New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-12-23

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than you can demonstrate the value o
property BY burning everything com
bustible. To quote from John Bright
"Barbarism in law promotes barbarisn
in those subject to the law, and il til,
law regards life as invlolable. the peo
pie would also SO regard it. The re
suits of capital punishment are IRENE
diable, and the innocence Of the victim
counts Tor naught. The fallible tribun
al that pronounces such Judgment fire.
lquently bases its conclusion upon The
most unreliable and perjured testimony
often emanating from witnesses seeking
revenge. and not infrequent1Y from the
actual criminal, to shield himself. Sc
Hong as man Is liable to err in judy.
ment, would it not be far bett9r to re-
serve the right Of correcting possible
mistakes? The community IS shocked
whenever an innocent person is execut-
ed, and none can be found who will ad.
nit that they are TO blame; yet to Ger:
tain extent all are to blame in q greater
or less degree, and all must be respon-
Esible until the laws are SO changed as To
prevent a recurrence. All laws teach
that motive and intent are the essential
elements OF crime; hence sanity must
not be wanting in the perpetrator in or.
der to properly punish him. Every jury
must Of necessity pass Judgment upon
the mental condi tion Of the accused, and
determine where sanity ends and insan-
ity begins. The workings of the human
brain, that complex organism which
even the most scien tifc cannot always
fathom, the disordsr of which frequent
IL produces crime. must be analysed by
q jury of unscientifc mon, :.ssand their
Judgment in most cases is fiaal. There.
fore who will. deny that oftsn irremedi-
able punishments are melted out to those
ALREADY afflicted with the awful malady
l.of insanity. a popular f.llacy exists
that the death penalty y absolutely es-
sential TO deter ths criminally inclined
from committing murder. and that
wlthost this menace society would be
unprosseted. sWhils Adnittinx it, H.
tslrent farce. Vt i lssi seaAdsss that
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crlm y ana oniy 'ears dss'n 81 q y y
wnel j y Y apsolotsly impending. Again
: lar9e psroenIaee q the nurdsroua
clhss piaoe i'ssss q so Yaiee apen sa l'll
own ilses' ana STD fsRsfd deatn - :
slessing owing e me fact that eheil
Previons ne nad oesn largely nae ul
OF unnappiness iho great excess q
suicides oser nomlcides proves me state
mont mon tnat l'io Y often burden. - &c;
ter the Vicious AND desperate is the
chief aim q the Law; hence the idea q
leglslatlng men q this class out Of ex-
'stence 70 end their enjoyment Is some some
what tailacious. Inc valuo q any
threatened penalty depends largely mp
on the uniformity q It's enforcement;
ana the repugnance Of those whose
duty y y 70 enforce the death penalty
ls often the avenue through which the the
guilty escape. large portion Of h',-
mainly being 60 averse 70 this penalty.
they will seek many means to avert It.
and sffnnuantlV3 h09i0O0 the Chief Ere.