New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-02-05

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D have been nus III she'd 81 B gulal
{ {. and tossthe MS Of Law
q There have been ynchi ii s han
d legal xecation il each one theses five
years, and The act Isl QUO Of evident
u general gnificanc
Sc will not dc to q al M that the Go rts
have done their duty when 50 man MUIR
ltleIers have been al we'd esca pc i md
ofhis derel1c tionst he lyme hiings arelarge-
lY due. But there is anot her point ia the
matter chat Isl Of still more imp ortanee
las an xplanati ion Of this lanlentable
state Of thing There is q decided and
Is,g5roWing publ IL sem iment against the
death penalty and il Influences the action
iof ourts and nries il murd trlals
Extraordinarily hing else. Thus in many
leases, diets Of sacq uiittal are rendered
for no other reason than conscientious
iunWili ngness to cand emn a fell oWs man
to death. The same j uries would readily
vote for conviction j s some other form
LOT punishment could Sc inff1ict d-= such.
as i'm risonment for life, with prohibit.
tionof pardon except upon future proof
of innocence, or for some other legal and
sufficient cause. II is useless to pooh
pooh this feeling as mere morbid preiu-
dice, forSlt is entertained by some Of the
best of citizens, who have no S sympathy
for riminals as such, but who are OPP.
posed 10 capital punishment under any
eircums stances. They hold that the gall
lows is a relic of arbarism, and that
the taking Of human life in the name Of
the law is inconsistent with modern civil
izatIon. We may think what we please
about such q sentiment. but it exists ev-
eryW here, and its strength is fell as often
Ssas q murder case is tried, The question
lis " ould it not be better}fo society, and
worse for, the criminals, il juries were
permitted to return qualified verdicts,
and to convict without the necessity Of
3affixitngg the death penalty ST. Louis
Globe Demo rat. 4 555
N u enterp rising and miuiscent bar
Der still lives in Hillsdale, Mich, who.
relates with considerable detail his last
interVie W with James Buchanan. ssI was.
5saskid 4 y he say S, and was playing with.
his niece, Hattie Lane, on the borders ST
q small pond near Wheatland. with no
idea that a United States Revenue cutter
would afterwards be named after her.
We Ne embark ed in a small boat, intending
to cross the pond together; bnt it ca
I reened, dipped water, and gave the
young miss an imp in = ~ nptu plunge bath
that she probably did not recall for some.
time without an acc compartment Of cold
schills. Ifshed her out at last, al d 4. she.
ran ran home to change her dress. i lay and.
dried leg IN the sur, xpecting my Dung
playmate back; but was reused from my
ssunlj-batht by old James himself who
launched such thunderbolt Of 8iinvec-
lives tine for my careless treat ment Of
| his juvenile niece, that stopped my
ears and ran, and never dared to- go
back Afterwards learned that the old
z ~
.laWy er, as I used to call him hen, had
taken g great rise in the world, and car
ried Miss Harriet Al long with him ' &
So was once, when a small boy 81
said. Charles z ~ erlnan, packed il
as.s.dense crowd .at 81 poll teal meet ting in
Faneuil Hall when " ebster cid forth,
i an q came near bel ing crushed to death
pi gnly among the as the
Il standing Y ultitude within the hall
Il pressed those who We're endeav orine
d TO enter from witt out, egan TO sway
to and fro, a solid mass Of human bodies
Il as helpless q col IN ct the NO emlenl
asst Faneull jHal the Cradle 81 Liberty.
assbeine roc ed by " 5earthq
i The orato s. midst 81 stlrring
appeal ,urgingg enecessit of indiyid ual
4 exertion and Aunf ching patrio tiisn tte
q avert tie langers that threatened tht
it;cal part hose pIincii pies he 81:
IIIapoused When he perceived tie terribl,
ssIlsWayii n {, the pack assent 81 and III,
u imminent nger that IA ensne
u Yebster topped d the middle q
sentence AZ yaneed td the edge Of iii,
q form, xtendesl his arm il al author
4 itativesat titude, and ins II stentorian voic,
oInnand cried ont et eaell III
firm l,e eject sas. inst s:ntan
! gus, Each stopd firm The great heaviD:
lEmass ofy hum sniit aimed quilibri
! I'M, md saye ths long bsr,eath relic
.lsd The lil ll' feet i'll lness u
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