V
I' - tabu -
top e 0 , orate.
_
3
II
it11IT:104, the 'People's tights maintain,
:liefice, ent unbribed by gain." - • •
-
3 ASE. - ; •
iiuki4
.elletie eh-
Dpavied
faigA
on L A _ ,
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oti 711 '
P '"
3 40,
4 Dur re • 1
a, c 3 , .
t:: Viarßot I
lUnins the 1
.4.11/1 t•:.« f: ,
ilts causes
Oiliitleate •
'IN. Rorgue,
gitidertit a
l tik` 6 l4eili
L 1 1!!" ' ?j
114* YP
s' illt4tia
:fatidibyl i 1
*at win
. Tiii tat , i :
be little
aliel)ii I : . _
1 bitili l
i-: .t iwA. e . i i , .
I.ll4weleht
t.
iShall tve fight ft °tit 1
Ftlt are pnShablY aware that we
i l mid through our editorial col.
siihject of the War with Mexico, 1
mid effeCts; es much as many of I
4 pqraries. We have not been led I
1 tliis course because we do not con-1
t
Direr of vast importance to the
t!because the .whole subject has
: 1 rally dismissed by the city press,
i
1 , we lune published extracts from
•Rili, by our members of Congress,
e ' rious messages of. the. Presi-.
h - lave been laid before the piihlic,
Ife
o
,'that any remarks of ours could
c, e e than a repetition of what has
1 -
•eh said. -
nii. .
i will not allow us to enter into
s Of the causes which led to the
-0, but there cannot be a doubt
kthatthe annexation of Texas, though it may
`', 'lna hay him the sole cause, has tended to
,l': / 11 „v b - Wn a iris's, 'which the unsettled state
of our ffairs with Mexjeo has for a long
..itime . p a t ended . Was the annexation
.of
,-'`l'emia a ilieasure which met the npproba
: tion of t e ileople 1 We think the facts will
warrant in answering this question in
t., . . _
t., Alt wive . Mr.
_Polk, previous to his
!..ielection p4blicly avowed his opinion that
; -the Pon liatian of this measure, so long
.'. itilked foi , vas necessary and expedient.—
`"erlie a d s of of his election everywhere
.1,1 - - • .
.4 , I proilaitne the sarne t , and the result was his
-;triumphant election. It is folly then to say,
that is been brought on us by the
' EXI It it is not the people's war,
1 'lin't the President. It it equally
.FA iy, that the responsibility of
the upon tbe Exeeptive, in conse
: rqul having removed our army of
, i occt the It& Grande, instead of
letiviniflth at Corpus Christi, because be
n• I
at kuciwp, hat Mexico has never urged this
I bathe ero4nds of the war; shalias laid the
causes beill before her p e ople on the broad
ground th 4 we have annexed Texas; the
declara ioi contains but one count—that we
„have.. - ettiTexas, which she. avers to be her
...Tenho . i With regard to our right to ad
' F,'.
Init . Te asitnto the Vnion at her request, it
I '4W . nnne es ary for us to speak, being scarce
. Iy „now isl
uted by any except Mexico her . -
f . nelf; d lite shistild pot ] lave said so'rouch
. e •
••iiin.relal n to the causes of the war, were it
.ri
, atot ou •srlicere opinion that 'our country
r , shoul f 3 . 4q it out, believing we have good
&tilde on!I upon whi4h we base our opin- '
„10af? , •.. i
. -at: it ma bisaid that this is supererogation in
• - iansa....lloL tlitte is bbt one opinion on the sob- ,
i . a._ •at is token foi• gianted we 'mist ;
e
•t
ti' 'id it Litt But has not ."TeVrlllitirpsliire
.3 $...-
virtual! ralielled ; has not Federal Massa
, ectuisett ' h ', wise raised the - voice of rebel
. • lieftil; • not means and measures ' for au
eneigetfc - os4:ution of the war been drag-
Ile
, e n' g their 'slow length along through our
,pa4senti.o gras ; has not' a portion of the
i
• .tottlwilett need our government as " mur
,derelitiind - robbers;" and have not certain
4
of our met abers of Congress sought to stamp
, ,n 1 • , -e . '
upon, the ' ltoad banners of their country, aS
" I 1".1
itboy.bitve, raved in triumph over the fieldS
of Palo A4o and Reseca dela Palma, " un
.
, just, unnghteaus and unholy ?" Charity
• would ponipel us to say that much of this
ttr. to I 0 • ~
apparent eittposition to the war, and this dis
position tatembarrass the government in its
prosecutioi, is the mereebulition of partizan
I strife, Or t'4, use a modern phrase, mere talk'
Yor‘" binacimbe ;" and we are confirmed in
1
O j ai: belief if their watit of sincerity, when
• • .we hear . same men and the same party
minting,
.. r
isikftOkan inting, that he who has been the
i Ishan j aatiument in the boas of this iniqiii
iiins A: tni)listeation for the perpetration of
this fp m urder and robbery, has thereby
ran • &4l,nri.self the most available man in
their wholf party for their next candidate
for cbe Pidency !
