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EXCEHPTa.. ,.:,
Brei ia the pourUhmrBt of iht mi
v A. but kaovloJt is lh Utod of nto;
by lh on? we gow to th vuriJ, by iU
Aft i reach U hrirea. ' t . "
Cbarii k niton nJ jerfrti j
(tjee. . . .,
A ene f re'igioi, without hope, U a
llite of Ifrnijf in J dilr4cUon, roij of all
ialempttta la lovt uai obeJieacr, or
any tSitf praiaewanhy. Sherhck.
To a-t teaJ7a man mutt think ao
There ill come t;mo when 'three
vorJt uterJ wiih rhantj tnj rneck
ae-a. althll rcceie a far mai t!aeI re
a'dtfaa threa -iltAuaau J tolutnea writ
lea with (KsJainful harpnesa of it. '"
IU iUt haa Jearnad ta ; pray a be
ujlit, liaa ot the at ere t of bnly life.'
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All iniuiiica, about tU nature of the
reaMn4.!a aoul, ruut be luuaJ oer at
List to religion; ti-ere t ba !eterniineI
,fanJ ilt fined; for otheVwue they Vtll lift
oprn It many errore and ., iliusiont of
arjue. 'or .teeing, the aubataaeo of the
aoul a not deduced an J extracted ia
Iter execution from the man of beaten
and earth, but immeJiatelf inspired from
Ctxl, and aeeinf the Java of heaven and
' einh are the rmer u'je-tt of pfiilota
jhy, low can the koO wlrdge of the aufa
. aunee of the auul be fetched from phith
iophtf . But it muat be drawn from the
aaine intpirathn from whence the aub
. aunce thereof fift flowed. 1 llaton. .
It ia a trouble t aoroo to commit a ain.
5?hert ad eye may be in he- j
te,k it, in aUfle"of perfection, long
behtre be aeta hFJtct upon the jnlJcn
thie.lioIiU "K. -'J Bp. Tovtor. '!
, . if an anal were aent to find the most
peifect nan, he would posaibly nt find
'hint c'mjK)ing a body of divinity, but
perhapa a cripple in a poor home, whom
allodia parish wish tlcaJ, ,aoil huiobled
before God uh fr lower thoiighta of
jbime!f than othera think of him.
I uerer aaw a work aland, well with
cut a cho'k. ...';.?.- - "
When we fint enter the diine life we,
prapoae to jrow rlehf UidV plan ia to
athke us feel poor.
Atftl leaded Gud; an I yet Cain killed
Abel for envy of hi jooJiic. There
fore it ia a dangerous thing to pteate Gad,
if there be no future elate. JVewton. '
The weaker yon art, the fitter intiru
m:at you becums fir the deii jna an I for
the glory of tiod. 4 willon.
To hi n that knoweth nit the point to
which he ia hastening, nt wind cau-be-
favurnble; neither can he who Iiae not
yet determined at what mark to ahoot,
direct hia arrow aright. Lelghlon.
All the worke of the Lord an exceed
lnt good; at Ins commandment ia (Jono
whatsoever ph-ascth him. lie ee h
ir.im cverlisting to everlasting; and theie
it iioihing wonderful before hitn.
Ecclcsiatticus.
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A G mdJokc There are !o houv
rt ot entertainment in a village in the
Did Dmtlnt.Mi. bet arm the jtroprie-
liirnnf which (one a Whig the other ,
e U'in irrat) tlie best of fecni does i
not rxiil. 15 ich indulged iii Ire ;
Htnsl liU opp'Hie tit until I woof their;
fv..rite negro nervftnte took on the
cu ljcU and fought, for which oflViice
;aiii.t th civil law b-itli were Q g
gel. Conway, the Whig nrgro and
friend , of 11 arri vin, rccei ed fi ve
trijiea and hia ntagonist Sim. the
l)tn icrat and friend of Van Buren
(b ing the apsreor) ,wa ordered
tenatripea, ihe lait f whkh being ap
iled, he boinled with great agility
rid nliiii'edt hurra for' Van he's
five aheadr ' . :.. , ' , "
.Iienurvis,the l)eposilei The Re
ayiMtrr Kiate.. ihattiiree vere aei Mr.
