Letter from Finch Winchester, Southboro[ugh, Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1849 April 14th
Summary
Fitch Winchester adresses his letter "to the Editor of the Liberator," and condemns capital punishment, comparing "those who advocate the right and duty to execute Washington Goode" with those "who executed Jesus Christ". In the postscript, Winchester explains that he is not sending this to Garrison "to have you publish it, but merely to call your private attention to such remarks as I see fit to make upon the subhect of capital punishment". He adds that "he is no more virtuous or good who will punish any one for cime, than the one who commits the crime and is punished".
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Date
1849
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