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CAsg OF MCLEAN la reviewing tals case, we
are IMPRESSED with tue awful reelection, that lei
low-crealuIe. now pronounced by lary OF his
country,nen i,noceut. and so breyeG TO be by per-
haps the mass OF tbis community, was so nearly
the victim of eliish system OF luTiSprudence'-
Had II not been Tor the untnng eXertlon OF one
man-lhe principal OF McLean,s counSel-wheTe
would this victim long since have been' In the
cold grave, and his name consigned TO eterna! IN
famyi Alas, that human laws should be thus lnl-
p.rfec;-but nose unfortunate still, that We seem
10 care so litle about their attempted reformation


The principal cause. we learn, Q. the difference
between the TWO reldicts, was lie discovery, on
The last trial. OF new and Important testimony, IA.
yorable ts the accused. And here we would
remark, irat a lesson Is afforded BY this clrcuH-
stance which shows the necessity OF either entirely
abrogating the dea;h-punshmenf, or putting siar on
after the dale OF coav!ctlon-paineu!arly wner-
circumstantial evidence may have I'D 10 tn= Vef-
olc OF .uil, Time would be thus afforded Tor tn
DEVELOPMENT OF facts which might frequently a.ve
the innocent from isnominious death.