PROJECT OF A NEW PENAL CODE FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, BY EDWARD LIVINGSTON, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LONDON: PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER Row. ADVERTISEMENT. ONLY a few copies of this pamphlet, sent by the distinguished Author to his private friends, have reached this country. It was published in America, by the authority and at the expense of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, under the title of á "Report made to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, on the plan of a Penal Code for the said State." It contains the statement and development of principles of the highest importance, which cannot but be read in England with interest. There are persons, whom it is important to inform, who will be anxious to know how some of our institutions are viewed, and how, when full liberty is allowed to change them, they are modified by an enlightened Legislator, who is uninfluenced by our prejudices, and unfettered by our customs; and this inquiry is calculated not merely to gratify curiosity, but to afford instruction. America owes much to England; more than it is possible for any American or Englishman to estimate. May she prove herself worthy of the boon, by continuing to extend and perfect the noble institutions she has received from this source, and may she pay back the benefit by exciting her benefactress to emulate her example! |