The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-07-02

end santinnsd % eseb TeffiioFy ioF 20
ysags. and theu recognised b. me sei u
he Legislature and EoBBeil. wns he .
exercise his veto poser. and thus deiesa
he viii Of ihs people clearly and con
sisnly expressed Tor 80 many yesrs!
Wa he iron sirkly ssnsibIlHy Cor thieves
End miner criminals. - hy ~ the lace 81
he long seilled paIiey Of The Terri.ssyi
Bus q may Be said thar Gen. Harrison
sanctioned the sane principle az q mem-
Der Of The legislature u Ohio. 10 1871.
This charge has been 30 e6seinslly
pm N rest BY ihe speech Of The Hon.
Bic. Mason. Of Ohio. recently delivered
IN Congress. that ne shall content our
selves with making one or two exlrsels
from il. Alter reading the 9Th section
81 The act. he proceeds thus; I" II sp-
pears therefore. that any person convict
ed and hned fOr any one Of the offrn
ees specified in the original OF sup
Elementary act. could. under the 57ih |
sertion Of the former. procure his dis
charge from imprisonment By applira-
fioa 10 fhe gOard Of County Commis-
sioners. . permanent body. consisting
Of three members. elected BY The people
Of The county. and satisfying them that
he was unable TO .pss such fne and
COSTS" ..Ffom this review Of the Laws
existing ~ The ifme The supplementary
bill. Tor the punishment Of mInar ofIen-
ces. Vas befne the Senate Of Ohio. IL
plainly aud ineonies,sbly results. that
ike operation Of the l9lh section. fihe
one complained OF had il been adopted.
must have been limited 10 veiy small
class Of offenders. and those Of the most
vicious and hardened kind. For il could
not have operated on any Of the follow
ing classes: First. Those who had suf-
feient means 70 pay. Second, Those
Who were poor and destitute because
they could procure their discharge. by
making il sppear 10 The satisfaction Of
The Board OF County Commissioners.
that they were unable pay: Nor. 3rdly.
To those Who were willing 10 pay by
labour on The highway. according 60 tie
provisions Of The 18th section: Nor,
4lhly. To those whom the Court might
sentence 20 hard labour. under the pro-
VISIONS Of the 17ih section: Nor, 5ihlv,
and lastly. by any possibility reach The
case Of an honest man. Then. on whom
would il operate you will ask. Sir, l
will tell you: Ii would take effect. az
il Vas intended i, should. on that class oil
sturdy offenders aho. by fraudulent
sale or conceaimeni Of their properly.
had placed !, beyond The reach Of an rx.
eeulioH; thereby adding 10 their original
offence. the preparation Of fraud. ~
Could there be more perfec, vindics.
lion Of vote! Mr. Mason also state.
, Ina, this same bill was passed fret by III,
House Of Representatives Of Ohio. by |
vote Of siro 10 one, and then sent up q
, The Senate Tor concurrence, where il re
! eeised 10 votes Cor retaining The l9li
i section. and 20 against il. Among ih,
10 vino thus voted. was Mr.. Ell Bald
. min. ,1ho rds The Tan Buren, condidaf
: for Governor Of Ohio. in 1895, and re
J eeiued the VOTES Of his party 10 tha
. state. In addition 10 al this, no hon
B est man will deny ihs, in ,iew coun
Try. there is always severity in the la,
!. against crimes. because the fugitive
i from justice 10 other STATES general,
|. h,ck 10 the more recently settled ter
} nlories. Good govenmenidoes reqnir
thai The honest and industrious ci,izel
!. should be protected aeaIns, the ,hiei, on
, democrats to the contrary notwiths,and
, ing. No excuse can be found for ihi
base. aiiemp. 10 m,slead The people; 70
il has been shown in the preceding par
|, Of this communication, that The Con
, gress Of the Uured States, through TWEEN
~ years legislation. continued The polio,
, Of selling criminals by way OF punish
. menf for their crimes. .... 1.s@~-
/. Let us, however, now see wiih wha
prnprieiy William Montgomery and NJ
: lT. Hawkins. who are representative
! from North Carolina. can appeal TO on
symps,hies on this subject.
In the year 1887, The Legislature Q
their own STATE passed an ACT For hiI
ing cat for an INDEFINITE TIME, an,
: persons convicted on Indictment or Pre-
sentiment. who may not he ABLE 10 pa,
. The fees of office and Jaiifr's fees, upoI
10 days advertisement BY the Sheriff.
tSee Iredel's Revisal, page 6l3 Thu
a really "poor bn, sespec,abie man," al
overseer Of a road for example, who wa
delinquent. might, IN North Carolina
BE SOLD for iye. to pay The costs ant
lees Of oflicers!! The whitening dis
closure. however. has been already rnad'
in your paper. that these Infamous impos
tiers were. for years. members Of the lie
gislsture Of North Carolina. during al
which time statute more revolving thar
. any yet mentioned. was in full force. ans
| We. remains so in North Carolina We
allude to the Law for suppressing Vag
rants. passed 1884, and re-enacted ia
1896. BY this law. oae Of the fellow
ci.izens OF Montgomery and Hawkins
may not cnly be imprisoned or sold FOL
six months 10 a FREE NEGRO. bu,
I may also be be H'HIPPED with Ihir.