i -
ti f
""ftbe tips in who have taken
' • ' -, I ', / •
' it ution mselve.s to embarrass the. Admin-
On qui retard the progress of the war
20.,.sippert- r if the Whigs in Massachusetts
were sincere in their denunciation and abuse
,
Ortiteili-Vtitinteets.r.iif the Whigs generally
,
nicsidlieet - iti 'their efforts to ridicule the
Tplip , Ite#llsand ]discourage enlistments,. we
' imegtherato papse and consider what would
bete r i esilt of their efforts providing they
slibufitt su . eed. If they are sincere they
ist
1 iothalta tis refuie to enlist—they would
t
1.4.,
haveatir venunent acknowledge itself in
the l irreag . they would have our army with
drawn .on . i Mexico, and this merely to gra
; ify-thiellarp miinion of the minority that the
6 iiiii m 11 . tijitit-they woplclhave us do what
tf,Cyai4,4.v r o.yet.done, tarnish our nation
, litl,kftaot, Und colcr ourselves with eternal
AVlPreaC4l44 ' iliSgraCe in the eyes of all the
eaiiibletafprld. Are that party - who now so
;l ia .. f i ltptclaim ` themselves Wings , willing
ttt ii mßbtlttlit,the minds of tbefroeountry for
thp a napn . of th eir pterity, their acqui
tjit eseeridek 3ilhat•their influence it was that
I ~.
pbeettNte datk ataitt .upon their - oatio4lol
eac t a . r ,1•; ~16hey are iincery they tiOnld;
have us at , ace desist,'and atone not fciiiW
j. xi* : .. reli, 'bat "declare our ratliCallii;
, I dird4judgc of : our :rights, -and the-tiu t !,
i tniy '4 a ' little hakdfui",of. aeatiAtio : -.1
bar*i
,t 4 . edge of - the rights of goVel
ail i e t iitig,' , ' tt. . ' • 11,f .7' i t . ttional j Uri spindence;; . itt i }V-..-
_ a niLltlo A y Fed, , ,f_turgeSTs Alkalis il utailato g
~", .
,- , the world, the ambition end'
EEO
~`.`~Qfli~~
cupidity of other netions-srould,be excited
towards us, a /Constant reSort, to:ermiwoitl d:
be the , only alternative ever
.after by which' , .
we could expect tO 4 Sustitin our:clearest 14d
mint inevitable --iithoge-whn arehp
ko:s.ing_the war_ ore.Sineere in their opposi
tion, such are the results that would follow
their success. Butt that they can be suc
cessful in the stand they have taken, is out
of the question. We are engaged in a war ;
thbre rimy be room to doubt its expediency
or even its - justice ; 'but instead:of - stopping'
Id split hairs -with) the ,Governinent on a
question upon whicb a ddubt may be raised,
our National policy; our patriotism' require
that we should fight it out—that our entire
energies should be brought to, bear at the
earliest possible moment, and the war bro't
to a close by a full and effectual triumph.
THEIKI ACCOUNT.
The eommissioners' published last week
itillicir . pet Organ, the "Democrat," a State- -
ment of the receipti and expenditures of the
county for the yeat 1846. It appears that
the total amount of receipts is $6,883 42 ;
the entire amount o(expetiditures $6,871 80;
leaving in the trea'sury. . the full
. and exact
sum of $ll 62. * very close calculation
this l .—" running pretty near to shore," it
may be said.We,will refer•to a few items
of expenditure found in the list, of a some
what extraordinary character:
"'Alonzo \Villiam, late comm'r, $139 50
" Isaac Reckliow,i do 169 50
"Jonas Carter, do 162 00
- 4 $471 00
j...00k back a fewyears, compare this ac
count with 'what; was 'received by former
Commissioners per year, and it will be dis
covered that sinc l e those officers have as
sumed to regulateithe politics of the county
as an additional duty, it has cost the tax
payers nearly double to compensate them
for their services.
" R. J. Niven, Clerk, ;075 00."
~.
Little enough considering that lie is become,
ex olgcio, politicEd scribe and letter-writer
gcnetalissimo of the Fire-proof faction.
"N, C. Warnet, Sli4iti, $407 87"
,
A clever sum tliii! most of it was probably
i ~
incurred by conveying convicts to the Peni-
•
tout:try.
" F. B. Streeter, counsel, €t2o 00."
Formerly, good counsel was only paid $:l5.
The other five ni.3y have been added for po
litical advice.
"E. Fuller, crier, $66 00."
This must haie been for kindling fires in
winter, opening find adjourning the court,
at all times, wheri there.
"D. W. Crocker, Jailor, $143 66."
This must be forlwaiting ;upou company in
the back room. • •
"Offices, fire hoof,
" Fuel, '
" Stationery_ i ..,-.----- —415,424 2-1„: 1 -
1
Ve'do not comp ehend '
all these items, tbo
.e.; . ..n....—..'ltiat he Fireproof offices have
become extraor inarily expensive to - the
, , People,.whatever[the clique may think of it.
" Printing [ • $230. 38!" -.
,
A liberal item this, wherewith to encourage.
the sadly frighte;ned editors of the Clique I
! Organ. The whole printing could ha;ie
been done for half the money—and as proof'
; of our sincerityi we will give bonds with
good and sufficient surety to perform the
same amount of printing, the current year,
I•
for' just half the sum paid to the Fire-proof
Organ during tl+ past year; and in a style
better than they ever did it.
,
"Jail, ' is 23 31."
li
How this was a plied, we cannot conceive.
We do know, h wever, that the. Jail hag not
only been concitnned by the Grand Jury,
but ii, and for is long time h-is been, ex:
ceedingly out o4repair, and otherwise unfit
for the reeeptioit -of any iliuman being, how
ever criminal. llt cannot, we think, have
been repaired. •
"Auditor's fees , , auditing accounts:
" Benj. Thonaus, auditor, $lO 50."
