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r t - 2 I f Y r 4.. r - C- 4- V, i J i I if Sift If i - a i - - ' I - 4; 1 - : -Pi P ' rat CMllJna desevd to be hired obi and madetowcik. It is prfectlj plain, iherefoie. that this law was!mde gfor. and, applied qnly to persons convicted of Crimes, and it could only be carried inteeffect after indictment by a grand jd rr; aad after $onfciiw twelve free men, who heard testimony on dithi . And yet.Messrs. M. and II., in 'their jcircullr, say, that coder this law, poor white men an white women could be ' sold . by the . sHeri(fatpoW"re auction, as slaves V-Ate sfavfesrold far such term of lime as Courts dem reasonable on conviction Tor crimes ? As fvejl might it be said apprenti ces are sold as slaves'. f?,-s it not an insult to you, does it not evince la jconjempt for your under standings, when luct) statements are published for your examination!? But we will notmisrefv resent we quote jthe words from the third pag of the circular : j. , j '''. -. We deem com men t peless. and will there fore only say thai, on fbe 1 7th of September, 1807, General VVilfiaol Henry Harrison, then Goternorof the TerMtofy of lndiaoaand hold ing the soleTcontrpl of all the laws in his own hands, actually signed Vie above bill which pro iiltU that noor white men and women, who are from their poverty itnqble to pay sheriffs' fees. clerks' feet, lawyers Jees, ana courijines . snoma be sold by thf sheriffs at public auction as slaves. How would you feel to. see one of your poor but respectable and good neighbor men sold at auc tion by the sheriff of yobr county as a slave, un-, der this, Harrison law to home free negro? And ooly think of whaf would' be your feelings to see one of yonr! roor but respeciable neighbor women knocked off unjer the sheriff hammer to a free negro, as his stave, to be onder his com mands, and compelled ;to obey them, whatever tbey m'gbt be ; and should she resist'and diso bey and leave her black! master's serf ice, aud he should apprenendihejr, and drag her oeioieiasiti gle justice of the jpeace and4 under this Harri son law, have ihrt-nfie lashes inflicted upon his while female IslaTeJ and theo compel her to serve two days for, every one rhe bas lost fiom her black master's service would you be wjinng to vote for such aiman as President f And tbis is the bank, federal,!! Whig candidate's former, o pinions and acts to wh)ch. he refers U9,nd a dopts as his present opinions and principles ; and this man, with tfjese principles, is the .ncpiinee of the great Harnsburg and IJaliimore bank, fed eral, abolition Conventions foi' President of these United States ; land they strongly soli it your votes for him,.and particularly demand the votes of poor men, while at the same time he actually refuses to be seer by, or even spoken to by a poor man ; and you are asked by these federal Whigs to take him upon his former expressed opinions and acts, and they as above stated We take it tot grafited that any intelligent man will see at oince this misstatement, and will, as soon as the law is read, be entirely satisfied that selling a bofee thief, or a hog thief, or one who had commitiedj forgery oj perjury, after he had been convicted1 by twelve men, Cjannot properly or withUruth be said to be selling 4 res pectable and goo4 neighbor men for lawyers' fees. We know th0 People, 4 the respectable and good neighbor mnf. of North Carolina too well to believe, for one moment that they will oppose the election of G0n.tHrrison because be wished to punish thievei, fbrglis, and perjured tvtetcb es. One who did noti kbow our people would suppose that Nbrih Carolina wa3 a deo of thieves, from read inir this circular. How could t i t' 1 .4J i -, 1 To the people or JhelStttic of . 'JYortir varoiuu Wm Vrr: with mingled feelh f: r ' t prMeind. mortification, a . circular issued pt yv. h of Kfp'esentative 8ih Jgoe;,ia40;,Wc are surprised that members, 01 uongress anouip feiive de'sceuded '."from .their h ijh stations 10 ha v made charges id unfounded in faci;$d.we jarelroorti fied beyend" measure! that thse Members shoold have come from North Carolina.' . We deem it a doty to yo we deeta It due to ourselves, to eipcse the .'misrepresentation? of tbki-ircolar, andi io dotr$ eo. we shall endvavor U trpt lit 'authors, with all 'doc respect, while, jrej avoid their example, and remember., to maintain , oar own seirrespectr '4 ':!-' '-tr;''. "" - Much of the abuSiveJanguage applied to Gen eral Harrison we shain not notice. His charac ter is beyond tbe reach of such assaults. For a long period be baa 1 been inlthe servjipetof his country he bas oftent risked bis life j for that Z country be finked hi political Jife, and sacri , , ficed his seat tn.Cot)gres on account of i his re gtrd for tht rights ffoe Southern States. v c;b8lferige the rtost rigid elaminailon into his character. We defy tbe most severe erer- cise of 'tnaticiuus pnticism -into his .miUtary con doct and. into his.eiil hUtory. 