The National tribune., 1886-10-07

| through 20 the time Of his discharge He marched
with sherman through 90 the sea. lie takes THE
! TRIBUNE. and there l. always a scramble rush
1 with work 10 who VIII get 10 read u hrst.
A. long 81 Klegg stayed with The paper he was
/ the FIRST one looked for; hope he viii come AGAIN
soon.-Coflin A. J., Pamore.
THE BURNING QUESTION.
FRIENDS or THE c. g: agree fully with friend
Siegfred that The liquor traffic il a curse 20 the
Nation andto the people; hui it, eradication through
the agency OF high license will IN my opinion, never
/ he effected D. - true that should begin al the
bottom, or rather al tie root, OF I'm eNl ana TINS
! il just what the Prohibition party doing. They
believe that Ia stop the liquor traffic they must stop
the manufacturing Of the liquor and 20 do this they
/ must have national legislation through "A prohib-
ton President aud Congress aud majority u The
people. lou say that this Is impossible; thai the
Prohibition party can never obtain majority. But
do they not now hold the fate of the two present
dominant parties in their power lld they not
decide the election IN the last Presidential cam
pagn? And even In the High School winch i
4 attend there some of the smaTtest and best
/ thinking boys in the school who are pronounced
Prohibitionisis, ia company with some others who
/ are lcss gined. SO you can see that this great
/ question Is even now receiving the attention 81
those who will be voters in ls2 the year that this
question viii be settled in. would like TO receive
/ letters from any who do not think as do.-A son
OF a Veteran, L. d. 725, New Britain. Conn.
DoN'T WANT TO BE MANS EQUAL.
FRIENDS OF THE CLUB: ! think the National
| Temperance Society which VIM. A. Siegfried pro-
poses 10 organize would be successful il he
leit out Equal rights 10 both sexes" Now, would
/ like TO join some good Temperance society, but L
puresi, truest women that i am acquainted with
/ never read "A political paper. i believe the ideal
woman u one who stays at home and works TO
make u the happiest place Of all FOR those around
| her, aud when that Is accomplished she VIII have
done her duty. by making Others happy she will
/ be happy herself Would like 10 hear from Others
on this subiect-l4innie Nan Deosen, Hinckley, q.
MORE LETTERS CALLED FOR.
FRIENDS or IIIE CIR: have only received half
| dozen letters in reply TO my call to organize "A
| National Temperance Union would like 10
/ frDf a lrfpn man
Nov !. lss6. Ladies and gentlemen, show yourselves
ON this subject and come forth nj once and express
| your willingness 10 become members OF such a
/ society. ] would like 10 hear from every State in
the Union.-w. A. Siegfried, Mauch Chunk, Pa.
MORE ABOUT BADGES
] think w. A. Siegfrieds suggestions that only
those that sign the pledge are entitled TO badge
/ is good one; also, that the pledge be printed on
/ the badge. ] think this would be very nice.-Leon-
ard Martin Emporia, Kan.
thiuk IL very good idea 10 adopt badge. i
also think w. A. Siegfred's suggestion a good one,
that the pledge be printed on it-Ralph Plympion.
/ West Decatur, Pa.
am the son OF a veteran who served in the Goth
| Ky. / favor Walter kaleT's suggestion regarding
Club badges, and viii purchase one whenever a
suitable design rs ndopted-Rufus Anterior, Liv-
ermore, Ky.
] am soldiers daughter. My father served
three years IN the late war. think THE rRIB-
UNI is splendid paper; il becomes more interest
ing every week What has become Of 81 Klegg?
should like to see him 20 the front again. think
the idea Of having "A badge for the members OF the
G. G. IL "A good one Please put my name TO THE
TRmUNEplodee: II j. something all sons and daugh-
tiers OF soldiers should sign.-Alioe H. Cheesman,
Cochran, Dearborn Co., Ind.
/ 4 have been a constant reader Of THE TRIBUNE
for nearly four years and have been very much
interested Ia the q. q. My father belonged 10 Co.