1 trafiall, of Ualeigh, had bit money
.ilrawer reti'ateillv robSe'l, wilhtiut
biaj5 able to discovrr the rubber, mi
til it few dayi ago, in xefitting hia
at.,!. l. r.unil 9.ii in bank notes Ii-
rtinS- a m vmo neat, besides many
atT4i;Ul9 Of IO'.
FapltfviUe 05.
To the rcop!e of f he fctafc
; v rorlh.CaroIlna.-
Wa h.. m, withTeBinjlfiJ fee!;
of rpr.., ,Bd w ll6l.,uoo, a eire.I,,
Il.. a,.d,.ed 11, of lrrra,B7ve.
A ie, I84P. W. are .VP,eJ lh.;
bera f Ofljre., ahm.J fc.j,.
cewdtd from their hith eaHa t he
made carM M Bf0uttilrd in f4e i. ,d
r rifi4 beynnd mettort thai
i fc .......... . m , . - m . , . . . . ' ' ' "-WMmMB
inoaa ancmo-ra bmi!J hie enwe (run
Nrh Cr,l.a. We deem it a dmv
i ) o, w !er it dua to ourtel..
xpe the oiitrepretenlatinna of tt.it
eiiciiUr, and. in din a hn en.
wair to ireat ia- aKihnra with a! due
ieprtf, wlule we aril ihrir fxampto,
and remeoiber U oaint.ia our owe alf-
'C'pf'Cl.'1 '';, fc..-. t ,,
" Mueh of the .buire lnCui?e applied
lt Grnertl Hriis,N t,! n) ii.
Ki character! beyond il.e reach uf uch
atiautia. For a !.ng peritid h baa bren
in the tervica of In ruuntrv he ha of
ten n.lrd hi lifa f..r ihl' cuumrv h
ruled hia iMilitie.l life. nJ earnnVeJ
hi arai in Conerr on e.-.Mint of l.ia re.
f ard r.ir the rfeMa'uf th Southern Stair.
e cii.iienga the moat t:eid extinina
tion into lua character. We drfr iha
mutt eera exercite uf malieinua criti
rUni into hia miliary conduct and into
lua eiiil hitory. Thu fr, eery auark
!u proetl he wi better tlun ha ap
peared btfitre. and, a Aoiefiean, pr4nl
of the reputation id our ditluiguitfteJ
country ru in, we inie aitaniion it lua
In dory. The mierb!e expWed hn
dee, thai he i i '"nk, (etlerl, abntiiiun
camUdate, ia utterly unworthy uf notice.
The potiry f the Van Uuren party ba
created and foatered hundred of otate
bank. We wid at any lime ooppre
note, and will prue hundred of le!er.
alitta to belir2 to the ame pary, Nu
oierou inalanre ran be fiaen'of tUnr
leceitinf high office fr.m Mr. Vnj
Uuren. Nuihmg i oioro auaeeptiblo ul
prool than the Uet that the adol.tioni u 1
have oominleil candidate of thru own.!
and that they are opnoin llariiin.
houldrr lo ahuuldvr, with the Van Uu
ren ba'rly .'' ."" ' ''
Toahow the reopleof out etate who
arn.tHo abutitinniaii, who are en laborer
with Mettr. Montgomery and Ilawkin
in ihtir unwoitliy warfare, we ak that
the letter of Duncan, ol Ohio, may ba ex
amiiieJ. To give eviJenre of the fi.-nJ-iah
utalignity with which the South i
aatadrd by Van Uuren men, we hope
the declaration, ol lappan away be re
actite 15 VI) to buy powder and that fur
the nrgtoer, to aid ibem in loiunec
tiou! . Tliee oieu ate member of the
lam party with our Colleague -ail uni
ting in vilifying an old eoUher who ha
trrved . hi cuuutry well all uniting in
their tfloria to tUct e um PreaiJeul ol
the Uuited S w who approve of the
proceeding of a Cvurt Martial in w hich
negro teauinony waa admitted gtot a
talnU toau! , . . .. .. .. ,. . ,
But we diaoiia thi. Ii ha been loo of
ten refuted to claim luitlitr notice at our
haud. The aulhora . f thia circular could
nut have made any man in hia aene be
Iteva ihie cbarce. Lefore thev wrote thia
etlraiidinarv circular. .If let auch an
! ti, mil flif ilirraru ol
facta aa tin
c,rCuar ,ir.Md. mey and il.eir en.lrer
niU'l rely jjiun aomeihuig beyond bare
atsertion t gain cieutt lr their otato
lueiU. Hut what do they aay in thi circulai?
