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A- 1 !i5? J1 ' ' t' :idnS' ' i'i' iiiiiii'-' to the poprE state, or Norii-OAUOtf i?a: - mingled feelings of surprise and , h?iUr83aod by K Montgomery tkfSu. dated Hpuse of Reprwentauves. nd,Af' 'uKC 'W arc surprised that members of . tlr June. 18 jescende4 from their bSh:.sta- eoBfiSrSwcM w unfounded ia fact, and ;ion.taSMureth.t thof member. .-w. are f Jom?NortaroUna. We deem it , ould fcv it doe u ourvc. expose difrJ'SETrf this circular. an i doing A mUrepresenv. - . -ulh0W with ail due . - . ' vnr US lbv. . .h :" uch of the abusive ,Hf hmracter is beL Tflimtfso we shall , Jong period he yond the leach country i he has often U been Iftfant' W 4 hi. political ri-v-d bisuia. .s-'rWrcaaon accobnt of fib. and sacrificed n f?" .l7nkn States. We i.!rirffofttenfipH. . rh9r o . . .;m. Tniiaiiuu tfdtaV WlCL- 0f malicioas fcr; We deiy -- cUnd intcrttis civil criUcUra.wto.hia milWJ" hl proved .he was wtArthan.be appearw V:.:-..:-vt - - nutation - 01 our '"SUW' v.--.j-0f S;SSn tohis hbtbrr. The misera, Ue .exploded dander. ?V- rihT of tooti4 h0 candidate, is . - i10? r Zvan Huron patty halted and foster- . ...,.,-inft aiflib. tin, euch person. c -o m;c;:f to any person within fei auction by .rm i. Q ? AltJ - BtaU who wM pay the whole amount due for the short I'jf Xt M be your feeUn iiW one e period if eerwc. of which sale public notkM.ha1 this short-' shall r Here is the 2 J section oflha law of Ohio relating to apprentices,; to be found vii Chase' Statute, voL; 1, pajei 595, 6,' in the Library of Congress : - , ; . sSec.'. 2 That if any rKaster or mistress Shall be give to the" purchaser a certU ( guilty of any misusage, refusal of necessary provision -1 I '.. V.S I 1 : ! , I f twwttii criMuy, or ewer tu jreatmcnti saidjapprendce4 or servant shall harvey uS eadse it etrm plain t or the eaid apprentice or, 'servant be guilty- of aiy misdemeanor", or ill behavior, of do riot pexfbrni bia or her duty to his or her master ot fnktressiJhen the'said master or inistresst apprentice or servant, havr ing jurt cause of complaint, wj repair to any justice of the peace in the township, who hall, upon the ap plication by etfAer, issue h Warrant o summon for bringing the eaid master or mistress, apprentice or cr t -tint, before him, arid take sack order or direction be leeA the said master or mistre&s, apprentice or sen. v&nl, as the equity and justice of Vie case ishalf re- attire." ' jr i -, - oniy "-7. neishhor women knocked bo given at least ten daysV and upon auch sale being V IVVh sheriff hammer to a free negro as hii effected, the sheriff shall give to thtf purchaser a ceru to ba under HIJ comuiiuiua, uu,vuiuh w uuf - r -----v- , ibV them; whatever they might be r and ' shotild she from, which time the relation betweenuch purchaser rett4 and disobey andjeave her blck master's service and the prisoner shall be that of . inaster'and aervarrt, and he -should apprehend her, and "drag her before a "until the time of service expires, and for injuries done single justice of the peace, and,ander this Harrison-, by jUher, remedy shall he hadia thesame manner as law, have thirty-nine lashea inflicted tfpo'n his white" is or may le' provided by taw in ease rf master and female slave; and then Compel her to serve two daya apprentice.? But nothing herein contained shall be for every one she had lost from ner niactc master ser- construed to prevent persons Deing uiBcuarcu iou tu vice, would yQU be willing to vote for such a man as 'jprisoirime'nt according to the provisions of the 37A Preident ! J And this u the bank federal Whig can- section of the act to which this is supplementary, if didate'e former opinion and act to which he refers , it shaH ba considered expedient to grant sucu dlscnarge t and adopts aa hb" present opinion ano principles; and Pwi'icti,K That,tho Court, in proYiouncing .upon any thi man, with these prmciplesia the nominee of .th ! person or rrsonsr convicted upder, thu ct, or the act great Ilaniaburg and Baltimote bank, federal, abolition " lo watc uxis is rappiemnxianriuay ui pci- Conventions for President of these United States; and f son or persons to bo detained' in prison; until the fine, ;sWe( are very, willing any honest, Tespectable neigh- thej strongly, soficit your votes for him, and particTi-b paidj or tne person or persona oyierwts&uisposea ox I por mansnoaia read the 2d section,- the 37th section, . d wiU prove hundreds oi .leuerausia WaSA rNumerousirUnceacan ".j - - - aame party. ' numerous inswuco u officea from W Van teginoftWre I40? ' that thet are! opposing5 Harrison, it , .honlder, with the Van Bnren party. ; H : J V " Cr. M with . Messrs. Mpnigome. . Em-. Vn theirv-nworthy Ware,' we k S.t e letter of Duncawof Ohio,; may be-xam-Sed To evidence of the fiehtncdigHity with Xh the South is assailed; by Van Buren men, we hope the dcclaraUon of Tappan yj remembered STman who offered to subscribe S500 U.lroyHe tod shot for the negroes, to aid hem mrreon These men are membewofthe lame party with our eollea-ues-aU uniting in vilifying- an old soldier who has served his country welT-all unlUng m their effcrte tc eh a man President of the United States i tut WOTes of the proceedings of a Codrt Martial in which Bezro testimony was admitted against a white man f. ; Kn-i t Viar It ha iHsen' too often refuted to claim further notice at oar this circular could not have made any man in his sen " iehcHeve this charge, before tbey wrote this extraor. dinary circular. "After such an exhibition of disregard of facts as this circular affords, they and their- endor sers must relyhpon something beyond baro assertion to gain credit for their statements. f-yj But what do they say in .this circular 1 General Harrison is charged by them, on fee first-page of their circular, with acts and votes 1h favor, of lawslo sell white men aod white women fir'sheriff, fee, clerks ' fees, and lawyers fees, and fine imposed by. court, who, from their poverty, were so poor as wr - no ti,M ntm in mni5 We submitwheUi- Ha in nriT thisA 'costs inmoneV.' r tW. tfpmont doea not bear, its own refutation on its face. The act related to crimes and punishments. , larly demand , the vote of poor men, while at the same ? 'Li -it'll ' --.