The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04

graver ones. While holding criminal terms
OF the superior court / have more than
once had occasion TO sentence cuiprfts 70
confinement in Jail, whose case would
have been. In my opinion. better fitted by
some form Of punishment, shorter in dura.
ton and sharper in pain
mo sentence 10 a county jail is greatly
dreaded by q hardened criminal II gives
him in mos, cases an assurance Of better
housing and OF better food than he is IN
the habit OF gaining by any other mode OF
exersion. On the other hand, whipping Is
dreaded by every one, man or child. We
shrink from II first and most because IL
hurts. II IL no degradation to boy TO be
whipped by his father. or by his master at
school. That is not his objection 10 IL.
He feels that II is a reasonable and nat.
urai consequence OF misdoing, and leaves
him better rather than worse.
THE sailor and the soldier. until recent
years, me: i; in the same way and with no
less Of spiri; or of loyalty to their flag.
Custom for them had associated IL from
Disgrace. IL was simply re;ribu.ton.
Among civilians, however, 10 the grown
man. it is and always WAS a mark OF deg
radiation in the eyes OF the community.
pu, as a penalty for crime II is cons<-
auence % degradation rather than cause
of H. II WAS the crime that really de-
graded. Gov. Rockingham CT Connecticut
once stated tha. no white man had ever
been whipped twice under a judicial sem
tence in that state. There have been
many who have gone back TO Jail ten and
twenty tirnes
The Rev. Phoebe Hanaford said:
The whipping post Is the aes; thing for
wife heaters. Justice and mercy hoth re.
ouire II. II a man IL fined his family SUI
sers sar sc-s OF sd much money. IL he liz
imprisoned the family will &c deprived Of
the wages which Re Nigh. he able 10 earn.
Then. again. the fear OF bodily pain viii
deter him from abusing his wife more than
the though, of going TO JAIL
The whipping ssou!d not be public
spectacle. Publicity would add nothing 10
the punishment OF the wife beaten. because
such man is not sensitive. Blu, a public
whipping would have a had effect on the
community"
The communication from Chief Justice
Charles II. Lore, Of the supreme cosr, Of
Delaware, was. In part:
The psiiory and whipping post inherited
from the mother country in colonial times
have been retained In Delaware's criminal
penal system until the present time. the
psilory berg u.ee, only In .cw cases OF
he mos: hsinous crimes bat the whipping
post In cases Of felony generally. the high
es, number 81 lashes now given in any
case being forty.
This has grown largely cut Of two c2n-
ss.ions: First. the northern and mast
.-opnlovs part OF the state IL a narrow
songse Of land about twelve miles in
With. wsdsed in between Pennsylvania on
t3s ore hand ami Maryland on TIE ether
Across this wedge two OF The great
trunk lines af railroad 81 this country
connecting the great cities az f'sila6e!pasa
and New Tork on the north with haiti
mare and Washington on The south. IN
each case with . Midway freight train
makeup station locs,ed near the city Of
Wilmington. at WITHIN stations IL IL rers an
unusual thtng 10 have a daily dumping Of
from thirty 10 forty rsliF0s3 tramp r.4er.
many 81 th%rn beng ~ sae criminal classes
srs7rs szscs ixrxr cities NearIy one fourth
% csr congssss ST. 81 class
Az a recent term cf court in New Castle
county one-sait Of the entire number 90
eonvtcts hal nos .sessS 81 shr state Of I,~sa-
ware nsora TRAN swsafy-scsur aoxss IA. fsss
ssrae Ct the commission OF The crime
Many 90 these men are sgataIsxs~a o. sss
loves gra9S OF criminals. and take rrs.s
in eoasiing tsst shsy ws3p others an4 are
n0t whipped themselves. Taey cave a
sacssssUe fear of shs whipping ps~t ard
rarely return 30 Delaware fer a s%coaa
spplicaftuf. Were II not for this fear.
Delaware Ssaid b svszsga largely ~ ssss
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