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Show I'lilMlv IIIKIIIM. Tilirallack which W, 1. Atilrewi made luthe O?tober brum on reforma lory 1 rlaon haa aa a matter of t-uurae ItncleU much attentlou. It la Juat the kind of auject which imill editor griapat with atldity, Iwi-auNt It look llkea convenient vehicle for a large amount of imtrtueu, along with much Ignorance, an I with no great rlika attached. Thla prlaou document haa proven a particularly rich motacl for theae wrltera kgalutt apace, and they hivu worked It lu their utuillybrllllint fathlon. There It plenty of room foralvetae opinion on the j rlaon iuetlon, ao long at It le confined to Jille. It It conalateut fotwlaomen toitltagtee on the eub Ject of caplUI punlahment. The ruin who hu rellglou or humane cimpuno. Hon agiluat the taking of human life, la reatouiblo In protratltig agaloat what he term ludlelil homlcldu of all klndo. The nun who conaldera Ihefiueetloii a-i'ely upon tho atandard of human rlfht la Jutt at teaaonnble In hold Ing tint Ihe potion "who hat become aufllclently depraved to commit a certain oirenao agalnat hla Mlow nun, tin forfeited abeohitely Iho confldeuco of men and llkewlac the right to ealtt among them to their JeojMirdy and harm. Men may alao atgue II they with, that all ptlaou ate Inatllutlon fot fe fcfm, tathet than lotiHintthmeut. We believe lhat with men who havo put' auod Uvea of crime to a certain ago the chancra for riform ore very alight. Hut refotoi ivhoola In thelt propet and alrkt elgnlllcance do not balong In audi a controvert-, and It li only Iguoraucn of acilal equity that would ijue.tlm their 1 toprlely or uaerulueea, rhrough Imapable iarentagi',crlmlnil aioilitlona, or the lutluincuof lima oilier achool for criminal a large uumbrrUlheihlldrtii born Into thla worl 1 norer know the meaning of dla. clplliie or government till lome ovitt arorg forfelta their IH.erty to the rUnto. To auch youth the refotm aehuot la a plicu of tdu cation wliete thoae Intlueiice nf oct tii.t aaanclitton md homo illatlpllne which parent failel lo Uatow, may be glvou. Mt. Atnirewi hu not the ttninrlty to aatall uiily thla clo.a of Iiittllu-tloua, Iiittllu-tloua, but Willi uovitt allilalona lie fur nlahia a text for aitlbblera lo harp Uun, Tho Idta that Iho Hint miy not lake Into mcount the itiiillou nf refotm lu dealing with ordloary rrlmlnaU 1 monatroue. Hut aaauinlug that aft trltuii-, tire purely Inatilullon of punlthmuiit, lu till age they ran iim.' Ill Hi, mi aturerr their putoi nvellir uict Ptroprlate dUirliuluillou lAtu, , criminal. T iee. nturlci ha i roviu that law i 11 relive moro dlr tly In proportion la the promplm-i air! eeverlly of the punlahnunl. l'.tery tlmuglitful clllten of IhU country Uanxluu ftt tefoim In out I tlaon arratiemeuta, but Mt. Andrew bat nut touched the key notej ol tho rjopuUr fiellog by any inetna. The condition do not iliinmd that Ihe con vlct'a life thould U lu general moro lvere, lait that there llioulj be luoro certainty In brlujlng criminal! to con vlctlou. |