--. '. . uma ne actually reiuacs to pe seen oy ot bw," "F"" to by a poor mart nd you are asked by these federal Whigs to take him upon hi former expressed ppuvr. ions and acta, and they A3 above stated." . s : Ve take it for granted that any intelligent jinart wUl see at once this misdUtement, and will, as soon as the law b read, be entirely paUsfiedthat se'ding'a horse thief, or a hog1 thiefor one who had committed forge ry or perjury; after he had been "convicted" 'by twelve men, cannot properly or with truth be eaid to be selling respectable and good neighbor men! for lawyers' fees. -We know the People, the respectable and good neighbor men," of liortb Carolina too well to believe, for one moment, that they would oppose the election; of Gen. Harri3on because he wished to punish thieves, forgers and . perjured wretches. " One , who . did- not know oui people would suppose (hat North Carolina was a den of thieves, from reading this circular. 1 How could honest people sniffeR by such a law 1 ' No hon est man .could eomplain of it. It was passed to protect bon6t men against those who violated the laws ot uod and man, and relieve honest men from taxes, i And suefy no North Carolinian, residing in that State, re, mnrkable for the general good -character, the orderly and correct deportment of its people Aan be influenced by such' appeals. ' We pronounce tiua attempt an un worthy artifice, unbecoming members of Congress, re presenting honest men, a the authors of this circular doi and insulting to thePeople.ot North Carotina,:wh6 would jtofler a little by uch lawsa any other people in'the world. ;-v.V. "4' i- .'r'' -fl t -But there is another misrepresentation in the extract last quoted, which: either betray art unpardonable ig norance in those who profess to hold themselves ready to answer ' any inquiries which may- be aske'-or ihow3 a wilful departure from the Iruthl Messrs, M. and H. ai if they were.electioneenng among convtctsy from a penitentiary, ask u. Hpw would, you teel lo see one of your poor, but respectable and good-neighbor men sold at auction Jy the sheriff of your county a a stave, under .i this Harrison law, to some free negro 1" If Getv Harriijon had ever sanctioned a law by which a free negro was authorhed to buy a poor and respec tabre man, he wouk) deserve, ; ana rouia receive irom us, nothing bat the severest censure. "Instead of feel ing justly proud, as Americans, of .hi glorious victo ries fn the field over the British and Indian forces, we should blush to hear the name of Harrison. , Instead of reflecting,' with feeling of exultation, on the events of a long and well-spent life, on the unsullied integrity of his' character as a soldier and as a statesman, we should say he deserved the curses of every respectable eood neishbor man." But what is the real state ot sreeably to the provisions of tins act. , ; " vvnicn mouon was ueciueu in. me awrmaH y.A lorw.ixcn tren. nomson voiea, ana iorm nis Yea 20, Nays fl2. ;'-XJ:-vi':4'?-'-,-l';l' pinljon of it. ? Weuitfeispartof fee'subjectby Amofigrthe 12 nay s,lt seems, the name of Harrison I tins the laws bfjDhio; - : ; is founds ' This law seemed in .it terms to prescribe that 'the relation between '.the parties should he that of v master -and apprentice." It only, related to .those who were imprisoned. M3ssrs. Montgomery au Haw kins have not ventured to say that " neighbor men and I jpdsld on any person who harbors or employs such ne- ad the 19 th section above quoted, all parts of Oie ktiq own o- quo- Ut the laws of Qhio, now in force, no negro Tr mu- iattt can come and settle m that State unless he pro 'ducjji a-certificate of liis freedom,: and enter into bond forhis good behavior and support. ; A. penalty l im- rieighbor women," under this' law,', could be sold as slaves. " This is only charged as to the Indiana law, which has heretofbro been, very touch misrepresented.' TJae first charge against Gen. Harrison was, that he voted for a .law to sell men for. debt. , In- lSl,,when, this slander was brought against , Gen. Harrison; he. wrote a letter tottha Editor of the Cincinnati Adverti-, seri from which we copy the following : ' - v.r I would appeal to the candor of your correspondent to say whether, if there were an individual confined under the1 i circumstances I Jiave mentioned, for whose fate he was interested he would not gladly see him transferred from the filthy, enclosure of a jail, and the still'more filthy inhabitants, to fee comfortable mansion of some virtuous citizen,, whose" ' admoniions would check' his vicious prppensitiss, and whose authority over him wpuld be no more than is exercised o ver thou sands of apprentice in our gauntry, arid those bound servants which are tolerated in out as well a in every other State in the Union. -iFtff from advocating the. abominable principles attributed to me by your cor rcipon4ent, I think (hat impHmmt for deun der any circumstance but thai where fraud is alleg ed, is at war with the best principles of our Cdnsti tutionx and ought to b: cbotiahed - -sNy,f I ani sir. vonr humble servant, Iti&Z.-r'jQ- - J?,. 'J WMH. HARRISON In 1836. Gen. Harrison vmte a letter to. Mr. Pleas- -outs, relating to this subject, fronrwnich we qvtote fee- i & -far. frori being willing to sell men for debts, which they art unable-to discharge, lam, and ever turn. LetiL. rmnaxpA to till imnrisonment for acbl Fortunately, I have it in my power to show that such has been my established opinion ; and that, in a pub-. Wr. mntu-itv. I avowed and acted upon it. . Will, those' who have preferred fee unfounded and malicious accu sation Tefer to the Journals of the Senate qf the Urn led States, 2d Session, 19th Congress, page 235 ; it "will there ba seen that I was one of .the- Committee. which reported, a bill to abolish imprisonment JorJ debU . When fee bill was before the senate, i aavoca led its adoption, and oh its passage votedin its favor, f See Senate Journal, 1st Session, 20th Congress, pa om int nt tfi2l " 1 ?-.t?-'-k:-':;N J i : It hi nbt a liuie remarkable, that if fee effort I an accused of havinz made, to object men to sale for the non-payment of their debt, had been successful, I might, from the .state of my pecuniary, circumstances ai me. time, have been fee first victim. I repeat, fee charge is s 'vile calnmnv. At no oeriod of but life would I have consented to subiect fee boor and unfortunate to .such a degradation nor have omitted to exert myself in their behalf, against Such an attempt to oppress them. I am; dear air,-with great; respect, ir ; 1 .' ; )'.'-. 4 JiC- ;h-i-: WM. H. HARRISON ; J.'H. Ptasi.KTS,'Esq. 