The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-08-21
FREEMEN READi
From the Globe.
GBNERAL HARRlsnS's wBlPr
-. ankLINe LAWS.

snLLINg LAWS.
American women! read this, and then
let your husbands, lovers. fathers, and
brothers, know what you think Of maxi
ing General HARRISON President p
"Receive on his or ker bare back,
thirty-nine lashes OeH laid on. at the &
pablo aOhpping post" =
Such is law approved by General
HARRISON. (See lave Of lndIans Ier>
ritory, page 343) What uow do you
suppose was the heiUUus offence which
Governor Harrison thought fl to have
thus punished. for which a woman was
TO be stripped al the public ,Ohipping
post, and receive thlrty-niDe lashsS On
her bare back, WeN laid on?
Will you not be amazed 10 find that
this was the offence? (aee the 10Th Sec
ton Of the above law, entitled an act
concern'ng servants.
eff any person shall presume 10 deaf
with any servant, without such leave or
consent, that is, Of the servants mas
ter or owner,) he or she so offended
shall forfeit and paw TO the master or
oW 0er Of such servant four times tho
value of the thing no bought, sold, or
received, to be- recoverd with costs by
an action on The case IN any court Of
coumon law Of this Territory; and shall
also forfeit and pay the further sum of
twenty dollars to any person who will
sue for the same, or receive on his or
her bare back thnty-nlDe lsshes, we'll
laid on, al the public whipping post, but
shall nevertheless be liable to pay the
costs Of such suit" "
Again, the same law, section l3, page
345 directs that when such servant shail
be found '.ien miles from The ieHament
of h,S OF her m4sler,' Without a pass,
ANY person may apprehend and Gerry
'Iiim or hcsbefore a justice. of the peace,
20 be, by his order, punished with stripes
aot exceeding ,hir'y-6ve, al hs dlscre-
;lon."
Again, this same law, section ID, page 346.
directs that ''il any slave or servant shall pre-.
'ume to come and be upon The plantation, or at
the dwelling house of any person whatsoever"
(whether white or black )"withoit leave from
his or her owner, not being sent upon lawful
business, it shall be lawful for the owner of
such plantation or dwcing-house. to give or
order such slave or servant len laShes on his or
her bare back"
And again, the | lth section of this same law
concerning servants (psge 344) has the follow
ing wholesale whipping provision;
''In all cases OF penal laws where free per-
sons are punishable by fne, servants shall be
punished by whipping, after the rate Of twenty
seven lashes for every eight dollars, so that no
servant shall receive more than forty lashes at
any one time, unless ouch offender can procure
some person to pay the fine"
Perhaps you may ask who were these SER
wants who were to be subjected to this merciesS
code, and for presuming TO deal with whom,
free white men and women might. if unable to
pay in money, be made to pay in lashes, well
laid on at the public whipping post Who
were they7 Why, they were poor white peo.
po, who by another law of this same General
Harrison, had beer found guilty of any OF.
fence (such as an assault, keeping a tavern or
ferry without license, or any other petty mis-.
demeanor,) and were unable TO pay their fines,
and the lawyers, clerks, and sherifs' fees,
and were directed to be sold at public auction
to any person.
These were the people who, having no doll
lars, were TO pay in lashes--twen,y lashes for
eight dollars; and these were the people. with
whom, if poor woman should presume to
deal for a chicken or dozen eggs, without the
leave of their lordly masters, size might, if uI,-
able TO pay twenty dollars, be taken to the pub.
lie whipping post, and reoeive ,hrtysnne lash
es on her bare back, well laid onl and then he
sold to pay the costs.
If you are women of any spirit or senss--if
you are the daughters of freemen--if you de-
servo 10 be mothers of feemen, let it be forth-
with known what you will think of those who
shall vote with this bareback. k.wouan-whip-
ping party-give them your thoughts fthe man
, who could approve such law, and Of those
who support him, and let itbe "woll laid on"