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; I i i -'r U it It ii .,' - Fxuw Citzf:k ' f We deem no npolngy aieeeernry Jbr jniffhiiff your atter.tioa to foe present political lotiditieu of ,' cotio rf. . N citiaen of Reputdie ahouW content himself, with merely rainnlainunr of tho cor W son and niisnianagcuietit ot Irw ruler.- JThe feJy for nil siicIi ei!s is iu the liand o( tub Pcofi.p, and Jr, jfeccj,l!idr country calk Ar tt greatest igilnce and ihe most aey rxeruoo. In every dwrtnient ol the rodraJ uovenizucut Acre Aie Jdmsps event ki iwnhimtWe. J lie ruLIic l-reasurc lias 1- !)uen'iiuaH(ierod with a profusion and vnrwlcssrors ; AincxPtiipJcd in 4Mt twsUvT the patronage TrlHS VreskhyU Las been -used for the 4iM6t untrortlif anJ corrupting purposes; defaulter have gorged them- T el ws iraattcy which was earned by the hard hands of industry, Mid ii&ve laughed o scorn thso who xvssed tJieir indignalioti nt auctt a ysleia f plunder and peculation. (Sec appends A.) vyijcn omco( these corruptions ltav hecu brought to liabl, the President pai fail Secretary bare cliwed their eyes, or linked ot Mid pennit- 7 id llicm. Ilasa receiver coufetsed his defalcation, or been detected iu hu pilferiuofsT lift is still continued in ofiice as a (it tool to do the dirty rork of party. Millions of dollars hare been lost, which a rea sonable prudence uikI itnpartint chschwge of duly uuht have eaved; md while these public pkinderers .we rivaling ir. their banquets and luxurious living -even royally itself; the. Government is com pdlpd irora lime to time to borrow money hy die issuing of Treasury " ?fats-to anticipate a revenue which h constantly decreasing, from " lje effects of mischietrmu experiments tijwn the Ixisiiicss mid cur rency -of 4I10 country. VV'c charg". Fellow- Ciiizons, this Adminisira- io:i with pursuing a policy which is degrading to tins character of the iiatbn-t var vviili-thc jH-Tf)les of the Constitution, und subver uveel on dcait dglits- We charge Martin Van liuren with in- trodocinga ny'stemof . rile rrmtptibn and low pnrtizau tactics, which V . lias ffcca-lirfk -to characters and pursuit Uforo "unknown to the Airy-rican, People, aud degrading to. Iheir national honor, with y Miiept of party, lieiice, uo sooner is one of Tns devotees rejected by the penple, ttaa hn cajt'ssed and compensated by 'the President, IIciicp, ion, the boldness and spirit which are infiisid into the warfare of his party; as not only leaders, but the rank and file ure taught to Jclievc thf;ir rewnrd is sure, that offices and honors arc reserved for their ilijthfnl services in behalf of their master, and that to tbe party 'triumphant "to the victors In-long the spoils." Arc you willing to entrust the Pvnnr. and the Swoud to-rncn of such principles? The t control over the former has been repeatedly claimed by die President t nndbythe passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, has been virtually placed ." fit his disposal; rind w'c charge that he is now atten pting to seize the Jatter, by recommending the establishment ol n large o , , STANDING ARMY, unilrtlw ?uiso of organizing the inililia; and that you may the better juidorsl.iiid this monstrous scheme which is to place at the disposal , of lUa Presidjnt Two HrxniiKi) Thousand AiiMf n Men, we will. t.Vy ftejItiro jyb'i a !etch'of it,"tliat yon' may form you r own opinions, raud aiias i yoiii judgments may dictate. Our forefather, wisely jealous of Standing Armies, deemed in nil n'ges ofthe world dangerous to the freedom of the People, provided imhe ConlfifuWtl for those cases in which Congress should have power to call forth the Militia, and these arc " execute the lair of the Union, -sttppresi insurrections and repel invasion;" and while they al lowed tongress to provide lor "organizing, arming and disciplining I tha Ml!ifii " thoir rowrVMl In Itin KtntPH " llifi ulHwilllt moil t Ol 1 1 10 S 1 1 1 1 - 1 tl-: sTobe divtded into' Ten MltltAHlr Districts, a force of two Cro'.inaibelreen Ihesges ol 20 and 45, n whom this tax of 15 dollars eacli would fkll., Tijis would malt-$0,n00 to fee collected