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to the poor, forgiveness of injuries, education of 

 children, gratitude to benefactors. And they 

 permit, or, which is the same thing, suffer to go 

 unpunished, many crimes, such as luxury, prodi- 

 gality, caprice in the disposition of property by 

 will, disrespect to parents, and a multitude of 

 similar examples." 



Where civil crime is allowed to go unpunished 

 it is obviously because of some circumstance 

 that is never regarded as giving a precedent nor 

 rule by which a similar case should be decided. 

 Where there is satisfactory evidence of crime, 

 and justice is allowed its course, the penalty of 

 broken law T must be experienced by the violator. 



This is so true and evident that it hardly needs 

 proof. Yet the evidence is so common-place, 

 and the truth so easily and forcibly attested that 

 reference to the facts may go far to confirm a 

 criminal are not sufficient motives to lead to his 

 release or pardon. There must be more than a 

 feeling of commiseration for an unfortunate law- 

 breaker. One needs a lively sense of the fact 

 that the government, and its laws must be pre- 

 served. Also the dutiful and law-abiding have 

 rights that are disregarded in the liberation of 

 him who is a criminal. 



Our penitentaries forcibly proclaim the whole- 

 sorneness of retribution. Our county jails are a 

 menace to the lawless. Our houses for correc- 