'Thus far, eve ry at tack has proved" he' was better than be ap peareJ before, aiul, as Americans pfpod of the f-reputation of our distinguished t5ouoiryn)an, we invite attention to his j history. The miserable -eiploded 8lander;;thaf.he is a 44 bank, federal, axjljtion" candidate, is utterly unworthy of no-: tice; The policy if the Van Buren party has created and fosie,rel hundreds of state banks.- We wilt any JinSe compare notei, and will prove hutndredsi if federalists to bfldng to the same party ' Namerods instancrs can be given of iheir ereiving" high ofSces from r. Van Buren. Nothing is more soscepti6le iof, proof ' than the fact that the aboliyonists have nomina ted candidates of. their own, and that 'they are V opposing t Harrison jsboufder to 'shoulder, with the -Van .Buren; party fe-'VA? ! ;j:- .: ' To sbow.i'je People of our Slate who are the abolitionists,. who. are co-laborers wilh jMessrs. " Wontffomery and Hawkins in their unworthy warfare, we rsk that the letter of Duncan of " Obibroay'be;exaratoedj' Td gtvel evidence of ; the fiendish uua.'inity with which the South is assailed bt. Van.Buren,me.ni we hope the de clarations of Tsppan may be remembefed j the V-'man'. who offered td subscribe $500 to bijy pow der jand shot' for the rtegroes, to aid them in in- V surrectian 1 'These men are 4 memberi of the. same party with our colleagues all uniting in . .vvilifyipg'anolddiertwlio has sefved his country well--all oniung in their efforts to elect iman President of the United States'who ap proves of: the proceedings of a Court Martial in which negro testimony was admitted Against a white man! s I'tr j? ; ' , , Bat ; we dismiss. this. It has teen. f 00 often refuted to claim further notice at our hands. The authors of: this circular could i.ot have made any man in his "sehsea believe this charge, before they wrote 'this extraordinary circular. $ftet Asuch an exhibilipri of disregaid of .facts as this circular affords, they; and their endorsers must relv umm somethinsr' bevond bare assertion to f Gen. gain credit for their 8iatements ' f '-. .. tVl n kal An iftonLcatT in ihio PTpzT t ' . . 11 .1 .lL ... I hnneel nennl enftflf hvlcilh a 9V ? Nn hflTIPSt Harrison is cnargeaoy mem, on iup uisi uae r.-v rr. rJ " 0 it . bci' MaVs.M6ntionier7tDd Ha kins copj ied their extract- i: r ;t- - ; We ccpyithe fullowing from page 343, chap;; ter 43, section tub? of the .tame book i '.-- j 'Section. fNd negro, , mulatto or lodijnj, shall at ny lime parchase any , .s.ervanl'f cluef than oftheitoiin complexion, and, if any of the persons afjresald shall nevertheless;presnnie tp rmrrhase a while servant, such servant shallitn' mediately become iT2JE,'and shallbe so held, deemw and' takern ;.: V . j Mgted as iuiiow ? . - . . . . 4 W il JESSE B THOMAS. - Speaker tfthc House rf llepres'entatites i - il 1 U B. CHAMBElt - ,? :j , i , President cf tht Countu :- Approved, Sebtember 17, 1807. ' " I VVHXIAM'H; HARBISON: Now, fellow citizens, w can repeat tbe words of the circulars asd say, we deem-commenl nlo " HI ihpr.f.irf onlV S3V. IDat 0 thm 1 7 1 b Axv nf StpmbT. 1807, Gen.tW flenr HarriskinL the then Governor of theTe ritmv nf InLtiftnii.M fihe same man who is this son of Benj. Harrison, a signer of the Declaxap lion of Independence; the same man who wap appointed Govelbir of the Territory of Indiana by ThomasjJeffon, the author of the Declaraj tian of Indfpeodeice, in the year, 1803. and ip 1806, afterwardiby &lr. Madison, in 1809, nlcr this law bad been! passed ; the same man.whb fought atdl conquered at Tippecanoe and .thp Thames, tno sane jman whom cot-throat abd litioaists. ahdi aOl horse thieTes, hog thieves; hoosebreaklrs, art forgers, who do not wish tio hate so bitterly ; this same seat in Congress because he Although tbis cnJ9 A -"X7A iblnk t be made td wqrk man who lost his defended Southern rights ; this, same Wm. M of their circularl with "acts and vdtes" in fa vor of lws to selll "white men and white wo men for sheriffs fees, clerks fees, M lawyers' fes, and fines imposed by courts who, rom ; their poverty, ere so poor as to be unable to pay these costs in money " We , submit! whether - the statement does not bear its own refutation on its face. - The act related to crimes and pun- man could complain of it It was passed to pro tect honest menjagatofl those Who violated the lawaof God and ra3n and relieve honest men from taxes. Add sorely no North Caroliniaa, residing in that state, femarkable for the general good characterrlhe; orderly and correct jleport ment of its people, cap be influenced by such appeals. We pronounce this attempt an unicor i. 1, f..o u.n mice in (uiur - CB,VJ:t";-.;T,t thewho etruib beknGwn tcVoo. ILlke all Jhe other thoussndlanderf Gainst -General; Hiwison. the einio duurids'to1 