from the pocket of the people of this -State; witbin three months after notification 1 Would this not bting distress unexampled in our history ? And who knows but this inay be 'demanded . in Specjk 1 We would also ask to whom would this immense amount of money go ? Not to encourage our own industry , for such equip ments ar not generally manufactured in the South. But it would go to the benefit of the manufuclures of the North ! We ask again, leople of INorth Carolina, are you prepared for tbe auoption ol such a tyrannical scheme such a cold-blooded plan to grind you to poverty and to prostrate your liberties? Examine it, weeutreat you, before it be too late to retrace your steps! L1KUT. 1 100 K THE NEGRO WITNESSES! lleni is one subject to which we would solicit your most earnest attention. It is a matter ultimately connected withthe happiness yea, the very safety of the South. During the year 1839, George .V. Ihoe, a lieutenant in our Navy, was fried belore a (Jourt-Martinl held in I'ensacola Hav, Florida, on several charges which had been alleged against him. 1 wo Nbohoks were introduced as-WrrxKsaes, to which he objected. His objection was overruled by the Court, and the Ne groes were permitted to give in their cvjdcnce. Lieut. Ilooe, was found guilty on some of the charges, and sentenced to be reprimanded, and dismissed. The proceedings of the Court were approved by the Secretary of the Navy, and sent to the President for his sanction, the laws ofthe United Suites requiring that Mk should pass upon them, before a commissioned Ofhcer could be dismissed. Lieut. Ilooe, ad dressed a remonstrance to Mr. Van Uuren. and brought toliis notice the fact that the negroes had been permitted to testify against him, alleging that it was Ii.i.kgal and Mr romsovs, and should vitiate the whole proceedings. V hat course did the President take? Drd he step forth to rescue our gallant Navy from the disgrace which would likely he brought upon it by such a practice, and to shie!dthe insti tutions of the South from the insult which had been offered them? No NO! With shame, with indignation, let it be spoken be return ed the proceedings with the following endorsement; (see appendix B.) " Till; PRESIDENT KINDS NOTHING IN THE PROCEED INGS IN THE CAS1MAK LIEUTENANT HOOK. AV1IICI1 MIL, riiesc facts the friends of the Administration dare not deny; they have indeed already admitted them, and what should arouse the as tonishment and indignation of the South, they arc endeavoring to Jlbtiiy tiik President. His official organ, .and his hirelin? presses, in every section of the country, are cither attempting to con ceal or to palliate this indignity to the South this indecent and out rageous attack upon the prejudices and usages of the Slave-holding Slates. The Globe of the 2iith of June, has the following language : ,! Were negroes debarred from giving tlieir testimony on Cflmrts " Martial, it is easy to predict the" consequences both to the guilty and "the innocent, who may be accused of the commission of crime. " We have been told by an old and experienced officer of the Navy, 4 that in Southern latitudes, it was his custom to Iiavo two boat crews, "one composed exclusively of blacks who were employed on occa sions, where exposure to the heat and sun, would have, been danger "Ons to white men. Suppose, that while absent from the Stiip, en " gaged in iralering, or any other pursuit, some offence, however " aggravated, were cammitied by an officer in charge of ike Party, " in the presence of no other witness biii these blacks, and the Qf)i " rer brought to a CoUrt Martial on board the Ship, to which he : belonged, lly exlarding the only witness to the transaction, the " offender would escape, and the crime go nujpinisted."' And ore the People of this Country prepared to sanction such rea soning as this? 1 he same process of Wrgumeiit would establish. lio of l UuilfA Slates clrlf Bi Conijres thf nri.l In Venture of .New wl.icli 1'ie v inr.il (.-,1 n,l . " - .1 !..