'i .V''-." f Although this charere is not made in fee circular, it has been made in many newspapers, and we feel bound, to let the whole truth be known- to- vou. . lake all tne other thousand slanders against Gen. Harrison, the' ex amination redounds to hi credit ; He was influence by feelings of humanity in wishing to relieve prisoner; from fee loathsome vapors" of a dungeon; feat feei - it. - 3: t v. i i.i i-- i.; a i mieuu as Birorenuces, wi wuv men , . , ; , t.nM W aecondlyr-those wKo JSrrLi Xi; Mr.MasonofOhio. who is well acquamted witlj T7; - . ., T h - .:t '"duiu sucn Dersons were oi 111 ivxuc u iua uo ui . . lot ie ion oeoeu ficient -e-Qrit- for jj.- tract from this Uw. and we quote tne iaw i " i good behavior, in that case; it shall and may be lawful i . . ia tiaHifRj lusflMJnnu sac unms less cnarge: Decause n ssj - - --- t proseLtionr i Messrs M. & would hav? ybu l.o.n ,., 4n miJtin.V UllS 1SW. UIO cieiu , It applied only to those Who were senrenceo, the cas f ;t In many o we states of the Union there nation of any crime or breacn oi any P""' .imUar: laws, and fee idea Of a white man being a fine or fines, inun or wnnow rZrA sold to a fre negro seem jAever to have been thought Hon." The reading,of fee kP:fF5j of by anv ohe but Messrs. Montgomery and Hawkins; i The law of rtorth Uarolma. which many ot tne ' members of Assembly in North Carolina voted, fori -j.i,-'.MilrtnB consulted It was intend- . - - r . .. - 4. uu wciiua ' . . t Tt -1 nire a convicc ii&e punaae among ui awbuiub, ed as a punishment for crimes, .such a horse thete was nohkW to pretcniiMbr nd mantwas thought, hog stealing, burglary, arson, &a, which YU be wicked enough to commit fe crime. Will it ly mentioned In fee law, wjiett the PjgJJg be saidthat fee members of fee legislature of North eonvktion" sentenced to pay a fine, 1 W.W , Carolina ever voted for a law to pell poor but respec the costs of prosecution. ... : vwon1(1 .table neighbor men" : as slaves to free negroesV We . Messrs. M. and Hv seem to thini w h5pe not, yet the assertion may he made wife a much operate onfy on feoae who,from feelr Pne 'truth of few law as of fee Indiana law. Examine for so poor as to be unable, to pay wT yourselves fee law of North Carofina. V . ' - A If it hadeen intended t9 affect those only B. taia f our own State, which we quote from their poverty were so poor, ie suppose nxwe wno m,mo t hyiat before B- it is provided - from" any other cause were so pooi w, that who are idle and disorderly m their ,have been sold under this lawT jvieasrs. - -conduct fnot confined to those who are convicted of .m V:V ttan or iWO ClaSSeS OI KWf.luw,.u., . . TJ wui v a-a4Ai uv x?m , . ' " the poor". jsimply7 and. feenn se ling to give feese authors the fuU benefit of their ex- ' but if siach persons were of ill fame, ""1 . . -,. I . i - . r i . s , voey couiu.noi pe mreu on iur iao cobuj, uui give biu- for fee same, and his of their future I as eontaiiwJ in fee circular : ; r - - ; - 1 : , "- . .:. I Extract from the Lolas of the UdUm TerrUory ., thirty-nine lashes oh hits or their bare iaellfc, after prmfcrf at Vineennesfby Messrs. Stout and 'oor lwhich he or feey shall be set at liberty and fee costs tn - pajtrttent. 1807nJ now in Me Li&rory oftlu&atc Pe rtmcnt, Washington City. , " r ; , "-v;: ; .'O , An act reBpectinal Crime and Punishments. . ' Sec 30. When any person br-persons shall, on eon ktlbn of any erime or breach of any penal law,, be sentenced to pay a fine or fines, wife or without fee cosu of prosecution, it shall and may be lawful for fee esurt before whom such eonvictioa shall be had to or der fee sheriff to I sell at hire fee person, ortersons so convicted to service lo any person or persons who wiU pay fee said fine and costs,'!- ieA term of time as, the Moid eottrt'ahall iddsre reasonable..' V-'' J-l fee laws of feat State.' in a speech recenfly made by him -very . satisfactorily explains this -vote. Mr. M; savs: :; 3 .- . - . ''.-.;.: -: : v'-: ; " Sir, I wish now to call your attcnuon to tne voiq of Gen. Harrison, and fee circumstances under which it was given. ' The attention of fee Legislatdre of O, hio, Murine it session of-1820-'2I, was anxiously di. rectod to tho considerauon ot some pian ior me reuet of the arisihg thereon shall become a county charge ; which punishment may be inflicted as often as the person may be guilty, allowing -twenty -4y between fee puhish mp.ntand the offence." ' ' , AiWAi-i'' !. .1.- l.n-1a nt tUm" T jorialatllrt - tKT tllA ! .niiim W m.nTnf the financial resources of the fee supporter, of feeAdminislcationVotedibrfeUlaw. lry exhausted, fee people loudly .But to show how ireful Gen. Harrison was, as he M Jst .intolerable burden ot taxaU groj' .to-'be paid to fee owner of said iiegro. -The laws of Ohio alao provide that", runaway shall he delivered up to their owners, upon their proving feeit property. iegToes are not regaraeam unia as suuiuiiig uu uic same footing wife white men! 'Neither have Messrs. Montgomery and Hawkins or any other pereons charg ed feat a negro can purchase as a slave a white man in Ohio.-'. , -". : ' ' -f . - " -' v- - The above extracts fuly show.feWif there was no other evidence. ? But we auote fee followine from fee, laws of Ohio, copied from page 556;of fee Stetutes of Ohio, vol, i :."-"- ,M " , '. , . ; That no hinnk ai mulatto neraon or persons shall hereafter be permittel to beWorn or give evidence in anv canrt of record, or elsewhere in tnw siau,iu wy cause depending, ormatterirf contrbvenry', where either Uartv tn f h a Rama ia white herson. or in any proee- cution which shall be instituted in behalf offeis State against any white person. rasseu January w . t Tiiese are fee laws now inforce in fee" State of O bio, in which Gen, Harrison live, j-These' Jaws we aie jiuthoriied tohelievarmeti hi-approbation, arid be cause he wished to punish horse feieves and hog. thieves, burglars, and forcers, in Indiana, to make feem wark, instead of feeding them out of fee taxes paid by, hariest menMessrs. M. and JI.' would" persuade you ti-nnDoae him. and vote for a ;manv'who, haa' allowed " negro witnesses to be examined against; white' man; arid sajd,w there 3fras nothing in the proceedings vvnicn requiredjus interference I" ,:v;i;;.M- a It remains for you to say Whb U fee more" worthy hr n siMnnrt nf" ronwinhlft men. 1? ' We think? we have fully answered the Unfounded charges of Messrs. M entgomery ana nawKins against uen. nunwu uu jam score. -fU--r-yrj )" 1i This