bis credit. He was influenced .by flingsof humanity ining teveprtsa a iflbe loathsome f apori of a dongeon.4hat ers 'run .t. :J.,, r.nrniifPS WOtK OUl ineu liuca. with the laws of thai Mate, in a speccu ;r ' ;fin'rif matures of madej him, very satisfactorily, expns u. ""gJJ- SQr;,y induced . . v- .11. ..:. t fif . respcctJiiie cen.". e we nive . luiij - o""""- ed charcres of , Messrs, Montgomery and Haw kins aoaicsi Gen - Harrison 00 this snore. This circular of Messrs M and II. seems to have ten prepared under some delusion. Ave are at r loss to imagine what could have praop 7.J .ffftn, in sav that Gen. H. had 'shut him- self .up, and refused to be seen by any bat his en to by a poor the authors of them to believe all theVsee mrprinr.. . a neie i ecai.jr - .j ai '..-"i.r- ..? nh Harrijn-is not seen and ioa His ' Sirjl lwish now yo call yoor attention to the vote ofnGeni Harnson, and toe circum.i. - - . -r , H,s onder which it was given.: The attenuon cfthe VmI16 visit h sioo 01 -iww 'rr'-tvir "r.i . ' V---"ia'iK. noon the atch lias Aevenbeen polled in' ralfed on hi m? Before this circular tUMk iiMirdnKi ftnrpriatpa and deranged, tne financial resoorces of this State crippled, and a Treasury exhausted, the people loudly complain ed of the almost intolerable burden of taxation ; they demanded retrenchment ano reform in the expenses incident to the administration of the criminal laws cf the country. In thisiposture of public affairs, with, a gradually increasing expenditure for the prosecution and punishment of offenders, and a penitentiary crowded with convicts, thajt had become an annual charge on the TViasury, the Legi6latnre assembled, and .undertook iojprovide a remedy for the grievan ces complained of, by instituting a revision of the entire criminal code of the State. The task was one of great difficulty and labor j tut it was ac complished with as much success as was swain ah in irA inp.n ronamon 01 uie vuuwui u Winfaf Vm. Whiterand 6th- . r- t it .nl nilira lifn. liar- ers, anc uiaeoo w-viftu"- ... -- risen was 00 his way from is wrovto r on at which place.rann ai,voiuiuu w - addressed ihoosario's : of : People, tfrpoar nun, who bad known, him in peace and in war, I he aihprincr at fort JSleiirsnearW it wo hundred frotn liisL horned wai:cstrriaied a 20.C00 n nno. onry! heiffhbor men. farmers and me chanics all of whom saw Gen: II. and most of ir, r.Q0 hPflrrf . bim .sneak. is it not pxiraordinarvrtherefore; that when -Gen mm soniiad travelled nearly two hundred miles, in unreserved social intercourse, with the people, he should be charged with refusing, to be seen by, or even spoken toby a poor man r - la it not strangle that sucn a man snoom v lhu3 accused ? ! He whose whole life has been signalized bv acts of benevolence and cbatny j C7 -shaienl3.,' It applied only to those! who were artifice, untecomifig members of Congress, circular do, and Insulting to the people of North Carolina, who Would uffer as little by suh laws as any other people the woiU. 4 But there is another nSisrepresentatSon in the extract last quoted, which either betrays an un pardonable ignorance !in those who profess to lin'ff itipmeel vp-rpflfltf tn nnnwpr' nnv innniripc ' sentenced on contidioii ol aoy crime or breach of any penal law, to pay i4ja fine or fines, with or without the costs rf prosecution.'! The reading of the law exposes the groundless charge ; be- j cause it says .. with or without the costs of pros ecution." , Messrs. M. Si H.i would; have you believe that, in 'enacting this law, the clerks, Uwyeis', and sheriffi'. fees were alonef consulted. ' '. - ft I 1 m , ft t ' j i was intenoeu as a pumstunent lor crime, sucn wnicn may ce assedj or N-' as norse sieaunsr 1"e: stealing, burglary, arson, l lute irorn the truinj iw :fff 'c; which are expressly mentioned in the law, they were eleciioueering bold themselves ready to answer any inquiries shows a wilful depar- essrs. m. and 11. las u t. amon? Wheu tbe criminals were 4 on conviction sen- penitentiary, ask 4 How would you feel to see lenced to" pay a fioei 'Acith or without the costs one of your poor, but' respectable nd good neigh cf prosecution,' -' M- ' j ; ., :';-,;! bor men sold at aociijn by the sheriff of your ;;' Jdessfs. W. St H..seem to think this law county da o sldve, upder this Harrison law, to -.t wotttd, operate only on poverty, were so those who, 4 from their j If Geo. Hariison had ever ?hrch a free negro was au thor as to be unabfs to pay these j sanctioned a law; by jwi CosHs in money 1 . tf u had been Intended to af thorized to boy ?a npor and respectable fnan, he poor,' we sudn;e those who cause were so poor' sold under this law ! , ii ww: would never Messrs. M. & fect'thnse only who, '.from tlieir poverty were so any other have been H. seem to think there are two Classesjuf poor men ; first, the poor simply, and then, secondly, thoso who 