The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Capital Punishment

M. "Capital Punishment." Vanity Fair, April 7, 1860, 231.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
illustration
commentary
Abstract

Commentary rejecting the idea of abolishing hanging. The author realizes that the fat-cats have unique, political motivations for this act of "humanitarianism."