circular of Messrs. M. and ,H. seems to have t(een prepared under some delusion. J -We are at a loss to imagine wuai couia nave pjviopicu uijr s w aj feat Gen. Harrisons had shutlumseffup, and refused to be seen by. any one but his- keepers." . Again we are told, he actually "refuse to be seen by , of - even spoken to by a poor man." The confiding natures of fee author of this circular have surely induced, them to believe all feey see to. print- There- is scarcely : a day of his life that Gen. Harrison is not seen and spo ken Vky all who desire it. ; His 'generous hospitality:' i$ enjoyed by all who visit him. His door ha always been open to fee j6or ;' fee -string of his latch, has Hever been pulled in" when feey called on him. Be tore thisvcircular had reached : fee" handsbf William White and ofeers,"and Gideon tl. Greeq nd others, Gen. Harrison was on his way from' his farm to Fort Meigs, at which place, and at Columbus in Ohio,' he Mdressed thousands of People of poor men, who had known lum in peace and 4n war. The gathering at Fort Meie. nearly two hundred miles from his home. was estimated at 20,000 or 30,000, good neighbor, men, farmers and mechanics all of whom saw Gen. H, and most of whom must have .heard him speaks Is it not extraordinary, therefore, that when Gen. Har rison had travelled! nearly two hundred tniles, in unre served social- intercourse with the People, he should be charged wife refusing h to he seen by, or even spoken loha-poof man V .; J $C.5$J : -It it not strange feat such, a man shcmld be thus ac cused 1 He whose whole Jife has been' signalized by act of benevolence and charity : fee general whaput the weary soldier on his horse "while he. walked with: fee army; who, in fee severe winter of! 8 12- 13, slept under a thinner tent than any other person, either om cer or soldier who, when nis bedding .consisted of a single blanket," gave that blanket to a 'wounded sol dier who was his enemy r fee general who in battle (aq is provea oy soiaiers woo were wim aimi was wuere camion balls and chain-shot flew thick sround him;"" service. itwillDesuicientiorau usetui purposes, that 1 fee remainder of . the militia; undefcertain regulations provided for their government, be enrolled and be mus teredat long ariil stated intervals; for; in due process of.time, nearly fee whole mass of fee militia will pass through fee first and second classes, and be cither mem bers of the active corps or ;of fee. reserve, er counted amonz fee exempts, who will be liable to be called up on only'in periods of invasion or immment peril. The manner ef enrolment, the numoer oi aays oi service, arid fee rate compensation, ought to be fixed by lawj vbut fee detail had better be left subject to regu lationa plan of which I am preparea,io supmtt to The President, in hi message, ; recommends this re port and plan to bur consideration, Hear this extract from his message i - -' :....-'- "The present cohdition of the, delencea oi our prin cipa! ea-port and navy yards,- asfrepteserteddy ithe accompanying report of the Secretary Wax, calls for fee early and serious attention ot -Vojngress ; anu, w connecting itself intimately wife this subject, I cannot inmmnttthi. trtmtrht tn 'if OUT consideration --TBS ........... o- rt. submitted by ttiat oyieer we organizutM vj the militia of the ImiUd.iStatesS';-:- On the 9th of March, tne iiousa oi nepresenumt passed fee following resolution J r. vptltlfc", ' r " Resolved, k 'hat the Seeretary at yv aroe requesieu to communicate to this. House At plan; in detail, for fee reargahization of fee militia of fee United States." " Here vou will observe fee Secretary of War speaks ofi plan" ready to be submitted to the President.-- The President, ut hi message; recommend strongly to thn ronsiilflrfttiun of Conffre.-is " tHS tA" submit ted by that officer for fee reorganization of fee militia of the United States, and the resolution 'of the " House of Representatives calls for his f plan? ! ! 'r: -v -"A few days after, : intMarch 1840; fee .Secretary send3 his plan, anp to. some extracts from this, we n via inattention of all who profesTto be republicans. .-Section first provides feat eery. at)le-bodied citizen of fee respective Stetes, lietween twenty and forty-five years of age, shall bb 'enrolled m feemUitia; and, alsQ, this Section-nrovides as follows : "'- i --: That every citizen so enrolled arid notified shall within ferpe months thereafter provide himself with, a good musket, bore of capacity to receive a lead ball cf eighteen' in the pound,: a sufficient bayonet and bell, two snare Ainta. lencmsaclc. cartridsre-box. to con- tain at least twenty4bur cartridge suited to fee hbre of his musket,. and each cartridge to contain a ball and- three buck-shdt, and a Bufficient quantity of powder; or with a eood rifa kwDsoxk;shrtouch horn or flask,: with sufficient powder foriwenty-- l J our enarges, ana two spare jiints, ano iname snau appear so armed, accoutred, anq proviaeu wnen caiieu oui ior exercise or mio service i snu eyery ciuieu bu enrolled and providing himself wife fee arms, ammu nition, and accoutrements required as aforesaid, shall held the same exempted from all suits, distresses, exe cutions, or sales forqebt, or for fee payment of Jafm." . i he mih. and 14th sections ot tms " plan ', are. a 'follows tf'-f: -r:'f;;:1:-: - l3tW That theeficit co ' anh'ually of bne-fouife of the actitx tothe aKsxays force, and. by: the discharge annually of one-fourth of fee asssBTx, be yearly supplied by a draught or: by voluntary service from toe mass.-: r. K 1 f,;, h :i 14fe." That, for fee'greater convenience of insfruo tion and discipline of the ACTiyxand t sdsittat forced fee territory of fee United States shall he divided into ten districts,' which, until otherwise4irected by law, i rirstrJJistrict v.: ::Mai; ; -r 9,200 State. people, then suffering imder aegree bf distre and embarrassment unexampled in the history of feat w , " T-vTT T'".T TJ Wife a currency depreciated and deranged. State crippled, and a complained of taxation; feey de- hka alwsvs been, of fee rizht of fee poorwe call your L attention to the following section or a law oi iae er- ritnrv of Indiana ;v; v. -L.;-.- '.; ;.""': ' - .' F.trart from' fee laws of 'the Indiana Territory, printed atVincennesby Alessrs. Stout and Smoot, in And if such person or persons, o sentenced and jigOT; andnow in the Library of feeSute i Beps red or sold, shall abscond from fee service. of hi ot Washington City?