TO this clause OF The law oil Israel
There would be murder in the hrs degree SEQ
ond degree manslaughter etc. IL would be muir
der, punishable with death, not lev years III
prison.
Thus we see the claim of divine Endorsement OF
capital punishment u incorrect aud ia4laey. =
John a Adams, La Fsyeite, Gilbert Wakefield,
Franklin Beooaria and others Of The ablest writers
held that capital punishment was wrong.-N'F'
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81 liberty equal rights and me ccuat0A 81 man
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free fiiSi4ittiOUs aud disseminate L''0aea9e oi
Ca aoich lice 1s.d hat aR al ii3aos 81 f'a .ae
'Oiu stand By oar country aud her flag, Il need De
sBiih isrcS.
Edwin Randolph. Waterman, Ind, sends three
sienerstO rHE TRIBUNE Pledge. Ulysses q. lhoiup-
son aud Ambrose il. Thompson, Waterman, lnd.,
had six unCles ia the army: Ol : l. Race, Ontario,
o. daughter of a soldier: ID. A Mcllung. ieilAsic,
o., " The Union ioreverhi Charles Is Nhlie, ~
Louis. Mo-; Ciarence Brown. Columbus, o. George,
Lille Eta and Lula Johnston children OF SIN y.
n. veteran, JJlca n. y.
CLUB WHISPERS.
uphold James q. operholser. Terra Efl, Pa, In
his lester polltlcs.-John A. Gallagher, hudson,
n. u.
am afraid the ssh N v. my fathers old regi-
ment never dad much iighi4ngi they seem very
quiet about IL II they did. Perhaps they are al
modest men and do not like 10 speak out IN meet
ing. What has become Of III kiegg? lie he's sseTer
been mustered out YETI. &. Deliaven. Decatur,
IN
Who are the Brigadier- Generals az the u. q.
| Army. and who are The Colonels?-N.P-
] have seen n word al - testers a locomotive
engine 'Aldibuioni phosl hOgliiusiskOs.h Can any
! of uhe G. {. beai thats-A- j.. hIaenon, Scranton
| Pa
| The following questions are asked for Informal
ton What h. supposed To be the origin Of COL Oh
Al what distance apart pc6eis stationed ln the
T.. y Army2 Give abe clIiei provision al the homo.
stead law, and IL there any land open Tor settlement
| nOw.-James q. OVeIhOlser, Terre Hall. Pa
/ Here h "a couundrum that j have puzzled my
| brain over good while and now send u 10 th'
q. C.. hoping may have sharper wits than
/ q have: man had nine pgs and pui them an fOui
! pens with AN odd number of pigs in each pen
How did lac divide them ?-beOnie BurEoyne Mar
shall, III.
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The Curious Corner.
1 ANSWERS 10 questions viii not be published with
| Ia two three weeks after questions appear. :
all will have chance 10 send replies and recciS
honorable mention with number answered.
Charles Carroll, OF CaFrollton, Md, the last su
4 viving sgner OF the Declaration OF independents
died Nov. IA. 1882.
~. Nicholas was the patron saint Of boys. II
! died Ina The year S26. The popular fiction Wink
represents him the bearer II presents 10 chidre
: on Christmas Eve Is well known. He is the SAN
, Claus lor klaus) of the Dutch.
The Round Table" huge, circular marb
table, al which, according 10 the old romRnceT
King Arthur and his knights were accustomed
|. | SIT.
The "Pillar OF Hercules"a name given by Il
| old Greeks and Romans 10 two mountains on O.
pOsite sides of the strait connecting the Mcdiierr
| mean sea with the Atlantic Ocean. Their model
= names are Tie Rock OF Gibraltar and Jebel cato
- Apes Hill.
la Bunyan's spiritual romance Of the pilgrim
Progress" Doubling Castle Is the name given 10
castle belonging Ia Giant Despair.
= Satan Is sometimes called the Prince Of Dsir
= mesa"
= The greatest victory won by Napoleon was, pro
- ably, Arcola, November, 1896
= Al the battle OF Amsterdam, In 1872 between q
= Spaniards and the Nctheflands, the combaiaI
= wore skates. The spanish forces under Don FIRE
: eric attacked body Of Musknteers on skates, vi
defended little feet OF armed vessels frozen ia q
- Ice, and were completely vanguished. The Spa
iards were surprised with these wonderful Ia
plements That their commander Immediately &
a, dercd 7.OoO pairs Of skates and put the spaniar
IL into training
n a. When was the great wall Of China built9-Js
III sic Bceman.
D 2. Out of 81 royal and imperial Queens Of Fran,
re how many died without leaving their histories
re record Of misery OF slnp-LoIa Collier.
"a 3. What distinguished American orator and stat.
man was called +" Mill Boy Of the slnshesa"