--- i. I r It.. . ... . J jwti:ieil " SU(P, nil t owjUrtWtKlCd Wimia Ul Clijinn ooui.uneoi ine niirii .laif, j a wmWdil tii. , : "th prohibiting l St.vrty coodbioo of their adnnsion lino ihc I i.ior.j, , . clmiire r.,..,; , . fctj V"v-' - . . . ... ' . . iuratrl cirtu ar.tot'fr. n . "lore be inalrucutl and our nepre'maiivcir id i.onpfM u iiiuru:u, 10 upjKise . ' "rJ as a i erritorv not comtmwd niurr- r p ulsn ess n,l I M - tun o u t an'l Icive l.t-r :.fiul'l niMirrlirntl li .del. liuudrcd thousand men is to be drafted from the body of tho Militia, I ietoeollio ngesjjf 20 and 45, one hundred thousand of whom is to ': I constitute tlioAcTiTR Forcr, liable to be called forth to any part of the )rreat Military District in which ihry may reside, and when so railed furth, to be deemed in the service of the United States, and hall b subject to such regulations as the Puesidext alone may - hintiiroperto adopt for their instruction, 'discipline, Kc. Consider . for a moment what vast discretionary powers ure conferred by this echemoltpon the President. He is authorized to call forth and ns- sembh the Activr Forck where? Why, fif such places, within their respective district", ns ho may select ! When ? At sucli times, not itcceding twice, nor days in the samoyearas "httnay deem necetsary". Each district, (with the exception ol Mr. Van Burcu's , own State ) embraces several Stales; that in which, you reside being .eomjiosed of North Caroliua, South Carolina, Georgia, and the Terri tory f Florida. So that by the President's mere will, a citizen of this State, may be murched from his family and home, many hundreds of mi'es even into the glades of Floridn, at any season of the year, I Ik -ma-y think necessary, ad thiii-UttioTeetHe the"iarsna o Mtipprtst insurrections not- to repel inrasams, but in a lime of pro ound psaee, when none of the cases which the Constitution con tern plates, require that the Militia should be so called forth ! Consider loo. that by this .scheme the Constitutional provision, that the States' respectively shall retain the light of training ihrir own Militia, is iu effect abolished; for not on! would their authority be feeble if not in operative, in another State, but the Constitution makes the President Conrruinder-ui Chief of Ihc Army arid Militia of the several Stales when called into tho actual tcrvicc ofthe United Hates. This r scheme, so extra vaganf, "bo dangerous to our liberties, and so marked with alt tho features of. despot ism, va approved by Alnrtin Van Hureri, and recommended to Congress ip his lost annual message. This is Jus language : . . ", u cannnt recommend too strongly to your consideration the plan "submitted by that officer 'Mr. Poinsett) for the organization of the MUUiaofthoUHUedStatesP . i Now remomW, Fellow Citizens, that by the provisions of lire Sub Treasury Bill, which has at Inst been forced upon the Peopfo by a rery lean majoritjr, after having. errn "rryf''lfieiary.n'an'icer dependent on tho President, and re- I movable at hit pleasure, has power "to transfer monies in the hands to( any one depositary constituted by this act, to any other deposita- 'j "constituted by the same, at .His Discretion, and us the safety of " the public monies and the con venience of the public shall seem lo him to require." Now think for a moment of the condition of this greatRepublic its citizens and its -'trcasHre4 According; to ii "ptaw -vMch'thePlK'SldcMli'rys w he eamoTioi'MrdngTy rerommend't--he s cti irausror ine persons ot ine citizens aisucn ume, una losuch place I " as h3 may deem necesjary"' in the large Military District, whjle His Secretary, Levi Woodbury, can transfer the public money from 030 depositary . to another, 'P-al his discretion?1 1 Iowcoi'lu THEiir. ; PR 4 MORR COMPLRTR CKION Of THE PURS R. AND Til K S WORD 7 But let' qs look at another feature of this inonstious plan. It proidV''v'V:' " " - I Thit every eitixmi to nrollsd ni nolifiud liall, within tbrrs roenths lliKrrnfloi, ) PROVIDE HIMSELF with s good aiuiVel, bura of capnoiiy to rtceive a lead 1 w ball of elHtran ia tb pound i ifficie.it bijoroti nd belt twoiparo flints a I knpck ( .CAitridg bix lo eonuin at hsi u entr-four cartridjroa united to tbe I " bore of hit mimkel, and evkMUUidya to oontin ball and tl.te Writ ehnt, end 7 M a vo1iel(tt quialitv of p'oni ft with a good rifle, knaptack, shot pooch, and " aowier born or naly rub nfiinient powder and ball fur twenty-four charge, and t wttro sear flints ( anttbt he (hill appear armed, acooutred, and provided when i f ra'leint fcrexcreiae of Intneerrke." . Here theis would be a direct tax upon every poor man in the conn try between the ages of 20 and 4-Vl These erjuipmeaw cannot tost ench citizen trjarj 15, and thij amount is to be raised within three m mth after notification !Who does not know that such a tax i j a this would deprive many, a poor man or nis only horse or cow ? i Many trii would be wholly unable to purchase the equipments. What .'then?IIe is lobe Fire u,' and if unable to pny, iMr-RtsOKEot-Are the4 Paople ready-for hLs3tv Again :Accordiu to the ranct accurate nforaijnoj W4 can obuxta, there are aoout G0.U30 persons 10 Nor; ne:grocsrrommits crime and this Organ of the administration would admit I II LI It evidence, because, forsooth, Ae master would go un punished ! An overseer of u road has under him no hands but ne groes, he commits a crime, assaults one of the blacks, for instance, should ho be convicted on Negro testimony ? The Globe, it seems, would think so! Suppose there are but two white men present, tho negroes, having some grudge against one, I ill him, and inform against the other, what can save him? We repeat there would be no safety for property, character, orlife, under such a practice. If NEGROES can, and ought to be WITNESSES, in the Naval Courts Marlial, why not in the Military also? Why not in the Federal Courts Is an officer of the Army to be entitled to more respect, than an officer of the Navy ? Will any man exhibit the effrontery to contend for the introduction of such a practice in oil r Federal Courts? We say. therefore, as Ihe laws of the Union were silent on the admission of negro evidence, as the Inal occurred in a slave-holding territory iu the neighliorhood of slave-holding States as they were introduced against a Southern man a Virginian,'whosc feelings had been taught to revolt at such a practice, it was the duty of Martin Yan'Buren to disapprove, tho proceeding;, .. ,,,.. w. .,.. . , Wliul son of the South will ever join your Navy, if lie knows that tin der, lliis practice tlius approved by the President, he can be deprived of his fair fame, or bis life ? Who would have ntood such an indignity to the A. merienn People, as the introduction of a Nkcho Witness affiiinsl the gal lant Lawrence, the iniirpid Deratur the chivalrous Blake v, and n hont of other, who hsve uhed a halo of "lory around their Country's name ! Why then chould they tamely submit to this, act thus sanctioned by the Pre sident.' Is Lt. Ilooe muile'cl to less sympathy, because he is more humble? Should justice be denied him, because he is less great? Insulting indeed would thi.t man be considered, who would propose one et of rules to try the preat and powerful nnd another to try the huinllo and the weak! Dut say tho friends of ihc Administration, Lt. Ilooe, could have been convicted wiloutlhe Necho testimony, and some have boldly asserted that he was not found guilty on any ol the specifications in which they testified; but what says the District Attorney, Mr. Key. in his letter to the President. which was published in the Standard of July 1st? ' .They (the negroes) were examined on the 'fourth specification of the frtt end third churgrs, and no olter specifications or cither of that charge. The accused was rovD ctiLTY cr ihosb SPECIFICATIONS to some EXTENT. But even ad milluirduit their ev this alter the i ? - No lf tbe iegro testimony was not necrssnry , why was it admitted ! I o insutt the South! , To insult and degrade the Navv T No oilier reason can be riven. We pronounce then that this act of Martin Van Hiiren is an ixsilt to oi'B cai.lant INaw an imhomiv io THE whole South, and proves con clusively, tbut though he is a "Norlhern man" he can lay no claim to "sevViein Jeelins. Now, Fellow Citizens, we ask you to contrast with ibis conduct ofMr. . Van Uiiren. the law which was approved by General Harrison when Gavcrnor tf Indiana; fiend and judge for yotrriefoeht ."CHAPTER 4C Paos 311. 