The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-07-16

anuiahss a. c0niained 40 tie circular:
! Extract from the Laws Of Iadiana Territory
f'.aied ~ N'arennes. b. Aessrs. siaut {
sms.ais n 1907. and nov u the Library )
NE State Department, washiagi0a city.
CHAPTER vi.
Al aei Eesreeliag crima and Paaishmeais.
Zee 80. When any person or person.
shsli. on conviction Of any ERNIE OF
breach Of any penal lev. be sentenced "a
Psy hae or fines. with or without Inc
ensts 81 prosecution. IL shall and may
o. lawful for The corn before whom
sneh eonsielion shall be had 20 order
the sheuH 20 sell or hire The person
GO persons 50 ronsieled 60 service 20 any
person or persens who will pay the said
hae and costs. Cor such Term Of tine as
The SAID court shall judge reasonable.
And II snrh pers0n or persons, 90
sentenced and hired or sold. shall ab-
seond lI0m The serYire Of his or her
master or mistress before The term Of
such sersilude shall be expired. he or
she 50 abscandlng, shall. on conviction
belare justice ii the peace. be whipped
with lhniy-nine stripes. aud shall. more-
over, serve tao days for every one 80
Int.
Sec. 81. The judges af the several
courts OF Eecard in lhls Territory shall
give this act IN charge 70 the grand Jury
a each and every courl 10 which gland
Jury shall be swesa.
JESSE u. THOMAS.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
-.-. B. CHAMBERS.
President &c the COUNCIL.
Approved September III, 1907
WILLIAM n. HARRISON.
lndiana. % Ihis lime. was Tertiary;
she had not become State; she had no
peniIen,isry-prob.bly she had fes iails
~ her borders. IL sagrani had robbed
man of his horse. or stolen his hog,
although The vagrant nigh. have owned
property 70 the amount of a thousand
dollars. still. under this Law. he might
have been .hired 20 service" The %.
jeci Of the liw was IN punish aud TO
reform offenders. Under this Law a no.
lorious offender could be hired out. Cor
SIX or twelve months. aud nsde to
so'k instead % beng confined IN Jail.
and fed ~ public expense out of abe
taxes pad BY honest .gnod Geiehbor
men," The lsw reached not only ihose
wh" .irom their poverty were so poor"
as 10 be unable 10 pay costs. but those
Who might be able 10 pay costs. and who
deserved 60 hired out and made 10 work.
u IL perfectly plain. therefore. tina, this
persons convicted Of crimes. and &C could
only be carried INTO effect sal,er indic..
ment by grand jury. aud after con.
slclion by twelve fee men, Who heard
testimony on oath. And yet Messrs.
NJ. and e.. in their circular, say. that
under this law, pnor white men and
white women could be "sohl by the
sheriff. q. public auction. as siares"-
Are "slayes'' sold for such term Of time
as Courts deem reasonable, t" an eonvic.
ton for crlmes! As veil might IL be
SAID apprentices are sUlj as slaves. Is
il not an insult TO you, does ii not evince
contempt for your understandings.
when such statements are. published for
your examination! But we will not mis-
representative quote the words from
The Ihud page Of The circular: @f.-
+" We deem comment useless, and will
therefore only say that. on The l7,h of
September, 1907. General William H..
Harrison. Tie then Governor of the Ter.
nIury Of lndIana. aud holding the sole
control VI all the laws in his own hands,
actually signed The aboue bill rhich
provides that poor uhite men and wo-
men. toho are from their poverty unable
10 pay shsrigs' fees. clerks fees. lac.
yers' fees, aud court fines. should be
sold Gy The sheriff al public auction as
SiaUes. How wnul yuu feel % see one
of your paor Gut respectable and good
nsigbor nlsH sold a, auction by the she
riff Of your county as Stare. under
this liarnsun law, to some free negro !?
And only think Of what would be your
feelings 10 see one Of your poor bot res.
! peciahe neighbnr women knocked of
under the sheriff. hammer to free ne.
gro. as his siaUe, tn be under his com
mands, and compelled 10 obey them,
whatever they nigh, be; aud should she
resist aud dIsobey and leave her black
masters service, and he shonld appre.
henJ her. and dag her beInre single
jusuce Of the peace, and. under this lisr-
| nson law, have thirty-nIne lashes InIlci.
ed upon his white female SLAVE. and then
compel her TO serve two days Tor every
one she has los, from her black masters
service, would you be willing TO vote
for such man as President! And this
is The bank. federal. Wing candidate,
former opinions and acls 10 which here
lsrs Us. and adopts as hls present op'n'
ions aud principles; and this man, with
these principles, is The nominee OF she
great Harrisburg and Baltimore bank
federal. abolition Conventions fnr PIesi
den. of these United States; aud ,hey
strongly solicit your votes for hun, and
particularly demand the voles Of poo
II men, while al The same time he actual,