- s I i-,: V J M Jartment; 1 hired or nU. hall abscond from the service, of her maotar rw nvUtrfjta before the term' of such sen t , yyea. extract Trom the veru Same book from which tude shall be expired; hetir she so abscondingshall, on d Messrs. Montgomery and Ha wkins copied their extract ,:: .w copy tne lonowing irom page ina, cnapter48, section 9th, of the sane book 4 ; iL r . -i-: No negro, mulatto, or Indian shall at any time purchase any servant other than that of their own complexion, and if any of the persons aforesaid" shall. nevertheless,, presume to purchase a white servant, such servant shall immediately became free, and shall be so )lXlYl 1nAfVlO1 anT fnlrAlt t . V f' -K I- Vt i Signed as follows: . JESSE B. THOMAS. . Speaker of the If ouse of Representatives. ; B. CHAMBERS, . r . President of the Council. Approved, cseptember 17, 1807. ' ? y . -'Wsl, HENRY HARRISON. ' ;Nbw, fellow-citizens wo can repeat the words of fee fcircular, and say M we deem comment useless," and will therefore only say, u feat on fee 17th day of Sep- viui, o i , ucu. t m. xieiirv . xiarriaoir, us wen governor ot tne 1 errrtory of Indiana," (fee same man who is the son of Benj. Harrison, a signer of fee Dec laration of Independence ; fee same man who was ap pomiea uovernor. ot the i erntory of Indiana bv Thomas Jefferson, the author of tlie Declaration of louepenaence in; the, y ear o 1 803 and -in 1 806, afterwards by Mr. Madison in WOQ. aftrr thi la had been passed ; fee same man who fought and con quered at Tippecanoe and the Thames ; fee same man whom cut-throats abolitionists, and all horse thiv. hog thieves, housebreakers, and forgers, who dp not wiun ui oe maqe lo wort, Hate so bitterlv t thi feame man who lost his' seat in Congress because he defend ed touthern rights ; this same Wm. Hennr Harrisonl . it - i .i i i ii . . . . - " aciuauj sigueti ipe soove wu - wmcn forbid negro to purchase a white servant ! although feat white ser vant had been conyicled by a jury! JNow. fcllow-cid teas, bow wpuld you. feel" if .one of you were fee represenla'ive. of " respectable 'good neighbor men.' and published such a circular t ' " And. only fo feink tf what would be your feelings," if one of you had pnb- Ushed such charge against en honest old soldier,, and said " fee above is a true statement bf facts on recordl" TVe appeal to every honorable man amone vou. Ynot totally blinded by party prejudice,) whe joves his mends, his hberty, and his country, to pauses reflect and ex amine well the principles and recorded acts." of those men who will thus grossly insult your understandings. VVo leave the Indiana laws here. , " . Messrs. "Montgomery" arid JIawkins also give anex- Iract from fee Journal of the Senate of Ohio in IS21, from which we lake fee following : ,.." Mr. Fithtan then moved 'to strike out fee 1 9fe section of the bm a foUowsf1, - l r M BC it further' nrwflt Tho' ' a,han n 'nMt y Iff W . --.ww vwrv w . v uws s SAJ . Wi .pnprjsoned either, upon execution or othcr- TTi . . "Payment of a fine or costs, or both, it shall be lawful for fee sheriff of the county to sell bat vtusrw sunn w vauvu w - conviction before a justice of fee peace, .be whipped with thirty-nine sUipea, and snau, noreovi days.fbr'everyonesblost.i's 'v '' - Sec 31, The judge of fee several courts of .record In V--t.rr;r -K.ll rlve this act Itt chtTTgO tO the grand jury at each and every court inwhieh a grand i jury shallbe wornA-l2t;'ir,; Vi j . Speaker of fee House of Representatives. Vyr.Vy- B. CHAMBERS,' . ' ,v- :- V - - v 'President of the Council, r-1 Approved, September 17.1807.. ' 'w'.. ' 1' '. " : . - WILWAM HENRY HARRISON. -.."- Indiana, at this time, was a Territory '"she had not ' become a State; she had ri'o'penitentiary--probably she had few jails in her. borders. .; If a vagrant-had robbed a man of his horsa,-or stolen his hog; although - fee vagrant might have owned property to the amount ..' of a thousand dollars, still, under this law, he might . have been M hired to seryice"for such term of time as the Court judged rsoriable.'' The object of fee U law'was to panUh and to reform offenders. -Under this ' law a notorious offender could be hired out, for six or ' twelve months and made to work instead of being con- v,' fined in jail, and fed at public expense out of fee tires 0 paid by honest " good neighbor men." , 1 ne law reacned .not only those who from their poverty were so poor' as : to oe unable to pay costs, but those who might be able . ' to pay costs, and who deserved to be hired out and made to work. It is perfectly plain,- therefore, that rthis law was made, for, and applied onlyn to persons ' convicted ot crimes, arid it-could only be carried into " " ffoct after indictment by a grand jury, arid after coh yitiop hy twelve free men, who heard testimony on oafe.' And vet VeasriM. aiid If. in "their 'circular. s say, feat, uajer this law, poor white men and whit . Women could be sbld.by the sheriff, at public auc tion, as slaves " Are." slaves" sold for.such term of ; line as courts ticem reasonable," on conviction for ; i crimes VAs well might it be said apprentices, are sold a 1 slaves. - Is it not aiynauU to jou, does it riot evince t contempt for your understandings, when such state-.'- erts are published fof your examination! But we " v- II not misrepresent we quote fee words JrOra fee 1-rd page of fee circular t Ws deem comment useless, and will therefore only -"y oat, on the: 17th , of Sntfimber . lRn7 i - ry llhan Henry HanUori. the: then Governor of tK 7 fiST f Indiana, and holding fe ote Icontror bf ' h. 1 fee laws in hia own hands, actually signed the , t.tnve bUl,wf JcIi provides that poor white men and wm , , , fram their; poverty unable to pay i fiftWfeai, lawyers' -fees' and court f.nes, should be sold 6 f A ni ixkv mMnn ' V6! "HT fcel to sea ope bf your ' fV.tojfabkjind good neighbor mM 'iM sii , t. ' .',...' 1 "..,'.