The New Orleans Bulletin

Flogging as a punishment has not passed out of history. Kindergarten ideas of civilization have brought it into disrepute; but it is still a serious question whether brutality cannot be most effectually dealt with by the lash, and whether those classes of society which persist in taking the physical view of humanity cannot be best instructed by a vigorous application of their own principles. The subject is now being widely discussed in England, in connection with a proposition to restore flogging on the roll of British punishments for such offenses as wife-beating and garroting. Mr. Bright has just written a letter opposing the idea; but it is said that his arguments run counter to a fast-growing public opinion. There is, indeed, a certain attractiveness in the suggestion. It might provide a cure for flagrant wrongs in America, such as have recently been conspicuously illustrated both in Chicago and Brooklyn.-Chicago Tribune, April 1st.