General HarriMiu i charged by them,
on tha tiri page of their circular, with
acta and voiea" in favor of lawa to
aell white men and white women lor
ehennV fee, cleik' fee, and lawyer'
fre, and line imposed b) court, who,
from Iheir poverty, were ao poor as to
' be unable to pay these coats in inn
ncy." .We submit whether the taie-
1 mm l doea not bear lie own reduction on
it face. The act related lo "cnmea and
punishment." It applied only in those
wu. eta sentenced n conviction of any
. i I . e.k
crime or breach ul any penai . vy
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a hii ur hn. 111111 Or irinuin im,
toil of proteeulion.' Tha reading of
lha law cxixiaes the f roundloe sharer;
because il ) 'M- or.uunotu inc
costs of prosecution
mm T '
Messrs. M. ci
II. would have von beliee thai. t en.
. a a I . ... o.a
aeitng thia law, me .cieras , ia ,
and ahenfts' fee were alone coiisuiwu.
I waa imiidd aa a punishment lor
crimes, audi aa horse stealing, hog ateal-
in., burglary, arson, &e.j which ate ex
pressly mentioned in ihe Isw, when the
criminals wero on conviction" aentenc
ed to pay a fine, "soiAer without costs
of prose'cution.n . ; '
Messrs. M. & H- eeem to ihmk ih.a
law would ooerate only on those who.
Irom their poverty, were ao pool as to
Kit linahl tn nav these cor is in money!
If it 4iad beu inmnded lo affecl those
only who, "from their poverty were so
poor.'-' we aiippoae those wtm "from
I ..it. ansa were "so poor .would
never have been ald.dor thia law I
Vlri M. Us aee m lo think there
r iwo classea ol poor torH fi'U Mh
M,.r" eimply. and thun, tacoodiy, iliose
. ... .m. wr.ir'
lio "liuui UJiiir porfiy;if p
1 t- !.t:3V "
uai we ere wiHinj to give theae aa
mora the. full Uaefii of iLrir extract
from ibia Jaw. and wo qeot.tlt Jaw of
tauiaaa, aa coaUmed in the circular: lt
Eiirarl frxai lk Law Idaaa Ttritary,
, T.uiUJ t Versace, at Mcaara. lUal la
auawrf, m Igor, ,d M j, ,hf ijb,,,, f
111 an klkl BTV . . ,
'V':vWUPTEttVI...;( .
Aa act rMii.1 CHaa ad NaUKate.ta
3ll, When any peraoa orperaona
bill, on coavtrtinn of ay crime or
breach l anv penal lw. be eateoreJ lo
pay e fio or fiaca. with or wi.hom the
etu uf. prnwcutiea. m ta!t and way
b: lawful for ilia court before whom
ueh conaiciinn ahall be bad 10 order
the ahenfl" to aelt or Lire the pernrj
or pcrnna ao contirted in aemre lo any
peron or prrarne who will pay the, eaid
fiie and ceta, ..r auch term of lime aa
ihe (aid court ehall ju.ljja reaaoa b'e.
i .Aad if auch prraun or perona, ao
lenieneeu and lured or auld, ahall ab
eond fiom the aerviro of hia or Iier
matfr or miairr befir the term of
a-irh aervitudo ahal be expired, he or
he ao ateMi!it.f, ahall. on e-intictinn
bef.re a jutiee u die peareb whipped
with Ihiiiy-Miiealripee.auit ill. nor.
ert acrae iwa daya fr eeiy one ao
t'lat. '-..t. - . . .. .,
bee. 31, The jidje of the.aeveral
conrta o lecud in, ilna Terrilwy ,bl
give ihia act in charge jo.the grand jury
i each and every court in which e eiand
jary ahall b mm. . t . . , .
. . JKSSC IK T1I01S. ,
Speaker of.tb lltie t R pr..,i,!,c. .
