33^ ^^' T^ni^ner on Crimes and PuniJJjmeuts. 



much more eligible, to apply the punifliments 

 o^ Jhame, hard b.hcur, * coarje diet, 3.nd foiitary con- 

 finement ; and thefe in different degrees, accord- 

 ing to the different enormity of the offences 

 committed, and in proportion as they have arifen 

 from one or another of thefe caufes. 



Many advantages fcem likely to arife from 

 this mode of punifhmenc. That the certain in- 

 fiidlion of hard labour would have more influence 

 upon the mind of the offender, than the prefent 

 bare probability of death, may naturally be fup- 

 pofed, and indeed has been frequently experi- 

 enced. And the duration of the punifhment 

 would make a much deeper impreffion upon 

 Ipeflators, than the injlantaneoiis execution of a 

 criminal, and would therefore tend to deter more 

 cffedualiy from the commiffion of crimes in 

 future. In fuffering this kind of punifhment 

 alfo, the offender is compelled, in fome degree 

 at leaft, to fupport himielf by his own labour, 

 as long as he remains under confinement j he 

 will alfo form habits of temperance and induf- 

 try, and thus be prepared for ufefulnefs in the 

 world, when the term of his punifhment is elapfed. 

 And that the reformation of the offender v/ill 

 be very much promoted by fome portion of 



* Diodorus Siculus tells us, that Sabacc, king of Egypt, 

 changed capital punilhments, with much fuccefs, into 

 ilated kinds of labour. Whole example Grotius re- 

 commends. 



Jolitary 