" Lorin T. Fhrrar, 10 50."
" Ira N. Haviley, 10 50."
$3l 50.
This is more, 4e believe, than was ever be
fore received I:l3i,any former county Audit
ors. Wonder if they audited the accounts
political of the , Commissioners and their
Clerk in the Operation 1 If so they well
earned the amdunt received.
1 • •
" Court-hd f USE' ' $1.14 54." ,
That building Iras thoroughly and at great
1 expedse repaired year before last, as ;zippering
by the last account rendered by the Com
missioners. lei any alteration or improve
ment has sinc been made, it has escaped
our observatiolt , , and we know not where to
locate it.
." Uncurrept money, $lB6 00."
This is shameful, so easily might the loss
bate been avnided. The Commissioners
and Treasurer , should dub and take the
" People's Adtocate." By frequent•refer
' ence to it s " Bank Nolte List," they might
;
effect a bandOrne saving to the coun
ty which woull. cost.them only 2.5 eta,. edch,
and they Would be thereby saved the trouble
of bUrrosting scieagerly, from week to week,
that plain caniiid andindependent expon
ent 'nf,souild de l tncicrat'principles and Which,
fearie l Ssli . 'intitd th e follies , and presumli- .
to
tonCof th lire-proof Faction.
fire, pAyfr ct
liiiilet Agelataillred;
,WO him just learned' that l i the - Detnocra
-cy: _bot h it Wayne and . W,yotobiiitattidea;
i
hafei'lv• .. ille' Pre Bl oiiPtuc.Ti: # , rid_ 4_16 1 t 4 : , i
ia(i"l,'*d igg of our firi7PF4Ot AmYeMion
held;ii . 0
l oitrt-bonae• on Abe , finn - Mondny
I
. 4.184 •Co by silently `refusing lc? appoint
Confirces meet rung Grov'ir elk* Iliht
1
egates in
. confOreace on M.
'lijio iS as it, ! . ..shoUjii T
dictators ; better haiiO adOpted
offered in l Conyontion by F;
the appointment - 130 1 r Wine
caning. -They `woOld have...a
finitely, better
. advkintage.-
alike the pleasure and the du
ple to right y such audacibu
In the House, mi Wednesd
lotion was offered. that the
vice aria immorality be instru I
duce a bill so amending, the I
sion, entitled " an ;act autho
zens oe.Certnin counties to de
whether the ..sale 14f vinous
liquors•sball be continued in
as to embrace the, whole
which was amended so as to
counties which shall ask for t'
Petitions to allots , banks to,
a less denominatioh than fly
others to prohibii them iss
than ten dollars, Idere presen l
A strong effort it making
ishment by death. I.
The Legislature, a few da
ed an act for the suppressio
'destructive and dishonest vie
The penalties are very sever:
of a gambling table is liable t
in the penitentiary and a fine
dollars.
Turnpike nee
•At a meeting of the Mb
townships of Choconut an
held pursuant to public null ,
of Joseph Hyde, in Frien.
1847, CALEB CARMAL
Chairman, and JOHN S. PEI
The Chairman stated tit
meetin eL fr to be-for the purpos
necessary measures to obta
incorporation, and , make a
from Leftaysville, i in Bras
Friendsville, in Susquehan
from thence to cosmeet wi
Road now propo4 to be
State-line, in the township
i
to Binghamton in oome I
On motion it was pesolvi.
mittee of six be appotinted to
the members of the Legislat
vor to obtain a a I
tenor of- the petition ae
forwarded.
Caleb Carmalt, John S. PI
Bates, John B. Wilson, Ar
Edward Clark were appointel
Resolved, That a Commiti
to employ a competent Sni
neer to examine the groom
an adjourned meeting, th most eh t
route for the
this place on the
e id Road. nd that w
n
nu firs rn t s; d i a t y a o d o ik u i rn ar t c o h m ne et
t
2 o'clock th teroon •
- -0• •
report.
John S. Peironnet, Josep Hyde, Hiram
Bates and C. Carmalt were appointed.
Resolved, That the pr
listed in this and the Brad!
pers. Adjourned.
CALEB CARAT
Jos S. PEIRONNET, Sec
$33 70."
767."
Capital .Pantshme
If my mind was not th
with the conviction that J
one of our purest men, that
heart in his bosom, that his
were all manly and virtuo
obliged to bear testimony t
ing talents and public servi
fluence was not commensin
ents and his virtues, Ishoull
ions upon the gallows, tc
they are worth.' But when
Matinee the deep, the unive
tive feelings of the heart, th
in the soul, crying out as it I.
things inhuman, tinchristin
as mere.morbid sentimental
eases.of the public mind ;
the religious convictions at
cruples of his fellow-citize
they shall disfranchise him
ha country; when he deno
kiwis of such feelings in a j
the Witness stand, and cal
When he attempts to fastens
reed upon the communif
arm of the law; it is our du,
right; to expose his errors, t
liat he is hostile to a great
that he is weighing the gre
history of humanity in the
his own , experience. He sl
feel what he refines to see,
men on- both sides of this
'Feputation and character
ibex,' from the imputation o
it is pitiful to attempt to ide
reform with moral or soda
it is not a subject for the ch
ives, or infidelity; that his
respects, is of ten-fold mo
than precepts;.the . do
antidote along with it. IS
ineet.lhis . feasoniceg, feel ho
the erect of the example_ is
-eiitil*6 of the than. Ije
stAggor-our. faith in virtue,
Of e,onseience, - to-Idevlro:f9
her . : Inonitions, and it dig
Und'l
Pon , 9 1 , 0 ,P
t
ly; say,: thevirtue . ot the,eoo
copied thel
is
, otu;, 'duty to see that -it
tofillitlieliiiest4 The le
T ' r
. •
nday next.—
ose impotent
lie resolution
usk, ratifying
l iester of Wy.