, , w'tt. CIIAMBGK3,
FrrtKlrnl iTlli teuacil.
'Apjravcfl rrmlrr IT, I90T
WILUAM If. IIARU1S0.V.
1 Indiana, aiihia time, waa a Terriioryj
tha had wot become a Stale; ah had no
peitiientiary pr..bbly ehe had few jail
in her bordar. If tarrant had robbed
a man of hia hore. or atnlen hia hfcr,
although tha vagrant might have owned
property to t'i0 amount of a ihouaand
dollar, anil, under thie law, he miht
have been -hired tt aerviee.' Tha ob-
Jrr 01 in wa tt numah anil to
leiurot tlnlra. Under i!na la
no.
toriou offender could be hired ouf.'lor
ix or twelve mHith, and made to
wmk inaieaj'tif being eon fined in jail,
and fed at public exene out of the
lasca paid by boncvt "good neighbor
men." "j The lav reached not only ihoae
who from their poverty were ao poor"
a to be unable to pay eni. but lhoe
who might be able to pay coat, and who
dtaerved to hired out and made Jo work.
Ii ia perfectly plain, therefore: that ihit
law wamai tnfy4
person confided of crime, and It euld
only be carried into efoctjafier indict
inent by a grand jury, and after eon
vieiion by twelve free men, who heard
leaiimony oa oath. , And yet Aler.
M. and II., in iheir circular, aay, that
under tin law,, pour white men and
white women could be "aoM by tha
lietiif. at pnlilie auction. n atire
Are Malaa" aold for eueti term of time
a Court deem reitonable," on eon vie.
lion for rriuief Aa well anight It be
aaid apprentice are add aa lavee. ' 1
it out an inauli to you, doe it not evince
a coutewit for your understanding,
when a-ut'li atatemrnte are-published for
your examination! But we will not mis
re)ieent we quota lha word from
the third page of the circulai: -
We deem eoinment uel, and will
therefiire only aay thai, on the 17h of
Septeiuber, 1807, CJeneral , William II.'
Harrison, the then (Joternnr of the Ter
ritory ol Indiana, and holding lha ol
control of all the lawa in his own hands,
utluallif $igntd the above Ml tchich
provides that poor white mm and trn
men. who are from their poverty unable
lo pay sheriff Jets, tlerks ftei, law
icra' c, und rourt fines, sltould.be
'(( by the sherijf at public ancwm as
uluvet. How woid you feel to fee one
of your p:or till rrnptctable and good
n'igbor t:i' n told at auction by lite ade
nir of your county as a slaee. under
tins lliirnsun law, in oineVee negro?
And only think of what would be your
. fi-elines to sea one of voor poor but tea-
.i.i.... i, ...... t.l ..IT
iwc h iic nriiiiur women rikx m u mi
under llie alierifl,' haninier to a free ne
gro, as his slave, l be under his com-
mtnus9 nti couipei.ea m nurj uinn,
.1 . I. I . I A.l.a..ka.l.aal. am
whatever they nielli be; and should she
resist and disobey and leato .her black
oiaster'e service, and he should appre
hend her, and drair her before, a emgle
justice of the peace, and. under thia liar
nsonlaw, have tlnrty-nine issues inmci.
edupon hia white lenwlealave, and then
coin net her to aerve two lUya lor every
Olie kilo lias IOSI irom net oi niasici
. i . i... r i... li ..l.
service, would you be willing, lo tote
far. such a man aa President! And this
ia the bank, federal, .W big .candidate' a
former opinions and act in winch he re
far u. and adopta aa hia present opin
ion and principle! and jhia man, with
theae nriiicinles, ia the nominee of the
great Harrisburg and Baltimore bank,
lederal, abolition Contentions for l'iei-
dent of these United -Butter; and ihey
strongly aolicit your votes for htm, and
particularly demand the oe of poor
man, woo -i
h.Iiiim aai iita b ma s iwa aw aiaa air-aii.iLi w
. .. ... - . .....ll
r
luie to be aesn by. or even apoken to
. a.
pour man: ud you are
aaked by
the .federal Whig ta iU Lira upon u
former, expressed opibioaa and acta, and
lhav a aboro atatcd.