-. w r v manded retrenchment and reform in the expenses in cident to fee administrationof fee criminal laws of fee country. In this posture of publie affairs, wife agrad ually increasing expenditure for fee prosecution and punishment of offenders, and a penitentiary srowded with convicts, that had become an annual charge oh the Treasury, fee Legislature assembled, and undertook A. 1 . , 1 V . u proviue a remeay ior tne grievances cpmpiaineu oi by instituting a revision of the entire criminal code of fee State. , The task was one of ereat, difficulty and labor ; but it was accomplished wife as much success as was attainable in the 4hen condition of fee country: The great object in Tlew was to diminish fee pubUe expenditures, in criminal cases, by redacing them to the lowest point consistent wife the ends proposed to be secured by the due and proper- administration of pumtive justice. -.To effect feis,. fee House ofKeprej sentatives passed a bill entitled An act supplementary and where steel met 'steel, fee fiercest;" he who par took of fee soldiers' fare wife ;? log cabin men," and ate beef roasted before fee firo without "salt and with out hread ; he who protected fee whole Western fron tier aad delivered thousands , of .women; and children from feebarbarities of British and Indian ferocity com bined, he is now slandered1 and .charged wife refusing to be seen by or spoken toby a poor man! ' Oh! shame, where i fey blush ! " Oh conscience, where was fey voice J o No man who knows Gen. Hanison has ever said or will say he has turned his face away from friend or foe. ; - ... - -"-,' p- h'- .5 -j .-'' j' ''- " We think we have shown feat this circular is gross ly incorrect; that it has shamefully misstated facts; and feat none but felons, horse-thieves burglars, hog- thieves, and such locofoco spirits, who steal and wish to be fed at public expense, can Object to this Indiana law-. which Gen. Harrison approved. Wjb feel 'confident that in North Garojma, whose people are entitled to fee high character feey have acquired for honesty and patriotism, this will have as Utile effect as in any other country in fee world. - j I But; fellow-citizens, we feel bound, from a sense of fa thj art fnrtk ffliniilniMi.iMrniii iifFrnrf there J I dutv. to call your serious attention to other matters more wn&u uiu kui ifc vo uio ncuaw i muvi j v-wnv, - - ,, : -i- and sent it to fee Senate for concurrence Several new provisions were introduced" into this bill. By it! certain offenca which had -before been punished by imprisonment in fee. penitentiary were made pup- 1.v1.1 1 1 . ii. : 1 . M isuaoie uj nne ana imprisoximenun cuuuiy juns , . It was this bill." for. the' punishment ot certain Qf. fences therein named," which contained,' the I9th sbc hon to which we have just-referred. In that 19th see. tion it will be seen as follows: ?But nothing herein contained shaH be construed to" prevent- persons being discharged from imprisonment, according to fee proyi- eibns offer 37th section of the act to which tlris U supplementary," Ac. .'..iUr ... "i:-.. -!'"-;-;'ltr In fee act for fee punishment of certain offences therein specified,", passed February 11, : 1815 (See Chase's Statutes, 2d vol. pages 893, 4, 5,-6, 7,) you will find the 37th section here referred to, and,which is as follows :';!"-'; :,X-'-i;V ' "":-!-;? . f ' K'l'L " Sec. 37 That when any person shall be confined in jail for fee paymeht of any fine find costs feat may be inflicted aerecablv to fee provisions of this act, the county commissioners may, if it be made to appear to their satisfaction that fee person so confined "cannot pay such fine and costs, order, "the sheriff or- jailer bf such-county to discharge such" person from imprison ment; and the shenh or jailer, Upon receiving' such ordar in writing, shM. discharge such person accord- ;T 2 II .'J.J nm.- .i " . ..' uigijr s ,mt. rvoiuta, 1 nai me commissioners may, at any feme laereaiier, oroer ana cause tone issued an execu tion against fee body, lands, goods, or chattels of.; fee person so discharged from imprisonment for fee amount of such fine and costs.". ".; ,,. ! " ...... : ' Kctnember fee 37th section was retained and Gen- Harrison voted for this, and it expressly provides' feat, 11 any person " cannot pay such 6n and costs," fee cuuniy commissioners may discharge them. " A poor man, therefore, could not suffer by this ldw We repeat, this section is not given by Messrs: Montgome-' ry and Hawkins.; f This gives ttlief toi those who could not pay the .fine, and this . provision J waa retained in thslaw for which' Gen. Harrison voted v: I f But the case is stronger stilL In fee celebratodr19fe section, sganistthe .'qtioh'' to strike' but which Gen Harrison voted, it appears that the ' criminal had fee same " remdy which was provided by. law in case bf masier ana apprentices ji v -9,600 Mairi& New' Hampshire, Yermon 7, '' -Maschu9etts,Rhode Island, Connecticut Wi -"t Tird:Dutrict:i New-YoA,-?mifVM?Km ? 18100 Vfry-tl Fourth . District.. Newlersey Pennsylvania, -f-1300. - v ,".V.:' ' , r ijtn liistnet. . .,:. . Dblaware, Mai7iand,Di!UWColumbiaYiinu,l 0,400 l Sixth District; ri-tH North Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia, Fjprida,; 10,000 ": - v r-v ".;'. Seventh Misfhet,rlh Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, - $00 .j. g v,.-: .k iiii.-wnttvi.ji, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, :', . i"- ";:' .. - " Ninth District. :Jr; Kentucky, BlinoisL Indiana, - - -. 7,400 lTenth J)istrict. f : Ohio, Michigan, Wiscorisin, ; - ? t ? 9,200 - .2,000 i nbriommissiotied omccr or private" shall b to suffer imprisonnient, there bein- no 0 tels td be found whereon to levv tK- rvcbJ v , . j iaJ MH In m listruct, or his denn,. .i such delinquent to jail during the term shaU be so adjudged to imprisonment nr shall be paid, in feesame manner u tt condemned to fine and imprisonmon. ' Perioi TTnW at.... ... v . . ... me gn. tiom it snneinm that T-1.i-.Von :i?.. muJ mc m. a aamg me lowest posable esiim . "M dollars and fifty cents'for the VZ. !ref U?8t. issuing fee execution, let as see what on a judgment originally for twenty doll ,M fee delinquent militiaman livw two linnj.'V frenn the place of fee court sitting, the are-fixed bylaw, forgery mile he tivd,2 fees Tor travellinir alone, vf ' ''Which wpold make fee accom.. .1 The original judgment i "u Uost jof judgment and execution Marshal fees for travelling 200 miles at 5 -r'mile ;f'7'"''C. -' - ' For serving process of execution cents ask vbii ionauseand Mflfrt ftr,. v scheme, and remember ,feateverv man ,,?0llstri " v . '--. cu, accordiiifftnii, cofoco doctibe a voting to approve his meanr you,pprove 01 me scneme 1 , if not, how will Z firm vmit lttnnr.rhit inn armni l . .. Juu Knf mi. Tajinr oil i r i- . i , - . " " . ") "si section pa-k must furnish himself wiih a musket, balk u J &C. ' Could, this be dons at less than twM for each,macl 'Are you willing to submit to thu