(speared to in
seems to be
y of the Peo-
FactiOnists.
Legislative.
y lasf, a reso
=mitten on
ted to intro
, w of last ses
, ing the citi
lide by balldt
nd spirituous
id counties,"
s monwealth,
• xtend only to
le law.
issue notes of
dollars, and
ing any less
ed.
abolish pun-
S since, pass
of the ruinous,
of gambling.
The keeper
imprisonment
I'd five hundred
log.
bitants of the
I. Middletown,
i e, at the house,'
!;sville, Feb. 1,
I
was appointed
ON? ET, Sec'y.
• object of the
• of taking the
'n a charter of
turnpike Rend
lord County, to
a County, and
h the turnpike
$ ade from the
if Silver Lake,
I minty, N. Y.
/I, That a Com
prrespond with
re, and endeu
,cording to the
I dy adopted and
1
'ti
;flinnset, Hiram
alitinaly and
1 theemitlee.
.ee be al b
tried
-ve Y ° " or4b
I, and re ilde
, eding,s be-pub
oid County pa-
ALT, Ch'a:
pie's Advocate.
I.—No. 3.
/ roughly imbued
Idge Jessup w. "s
he bore a no te
For the
bjects and ai
s ; if I was
his comma
es, or, if his • 1 . ;
11
l are with his ti
i
suffer his op' -
go for w t
such me -
sal, theAstinc
voie of God
does against
and unnatural,
ts, as, the dis
hen he assails
bi conscientious
1 2 ., and declares
In the courts of
,1 nees the opera
ry-box, and on
s them perjury;
r is own religious
, liy the strong
Iv , as well as our
lechitn know
=oral movement;
3 t epochs in the
petty scales of
.uld be made to
that there are
question, Whose
should protect
fanaticism, that
tify the proposed
I ultraism; that
irge of bad mo
%rumple in these
e consequence
tine carries its
en who cannot
true. it is, but
ensured' by the
. it, operates to
stifle the voice
confidence in
es the repute-
I may safe.
411 s oc-,
these reeks; it
s not descend
*tare* 'l4.3vert
as the people of Inearly , oll the nerthera and
middle states have borne a isilent but decisive
testimony against the demoralizinginifuenes
of public executions • they-have made them
:private. But 'his favorite argument, is the
terror it inspires.L-I hope the few selectedo
witness the execution will feel the full force
of this .compliment.
Judge Jessuti o or some one foi him, ap
pears in the Rogisterldenouncineme as-a
"silly rhapsodist, o 'with6ut argument or sense;
as a sympathizt with tlie . murderer; as an
apologist for the suicide, and as an infidel in
my religion. Hi might likve SPered himself
the tronble of repeating in his paper what
he had before done iu his lecture; but to give
himihefull benefit of these denunciations
I admit once for all that I would rather be
the poor 'suicide, goaded to desperation un
til his reason Was unsettled, than the men
who coolly an& deliberately choke hint ,o
death. I would rutherlfang my hopes• of
salvation upon Me commission of his crime,
than upon iheiis. I have a better right to my
Own life, than: Judge Jessup has, and he
would think with me, if I had a rope round
his neck and was strangling him. As tomy
Infidelity, if it is to he tested by his standard,
he is welcome to the admission that I would
rather be an infidel, than possess hisreligion.
It is not his preretical religion I mean; but
his-doctrine, his theology. The former I
respect ) ; it ill becomes me to raise the ban
per of superior-sanctity saving " stand off,
for lam holier than thou." I hope my hu
mility will riot he construed into arrogance ;
but his theolgy I discard, as inhuman in its
mercy, false in its doctrine, brutalizing in its
tendency, hostile to the principles and prac
tice of Jesus, and subversive of all the best
interests of humanity. My want of argu
ment and my Weak reasoning helms no right
to pass judgment on, because be publicly
denied me the use of both. The law he
said 'was the ;law, and he wl , o criticised it,
he who reasoned upon, he who investigated
the foundation of lik own religions belief or
questioned that ofJud,geJessup, was a knave
and an infidel; he was unworthy of credit
in court. lie turns me mad coon, and then
upbraids Inc for not arguing my cause. I
take him at his word---1. lay aside reason,
and appeal to the feelingq, to the humanity
of mankind, and he 'Ai still dissatisfied. I
am, like the convict, denied the use of my
reason,; the benefit of human sympathy, and
must submit tp be hung! De complains of
my appeal from his theology to his' mo
rality, to his,law, to his virtues,- to his hu
manity. I did it because I thought his hu
manity, his virtues, were a better authority;
were o cattily- el the appeal. Ilin his religion
is bk. standard, aad lie is not willing that
such a standard shall be measured by the
virtue, the Immanny, the morality, or the
law of its possessor; it is a tacit turknowl
. edgement that its injunctions arc i icions, in
human, and Unmoral. I now return to my
subject. .