We , take tt fur gran led that any in-
leii'geai man witl ace alone thi ki
autrmtnt, and, will, a eHa Uialao
ia read, ba btirtly aa'itfied Uat acllmg
s hone thief, or a hog thicf, or one
ho had committed forgery or pf'jury
afief ha bad teen eontuteiT. by liele
irn..canuut proilyor tub truth be
aaid,o ba (eiitat resjiert.bJe and gooJ
Bctgu or euen lor lawyers' fres,
tic know the IVopli, "the respectable
ana good neif f.br, wen, of ZWih Ca
rolina) too weiti believe, for nt moment
fiat "b:y . w iii puoe ihe elertiun of
taerw Jtarin because be stiahed lt nun-
iah thtcs, f rrs, end perjured wretch
ea. , th wt. did am know emr peoiJa
would supp.ita. that North Caroliaa waa
a den f thievea. Iroin readme ihia eireo
Ur. IIuw cinuid hooesi iieoido suff r bv
aucb ft hwt No honest man could com.
; plain of iu It. wa pasted to protect
houei nen againat lh.a who violated
the lawa Ci Uod and man. and . relieve
honeai men fmiu ixe. . And aarely no
North Carwlmtaa, residing in thai date,
remarkable lor the general good charae.
r, tha ordrily and corrcet deportinrm
of it people, can be influenced by uch
appeal Wo pronounce thia altewpi an
unworthy artifice, unbecoming member
of t Counts, representing honest men.
aa.the authora. of ibi circular do. and
insuhiiig ta the people of North t'arulina,
bo would suffer a little by such laws
as any other peopla in the world. ,
- B"! ihere i aviother miarepresentsiion
ia tue extract laat quoted, which either
bctraya an unpardonable ignorance in
those who pro'esa to bold ihemsrNea
ready to answer aoy inquiriee which
may be asked," or abow wilful depar-;
luie (rom the truth. . Messrs. M. and II.
as.il ihey were electioneering among
convicts Jrom a peuiicntury, ask "How
wuuUl you fvftl to aee oue of your poor
but resH i ufle and good neighbor men
ulJ at uct;on by the sheritf of your!
foauiy, as a since, under thia Harrison
law, to soma free itegror If Gen. liar;
rtsou bad ever aanetioued a law by which
a free nrgro waa autliouzed to buy a poor
and respocubl Blanche would deserve,
aud wwutd receive (ruin ua, nothing but
the isverest ceure. laaicad of frtlme
justly proud, as Americans, of his glorious
Victoria iu tit iitrlj over the Urtiisli and
ludun force. w should blush lo bear
tha Bameol ll.nisoo. . Instead of reflect-'
tng, with fetlnig of exuluiion, on the!
evema of a ho.g aud well epea life, on
l'JVrcLnif;7n' raeier aa
ay ha dctr-ed U,e cu?.. "S. i,0if.,Ji
iip cubic good neighbor man." But
wbat ia ike irl atato of the case? In
many of the States of the Un.oo there are
aiimlar laws, and the flea ol a whim man
being auld lo a free negro aceiua over ui
bate been thought ol by any on but
Messrs. Montgomery aud IUkins.
The law ol; North Carolina, which
many ul ihe umuibers of Assembly in
hoi ill Carolina voted for, does not contain
any clause lorbiJding a free negro tw
hire a convict. Like parricide finong
ilia Atheuians, there ws no law to prevent
il, lor uo uian, it waa thought, could be
wicked euough lo com nut lha crime
Will lib said ihallhe members of ihe
Legislature of Nurth Carolina ever voted
I or a law to aell poor " but respecmbl-
neighbor lueu" alavea in Iree llegroe'
We hope not, yet the assertion may be
inula with a lut.c truth of Ihu Uw aa
ol the lodt.na law. - Examine for your
selea ilia law of North Carolina,
By Una law of our on State, which
we qoute from memory, not having the
book btlure us, it is uotded that eertam
xrions who are idle and disorderly in
their conduct (not e inuued to thoe ho
are convicted vj crimes, aa tl.e Indiana
law i) aliuuid be lured out," " but'il
such persona weie of ill fume, so lht lie
or they could nt be hired out lor tiie costs,
nor gire suificienl security for the same.
