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

said shall nevertheless presnne 20 pur
chase while servant. sBrh ssrssht shal
immediately become FREE. and cha
be go held. deemed. and taken"
Signed a. follows;
i JESSE B. THOMAS,
speaker efiks Hssss ef Representatives
ID. CHAMBERS.
PEesidsai .fIhs Ceased
Approved, September ~. 1907
VA. HENRY HARRISON:
Now, l,llnw-cii,zens. We can repes
The words 81 The circular. and say ~
deem comment useless. and will there
fore only say, :. that on The 9Th day o
September. 1907. Grn. WIN. Henry liar
rison, The then Governor Of The Terrilor,
OF Inciana." iihe same man Who Is 10,
son Of Benz. HARRISON. . siguer Of lts
Declaration Of independence; The ssns
man Who was appointed Governor Of ne
Territory II lndisus By Thomas Jeffr-
son. the author Of The Declaration OF In.
dependence, IN tie year 1913 and ia
1906, slierssrds BY Mr.. Madison in
1859. after this law had been passed; he
same man who fought aud conquered al
lippecsnoe and the Thames; Tie SINE
man whom cut.ihrosi abolilIonisls, md
oil horse thieves, hog thieves. hose
breakers. aud iurgeis, aho DO not yish
10 be made 10 work. hate so biuerly; ms
same man who lost his scat IN Congess
because he defended Southern Iphis;lh,s
same WIN. Henry lIarrisonl " Faculty
signed The abuse bill' whlrh forbh
negro 10 purchase white servant al
though that white servant had been con-
sicled BY jury! Now. fellow. ci,iens,
|" how would YOU feel IL one otyou
were the representative OF .rrsrecable.
good nelghbor men." ard publlshedsuch
clrcnlais .And only TO think Ofwhst
would be your feelings" il one d you
had published such charges sgaist an
hanesl old soldier. aud SAID :. The ibove
70 true statement Of facts on rebrc!'
We appeal TO every honnrabl' man
among you, (not totally blinded blpsrty
prjudlce. who loves his friens. his
liberty. and his country. 70 pause. | fleci.
aud exsmIne well The principles I'D re-
corded scts' 81 those men Who vi thus
grossly insult your understanding
We leave The Indiana laws hef.
Messrs. Montgomery and Awkins
slso give an esirsc, from Tie iafnsl Of
the Senate Of Ohio in 1921. lr,h which |
We take The following:
Mr. Fi,hlan then moved isirike out
the 10Th seclion Of the bill asolluws:
- Re IL further snacted. Nha, when
upon execullasSi o. r. J iiaagslned sl'. V.
non.payment oI fiue or es,s.e Tor VS.
shall be lawful ior The sh.r,t.,i .he county
10 sell on, such person as ! .serpant I"
any person within this Siat who will
pay The whole amount due for u shortest
period Of service: Of which Isle public
notice shall be given al least "a days: and
upon such sale being etIecte, the sheriff
shall give 10 the purchaser certificate
thereof, and deliver over The prisoner to
him. from which time The rela,,n between
such purchaser and The prlsoer shall be
that Of master aud servant. util the time
Of service expires. and for ifaries done
by either remedy shall be had IN The
sume manner as Is or nayie provided
ty lar ia case Of master an, apprentice.
Bm nothing. herein con,sled shall be
construed To prevent person being dis.
charged from lmprisonmenisccorlm TO
The provisions OF The S7th sElion Of the
act TO which thus is supplementary, IL II
shall be considered expcdenl IN gran,
sdch discharge: Provided, 'bat the court.
IN prnnountlng upon any PRISON or per
sons convicted under this AZ. or The &c,
10 winch this is supplementary, may
direct such person or perslns I'D be de
tanned ~ prison unIil the lle be paid, or
the person or persons otherwise disposed
oi sgreeably Ia the provisions Of this act.
" Winch motion was ,eclded in the
affirmative: Yeas 20, nsysl2."
Among the IL nays, i. sens, the name
! Of HARRISON is found. Ills law seemed
/! IN It's terms Ia prescribe llal the relation
between the parties should be thai oil
- master aud appren,ceP~ Il only re-
lated 10 those who were impriSoned."
Messrs. Montgomery aud Hawkins have
nut venIurrd to say that 'neighbor men
aud ne,ghbor women" inder this law,
could be sod as slaves. This is only
charged as To the Indian, law. But lei
us examine this ohm Inv. which has
heretofore been very mu:h misrepresent'
ed. ~. s.....-..-.. 49,. 4 ..a*
J. The FIRST charge agars, General liar
risun was. that be vuIed for law To sci
men for debt. III 1921, when this Sian
der was brought agalns, Gen. Harrison
he wroie a letter 10 lie Editor Of IN,
!, Cincinnati Advertiser, from which W,
copy the following: .s
J /. would appeal to The candor Of you
correspondent TO say whether, i Their
we're an individual confined under Oh
I circumstances | have mentioned. Ia
! whose fate he was interested. he woul
no, gladly see him tsnslerred from ih
!. filthy enclosure Of jail, and The s,I
!. mOre filthy in ahiianfs IN The cOmtOrtaOl