We left off in the midst of an examination
of Satan's - declaration, " every thing that a
man bath will ate give for hid life." Judge
Jessup quotes this declaration, not for the
purpose of demurring, , nut fur the purpose
of oppugning us resisting the author of evil,
:aunt for the [impose of aidingjand sustaining
When he was -a mere lawyer, lie
1 w . [less had many chentsOike Satan, as
r 0
duf as the very Devil, whom it was his
t h e 'lp advocate, and the ancient leaven of
cater Cr' rdi rilitigt4 re to the
~.._lnitre. , ;_he,
atit
th e Devi itnself, and in tin CtLec too. Now,
I am no ,safficiently versed in matters of
law to#Ow, whether Lmay-demur; wheth
er I n* , adMit the fact, and show that after
all it -amounts to nothing; but ,f do knarr
that I, am not a fly to be caught in the cobwebs
of form. I :will, therefore, suppose that a
inantwould give up every thing fur his life;
that he would give-up his evil propensities;
thatAe would give up his liberty; that Ile
woi‘ild give , up the pursuit of }sappiness;
dim he would devote the energies of mind
841 body, to make rcpar.&on l'ir his crime,
i only to society, but to the kindred of the
aparted. Let us imagine that in the hour
of committing the murder,
. . ,_ - Amid the roses
Fierce ref nzaioc rears la r snaky crew" _
chat the remorse of a g es is rankling with
in; that the voice of conscience, the line
that cannot, be quenched is burning in his
bosom ; that he surrenders himself, like
sMvers, and Mercer i l and Colt, hod Burton,
•
a d hundreds of others, to'the tender iner
ci - ofJudge-Jcssup. it is a cemfort to the
l iti
Ju i ttc that another life must be, sacrificed;
he glories in the achievement that another
hea:=th is toJte made desolate; lte raises the
gallows fur: another human sacrifice; he
asks that (Mother mother's heart may be bro
ken; that another sister's love -must be say
-1 ered; that another father may be agol
nized ; he offers to those that are already
afflicted, no truer or sweeter balm than re
venge, and that revenge must be gratified,
not only ujou ,t he murderer but upon the
innocent. l.f 3 .ometimes, it is true, they crave
the death of their victim! but the instances
are rare, and whenever they do, Satan him
self delights to scatter incense !mon the al
tar ! ! They diminish our sympathies ; they
turn them 'from the. channel iti which lie
who created us designed they . should flow,
towards the convict; they are universally
regarded riS cruel, as revengeful, us fiendish.,
The Judge.wisli'sktein to manifest the lat-'I
ter dispositibn. He sees his victim's tortured.'
.brow, he sees the sweat of anguish starting
through hi¢ skin; he sees the record of a
nameless woe in his countenance; be hears
the heaving breast, and stifflined tongue; lie
sees coursing over his half-crazed.fancy, the
visions of eternity, of endless misery ; and•
he wishes uk terminate these awful monitions,.
the still, sinall, voice that speaks• in the re-:
"cesscs of the soul ; lie stops the workings of
repentance iand.contrition, with the goad of
retaliation! Ile offers theiy revenge;
" lie oil 1; with impatient p?tisp,
To tight .1 the (Leath rope's ztraligling clwip."
And lie do e s this with a perfect knowledge,
that the am ount of siiffering inflicted upon
his victim is a positive reliefovlien compared
with that which is inflicted: upon his iiino.J
cent family,; and when - he !plows that they';
sometimes Suffer 'fOr generations, from the;
grief end the dishonor. .7 knew A mother,.
of keen and tender Sensibilities, di e on lien'
son's eon viction, even before his sentence w* '
execu t e d. 'He Was a young.men:whose eei
ue u tii o n - and talents would . 1 eve done, litinOri
to his native land, but 'the litair of evil came,;
the ehildrennf dathness tot ,athund Ititit,
and he 'fel . Does `the tlite.Jitdge hnlicief
that such a man, ingitted,flWas not 8 11 6'0.1
ing More a the recolleetitaint ' .. ..the joys , iit 7 :
eirly dap; tie. WY,,io:42 . :tbe.' tender." ntl
t . s
the : Midileations ef.theillestous;:tlitat lingir
aroundlt •o c iiii s
~.o. . .ihojvicousi, : liringihg
them; b kin Penitence 'tpthe rine 0 shoot
1
of sob ` " 144 dayil tDeeibe bel e that
he saff red!Ancik when the l i spirit o hi s ma
r
ther,!ri itig, from the :grave,'„was calling bun
to vitt+ and to :God,. thanl he didtrotn Ins
execatihirl would any mats of Coricdt fecil
ings-- ' speak not now ofthe du : of the
christi ': 1 appeal to hisTeetiogs air a man.