and Ins ur ilistr future good beliauor, in
thai case, it ahall and may be la(u; lor
said couil in cause the otlender or olfciid-
ei to mccciie tliirlii-iiiue lathes on his
or their Luie back, alter which he or thev
shatl be set at libeity, and the costs arising
thereon aitaii otcuine a cuumv citHigr;
which punishment may bo inflicted as
olien aa the person may be guilty, allow
mg leiiy da) a between lha puuuhmenl
and the uileucu. Jt : v
Uouault lha journals of the Legislature,
when the revised siatutea were adopted,
and learn liow many upporler ol the
Adiniuislralioit voted for this law.. . !
.But lo ahow how caieful General liar
riaon was, aa ha haa alwaya been, of the
ngba of Uie poor, we call your attention
to ihe tollowiiig section ol a law ol the
Territory ol Indiana: , , - .. s - -
Exiracl from the lawa of the Indiana
territoy, printed al Vincei.nes, by Messrs.
Stout aud Smoot, in 1807. and now in the
library ol the State Department, Wash
inton city." s
Vcs, extract from tlte very same book
from which Messrs. Montgomery; and
Ukins copied their extract. , .
We copy the following from page 34 J,
I , .-- -. . -,. ... -
cuspws o.aecnon r.n,wi m ayw voov.
I a. O -uai M .... .....I SB.. .aa
acuonV Jo -negro, uiulalio or
lav'iae, shall at any lima pnrchW aav
se-rvsnt other than of Ihtir eirn complex,
ion. and if any of the pervnie afora
ssid shall neserthtlesa preno to pur.
rhe a white aervaat. anrh sertsol shall
immediately Lteome FREE. 4 hj
be ao held, deemed, and tkeo ,;;.
Signed a follows; ' .
, . ; JESSE B. THOMAS,
tfktr etkt IIwu t f rarrtraiaiUMS
. .. B.CHAUUEKS,, J
ir . . PltUti aUs CssouiL
- Approved, September 17. Ibt'J
- - WM HEN UV HARRISON:
Now,' fillow-cit'zen. w can repeal
the worda of ihe circular, and aay M wa
deem comment usi-less." and will there
fore nnly asy that on the I7ih day of
September, 1807. Gen. Wm. Henry liar-
riaon, the then Coveruor of the Territory
ol Indiana, (the 'aa me man who. ia ihe
en of Uerj. llarneon. a aignrr of ike
Ui ciaratioti ol Indrpendenee; the ate
man oho waa appointed Governor of tie
I errtlory of Indiana by Thomaa JefFr
aon, the author of the Hcclaraiinn of In
dependence, in the yeae 1803 and in
180U, atterward1 by Mr. Madison in
1309. after thia law had been passed: lle
aaine man who fought and Cui:querrt at
Tipjiecanoe and the Thames; the ane
man whom cut-throat abolitionists, ind
all lioiae thieves,' hog thieve, hoie
breakeis. aud forgeia, who do 'nut wish
to be made to work, hate ao buierlyj his
same man who lost hia acat in Confess
oecause tie oriended Southern rteht:l hia
same Win. Henry Harrison)' actdlly
aigned the abote bill' winch fuibS s
negro to purchase a white servant al
though that whie servant had beeafcon
vicied by ajurjl Now. feliow citieus.
iow would yoa fecr if one ovou
were the lepreseuutiv of revocable.
food neighbor men, and pnbliahedsuch
a cireulaif "And only to thii.k ofwhst
wouu be jour lechngs," ifono d yuo
.... ....i.i .i .. . T. .'
hu iuunsiicu sucu cusrges agaiat an
honest old aoldier, and aaid " ihbove
i a iroe taU inent of fact on retm'fV
We appeal to every hnnnrabl man
among you, not totally blnided b'psrtv
pnjudice.) who loea his frien, hi
libciiy, and hi country, to pause.l fleet,
and examine' well the principles lid re
Corded acts' of those men who tl thus
grossly insult ynur understanding
We least Ihe Indiana law her.
