must  be  believers  in  Jesus  Christ.  Penn  was  the  first  legis-
lator, whose  criminal  code  admitted  the  humane  principle,  that
the  object  of  punishment  is  not  merely  to  prevent  crime,  but
to  reform  the  offender.  Hence,  his  code  seldom  punished
with  death.  The  assembly  sat  three  days,  and  passed  fifty-
nine  laws  ;  an  evidence  that  the  time  which  belonged  to  the
public,  was  not  here  consumed  either  in  personal  abuse  or
pompous  declamation.
Penn  next  paid  a  visit  of  friendship  and  business  to  Lord
Baltimore  at  West  River.  Though  they  differed  on  the  ques-
tion of  boundaries,  yet  friendly  feeling  pervaded  the  interview.