44 AN ACT icgulating the practice in Ihe General Court, and Court of Common 41 Pie,!, and lor other purposes. 44 Sec. 21. No negro, ninlatio, or Indian, shall te a witness, except in Pleas of M ihw I'nitetl States ngainst tiirgrocs, rnulattws, tit InJians, or In civil picas, where m gioes, niulnttoes nrlnrlians alone sI.bII ht cariies. JES.SU U. THOMAS, "Sptiktr i-f Ihe lluutt if Hrnrettnlutico. 44 B. CHAMBERS. 44 1'i-etiJcnl if iht CuuntH. "Approved. Sept. 17, 1807. WILLIAM 1IENKV HARRISON. l...IRt YAN,BURENrANrx ABOLlTIONisiSI. i 'ITie Van Umen Centra4 Coinmittee, in their lule address, assert that ' one fact u warth a hundred roAiani.7 Tbiaia- certainlv true, and' we desire uo other criterion by which Ui test the soundness of their Candi- ih aJmtsston ai a Stale into the Lniou, of nv lerrltorv notcon.ti 44 said, making the ptoliibiiton of alavf ry therein an ii.dispusible condiiion of ad- en'ation: "Oa tbe Will day of fanosry. lSeO.tiie Senate look p tire Rcsclutioii and pas 41 ed thaaaiue uu-tMuiously." ' Mr. Van Baien voled, VKA! Here then is one fact! In 1821, Mr. Van Burett'was a member of the convention which amend ed ths Constitution of New York. The following entry appears on the Journal, as certilied to by Mr. Blatehlbrd, the Oovemor s t-eerctary iz: Tni'nsn.w, JO iclock, A. M., Srpeetnb.r -Jl, 18.M. i Tlf Cor.veniion met pursuant to ailj.Jatuuu'nt. On nit lion of Mr. ISanford, Tbe CooTentioft lUeii resolred itself into a Committee of tiie Whole on the Re port of the Committee on the rilil i f Sull'iage, and tlift qualifications of persohs lo be elected; and, afler some lime spent thereon, Mr. President resumed the Chair, and Mr. N. Williams, from the Buid t-'oiHinittee. reported, that, in further proceedings on ihe aaid report, the first amendment proposed by ihe Select Com mittf s was again read, in the woids following, to wit: Krery while male citizen, of tho ago of tweiit);wne years, who shall have re sided in this Siale six mouths next preceding any election, and shall , within one year peceding the election, have paid any tax assessed upon him, or shall, w ithin one year preceding ihe election, lure been assessed to work on a public road, and shall have performed the work assessed upon him, or shall have piid an equivalent in money therefor, according to law; or shall, wilhin one year preceding the elec tion, have been enrolled in the militia of this Stale, and shall have served therein, according to lav, shall he entitled to voie at such ele linn, in the town or ward in which he shall reside, fir Governor, Lieutenant Coventor, Senators, Members of the Asssnihly, and all other officers, who are or may be elective by the people. , Mr. Jay moved to stsike out the word "WHITE, in ihe first line of the said a mendment. Debates were had iberoon; and. tlns.rjuefetion having been put, whether the com mittee would ngree in the iai.1 motion, it was carried in the affirmative. The yeas and nays being railed for by Mr. It. Clark, st rnnded by Mr. Tnllmadge, and having been required by ten members, were as follows, to wit Ayes, C3, Nays 69. Mu-lin fan Buren voled YES!' Under this amendment which Mr. Van Buren supported, a raEE neco could have voted, though he nonemed no nroprrtu uiialificuion and even ; though he may lmfe4ea then t an- OVler lact! . .. i In the year 1821-2, Mr Van Buren was a member of the United Slates Senate, and on the 109th page of the Journal of that session w find this entry, viz: The Senate resumed, as in committee of the whole, the oonsideration ofthe bill for the estalisbinent of a teiritorial government iu Florida; and, the bill having been amended, it was reported to the House accordingly; and, On the question to concur in the amendment to the 1 1th section, to strike out, af ter the word "freedom," in the 13th line thereof, the residue of said section, as fol lows: 44 No slave or slaves shall, direetly or indirectly, be introduced into ihe said ter