eorj worthy fee consideration of patriot than a harmless law which has never been regarded by fee peoplebf In diana wife terror or alarm, and which, although it was enacted more than thirty-two year ago, ha never in jured any man as far as we are informed, and certain ly never was complained of before by honest men. It has never been looked upon a a matter of complaint against General Harrison ; for .both the States to. Ohio and Indiana, iri 1836, where feese stale slanders were repeated, gave him large majorities as their candidate forfeeTriejsidency.?:-! vtv 4 We allude to the Message of fee President Ini fee Report bf the Secret-try. of War. The '.Secretary of r ar maae a report, at tne commencement 01. tne pre sent Congress, to the President of the United States, and fee President sent feat report to Congress, "wife htsvme8sage. OI course fee report was read by fee- rresdenu it was only from this report he could ob tain information of fee state of fee Army and of mili tary affairs. :: If he did not read fee report, he has acU ed hypocritically to fee American People, is .guilty of gross neglect of duty , and must be ignorant of those mattefs which it is hk duty: to be acquainted with. We aTe .unwilling to accuse fee President bf such eonduct. tiW' ""H it' tT-:--' -KWegive you an extract ftom this report of ihe&ec 'Tetary.0C.Wa1. ittvc1'::f.Sr" It is proposed to divide fee Unitedtatra info eight military districts, and to brganize fee militia, in' each district so as to have a body of twelve; feousand five hundred men in active service, ' and another of equal number. as Vieaerve. r This would give; an armed militia force of two hundred thousand men, so drift ed and stationed as to be ready to take their places in the ranks in defence of fee countir, whenever called upon to oppose fee enemy or repel fee mvaderi:Th age or ue recruit to, be froin 20 to 37; fee whole term of service to be eight yearefouf years in 4he 13rst class, and four in fee reserve j one-fourth part,' twenty five thousand men, to leave fee service every year,r passing, at the conclusion of fee first term; into fee re serve; and exempted from ordinary militia duty alto! gefeer at the end of feesecond. In feis manner, twen-ty-fiye thousand will be dischareed from militia dntv I eveyear, and 25,000 fce?h recruits be receiyediAto the TotaL- 97.800 - The following i the 17th secoa of this plan for sub verting fee -liberties of fee country, and we hope y ou will read and remember it : . V. , - .'. :; : '' - :- ' . . 17th. That fee President of fee IJriited States be authbrized to call forth and assemble ch "numbers of the active force of fee militia,- at. such places , within their respective dist ricts, and at such times, pot exceed ing twiee,br days in fee same year, as be may deem necessary ; and 'during such period, including fee time when going to and returning from fee place of rendezvous, feey shall be deemed in fee service of fee United States, and be subject to such regulations as fee' President may feink proper to adopt for their instruo-J 1 T' -t f J, i . . --....' 1 1 lion, aisapuney sou improvement in military anew- ladge.,,f-, ; . rS &fi?'rT:'4 :t '- By this'section, fee President would have power to ' assemble such; numbers; at such place?, "and arsuch times, within their respective districts, pot exceeding twice in one year, as he may deem necessary. ! By this section, if Congress 'should enact such a law, your " good neighbor men"; might be forced to march to Florida or Georgia when the President pleased, ' Would taot fee President, wife. a sub-Treasury bank, and. wife all this power, ne'e King 1; i'Sx.i.jri -" The 20fe sectim i in fee following worn : -7 : - r 20tiuThat fee militiof of the United Statcsyi any portion thereof when employed in fee service of the United States, shall be subject to the same rules and articles of war as the troops of the United States. And that no - officer," noncommissioned officer, mu sician, or private of fee militia shall be compelled to serve more fean ix months after hi arrival at fee place of rendezvous, in any one year, nor more fean in due rotation wife every other, able-bodied man of fee same rank in the' regiment,' .L"" "l '- ' '- " What these rules arid articles of war are we will show 'presently. ?-r i t-4 -;4 The 28fe section is in fee following words : . ) ' '. '.. 28th That every officer, non-commissioned offi cer, artificer, musician, or private of fee militia, who shall fail to obey fee orders of fee United States in fee case provided for calling forth fee active force, or part thereof (in fee 17th head,) shall be fined,' and forfeit a sum. not exceeding three monthsfpay, nor less fean half a month's pay, according to (Se dKumstance of fee case, as a court martial may determine ; -And feat every officer, non -commissioned omcer, artificer, musi cian, or private of fee'militia who shall fail to obey fee orders of fee President of fee United States, in any of fee cases cited in fee 18fe and 1 9th heads, shafl for feit a sum not exceeding one year's pay, end not less fean one month's pay, to be determined and adjudged -according to fee circumstances' of fee case by. a court martial, and such officers shall, moreover be liable to be cashiered by sentence of aburt martial, and be in capadtated from holding a commission n' fee militia for a term of four years, at feediscretion of fee said Court ; and such non-commissioned diBbers and private shall be Ikbhsta be imprisoned, by fee sentence of a court martialon failure of fee payment of fines tidr. judged against them, for one 'calendar month for everv five dollars bf such fine':',i'i ' S-;"? j vNowt us inquire how feese costs and fines are' 'to he collected. We cannot illustrate thu more forably than quoting a report from fee minority of the Com mittee on fee Militia, reported by Messrs. TripletvCar ter, Goode-and Kidgway. . This document is Rep. No, 685, of the present session of Congress if' l ' & ? f.Who is to pay the costs of fee marshal arid depu ty marshals who are to be sent out in fee several States tocollect fee fine feus aasessed by fee court martialt The answer to this inquiry is found in fee following extract from the 29th section: That fee marshal, or hie deputy, having received fee said certificate, shall forthwith proceed tolevy fee said fines, with costs; by distiess and side of the good and chattel bf fee ddiiW qnentwhicheosts, and fee mariner of proceeding wife pect to the sale of fee goods distrained; shall be agreeably to the laws of the State in which thesame shall, be, a in other case of distress ; and' when tiy 7. . . . . . .. Read fee 17fe seection of feis "plan " & ! ' ..'