I n
Would Ali - shut his soyl from that light. whiCh
is a A li it to the dark world,Withirig :whi4h
open's' trough that veil of i . dallTe# scenes
of lake and peace, and' parity, itd*hicif ill
our sp: its would fitin dwelt and Aorsliii ;
scenes, hat nature in !het, robes 4. sprig.
can 6eter imitate ; that. surpass alliforinslot
materiill workmanship „ hopes divintly be u- 1
tiful; ler which the spirits of our depart d'
it i
parent,'watch with deep , and peaceful int r- •
est 1! ' Pli ! that no huthanl pUniSh4ent, • o
fear, n doubts, might ever w'ar'e $ t old or
blighting wing over a hope like thii! may a
mothei)s spirit, may the ar b reis:,,f god ;keep
their vikils'over it ; until de ath free) it frem
the cll that bounds it ; and it khocks!ntl
Heavett's own glorious gate, to take its oWn i
brightiliape and live!! Ife that bqtsts-stiblii
aspiratibns as these would. dance 9pon his ,
mothets grave. Judge Jessup's he
.rt Wenld
revolt ;:it recoils while he is idad ng' . .these ,
lines aim the bare intimation ofinc results.',
I •
But la i replies why send your sylmi athiesj toil
the celof the felon ; 'white repaintiOn is this ;
repentlince to society; to the Yielturd laiv ;
[to the !Imlay he has destroyed I. I ansWer
it is alttliat can be given, 'and hisi crath pre
vents .4 . % -en this; that is no reparat on ; and
if the liand of the mut'4erer strikes he must
v:iluedFlife of a flitnilY, it is a pcot comfhrt
to kiniw that another life
. muSt Ie taken,
that another family-is' born to an '.equall a
-1 •
mounOof anguish and misery. '
Butl I do not mean to 'be wide stop& as
admitting the Dovirsldeclaratidn,
.tat all! h
man littli he will give fothis life.; It ink with
Burleith and his recfiewer,that th reverse
is the fact. I have admitted :tii Judme's
$
(mutat ton only to refute it; , if it haiinot been
dune already I will do it new. • !ridge. jes
sup:wiluld not give his religionj dnot be
lieve hp would give up his (mink)t
in this
cotdroiersy, half as soon; if yo' . were En
strati,* him itt the street, as he wo td if $Oll
were tit reason with him, or satisfy iin Irbil? •
dui. Bildein the lattkr case you 71 Ar h t stic
coed, ift the former iiever--titider 'extrene
torturelhe tnirdif say he would 'buil ;
lire that is coariisred ne.ainst his t ill 1
- 4ni the mine i /1 , 116 /II Min. " ' 1
CertaiiPv a bigot e-mild not rive hi big,on-y;
Burletirl; would not give his fanatici m; Gen.
Worth! would not Dive his honor; Cie in or
-4
est map among you would not givelhis wife,
or his !child ; not a Soldier that nuionsh:Me,
Yot ll ll „stay! to retain his life a 1v reek, And
thereft T the aphorism of Bacon Its ncdrer
the triith than this quotation front the evil
i priu..ttile, "There islmvpassioni is he mind
of maiso weak but !that it motes Ind mas
ters di fear of death." Ii mice I 4g,i:e that
the m l'tkrer is not! adequately 1 - niched;
I
that lal is, not deterred, and theiver severity
,
of the famishment, according tO th Judge's 1
own stowing, its borbarity, and tutality, I
not or4y opetut( to prevent iiitn•frirn being
deterrld, but - operates to prevant liim from '
being-putiihed at all. There is a egre p of
wickedness in cool, eieliberate, preedit. ted
Lmurdet, :hat so far from sythpathi ng ctith,*
from ettenuatint , or palliating j a*er is not
r-2-1.--i ~
hfc...• i,-........„ — .:. - c -- "‘ iv e, t .tew-g-te l i.e s ;
those lilone in which the leW intlttids !life
slinuldibe taken. •he • cold blood d, lasi
ened iollahr s hot o ily insensible tit the dis
grace4but he i th e east sensilile ithe aiii
instances f stupid
of dea h. How mahy instances
brutal y, of sheekink levity, such niiscrennts
exhibi under the 'gallows! Didri't Phez
1 .
Boyd,l the avowed nod acknoWledied n ur
ri
derer Of the Pattonsy kick the sheiltr's s 1 .
:Mil tlieii tell him that he Would lace 4.
,viol tom on the platform 1: Wits hi. pun
ed ? Didn't RobinSpn, after enure sing l
he mulliered Soydittn, openly de hire f
he woidd burst out i a laughing insider
gallo4l Didn't h e cry out "for a hi
of mtlic.; the big crowd, and Bun4ity di
ed spelF.tatorst" Didn't he say MI his ost
sober trimnents, " rve suirertld n4sery ed
povert enough in (his world, to c re• in, ch
t
about i leaving it:V l, ' Was .be riunished.2
Didn't' 'Reek the Murderer - ekeelted stirne
few plars since, in Dauphin Chung, (I ink
it wasi) Mock the! officiatinot-Ci§r7yrriati,
who prepared to sing a psailn, ",y op4nly
si ti t 2; inp. some vulghr, filthy, t bsc c, if, not
blasphemous song;, n the itiid t o the 'ser
vice? id he regard the phnis tine t ? LOA D
too at the late Aublurn rhurdCrer . ' was he
punished? say nothing new ;3f t C al' fel
respotisibility of . 'lending such . _ sou to
Judgl'itent; say nothing hbodt th . - efre t of
such 4n exhibitionj upon i - thel by4taud ri;
say nthing, about flit coinpakisortof :tick
an exOcution with that Ofla ma "dose ose eel
ings nie nor only acute ond Sentive, but
filled ,with contriqon and penite Lie; but
conadre such an exechtint Witlii.the un
ishimmt of perpetual imprisonen4 wli eh,
1)
if stico men,did melt feel.at first,
~igli be
irnad4ise of to bring thein to Ben ottheir
condition. A SPEC AT ES ' .