ID. 10th ia. Cav and was wounded in a skrmish
near Shepherd,ioMn, Va, IN 1865. desire 10 be-
come member OF the c. C., and heartily agree
with Walter Kaler's views in having badges for
the Club Any member OF The Club who will write
me viii receive something which Will he a benefit
Pa.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
FRIENDS OF THE c. C.: w. r." in your paper OF
Sept. says: The criminal would suffer as much
ii sentenced TO life Imprisonment as II hung is
this fnci? What H. his condition in prison? What
does lac lose 10y Imprisonment? lie loves nothing
but his liberty. While in prison. nine times out of
ten lac Il Ina better condition, better fed, better
clothed, and his wants in general better satisfied
than If left to provide for himself il the criminal
suffers more by imprisonment than execution, why
do criminals, when every other escape from the
gallows IL cut OF, plead for life sentence? Or
when sentenced 10 death why do they petition the
Governor for q communication To life sentence? IL
il because life il more dear than liberty. Our OPP
poncnt further says, " IL properly attended 10 in
prison lac would do no HARM" How is ne 10 be
.pTOpcrly attended TOP Does lac not have 40 come
in contact with some person? lie certainly does.
Then cannot he do bodily injury TO his cellmate
keeper The current papers contain article
mentioning convict in the Illinois state Pcniten-
tary that had made three attempts TO Kill his cell
mate, and recently made AN attempt 60 kill his
ovcrseer with rcdhOt furnace poker. This IL not
the only instance. such instances are often mem
TONED Ia the newspapers. What would our oppo-
nent do with such a case? Spare the fiend that he
might have another chance IL allowed 10 work
I TO help deiray The expense OF their keeping IL Is
impossible 10 preventthem having instruments with
which they could make deadly assaults upon their
celimaies keepers or oNerseers. Many ol the prs
oners work nj shOemalSing or saddlery. To do such
work they must have knives. Al any time they
could make deadly Of them He further says
The death sentence ~ not often enough to make
il an example 10 Others There is seldom "A
week passes but the papers mention from one 10
/ nauulDgS
reminder OF hat may be expected. He says the
quotation, % Whose sheddeih mans blood, by
man shall his blood be she'd" is an old Jewish
law. Facts and circumstances say il is not. IL
, is part Of the covenant between God and Noah
and his sons immediately after the food, when
they and their families represented the population
OF the world. Are not the nations of the world
+. descended from Noah? lfapp,icableto Noah. why
not 10 bls descendants? More Than that, there
were 40 Jews or isTaeiitcs at that time. ID Is not
construed that this injunction says or means that
every who causes death regardless Of circum-
stances facts, shall be pat 60 DEATH but that 10y
d divine sanction II given TO the practice. Capital
punishment Is punishment by man for the trans
gresslon 81 their rights, not direct punishment 10y
= God. The criminal has 20 answer TO God for II
/ aiterward. Murder Be- a crime against man, a sir
, against God. A. good authority ar we have, John.
sons Encyclopedia says the quotation Gen, il: 6
| was an 1HJuncilon aud against murder. Even u
= against oannibalisnl, would il not be against muir
der2 IL JOhn Calvin, Swcdcnborg and Others say
). the version n incorrect il does not make II go
They aFe not nIiallible A. wise men az they have
= FOR oenturies accepted the version given
: | lie says, The judge, jury and hangman woulc
be az guilty 81 murder n the man himself" FO
e what b. government instituted among men? II ii
! for their mutual protection How Is this 90 he re
J. cured? IL u secured by making laws RnS
: fixing penalties for the breaking Of them. Thu
Z criminal knows before what the penalty IL. And
y lac wifuy commits murder, hang him "a higl
: ar Hamnn' lie further says. " The aYeHger Ii Il
= be the nearest kan 10 the person whose blood i
+, she'd Such IL mostly the case yet. The ncarcs
? relative or friend usually takes the most prounen
b part IN the prosecution. The judge and jury ar
appointed 10 that the criminal has fair trial
r Since the Bible recognizes the right Of the
:, kan 10 xiii the murderer why have not the officer
= OF the law right TO that the criminal has iai
trial, and II found guilty, that lac is duly execu
tedf Az able statesmen q Adams, Lafayette an
n others have said, aud yet say, capital punishment
"A IL right Capital punishment H. accordingly huma
nature. When "a person commits a heinous Grim
his neighbOrs demand his life. IL the will Of Ia
people " not melted out by law they will take Ia
punishment in their own hands. This statement
proven by the numerous mob executions through
out country. Thus that the claim c
divine Endorsement Of capital punishment is incoI
rect and a nllacy Inns moi been proven.-Casadl
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