The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-07-16
NO. Ioso.

tolerated IL oar . well ss in every o,her
State N the UniDn. Far from advocating
the sbuminable principles siaisused % ne
~ yauf correspondent. ! lhiHk shat i'm
yrisonmenl Tor dsht. under any eircum-
sanees lui that " here fraud 10 alleged, 10
:. s<r with The best principles OF our
Sohs'inlion, and ought 10 lie abolished.
~, SIR. your humble servant,
WI. III. HARRISON.
II 1886. Gen. Harrison waole leuer
g Mr.. Piessn,s. relating 10 this subject,
nom shieh Nv qneIe the follosire:
20 Ter from being wiling 10 sell men
Tor debts which they are unable 10 dis
charge, lam. and ever have been. opposed
e all Imprisonment Tor debi. Fortunately.
! have y IN nv power TO show that surh
has bern my established opinion; anil
That. 20 public capacity. 1 ed aud
acted upon il. Will those Who have
preferred The unfounded aud malicious
accusation refer 10 the Journals Of lhe
Senate Of the Uniled STATES, Cd Session,
I9'h C"nRress. pag. 23J. u " III there be
seen thai ! was one af ,be committee
which reported bill To abolish imprison.
meni Tor deb. Wien the bill wa. before
The Senate. l advocated its adoption. and
on IFS passage voted in its favor. TSee
SENATE Journal. lsi Session. 2Olh Con-
gtrss. pages lOl and l02
u - nnta hide remarkable, that IL
The Effort l am accused Of having made.
TO subject nen' 10 sale Tor the non.nay-
meni OF their debts. had been successful.
might, from the state Of nv pecuni.ry
circumstances AZ the lime. have been the
hfs' victim. lrepest. The charge Is vile
caiumny. Atno period Of my life would
! nave consen'ed 10 suhjeci The poor and
unfortunate ID such . degradation. nor
have omitted 10 exert myself in their be-
hall. against such an slemp, 10 oppress
them. =
I" am. dear cir. with grea. respect,
your humble servant,
"wM. n. HARRISON.
!" y. III. PIr1sASTs. ESQ.,"
Although this charge is no, made in
he eirenIar, il has bean made in many
newspapers. and we feel bound 10 lei The
whole ruth be- known 20 YOU. Like all
The other thousand ISLANDERS sgsins, Gen.
Harrison, the examination rebounds 20
his credit. lie WAS Influenced BY feel
ings Of humanity in wishing 10 relieve
prisoners from The losihsome vspots Of
dungeon, that they might. 40 spprrniices.
work out their fines.
Mr.. Mason. Of Ohio, who is well &C.
7oesch recently made by him, very sans'
fae'arily explsins this vote. MI Mason
saws: 10 e5,@.. @- -...--.-1 e
"Sir, I wish now to cali your st,eas
ton 10 the vote of Gen. Harrison, and
the circumstances under which il was
gwen. The auen,iun VI The Legislature
Of Ohio, during its session OF l620-'2l,
was anxiously. directed to the considera-
lion Of some plan for the relief Of the
people. then suffering under degree Of
distress and embarrassment rnexampled
10 The history Of lhsi state. With cur
rency deprecated and ,leranged. The linan-
cial resources Of The state crippled. aud
a treasury exhausted, the people loudly
complained Of The slmust in,olerabls bur
den Of taxation; they demanded re,rench-
ment and reform in The expenses incident
to The administration of the criminal laws
Of The country. In this posture Of public
affairs. with a gradually increasing ex.
penditure for the prosecution and pnnish-
ment Of offenders, and peniien,iary
crowded with convicts. that had become
an annual charge on the Treasury. The
Legislature assembled. and undertook 10
provide remedy for The grievances conf
planned Of, by insliluting revision OF the
entire criminal code Of the state. The
task vas one Of grea. difficulty and labor;
but il was accomplished with as much
success as was atiainable in the then con-
drtion Of the county. The great object
III view was 10 diminish The public ex.
penduures. in criminal cases, by reducing
them to the lowest point consistent with
the ends proposed TO be secured By tue
due and proper administration OF punitive
Justice. To effect this, tie House OF
Representatives passed bill entitled
:" An act supplementary to an act for the
punlshmen, OF certain offences therein
nsmed;' and sent il To- The Senaiefos
concurrence. Several new provisions
were introduced iu,o This bull. BY IL cer-
tain offences which had before been pu-
nishei BY Imprisonment in The peniten.
,lary were @aae punishable By, fac. aud
imprisonment in The cuuuly iads."
i IL was this bill . Zoe The punishment Of
!, certain offences therein named. which
contained the l9,h section. To which we
have jus, REFERRED. In thai, 10Th section
il vii be seen as follows: But nothing
I herein contained shall be construed 10
E proven. persons being discharged from
0 Imprisonment according 10 the provisions
{ Of the 9Th secupn vi the act 10 which
i this is supplementary" DC.
e In The !" act for The punishment OF eer-
i tain offences .herpin specl6elI." passed
e February Ill, 1915, (See Chass's sta