ritory, except by a citizen of the United States re.noving into the said territory for actual settlement, and being, at the time of such removal, bona fide owner of such slave or s'av 's; or any citizen of tho United Slates travelling into the said territo ry with ai y servant or servants, r.ot exceeding two; and every slave imported or brought inlo the said territory, contrary to ihe provisions of this act, shall, there upon, be entitled to and receive bis or her freedom." It Was determined in the affirmative, Yeas 23, Nays 20. Marti Vas Better voted NAY! : Behold then a third fuc.m And lei it be remembered this vote w as given after the solemn compromise on the Missouri Question! Again: So recently as duiingthe last year, Mr. Van Buren, whose pro fusion are so profuse, approved the introduction of Neoko Evidence a gainst white men as jitated above; for he proclaimed, over his own signa ture, that be sav 44 nothing'.' in the pioCecdings to require his interference, even after Lieut. Ilooe had particularly called his attention to that very objection- which appeared on the face of ihe record! Here then is a rornTii net.'". If, after all these .. factsoWcU jL.ii(dwA.wvfe vS-&-tivs M-raifeirir ound ,6a. the sUbjitcf w abolition, then indeed are professions every thinsr1, and acts nothing then truly should public men be judged, not by what, they do, but by what they profets, when interest or fear may dictate to or s way them! 1 o bo continued in our next. . CIIAS. MANLY, WILL: II. BATTLE, JXO. II. II RYAN, WESTON II. (TALKS, tiEU. W. HAYWOOD. TIIOS. J. LKMAY. HENRY W. MILLER, Whig Central Committte wont.l jmi fvl to p 0i ol . the h.-na of jcor r;U..iT .. . ,!. r ion law lo 0U1US f .MS l.,rn 1.J4 b..l w..u il be vour lee in. i m 417 4 Imi n-ntnititile nei!rl.1ior-nn.e.i. "f liie Jicriir l.innH-r to fj-re hr.m i tie unOir lscQi.i.naiiiJ,aiiil eoini"lu,r." whulcvtr ihry nul.t l.ej ai.d si,. y, j. . uim-k mat r' juiiiuj ol tb (jK-ucr, Hint nmfer llaj I isr!!P1,a t ,i.-i)-..ii,e l.,e( i.fliiMi ltm stave. mji'T Ilieu compel her to "i to vo efor '"AaJ'W W e have authority '$ hUb '. u snail nreva.l. N Uih section .f the Uw which Vas! and nut published by W. Mon.,8,!!'l M. T. Hawkins in their letter S'l you will seethe whole Uw .n,.. ...... I, .i ... i - . "'.,".H Harrison will stand acquitted of fl,. V' so unjuMly made against him, of hlTj proved a law whereby poor jte , poor white women might be-ioJM auction as slaves to free nenin. ru gi-o. inula' to. or loiliH. thill u . rf.l...:.. 9 No mtrM.fi ana- ...t.vn.. n.L... il r.i . Kin; unil if anv of the ktkii,i afo. cm id Judjf f ' ...... ... r,.: wuiie servut t I vant iliall iii.iiierliaifly become fi-ec ,mI 1 ; Tf l.e'.l; deemed, and lake " ' I Nu see, with your own eyei.tWfl imposiiinn practised on the people,, rank injustice done to General ltnw by publishing a part anil m tJiftU the hitmrht"' 'M-.rT ttwTuc'hS ! b. h ll CI o fi to In hi ni hi Ih fn lit ol 1' ni M w lu he de el es co 01 re t!l e Ih .1 '.. ..UH eie approved ami signed by him ot same day, when ha was, in'lgnr .,. under the appointment of Mr. Jeffer,! ihe Governor of that Terrilurr. I I his one sided -ev idence and otif. practice of proving' prniiositiims U dangerous, and would lead fu treplor, consequences. Suppose connin. infidel, or rather an atheint who wI.L1 ious of suwingand spreading bisowg, onous sentimintj, should assert isdi lih to the lYr.ple that there it noP.L and call upon eizht witnesses' iiw.; that he lud truly copied anil taken tij exii au limn the. Hible itself; it the Pr-J had no other method of deriving iafa lion, anil relied upon thai, thenroof be positive and uncontradicted; bat if li- would search and read the Bibla, ikr woutu see a very important part had bri omitted anil felt out; and nhen llie-alu sentence was read correctly, it tli 44 1 lie fool hatlf said in his heart Aim nn fj.wl ' . .1 . .u. ,,,.11. me meaning nnufcnsi-I of divine truth is tatallv chand hvt.l 1 11 i HUGH MeQUEEN, MR. GRAHAM'S CIRCULAR, To the Freemen of the twelfth Congressional District of North Carolii.a. Fellow Citizens: Before the last