.' Messrs. Montgomery and Tawkina
also give an extract from ihe jjrnal ol
the Senaie of Ohio in 18'!I. CtA which
wt lake the following: 4 .'. . ,
. " Mr. f nhtaa then moved strike out
the 19;h section of the bill aspUows: ,
Ci.'-'Ji it further enacted. ( hat .when
oH'ne'xecuiion"orftoteJ',fi un,r'
non-payment ol a fine or ca,? j'.r-.V'
a,.. a s a w . .
snail t ia wiui lor the uri(vr the county
io tell out auch person es urvnt to
any person; within thi suiwUo will
pay the whole amount due f-rbVahoi test
period of service; of which fle public
notice shall be given at leiat ta days; and
upon such sale being elfecte the sheriff
shall give to Ihe purchaser! certificate
thereof, and dHiver over therioner to
hiin, from which time the relaiin between
such purchaser and ihe prisoer ahall le
that of master and servant, uul the time
of service expirea. and for iturics done
by either remed u shall be had in Ihe
sume manner a is or mayfe provided
ly law in case of master an apprentice,
fiul nothing herein cunuifu shall be
construed tn preteut persmj being dis
charged from imprisonnienuccoriling io
ihe provision ol the 37th spian of th'
act to wliirh this is ruppleieniary, if il
sli ill be considered expcilrnl to grant
such discharge; Provided, 'list the court,
in pronouncing upon any lron or per
sons convicted under this af, or the act
lo which, Una is sup.I neiuary, may
direct sui h person or prrsfii lo be tie
lamed in prison until ihe ftie be paid, or
the person or persons other ite disposed
ol sgreeahly to lheproiiois of this act.
Wlncii iiiuiion waa voided in the
afTirniatic: Yeas 20, nays 12."
Anioiii the 12 nays, it sends, the name
of Harrison is found. . Tlfs I tw eeetned
in us terms lo piesrnhe ihit the relation
i beueen the partir ill mid
be thai ol
i " master and npprrn
ticeJ. It only re
lated lo those w ho were f imttrUoned."
Messrs. Mmiieniiierv iidllkin hare
tint ventured to aay thai neighbor men
and neighbor womenV intler thia law,
could he so d as lm. Thi ia oult
charged as lo the Imluni law. But lei
us exsuime ilna Ohio liw, which has
heretofore been vry otu:h misVepreseni
The first charire airiiat Genernl liar
rison was, that he voted for a law to aell
men for debt. In 1821. when thia alan
der waa bnni.hl ailaiusi (Jen. Harrison,
he wroie.a letter io tie -Editor . of the
Cincinnati Advertiser, from w bicli we
copy the following: i f -
I would appeal to die candor of your
correspondent to any whether, if there
were an individual confined under the
a . a r
circumstancea 1 have .- memioneti. tor
whoas fxte he waa interested, he would
iiot gladly ace him .transferred Irom the
filthy enclosure of a jit, and the still
mora filthy inhabitant, to lha comfortable
manaion of eorae vtriuuus citixen, whose
admonitions avimld check l.ia vicious pro
perities, and hnW authority over hm
wiHild ba no wore than 1 exercised over
il-ouaand of apprtntieea i cor ei entry,
and thnst bound rervanta - wl.lcb ar
tolerated In oar aa well aa ia every 'her
State in tbe Union.' - Far frnm dvoraiii'f
the abominable prineip'p atuibuifd to mo
by ynar eorresonden. think jhat iaw
yrisnnoient fr lUbt. ocdrr any circom
nca luf that where tjraud ia eflerrd, ie
J; V ' he best ptineiplee of our
J'U'J'tulion, and oofht to la abolished.
" air. Voor bumble servant.
t imT wf 11 iaRRIson.-
as "63fftI.,, Harriaon wiota a letter
air. lick,,,,,, ftlwnf to thia t. jcet,
fiom which wT q.NM the foilowi-:
fck fr front b,in(. ,J1 ng to sell men
for debta which the are unit la In ilia.
ehsrge, lam. and rr have ben.ennAseJ
to all imprisonment for debt. Fortunaiely,
I liavsj it ia my power to ah'ow thai urH
haa been my established opinion; an I
that, in a pubhe rapacity, I avoaed and
acted pon it,'' Will those who hav
preferred ihe. unfounded and malieioua
accusation refer lo the j .urnsls of lha
Senate of the United Suiee, 2J Session,
19 h Cmigre; p- 2334 it w ill there be
een that I a nna t ihm ammrit..
