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a) The systems’ power of punishment.
The loss of freedom forms the real punishment,
on which the Pensylvanian criminal legislation, and
those houses of correction established in its spirit,
are principally founded. Next to this is labour,
which, according to the Auburn system, is forced
upon the criminal by outward means, but in the
Philadelphian, is granted him as a consolation, an
employment for which he longs; which material
difference shall be considered further on, in its
moral point of view.
Labour, considered of itself, does not constitute
any punishment, but is, on the contrary,
necessary for the inward and outward health of man.
It is, whether mental or corporal, the most efficacious
means of improvement, and ought not, therefore,
to be represented in deterring colours, or
mingled with the idea of punishment. Labour ought
decidedly to form a part of all systems of correction,
but more as an improving, than as a really
punishing element.
The Auburn discipline certainly admits also
of corporal punishment, though not as an
atonement for the real crime, but as a means of
supporting the prescribed regulations; which important
difference ought not to be forgotten. The greatest
malefactor is not subjected to it, if he carefully
observes the appointed discipline, while on the
other hand, one less criminal sinks under the
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