Congressional election, when I pub licly addressed the people in my district, I informed .them that I would at the polls vole for General Harrison if he were nonijjiated for the Pre sidency. I did not then intend or expect again, to address you on that subject, believing, when the people had all the principles and services ol the caniliilale airly belore them, they would make a jud.cious choice. jttut te- my aurprtse and regrer Irhav'e w published by the Hon. V . Montgomery and the Hon. MT. Hawkins, (woof the Van liuren Members of Congress from North Carolina, grossly mi representing the opinions of Gen. Harrison, and deceiving the Peo ple, while they pretend to refer to his recorded votes and publicacts. No, I think thus who fill honorable stations (like witnesses in law) should tell the whole truth, nnd not publish a part of a law approved bv Gen. Harrison, and withhold and suppress a part, anil a ery important part, tun, on the same subject, and approved by him on the same iUv For instance, in their circular, letter, they publish two sections (the SOlli and 31st) of the Indiana laws, leaving out and entierly omitting the 9lh section of the law in the saine'book, on the same subject. Now to the taw and the testimony. The only part of the Indiana law published by W. Montgomery and M. T. Hawkins in their letter is the following: Extract from the Laws of the Indiana Territory, printed ut Yin rennet by Messrs. Stout & Smool in 1S07, and now in the Library rf the-Stute Department, Washington eily. CUAP. VI. AN "ACT RESPECTING .CHIMES' -AltfrVVlXfSlfiiiQtiittZ-'. li Secv; S& WUeti anr:" on ennvi jtion of any crime or breach of any penal law, be sentenced to psj a finenr fines, with or w'uhiiut the costs of piosecution.it shall and maybe lawful for the court before whom such conviction shall be had, to onlei Ihe sheriff to sell or hire the person or persons so convicted to service to anv person or persons who will pay the said fine and costs for audi term of time as the said court shall bu'ge reasonable. And if such person or persona so senleuced and l.iied or sold shall abscond from the service of his or her master or mistress before the term of such servitude shall be expired, he r- alve so absconding shH, on conviction before a justice of the peace, be whipped with thirty-nine stripes, and shall moreover serve two davs for .... o. 3, nrH inn were scarce. k. money was scntce, and taxes vervri. the Legislature of tHat Te rritorr.- fresh from the People, passed a lawaVJ tng, wnen a grand jury found a billst tlictment against any rerson. and ktH convicted thereon by ihe petit jury "jtfrl I -"", aim aruici.ceu III paT i nlKCl costs, as a punishment for his tinttt! crimes, il ihey were not paid, thut? court might order the sheriff to hire or ie the convicted defendent to labor and art a reasonable time with some' persoa.lf blacker than himself,)' to pay the fint j costs of prosecution. General Harri4 approved and signed this law, as Govirtri ol that new Icrntory, and W. Moatpr ery and M. T. Hawkins censure liiisfc! it. V ell, now, I want to know lut to be (lone with rogues? Are they fom niuioui i.uu, icuon or punibtiinentf or.f hard -working tax-psyt r. ol the coantyw tne idle rogues? U hen a felon bas bm caught with his neighbor's sheen aa k back, and fairly convicted of stcalinr.ab shall pay the costs, the honest firstrirl the sheep thief? That is the queils' think it unfair and unjust that the itmrV. siinuui lose ins property and thenbtwa pelled to pay the cost of the inilictMl That would look like paying the thiffa) stealing ihe sheep. Gen. IKkrisok i a honest man, without any fellow-feelinjfc rogues &. thieves, & when (bey stral,tin convicted of it, he has said thev must ftf the costs; and if they have found stealinf'i bad business, and have nothing to tab the costs, they shall be hired out low individual to wotk for the amount ftat Wliat honest man in America thinks drf's not Tight -and just ? " I f eve ry rogue a compelled to. work his nassaee. to inrl fine and costs, taxes would be luwcr.it villains would be more scarce. J5if body approves ol making a convict inn in the penitenlia.y ; yes, white BKBH white women, too, there confined br if bolts and bars, mast woik bard imllm hard, or receive the lash of the stem W seer. Well, now, is it not easier I ter for a convicted felon fwho. tike lk mi IU Hi, j" Ml, ..I t Ml S" 8c, ten n i Mi 113 I hi N. UK BUI ...Il bin ' Ut do. every one so lost. . Sec. SI. The judges of the several coarts of record in this Territory ! 