Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-07-23

tiie oatk, charging this man, so universally
Washington of the West"
with approving law to sell poor white men
anu "hi'e women to Tree negroes in lntiana,
IN ,he year 1907: Mark,l pray you, the date
anu 'hG Piace. though universally beloved
and called the "N ashlngton of the Wcst,, in
lS09-lO-l2-though the House of Renrcsen-
tatives ct Indiana, had unanimously. in their
own name and In that of their constituents.
called ON the President and Senate to reap
point him Governor in lSO9-yet Won are to
believe that In 1907, he voted for law i'm
that same territory to sell poor white men and
women Tor lawyers and sherifr's fees. And
the same dirty sheet also affirms that in 1891
zen. Harrison voted to sell poor white men
In Ohio. Well, fellow-citizens. il is nreSu-
med that the people of Ohio and Indiana. on
whom the laws were to operate. are GOOD
Witnesses as to the operation of those laws.
iiad tney been such laws us thew are repre-
scented In that vile sheet to be, and had Har-
Iison voted for them, think YOU he could
nave STOOD up afterwards in those states be-
, ,na 'he people Yet you all know that in
1886, when he ran against Van Buren, for the
Presidency, General Harrison beat him in
those states (Ohio and Indiana) by overwheI-
ming majorities. Why then, when these
SANDERS are repudiated by the people of Ohio
ana Indiana, who know all abou, the laws of
their own states, should they be broupht here
TO disturb you-ard that too in the shane of
eXtracts-MARK THAT! These assassins of
character will not dare to say they have ex-
hiblted to You the whole law, but confess tina,
lhey ARE extracts" Well, can take an sex
tract from Scripture, and prove therefrom
tnat there Is no God! The scripture saws,
me TOOL hath said in his heart, there is no
uod. Now take an extract from that SEN
lehce OIL the four last words, "there is no God''
ana you make the scriptures sustain the cause
OF lnhdelity, instead of DECLARING as the
Whold sentence does, that none but fools will
deny the existence of God. / wish to call
your attention too, to the fact that the law OF
indiana had passed the Legislature-the rep
leSeh.atiVes OF the people, by their own
showing, and General Harrison only sane
llohed 1t as Governor. Do you believe the
representatives of the people would have mas.
sed such a law =! The Ohio law, too. had
passed the popular branch of that Leoislo-
lature: Think you majority of the repre-
sehtalives OF the people in Ohio, would have
PASSED law to sell poor white men and wo.
men LOT lawyers, clerks, and Sheriifs' fees
Let mem produce the whole law. Think
you II that had served the purpose of Islander
produced9 My life on it, if produced !,
would turn out nothing more nor less than q
plan for the punishment of petty larceny
:hleves and other gross violators of the Grim.
'nai1aus who could not be reached in any Other
way. And are the honest yeomanry of Va. 10
be called to ssympathize with crmel The hon.
ora0le w. Montgomery and Nj. II. Hawkins
VIII next call on you, fellow-citizens. tn oo r.
our penltentiary and relieve the moor uuf1rfu.
mates there from confinement. But feel assur.
ed that ere this your generous natures have
come to the conclusion that it would be I'm.
Pardonable to take away the hard earned fame
OF an old patriot, whose whole life has been
given to his country, on such authority as tho
kins. N'N -"
Before address you again, fellow-citizcns,
you'wiil have had time to reflect how desne.
rae a cause 1t must be which requires such
uelfaction to sustain it-and that the same
sort OF SANDER which now assaiis Harrison
was levelled against Gen. Jackson.
n real friend to the Poor.