4 from their poverty are o poor I But we are willing to give these authors, the full benefit nf their extract' from 'this law, and we quote the law of Indiana, as contained in the circular : '. Bxttact rina the j Laws of Indiana Territoiy, Printed at Vinceont-S, by Messrs. Stout &. ifDoot, in 1807, and now; in the library of the bute Oepattment, Washihgton city. V S-i CHAPTER, Vl.: ,. uC. would deserve, and vrould receive from 09, noth ing but tbe severest censure. .Instead of feel ing juitly prood as 'Americans, of his glorious victories in tbe fieldjover the uritisb and Indi an forces, we shouldi blush to hear the. name of Harrison. Instead of reflecting, with feelings of exultation, on the events of a long- and well spent life, on the unsullied integrity of his char acter as a soldier and as a statesman, we should say, he deserved the 'curses of every 4 respecta- ole good neigbboi man.' pax what is the real state of the case f In many of the States of the Union there are similar laiws, and the idea of a white man being solp 10 ajfree negro seems nev er to have befin tnought of by any one but I grant such disch in pronoiincinf vicied under fbi supplementary, to be detained i the person or persor i I n MIS An aef respecting Vrimes and Punishment s. Sej.'; SO, - When any person or persona shall, the members ot Assembly in North Carolina vo ted fori does not contain any clause forbidding a Messrs. Monfgometv and Hawkins The law of JNortji Carolina, which many of .1 " -ft oq conviciion of any crime or breach of any penal law, be sentenced to pay a hue or floes, with or without the cpsts of prosecution, il shall and may be lawful for the court before whom such con viction ahail be had to otdtr the ijhepfTto sell or hire the. person or persons sd convicted to service ; to any person or persons who will pay the said une sod costs, bit such terra of lime as the said iit abainudgereasonable. : 4- i ' EodTif aca petson -ci persons, bo eatenced . in J hired or sold, shali abscond from the seiyice of Iris ct her.aastet of iBristre&a before the term frenegro to hpre ajconvict. T.ike parricide a mong the Athcnianp, there was no taw to pre vent it, tor no man, 11 was thought, conld be wicked enough lolcommit the crime. Will it be said that the members of the Legislature of North Carolina ever voted for a law to sell poor 4 bat respectable neighbor roerW as slaves to free negroes ? We hope not, yet the assertion may be made wiih'as much truth of this law as cf the Indiana law. -Examine for tourstlves the law of North Carotiaai t- 1:; 1 - . . ; i , . ... ci EBCti semiuJa snair oe eiDiied. ne 01 she so I n. tv.. r.l r. ....ic..,. v:.w . , S' i?f 1 J"tW tot neoiyJrt baving the book before Gs, it ri :.-s i er the peace; be lehrpped with thirty nine strises. I ii, - 1 : n. - -!'"lv'w'TfeeiT iwuj hi tc,j we j disordetly to their conduct (not SeciSI. The fnityp nf thp PTPfil Vnnrts of record in this. Territory shall give this act in narg to the grand )ory at each add every court Io w hich a grand! jury shall be sworn. T ; ; ? I JESE B. THOMAS, Speaker of tne Uoase of Reprrspntatives. VI i tt J V B. CHAMBERS, i r - Prrsideoi of the Couucil. V:' j A proved, 55epterober 17, 1 307 I 1- WILLIAM H. HARRISON. - Indiana, at tbU Uuue, was a Territorj ; she fed not become a Slat ; she had no pentteo i aiary--probabli she bid feW jails U her borders. Jta vagrant had rbted amta of Ms horse or -stolen bi bog, although the vagrant mighPlave - owned property 10 the amouat ola confined to those who are conticted cf crirries. as the Indiana law was) should be hired out bnt if such per sons were oi ill fame, so that he or they could not be hired out for the costs; nor give sufficient security fof ihe same, and bi3 or- their future good bkhavior. in ta.atcasew it-shall and may be lawful for said court io -ause the offender or of fenders Wo receiti thirtunini lashes on h! their bare back, after; which he or ibey shall be set at liberty I and the costs arising thereon shall become; a county charge ; which punishment may be inflicted a often as the persori may be guilty, allowing twenty days between the pun ishment and the offence,' Consult the joufnals of the Legislatcre, when the revised statues were adopted, and learn how many supporters ojfihe iAdininistraiioa voted for this law. ? -- - " I ; j Bot io show how careful General Harrison Harrison 4 actoally signed the above bill.' which forbid a negro to purchase a while servant ! al though that white servant had been convicteJ hw 9 inru ! I Novl ifellow-citizens. ' how would you feel " if one If yon were the representative of " respectable, -ood neighbor men," and puli: lished sucli a circular ? 4 And only to think j)f what would be yur feelings,' if one of you had published such charges agafrist an honest 0 d soldier and said M the aoove is a true statemeet of facts on record?" 