.. .l V- mm . 1. " "C e? so oe given 10 iaa rresiuent see tut ,v a i0 tn hn Aimf in tha aam'i. .f .1. . tt . . . 1 . -"v "w uie united Sbwi seethat fee soldiers are to he uliit n.ii ' - el. urn .. sident may think proper to adopt for their .n4-.J discipline, and jhiprovement in military knowu!' TtenA th fInnat.-iTri.n nf fVi TTn.f.l ... r1 fee, power is "not there eiven to Conrm-.." ... scribe the discipline, reserving to theStatptJl tively the appointment of fee officers, and the i3 tf of training the militia,, according to the disdS M nreacribed bv Coi-creas' And ooir VAl.Vvil 1 t'.jk . . : . . -j . . a -. Tvuirim ki ypi; sanction such a flagrant violation of the tution of the United States ? ; ;Rememler then, the 20lh section prescribeit the militia, when employed in the service of the h tu.1 M.i. .., !. , ili. 1f,u - v .. ..' subject fa the same rules and articles of warns troops of the bmt:d States." Now let us see J a lew or these rules and articles of war ' ire : .' In'ihe' 4th volume of the laws of the United Si published by 'John Bjorenand W. John Dunne Fi Udelphia; aad'R,:C.Weightman, Washington Ci 1816, yflu frill find an act for establishing iBleial arvicies ior me government oi.ine armies ot ibe liii, Statef A approved April 104806. ' Front this act we make a few eitrects for jou eideratiou r " " . Art. 5. Any officer or soldier who shall ta temtrfuous or disrespectful words against the FLi dent of the United States, against the Vice Profr thereof,' against the Congress of the United Siita, against the Chief Magistrate of Legislature of in the, United Slates in which he may be quantreU commissioned omcer shall, be cashiered, or otbi 1.1. . Jl T ' . . Lt -' t-.ll .1! . . ouuisuec,' as s court maniai suau unea; u a comuHsiiind omcer'or soldier, be shall teffer punishment as shall be. inflicted on him by the teqeeof a court martial." . Art. 9i Any officer or soldier who shall strike' superior officer, jbr draw or lift trny weapon, or any violence against him, being in the eimitio.1 his office, oh anv -pretence whatsoever, or thai! dl bey any lawful command of hismperior officer, d suffer death, :br tfhch.olher punuibiaent as shalL 1 cording to the nature of h's offence, be inflicted oh uim hy fee sentence of a. court marual. "fAi-d if negro testimony is admitted on the iri and the President should find nothing in it U " quire his Interference,' how easy a matter wuld he for the egro servants of it superior officer is case and convict a poor white man. 'Art 41. All non-commituioned officen J diers, who shall be found one mile from the euf without leave in writing from their commandiM ficer, shall suffer such punishment as shall be at ed upon them by 'the sentence of coon-martial U t Artr 4?.W"o bfficer or soldier shall lie ouU quarlersj garrison or camp, without leave from bis perior officer, under penalty bf being paniohed, it ding lo the nature of his iiflence, by the aenfev a eoprl-mrtialJif: , 1 : : " Art. 67. Nbgrriwi or regimental conrt-jmtf shall have the powej to try capital eases, orcomi aioned oflScers, neither .shall they inflict a fineeict insr one month's nv ' nor imnrison nor vuttoK labor any non-eomrai-sibned officar or soldier Itt longer-time ifeanbne mbnlh. S This article. limit the power of a regimenUlcatf martial, but riot of a general court-martial. A " n eral court-martial? could, therefore, uhder these art! clef, put to hard labor a soldier, for a longer tic one month. Is not tbi, worse than selling a k' thie7- according to the Indiana law 1 And !K negro witnesses be a Jmilled upon the trial, m& to Lieut, Hooe's case ! - . t ' . - ArUlOlt The foregoing er.ic.es are to b and published once in every fix months, to ever; rison, regiment, troop, or company, mustcred-or mustered 1 in the service pf the United Statu, are to be duly observed by all officers and soldiers! are br shall be in said service." fM'e repeat, ;by fee 17tb stfetion of the pis commended to our consideration by the PresWenl' militia will be considered in fee service of the u States ; and by the 20th section of the same ply will be subject ; to the rules and articles as the troops of the United Slates." r . These things require no comment from t ing we can say can make this - plan" m hideous and horrible, . - .,. .- .. ,-. We havS alluded to the, admission of nog w riesses against a white man. We give the fa ..In fee year 1833, a eduit-martial was beUfa saoda, before which Mr. Geo..Mason Hooe, of Yircinia, and a Lieutenant in fee Nvj si" TwAcegrojyitnesses were examined on thelni trary Vo his wishes and remonstrances. The prow ings Wbsb sent to the Secretary of the Nay i proved tbem. Mr. Hooe presented a memoriil ' President, calling his attention to the fact, j Krocs.had testified sgainsi bim. -The Pies" akkk ,.a;. . r . -v -i s. Ai.ira iiiihi mocc cuings ii tne trial were laiu ik-ii -7. after he lia.f n1 If r TT.i,i ,MnMita raemof! -iw ..... w a !.- The PresUflnt fiml. .Ai1iin- in the proceed the case of Lien!. Hooe which require his w i :f WeaubtiU to you an extract from tha p3 which have bwn sent to the House of BePrTj! and ask yoi if there is nothing", in the P h.nrtnrl vki.-h . . ..."; l.rfrBnCe SUDe J Vh ftu; - A-.... l-.mA from theonfl sent by fee Secretory of tb Navy K lbe BT uepresentalives : v- . s . nm Extracts from the trial of Lieut. George n of the AJ. S. Navy, communicated to rn l ..i. .-... jl. oji& itmr. lo.-' - 8tew.rf,ofU.e James M uracil, Captain s u ship Vahdalia called and sworn. TIiiracVusedvol.iected .lbe;rtw,,,,j J Writ nas tnAn iKa ivin ,ht he was coi"r7 ,J vsifsoo wnraa iiv a vuuw wwv srva n a. a AA next. CUV . J n dourt alter deiioeranon, " :iikB proceed.; m. . .. i nnllnKi . 4 tie accused then ouercu a pa 'Z. fee following is a copy, and desired thst u Spread upon the record . , noor I01 tv.Tbe perused begs leave to stste to lbs j f distinctly that he solemnly protesu SZ(g. denes of tliis"witries Being received nrZi U 2 "1 It is'far from the wish of thelaccosed w '-J . , ;,rnni.n teh:h iIia r.mrt mat deem w. f witriesi is a colored maiv'abd tbereford, J i. j, t . Mmoetent vWrZ I - f j . . unottt . t "Lieutenant i.- iorv of the before this tribunal. 1
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