Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1836-10-27

''.'' 81 ""s "PPiiVdoie 10 HneS anu COSTS as
sessed in cases Of common assault and bate
ry! But even he does not state the reason
OF that opiniCn-and therefore we are left as
much in the dark as ever. That lie was
mistaken, however, does mol admit Of u
doubt--and we know not how successfully
his crude absurdty was refutod oh the spot
by members wh6 spoke after him. No--all
that information is denied us. We are al
lowed 10 see no more than suits their views.
And will the people of this honest and intel
ligent community condemn a nan on such
evidence Evidence, forsooth !--Garbled
extracts, and reputed speech, which may
have been torn 10 atoms the very moment il,
was delivered, and which is now raked up
from IFS obscurity, in order 10 create an in e.
furious impression against Harrison! Why,
10 say the least of il, this speech, in the way ii
comes 10 us, is worthy OF no more consi-
deration or credit, than an affidavit taken
Without notice, trould be in court Of justicc ,
II is complete surprise: moreover il is un-
sustained in itself by any quotation from the
bill-and expressly contrary TO the whole
aim and object of lis authors as understood by
Harrison at the time Is not this enough !:
Can il be, that the humane and benevolent
HARRISON was guilty of intending such
an enormity Does not his whole life
falsify the charge? Nay, does not the
UNANIMOUS VOTE by which the obnoxious
section passed the lower house PROVE IT'S
FALsEHoOD! Let no true friend OF Har-
rison, therefore, suffer himself 10 be deud-
ed by such s.uff--They do but wrong
themselves, and degrade their own minds
who listen 10 such appeals. hat! Har-
rison confound simple breach Of the peace
with felony? TIE thing is TOO ridiculous
20 be uttered by any one, but in dersion
of lis ialsohood. Harrison himself tells YOU
what he understood to he the purposes of
the bill, and if il had passed, and been found
SUSCEPTIBLE Of the construction now attempt-
ed 10 be put upon il, we hesitate not 10
say that he would have been among The
very first 10 urge its amendment-and the
more SO on account of his own agency in
lis passage. Such we verify believe to he
the pure and benevolent ieeIing-such the
noble character of the man.
The follow ing is the article 10 which our
remarks have reference. SUPPRESS,
SION OF THE TRUTH & FALSE
HOOD are stamped on IFS face,
From The Harrisburg Key Stone.
The MAN-SgLLINa CANDIDATE.
Since the publication OF the vote of
William H. Harrison in favor of selling
white men into slavery, the federalists
have been writbing under its disastrous
effects. AS they cannot justify the mon
strous wlckedness of such an act, they
have taken the course OF either roundly
deny ing that their Buckeye" candidate
ever gave the vote alleged, or of pass
ing over the whitening transaction in
silence. That the authenticity of the
extract from the journal of the Senate OF
Ohio might be placed hey ond doubt,
and the fact be iRectabLy established,
that William II. Harrison did rote for
selling poor ,ohite men into slGrery be,
cause they lcere poor, we have sent for
and obtained the following certified CO.
Ply from the journal, the original of
which we hold ready for the inspection
OF all who desire to see it. There is no
good reason why any one should be To-
credulous on the subject. True, the act
OF Harrison in this instance, is one of e.
normous tyranny, but it is no more sub
versive oil human rights than the sedition
and gag laws of the elder Adams, which
he approved and supported. 1t only
shows that his nature is unchanged, aud
that in 1921 he was the same naughty
federaliSt that he was in 1898, and that
he is now used as the fit instrument to
| carry out the plans of oppression con-
temPlated by the federal bank wings.
Extract from The Journal of The Senate
Of Ohio:
TUESDAY, Jan. 80, 1921.
"Senate met pursuant TO adjournment.
The Senate then. according TO the
order of the day, resolved itself into a
committee of the whole upon me bin
from the House entitled all act for the
punishment of certain offences therein
named, and after some time spent there
in, the Speaker (Alien Trim6le) rcsum-
ed the chair.
Mr.. Fithian then moved to strike out
the 18th section Of said bill, as follows
Be il further enacted, That when am
person shall be imprisoned either upon ere,
cution or otherwise, FOR the non payment oil
a fine or COSTS or botb II shall I,o I,,.C.t r .