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Bibliographic Information
English, Thomas Dunn. "The Gallows-Goers." New York Saturday Press. 26 Nov. 1859: 4.
Type: newspaper ; Genre: poetry
Abstract
The speaker is one of the masses who enjoys the sport of public hangings. He speculates that if hanging were deemed wrong by God, then the clergy would be hanged, ironically, for their part in previous hangings.