'
Q For the eof4e's :(I. , :peate. •
itIESR.S. EDITOI4B:— . I IWOIO rt' , l trorle
you, 4r the publie,lwith the subjee 'of P Ire
nolo,, were it no for the uncoil g for land i
sever ; manner the. Diseplestof all % pie
treate, by Juclge . 4essup in his Ice lee &re
on . thil Death Penalty, foil. the . - .temp to
Irtte the prisonl dir " il . Si
To,
, i n i
tir t
,unpri t ~: print. .. tscsiOline atsin g
;
I boil an expluna. ion in Irnyown ay,
1/0t 110 t •be deemed intrusive 'ou:of.pl'
Thi Judge repr stinted that ii as 4 wr
/ z,
to,. pi:4;e prisoners in . a llospital„bnil I,
'their *oral and i tellecttuil itlicaties,
provriy, their vicio s- profiensities 'niitel
a proper manner; because deg , ere,
topriion as a inn: hinenc. for som act 1
1 4,
had c4intnitted, in . iolation of In4:-. ' •
'Not laws only . e good:or ad itecort
ito;theideas of Om Who had ilis4authc
to(intte them :, a ' .if it caulk, shown
a low .which has t tt.other- aiiit.thiti on
niot,'s. a Poti.Jant - ,,l' f. t.hinli,ttio,...4lg,e'
be:inoierreet, and,' tis,
.abuse - It-Moyne
;what and out o pinco.: o , - .. I !.:
! ,
Ma 6 Inlslesttes,„ itretiott,fti pitiOt, 'tit ,
l ergiselef,whielrgi ,ealliertpin 11 II ',- 4, min
lid
those ftleuitieslare!igOvii to:. it :fo'r't' Oat
g
yeimporposesilan4o*niierie" pre' e-tift
s:eonitneitduble ',het lan,nnpr . pe . r . ;"se is
rehetioilile; !atal ' ..:. ittleedil-, - ).th -o" ;;sin
lerim44_l4.an - t,'p., . inmii,li 0 0 .,. godup
i
1c . i 8 . 43 1t40K . ,.(4 . 91, 4.41 : ',,f..:"..,Pd . a . n.` , ',.94+ .
Are.t a4uire , wTIOI,- i whichtipongs,
'm %On of 4.01 iiilkontesit.:;:,Thiere , `
I: I
. ti '
..,,
a
i
feetilty - iit.ithi!Thmtsii?' tad t hat
, < 4 , , !, ~-, - - 4 'd - q,
stitifitlitted!niore than- this:WC la b
* . e:iiiiiirli f ! "hiiit2ply-Prail . plus. to., aec
quantity Oftleienoo,Supporklis i
and old it 04.
.04.. l!' pci'ssitile- tole
(.
thing tti'tbilia 'uw4 - 10 - 6 , :stiCiedd
this is
,attighir;, , Arttit:our moral f
Lclaim,-4, i$ liist, , it is proper.: ' !' : ~.- --
But letlthe desire to livbibli - irtt
all possesS to
,:a '*retiter,ot, less d igfi ,- 0: be:
come too strong, and 'Otittnoral:t mattes too
weak, the tcolasequencelWOuld-lt t !the! Emu:
ululation Of 'iptopertrot the erpe ite . titOth=
eiii - Steillifiridlibity'and 'dire`e't lion is
result; add this. we - !talks(4,' or er' e, which
the Judgeithitika'ishiiiild be pun' ' heck But
the law which consigns , an badly dual - thus .
organized to prison r fci 4.4 nish nz qn „And gives
the primotieetto ftitiOtinrchariCe or amend
ment, is 4 bad law.;, - ,NOw Phie ology pro'.
poses to stimulate the moral &Cu I ies„which
are too weak, by a Course'of MO' ng.whieh
will keep ,them iiraction, and lei's le feelings
of Acquisitiveness subside, whith hnitebeen .
too strong; thereby equalizing the mind, acid '
making good and virtuous eitize,s cir - thOse
who, accordineto-the bed laW., ud !Jtidgi-
Jessup's !poliey; would be let it ormitisoli
hurdeneifin• feelings by the 'elittel punish
ment received, ittidy to break l',. h anew iii
crime, with 'bat lane faculty tang t a lesson;
that of of Secretiveness, making them Lore
sly to escape dOteetion, and the ebTliveid
ing in future t he Impishment - ju t received:
We also! recognize another lac lty which
we prissek,,giveng us a desire to 'estroy that ;
which is !hurtful, or anything th t - might in- •
jure our happiness. This feeling arises•frona
the Organ of destructiveness, an< is possess
ed by all; some however have • the feeling
much stron,gerthan others, and onseiptent
ly we find there are those who ore severe,
cruel, and lord-hearted ; and w en the or
gan is too largeit leads to a lov, , of war and
butchery. Now, destriictiveneSs 's an ingre
dient in our organization that d ceives our
selves, nod when we suppose ,we are con
tending for justice • and rightettisness. we
mistake, it seems to rrie, the fertori of,bes
tructiveness for'the inipirations f moral el
oquence., as witS strikingly llluit -ated in the
appearance 'of the Lecturel• ui the time of
its delivery; which could not b accounted
fur on any other principle ezeePt that of
Phrenology. ' I,'lci wonder that !! those who
had been acqualitted , With the. man, and,
more recently
.seen his . bencvnlent feelings
bursting forth In the
_late TempSrance Con
vention at' the prospect of the:amelioration,
of inaiskiucl, awl a stop put to te wretched-
ness and Misery brought
,about by the salt
of intoxicating drinks, sliriuldn -, " can this
;
be Judge Jessu p.?" so altered, o severe, so,
devoid of pity, that the bcnei•elsint desires or
PhrenologistsJO ameliorate the condition of
those unfortunate beings who :are confined
in prison at Sing Sing, shoulC be treated
u ith scorn. and : !contemptl ' ! -
But the true cause may be :
fact that the Lecturer was exert
tellectual Cu:allies, to satisfy t
tirnents ilf.his audience, that Is
troy the life of a fellow beingad
for crime, , which act springs all
tructivenesz;
One of his arguments was
drawn from the fact that' men!