04V' feeds upon his neighbor's poult(j shall give lljis r.ct in charge to the grand jury at each and evrrv court id ; ,"i birr d or sold for a month to cl which a grand jury shall be sworn JESSE B. THOMAS. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ."CH AMBERS, Vresident of the Council. Approved; September 17, 18i-7. . - - -WM. H. HARRISON. After they copy a faht of the Indiana law, ('and one vote from, the journals of Ohio, on which, I believe. Ihey lay no afrcss, and make no comment,) they obtain the following certificate: 4,Al the rcquoetof the linn William Montgomery. nl lion. M T Hawkins we rertilV llikl llif f.MM iw mir .n nli...l rMim . 1... m..u.I ... .L.n 'r . .. , .,: (latC lor tlie 1 residency, on that Subject which BO Vltallv concerns the whole i . ' 'irnl . Wil.m II. HarrUon, as nrernoroftaid IVrrilon- and the -x met Ironi IIENHY COlNNOlt, JOHV HILL. JAMES I McXY. i A. BVNUM" the j.minal of (lie Stac of 01.,i-e Ii-uIt roniwl (Jllvin.1.8 M--IIF.K. ' - lirtBV.Itr 6TR4NGE. fSouth. In 1819-20 he was a nfenibcr of the Senate of New York. 'The Missouri Question was then before Coneress. and Mr. Vau Buren voted for tbe following Preamble and Resolutions -instnicting Rufua Kin;, than : a Senator of the United Suites, to oppose the admission of any Slate in- In the ITnion witlmnt mnl-inir tint nrnhikil.nn nf l.;n .n i penmhlt condition: - - Jhe laws i.r Indiana in Iheir letter, and procured Ihe whol . I . .. t a. ? l . . . . I . a4! a. .a.. a " Whereas, iha inh bitinff the furthor extension ofshivrrv in thesa ITnilei Stale- ' " "" ""n ocm varnuna 10 near -witness lliat the BKDK Mil) flRrnvx. CIIAKLF1S SHKHAlin, fanner, antil he works and makes aisstt enough tn pat his iiil fees aiirf.eiiorf cottil Surely it is much more just that the iftfr f mous roiue should rr.i into the field ii work aud pay the jailer for his mri ll' bread, than he should sit quietly ia w prison (perhaps flaying tardr with I"8" fellow-sinner) and occasionally prrp'"! through tlit- grates anil overaeeint; some boa farmer to'.linr; Iu feed lils family, and obhfl pay high taxes hi i'ue, to support nJ BavWsIs lary rascals who starve tjioir own families sn steal from their neibbois The virtuous fcp of North Carolina (who are In Ihe habit of eslW ll.'o rs by their proper names) will not bed,,-T: by calli.ijf a sinn r aainl. or deceived bf Ijr ciTluig; a Ikj thief i'a poor but relblf Rood jiricbbor man , Surely there Is s ac fir wf l,n ut' 0U: It fib bm oui it i Ge the s a w utgi wiit yarl , i ion pi lor Lhe I td pos or o roi into Car ne er I (ive iin Jevei la ml txp, lit fnen .a Ut" bell lo Uf rh fd B 'ui; icte tat ou ,nd r.f, i t V I " ell. after W."Mnnteomerv and M. T. tlau Lin ha ni irt nf r.n-i.i,i .n,l ..;i,u.ii like1 Whole or Iheir polil. I ctclii..r Pppery elior with your boa"" ' . i i. l . . . i i Vm as ellrSCta wl.tcll i""14 " poor mn may DC ufv f vy i.bvii.b; many auc.i iirie;"ora , and vanowaaa deQi'axaletkf solJier far spp'ovirf 4 I is a subject ct deep concern to ihe pecpla cf this tain and wberwas. w. con 1 ''""J forth "r truly copied," Ihey begin to assail and f barge Oen. j iMnlUnZnT w j 'aider sUwry aa an erU much f be deplored, and that every Conaiiiotiopal bar-' Harrison wilh holding sentiments he never expressed, and supporting ' friend, must be hard run for ol. Ml Tier shr all be iaterreec. 10 prevept in further cxtepsioRi atd thel tbe CcniUtn- laws he percra proved, but in connection with another material" part charge and censure an o'd soi '"lit HI 4i.i i tttti idi tt.i mi ' Sf . -i.v v ' Ir ' , . " . X- ' ' ' ' ' - , . - . ...
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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