44 We appeal to eveiy honorable pQan ;atjong you, (not totally blinded by party prejudice!,) who loves his friends, hps liberty, anid his pouniry, to pause, reflect, at d examine Weill; th principles and recorded acts " of those men) wlili will thus grossly insult.your understandings, i We leave thejlndiana latvs here. Messrs.! Mjobtgomery and Hawkins also give an extract from 1 le journal of ihe Senate of Oh-io in 1821, from which we take the following : 4 Mr. ifithianj then moved to strike out the 19 th section of the bill as follows: " Be it-Jurhef enacted, That when any per son shall be imprisoned either upon execution Dr otherwise jfbr Jjthej jnon-payment if a finer Costs, or both, it: shall joe lawful for the sheriff of t le County to sell oli sucb person as a servant to any person vhhti this State who will pay tie whole amount dee for the shortest period of ser vice , of which laid public notice 6hall be civen at least ten days; and upon such sale being ef fected, the sheriff shall give to the purchased a certificate thereof, and deliver over the prisoner to him, from wBich time the relation between such purchasej and the prisoner shall be that tof master and servant, until the time of service ex pires, and Jot wjxtries done by either, remedy, sliall be had 4 the same manner as is or may e provided by Uwin ccse of master and appren tice. Bu tio&dnjz herein contained shall becoh siraed to jpfevjbo persons being discharged frojm imprisonment! according to the provisions of the Sllh section cf the act to which this is supph- menlaryif it slbe considered expedient ko .bj iJroftcfecf,That tbecout, iany person or persons con f or the act to which tbisjis Uirect such person or persons on until the fine be paid.br otherwise disposed of agree ably to the pulsions of this act. j " Which motion was decided in the affirma- seems, the. name bi w seemed in its termscwftlyfiat the relation between the partiewirtel at of master and apprentice It only Y?5i5Aose who were iinprhonec .' Messrs. jftlontorAfy . and Han kins have u )t ventured to say w neighbor men and neighbr women,' under; this law could be sold as slaves. This is only charged as to the Indiana law. B it let us examine jthis Ohio law, which has her; tofoffJ been yerj much misrepresented. The first charge against Gen. Harrison was, lhat he voted for a law to sell men for debt, i n 1821, vherj tis slandei was brought against Gen. Harrison,:he wrote a letter to the Editor )f the CinelonatifAdveriiser, from which we cojy the following ;j . : . " I wbufd appeal to the candor of your cor re 5- pondant to say (whether, if ihere werejn indi vidual cpnfihed under the circumstances I have mentioned, br jwhose fate he was interested, be would not gladly see him transferred from tie filtheticlosure of a jail, and the still more filthy inhabitants, to! the comfortable mansion of some virtuous citizen, whose admonitions would cheek his vicious propensities, and whose authority ovlcr him wonld' bej no more than is exprcised ovler thousands bf apprentices io our country, and tbefee bound servants which are tolerated in our as well as in every otfrer State in the Uriion. FarfrQm advocating the abominable principles attributed to me by your correspondent, I think that im prisonment for dtbt, under any circumstance Hut that where fraud is alledgcd, is at war xeilh 1ie 6esf principles of our Constitution, awl ought to be abolUhed. j j " I am, lsir,!ydar humble servant, ! j j WM. H.iHARRISON.'n in ujv, ycu iicuievu vriuic a lener to .pr. Pleasants,:relating to this subject, from which Jp quote the toilpwing : , 4 So far from bcinz willing to sell mrh j debts which they are unable to discharge. I c&n. and ever have bten, opposed to all imprisonment for debt. ;;Fprtunately, 1 have it in my power 10 6mnv mai sucn nas oeen my established opln- mm, ui puauc capacuy, 1 avowed . - - - 1 . 1 . . 1 ... 1. t v a u- Am w mnsrt ior nn n i 11 11 oreat object in v ew was to otminish 4c e pnouc megepeiai " , ' ""; -V : v" ,. : Ixnendi'dresLin criminal cases.by reducing them while he walked with the army; who; in the X,?:r?Jj:7lntont .f.i, .u.nH,nr,,- severe wtnter bf l812-i3, slept under a thtnuer t(J Ure ' Until IHM u iwiownii f. , ,. , t i 1 U u ,v, AnanA nmnpr Amn. tent than anv other persoo.either officer or soldier. istration of punitive justice. To effect this, the! who, when "his bedding consisted of e single iT....,i;nLani.ti. n.e ii hill pntit!pf! blanket gave that blanket to a wounded soldier Jin Jlct suhnhmentarv to an act for the pun- who was his enemy v the general who in ba He .vt, nt rAtn;n r,r,i.pt thrln nmed and fas is proved by sofdiwra who were with bim) (Oi lite ilk vj . 1 . ru .. -..- . , 1 - of ItepresfEtiu , A fev7 days 1 ary sends l.,? r his, e inviij t 0 republic-r.?. Section f::t ' citizen cf tl. 3 ? ty and forty . M ... in the xzihv.i ; : f. if trviw . 