Show capital F punishment EDITOR JOURNAL tho the lat late e execution of thiede in salt lake as given in till JOURNAL reminds me that we are still living it in the dark ages now you know ar mr editor that many an all innocent man ha hag 3 been condemned and executed in the boasted land of ours olirs I 1 want to say that the time little will come if man continues to progress that capital punishment will be unknown in in every civilized country I 1 cannot helu bell shedding a tear when I 1 think that tha t future generations rations will read tho barbarous act lately committed in our loved capital under sanction of law I 1 know some of my friends will condemn me fur for thi thought I 1 that I 1 express ss on this subject b but ut I 1 know that I 1 sin am right and I 1 c cant an D be true to myself unless I 1 enter my in solemn protest against such it human in a atrocity I 1 am too warm to write a nice smooth article on the subject but I 1 present the following reasons why capital punish punishment me nt should he be abolished 1st ast one murder does riot not justify another 2nd and capital punishment is revolting to the best beelin fe elinas S in tile the human breast tile the executioner generally disguises himself before he does the dastardly act 3rd ard it is more in keeping with the bloody times of the mosaic dispensation pensa tion than with the principles taught by christ ath ath it is unjust to the earth bound spirits to turn our oar murderers loose among among them it would be more honorable of us to send them to some other part of our own country than to set them adrift aloag a the denizens of another world ath capital punishment is no krotec protection tion to society it is just the reverse those who alo are familiar with the subject know that it is much easier and cheaper to confine and le generate a murderer in the body than out of the body A murderous revengeful 0 spirit can call polarize itself on certain negative persons in the flesh and continue the of death and destruction and bid def defiance latice to mortals now the question naturally natural i v arises what should be dons done wit with 1 i our murderers perhaps at the present stage of the worlds progress they should be deprived of their liberty and confined at hard labor the proceeds to be given to the relatives of the murderers vicia or to the state mi mr r editor tiie THE joi ENAL is a mighty factor in the education and uplifting of the masses and let me earnestly suggest 0 that you take up tip your elos eloquent luent anil and log logical ical pen in defence of the right through our efforts a society y can be or organized 9 all that will 1 put ut in good work for the abolishment t of capital pul punishment liell in the fair state of utah I 1 would rather give gire my iny life to the good of the state than have i such foul outrages committed wi within th her borders IV II 11 |