Far; therefore it was right to
of a murderer, ." for he mad
community." •;rind to satisfy
toninest -that it was just, a a
exclaiming, "1,-mri th - olariffai
our beloved Washington!' 'Nk
vast difference 'between ,men
other in battle, and a common
prisoner out of the walls of a
we have coufiOed him for week
chained down to the_ floor, a . •
with iron handcuffs, thenvleadi
to the scaffold, and tber'e put 'I
rm;rtal existence delibera
him to death !Hid Washin,' ,
the lives of his P risOners, th
would have beep correct, but',
very insignificant . . Therefore
pelted to belieye that- such ad
energy, such.ical,.such powe
tion, and. such- tkwanton,disre ! .l
nevolent' feelings •of Phrenol
spring from no faculty which
except a highly excited state O
destructiveneip l And, indeed
ty of the ; human mind but d
and self-esteem • prompted' the
that he " while sitting on that •
der Court-house was an instr
hand of God to punis Irin for t
It could be nothing else4---it is:
gunge of •Selflesteem to talk of
BIM
jig
sh-
Oat
that
the
and of destructiveness, tiro deal
penalties:'
But I -forbear,'hoping that' . !
so - distinguislfed' in society as
with the power to accontMlisliS
will, AO • /akar"' Olings •
from the higli;stme - ofobreitem
naturally acquire in on iittenip'
king the lifalif a 6tttujin. bei
sentiments will againprevail,?a
ure atone; for;tha aberrations fa .
correct course, brought , about •
siop of questi
•
Capital Punish=
" But 'I would that ye should an
req M
~thatAtts„thitrs..wjecia, haves hap
have on outl rather unto the fur
gospol."—Phr6 I 1f2. ,
. Through Mercy reform is a(
the antiquarilau habits of barb
stitioa, aad - 4orgoreal torture,
greatdr" comfort§ o 'toleration
merey, l dim! . 'tfiithei ham the
the , gospi i l,!' khan. sectarianism
by-its dettihlktorturt ; , 11 ferren
these linos, to promote-tbe fu
went 91.4e0Itfuti ..b.YAdvisipg,
c pm Moo i,seaso,,,. mer
from, ,. PT9 l . l S 4l,, . ftrl d
agUitts.l..hosolliticritag !with us
w - hilltitiloi.l 4 ll l gMtrOsPecO bl '
0!01 1 Y19 1 ti.)o.oo'.4 Bl9 lPlYirtiii B 9
th
0 1 , AdvaPeM. ll
.1e 91 10 11 4 10 i 9
tion.fif thq _V-iNillitY• L T ,"
tho i se ()PPOseui. ,
!TWO; 4 04419 , yia.writo.to tb
tos; though., thy ; : had {ever let
w o r4cli-t" 11 006 All.alli
rut!, a[4loWS9ar bwirnik
OPE filnOrgiiif iii#,:betPir.tio it
he arlite,kr!lkytt APPbtslqt Bo o 9-„ k
risitikOk *maples .up much aol
tiler 91 1
.oi4iftifilieMnoO r - t h l
.ThuoliAoghtilimt readil
o.o4**o{ l Ll 114,04 g tobe
inir
•
ay
ce.
ng
lye
1 ing
. rity
that
ish.
lust
ftgY
° F .
and
tam
I r P r *
xkr,
roan
, no
IMIN
11 4.14
rt 4 iirteil,
*lite
sieknese
ve I some.
Vs. tiklow
uitieti ex.
'nnd in the
ising his in
e moral . sen-
I . might des
punishinent
ne from des-
' companson
re killed in
ake the life
war on - the
lur •
Conscien-,
I •Uled: to our
. I*t(i t necr)nd
here e is rnn a
laying each
ty taking a
.- rison • where
and months,
shackled
g him. forth
n end to his
lely choking
a destroyed
comparison
ie argument
II am com
ctrine, such
of declanla
rd of the he
rsts, could
an posses-gel,
the organ of
whatfacul
structiveness
• declaration,
each in yoti
meat in tl4
eir crimes!"
he very Jan
high station,
n pains ati4
n iddividunt
ludge Jessuji,
• much goo 4,
are subsided
nt 'they must
to, justify to
g--his moral
d in a'meas
, m a hitherto
y the disclaim
as:Cal-And
; • A PHREN
LOGIST.
Adirocate..
For the Peopl
=1
!MO
I erstand, bretii•
nekuuto tw
heranee of thili
vaneing from
rism, superg
towards
ieniperance, .
'rtherance of
ef
I: e e l yo Y el oe ' r .e e t advance.. ro es t g re vi l36ll
soutimeßtii
in heliOltaf
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