which reported a bill to abolish inmri.nn.
merit for tleb. When the bill wa before
the Senate, I advocated it adoption, and
on it paeiase voted in it faar l"K
Senate journal; lt Session, 20i!i Con
gieas. psgp lol and 1021 -''
Il ia not a ludo remarkable, that if
the effort I am accused of having msiV,
to auhject men" to aalo for the nun-pay.
menl of their debta, had been aueeeaiful,
I might, from the itate of my pecuniary
circumaiancea at. ihe time, have been the
first victim. ' I reneat. the eharsa i. . ita
calumny.' Atno period of my life would
I have consented in autj-et tha poor end
unfortunate Id such a degrsdation, nor
have omiited lo exert mti" i it..;. k
half, against aucb an et.empt to oppress
them. . vs ...v.. r . t ,...,,. ,
I am. dear air. with treat eesnsei. ,
your humble servant,
-a. I i vt , W f, URR,S0Jf .-"
' " J. II. I'txaJAKTt. Eq.
Alihougri tl.ia charge ia not made in
the cirenlar.it haa bean made in many
newspapers, and we feel h.tuml ia I.i iha
whtde truth b known to von. Ivka all
tho other ihnussnd slandt-ra against Gen.
sarnaon, toe examinaiinn redounda lo
ia credit. , He waa influenced be feel
ing of humanity in wishing to relieve
prionera from the loathsome vsnois of a
tlungcon, that ihey might, aa kpprrniice, "
w vrk oui iheir fine. -.-
Mr, Mason, of Ohio, whn la well ae
nTTda ov him. very aatia.
'oriI expldina Una vole, Mr. Naaoa
esvv:
"Sir. I wish now to call ynur ailefl'
tion to the tote of Gen. Harrison, and
the circumstances under which it wa
given.' The attention of ihe Ieislatnre
of Ohio, during it session of 1820-21,
waa anxiously-directed to .the considers
lion of some plan for the relief of the
people, then uflVring under a degree of
distress and embsrtasiiieit unexampled
io the history of that Vale. With a cur
tency depreciated and deranged, the finan
cial resource uf the auta crippled, and
a treasury exhausted, the people loudly
complained of ihe almost intolerable bur
den of taxation; they demanded retrench
ment and reform in ihe expense incident
to ihe administration of the criminsl lawa
of the country. In thia posture of public
aflairs, with a gradually increasing ex
pendilure for the prosecution and punish
mint of oflVnders, and a penitentiary
crowded with convicts, that had become
an annual charge on the Treasury, the
Legislature assembled, and undertook to
provide a remedy for the grievances com
plained of, by instituting a revision ol the
entire criminal code of the slate. The
tk 'as one of great difficulty and Ub iri
but it wa accomplished with aa much
success aa waa attainable in the then con
dition of ihe country. The great orjeel
in view was lo diminish the public ex
pendtture. in criminal cases, by reducing
ihcin lo the lowest point consistent with
the ends proposed to be secured by th
due and propel administration oi punitive
. ... .
jtistice. To t Beet line, ti.e tiouse it
- .at
Ueprescntatitea passed a Dill entiweu
" An act anpplementary to an act for the
punishment uf certain cflence therein
ninied;' and aent it .to the Senate (ol
conourrence. Se-veral new provisions
were tmrodueed into thia bill. , By it cer
tain ofTcncea which had before been pu
nished by linpo'uo ment in the peniien
ttary aeta made punishable by; fine. and
iiiipiisonineni in county jail.' , ?f.
v. It was this bdl ' fof the puiiishmeut of
ceiiani otrences therein named," which
eonUined the 19. h section. to which we
have just referred, la tlisl.lQih section
it will be seen a follows: " But nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
prevent person, being discharged from
imprisonment according lo ihe provision
of tlio 37th section off the -act tu which
this is eiipplemeniary," & vt r i v.
In the . art for the punishment of cer
tain offi'iicca -therein 8petofial,,rS'',
February Hi 1815. (See Chusa'a eta
tmcs, 2d to', page 893, 4, 5, 6, 7.) yoa