4 That ctc't shall, wiihtn ti himself 'with a : receive a leal I sufficient Lcr aacfc, cartrid four cartrivJ"C3 i hd eaeh car: buclishot, ar.J :, with a rc: ' powder horn c r twenty four c that he shall r ; vided when ci. vice 5 and every himself with t'. trements re- .: same exerxpted ; ttons;or sales l: cs." The I3vh are as folluv, : ' 13th. Ti.: transfer anrt:-.'. the reserve f ally cf one-f. :: supplied iu a from the mas?. " Uh. TI .: instruction rr ' SEDASTAUY f: States shall te. v until others ie prised as Ly,. tir?:Yw3is12': Amonste yjJi'ays; it HairilcrfVWmK This a sent it to the Senate for concurrence, beveral new provisions were introduced into this bill. By it jCertatn offenees which had before been punished y imprisonmect in the penitentUry, were made punishable by fine and imprisonment in the county jails." It was this bill " for the punishment of cer tain offences therein named," which contained ihe 19th section to which we have just referred. In that 19th section it will be seen as follows : ' But nothing herein contained shall be constru ed to prevent persons being discharged from im prisonment according to the provisions 01 il 37th section of the act to which this is supple mentary," &c. In the "act for. the punishment of certain of fences therein specified," passed February 11, 1715 (See Chase's Statutes, 2d vol. pages 893, 4, 5, 6, 7,jcyou will find the S7ti section here referred to and which is as follows: Sec. 37. I That when any person shall be confined in jail, for the payment of any fine and costs that may be inflicted agreeably to the pro visions of this act, the county commisioners may, if it) be made to appear to their satisfaction that the person so confined cannot pay such finejuid costs, order the sheriff or jailor of such county to discharge such person from imprisonment ; and the sheriff or jailor, upon receiviug such or der in writing, shall discharge such person ac cordingly : Provided, That the commissioners may, at any time thereafter, order and cause to be issued an execution against the body, lands, ion and acted upon it. Will those who have pre ferred the unfounded, and malicious accusation refer to the Journals of the Senate of the Unifed States. 2d Session, 19th Congress, pae 235 L it will there cf seen that 1 was one of the commit tee which reported a bill to abolish imprisonment shall hereafter be permitted to be thousand dol lars,, still, onder this law, he might hate-been hired to Sf !. . Th nhipot nf th U w. . - . w - -" . as tn nnnick ..J lA.f J-- T .1- ( . t ... i i j , . . , . . -j w, s oe uas always oeen, 01 uie figuis 01 ne law a nolo i . us offender couId.be, ftird out, foO Wj, nnf i.L.L.n ,Vifc f..lL. six or iweive months, and made to work instead of being cunfiaed io jail, and fed it pubWc expense U out ol thF taxes paid oy hooest good oeighbor men. The law reached not only trapse who from their poverty were so poor.a to be una- Die to pay coats, do. wose wno might be able to A I ion of a law of the -.Territory of Indiana : Extract from .the laws of the Indiana Ter ntory. printed at j-Y1ncenm s. by Messrs. Stout and Smooi.in 18f)7,anid now in tbe library of , tne yery some book from Yes, extract from O jot ueui.i vv neo me oni was oe:ore ihe senate; advccotedlits adcption.and on its passage voted n lis javvTi - ioee oenaie journal, 1st session 20sh Congress,! pages 101 and 1021 "Il is ht a little remarkable. thaHf thit ef fort I am accused of having made, to subject oen to sale fbx.ijhe Uon payment of their cbts, lad been .successfulL I might, from the state bf my pecuniary ejfcumstances at the time, have been ihe first vwtim. J repeat, ihe charge is a tile calumny, At no period of my life would I hkve vwiravnicn p supjeci tne poor and unfortunate to such: a degradation, nor hae omitted to exert myself in t3eir behalf, agaigst such an attelnpt to oppress them. ! , J " ' ao 4r sir, with great respect, your hiim- .11 fill I- i- il WM. II. HARRISON J . 1 .' 1 X.SASA27JS . Esq.," n -: - ti ! I11 ,4was where cannon balls frxhain-shcl flew thick aronnd him ' who was in! he fight" where balls flew the ihickebt, and where teer met steel ihe fiercest j'' he who partook of the soldiers fare with 44 loe cabin men and ate beei roasted be fore the fire without salt and without bread ;'he who protected the whole Western frontier, and delivered thousand of women and children from the barbarities of British and Indian ferocity com bined, he is bow slandered and charged' with re fusing to be seen by or spoken to by a poor man Oh! shame; where .is thy blush -l Uli I con science, where was thy voice ? Xo man who knows Geo. Harrison has' ever said or "will say he bastorned bi3 face away from friend or foe. We think we have; shown that this circular is grossly incorrect; that it has shamefully mis stated facts ; and that none but felons, horse thieves, burglars, hog thieves, and such loco-focp, spirits who sieal and wish to be fed at public ex pense, can object to this Indiana law which Gen. Harrison approved . We feel confident thatfn North Carolina, whose people are entitled loathe high character they have acqnired 'fdr honesty and patriotism, this will have as little tfftct as as in any other country ip the worfd. ' . But fellow-citizens, ive feel hound, -from 'a sense of doty, to call your serious.railentinn jo other matters more worthy, the consideration of patriots than a harmless law, which has never been regarded by the People of Indiana with terror or alarm, and which although it was en acted more than thirty-two years ago, has never goods or chatties of the person so discharged injured any man as far as we are informed, and Irora imprisonment lor tne amount oi sucn nne ceuamty never was compiameu oi neiore oy non- and costs." est men It has never been looked upon as a Remember, the 37th section was retained and matter of complaint against Gen. Harrison; for. Gen. Harrison voted for this, and it expressly both the Slates of Ohio and Indiana in 1S3C, provides lhat, if any person 44 camiof pay such where these slanders were repeated, gave him fine and costs," the county comissroner3 may dis large majorities as their candidate for the Pre charge them. A poor man, therefore, could not sidency. , ? " , , suffer by this law. We repeat, this section is We allude to the Message of the' President not give.n by Messrs. Montgomery and Hawkins, and the Report of Ihe Secretary of War.-The 1 his gives relief to those who could not pay the fine, and this provision was retained in the latv for which Gen. Harrison voted: But the case is stronger still. In the celebra ted 19th section, against the motion to strike out which Gen. Harrison voted, it appears that the criminal had the same 44 remedy which was provided by law in case of master and appien tice." ; - . Here is the 2d fection of the law of Ohio, re lating to apprentices, to be found in Chase's, Statutes, vol. 1, pages 585, 6, in the Library of Congress. ,t t' Sec. 2. That if any master or mistress shall be guilty of any misusage, refusal of necessary provision or clothing, cruelly, ofHther til treat mertf, 6o that said apprentice or servant shall have just cause to complain ; or the said ap prentice or servant be guilty of any misdemeanor. or ill behaviour, or do not perform his or her du ty to his or her master or mistress, then the said matter or mistress, apprentice or servant 3 having jut cduse-oj. complaint, may repair to any jus tice of the peace in the tow nshipj who shall, up on the application by either, issue his warrant or summons for bringing the said master or mistress. apptentice or servant, before him, and take such order or direction between the said master or mistress, apprentice or seinranf as the equity and justice of the case shall required , We are very willing any honest, respectable neighbor man should read the 2d section, the 37ih section, and the 19th section above quoted, ati, parts of llic law for which Gen. Harrison voted, and form his own opinion of it. We quit this part of the subject by quoting the laws of I Ohio, j . By the laws of Ohio, now in force.no nrgro or mulatto can come and settle in that Sfate un less he produce a certificate of his freedom, and enter into bond for his good bahavioor and sup port. A penalty is imposed on any person who harbors or employs such negro, to be paid to thp owner of siid negro. The laws of Ohio also provide that runaways shall be delivered up to theit owners, upon their proving their property. Negroes are not regarded in Ohio as standing on the same footing with while men. Neither have Messrs. Montgomery and Hawkins, or any mh- e persons charged that a negro can purchase a a slave ai while man in Ohio : ; The above extracts fully show this, if there was no other evidence. But we quote ihe fol lowing from the laws of Ohio, copied from pare 5p6 of ihe Statutes of Ohio, vol. 1 : nai bo black or mulatto person or persons Maine, Ne T T 1 . Massachuscli;, cut, :- New York, New .Terscj, De la warp, Mr ,bia, Virj' "a "' North Care';;;-. gia, ri.; STJCo.rn tY mvA lf;ucuiB ia any court oi record, or elsewhere in thjs 6tate, m any cause depending, or matter of controversy, where either party to the same is a white person, or in any prosecution which shall bf instituted io behalf cf thisStaie against any tthne pejsbn Passed January 25, 1S07." r rtSC -e lI,e aws now n force in lhe State fil0h,,,r'? which Gen. Harrison now lives. lt hese laws we are aulhoiiied to believe met his approbation, and because he wished to punish -horse thieves, and hog ihieves, burglars and for gers, tn Indiana, to make tbem wcrk, instead of leeding them out of the taxes paid by honest men Messrs. M. and IL would persuade yon to oppose him, and vote for a man who has allowed I negro witnesses to be examined against a white , roan," and said there was nothing in the pio- - o- ;"'- iuiicti ma inienerence r i It remaiMfor yoa to say vthd .lhe rture"?frt Secretary of War m'ade a report, at the com- inencemenl of the present Congress, the Pre sxdenlojihe United States, and the President sent tnat report to. Congress, with; his tnessage Of course the report was read by the President. w a uuij num injs ippuii ne couia ooiain in formation of ihe state of the Army and of mili tary affairs. "If ho did not read the report,, he has acted hypocritically to the American Peo ple, is guilly of gross neglect of duty,1 and must be ignorant of those matters-which il is his du ty to be acquainted with. We are unwilling to accuse the President. of stich conduct. AXe give you an extract from this report, cf " It is proposed ter divide the Uniied States into eight military districts, arid to organize lhe militia in each district, so as to have a body of twelve thousand five hundred men in active ser vice, and another of equal number as a reserve This would give' an armed militia force of A wo hundred thousand men so drilled and stationed as to be ready to take their niaccs in the ranks in defence of lhe country, whenever called up on io oppose the tnemy or repel the invader. The age of the recruit to be from 20 to 37 ; the whole term of service to be eight yearsfour years io the first class, and four in tlie reserve! oneio'jnn part, twcr.ty rive thousand " men, to leave the service every year; passing, at the conclusion of the first term, into ihe! reserve and exempted from ordinary militia doty all toeth 11 a iiiu ui me. secono. in inis manner, iweniy nvc thousand men will he discharged from, militia doty every year, and i twenty fire ..vg.. t-uuiio wo icuciYfju irjtu incscr vice. It will be sufTicient for all useful purpo e?, that the remainder of the militia, under cer a,,, irjruununs proviaea ur their government, be enrolled ai,d be mustered at long and stated intervals; for, in due process of lime, neatly the whole mass of the militia will pas3 through the first and second classes, and be either members ii me acuve corps, or the reserve, or counted a mong the exempts, who will be liable to be call, ed upon only in periods of invasion or imminent peril. The manner of enrolment, ihe number of uaysot service, and JJie rate of compensation, ought to be fixed by law: but the details 'had better be left subjpct to rpgulation a ptan of which lam prepared to submit to you." The President in his message, recommended this report and planjo .opt cansideration. .Hear this extract from his message : , . ! . ; The present condition of the defences of our principal seaports and navy yards, as represen ted by lhe accompanying- report uf ihe Secretary of VV ar, calls for the early and serious alien tion t-t Vfigress ; andas connecting itself intimate- .j .w.juns reject, j cannot recommend wuugwio VOUr Consideration i, c r . mi led by that kfficcr for the organization rf the mililta of the United States." I i. . On the pth of -Jfarch; the Hocse cf Repre seniatives passed tbe followipff resolution r " i?oft?cfThal MhSe'creia'ry 'of HValr' be requested to communicaie to thisoue his plan, in detail, fur the rcorganitation bf the, miluia of Aa bama, M; nessee, Arkansas, M:; Kentucky, il! . Ohio, Micbi r Tlofiov,;- for subvertirc' ; we he pe you v. . I7tb. TL:i Slates be ant! such numbers . place- wiiMr; i lims,not c.. . same year.as L such period, i: and returning t. shall be de?:;: Stale?, arid 1- -President tnsy strocliVn, d;s: ry knowleog:. 1 " By Jliis ? power to assc::.' and al such ii tricJs, not p.xt may dee rn v.n: gress siiouU nelghbormen "! ida or Gei Would r.oi t: v bank, and .The 20iIt 420ih. '1 1. ' or any fori'- i service of li e I the sa77ie rule? of the United -commissioned i miliisa shall 1 ' ' months after I vous, in any f tation with ev; same rank hit. .What t! v will show prt The 2Sth s. . 2Sih 'i: 'ifiicer, artif.ct".'. itia, who shall ted States in . the active f r head,) shall 1 ceedir;; ihrc r month s ray, the casp, S3 and that ever, artificer, rr.w shall fail : the United b-' the h ar.u exceeding tr-'.-n.onlh's pi v . ' curding to t!. court roarir;', be lia'ole to I maiiial,sr;I ' mission in t'.' the dUcretitp commission' to be JTEpri martial, on ? judged ass' ever? fie ' JS'ow lei l - -Here you:wiiI observe the Secretary "cf War speaks of a plan;" ready io bersobmitied io ine I'residcnt.; The I'residentf in his messarr recommends strong-Iy vo02 p. reta 44 tub tt.xn jo me consideration f uomtlicd by that of- arc to l? c forclb-. more minority f 4U ' ficer fut the re-organisaHoa of tio ailiiiiuf Vhg 1 diair ted by RiJgway. the prcser.t I Wlo U depoly-rr.2: several '. .'. ' by the cccr: quiry is ( -29th secti: having rrr with pn f by distrr ; the delif -. prccee-.: J f
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