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


sIA: A printed Isaf under ths ,is,.
lures q ". Msnlsonsfy and n. n.
hankaas has Tecendy appeared. ths pug
Pose 81 shirh 10 10 charge Gen. Harm.
soa wlih approving q lsw 20 sell poor
men taE dsbf. These sorshies pssGrss
70 hass issued their card. a. ihs sharI.s,
mode 81 answering .. the numerous and
pressing Inquiries" addressed % fksm "A
lhis subject. Norsh csrniina might have
been spared the LamiIls.lng Disclosure.
that she possessed q 81 numerous and snx.
ioos' population 80 beniRhlsd % 10 .sk
ar expecl Information Of any Kind AZ Inc
hsnds Of such men. Bot we trust il ~ill
not Be fafgollrn that such representatives.
mot only ought 60 have. bsl are likely
forever 10 have. very inquiriag" eon-
sliiseais. Having he mislorlune 20
khew these mfn. Ne were not much sur-
Prised that they should have been engag-
ed in this dirty work. for they are known
10 be conspicuous IS The scGungeTs OF
their party. the very eamp.eolormsn 0f the
Van Buren, army. There 10 moreover On
additional reason Why their sympalhies
should have been enlisted in behalf of The
criminals ~hOm This Ian proposes 10
sell.
"A Jsilsr J,sling makes rs wondrous hind.
Judging thus Of Montgomery and Haw-
kins. ne should never have thought OF
replying 10 q Islander. with no other en-
dorsemens Than iheirs; bui since their
pnblinssion, the Standard has presented
us with an address. 10 which are append
ed some names hitherto deemed respec.
table and in which we find this same
Islander. Upon reading This las, mani.
fes,o Of " the party" in Norh Csrolina,
and especially when recurring TO the
names Of the certifying committee lor
Montgomery and Hawkins. We we're led
10 The painful conclusion that the stand
ard OF morals and Of hannr had fallen,
with The falling fortunes Of The Van Blu
rep party. We say especially Of The Ger
iifying eommiltee. because ne suppose
they must have authorized The nee OF
their names; whereas il 10 shire wdly sus-
speeled that many Of The names appended
10 The address were captured by The wrl.
Ter. YET a. those persons do not dis.
claim The " vile use 10 which their names
have come al last" they must be taken
10 approve IL. We appeal 10 al candid
men. for The irnlh Of The remark: that 90
late years oil ihs, Is required 10 for some
vulgar demsgogue 10 lead the pgy. aud
mrn once esteemed Tor homer and morals,
permit themselves 10 BE- dragged on lee,
they should be thought "no good demo.
erais." Many Of these persons are fsmi-
liar with ihe maxim Of The municipal Law.
iis, : suppression IL The truth is equi,s
leni 20 lhe assertion Of . faisehood: what
erease can they have for is violation!
That ,h,s charge sgains, Gea. IIsrri.
son may be distinctly understood. we bec
leave 70 give a short sis,enent Of the
origin OF The law so much ernsured. On
the 18th day of July 1857. The Con,
gress Of the United States passed an or.
dinsnce for The government Of the Tern
tory north west 81 The Ohio river. the
sixth article &c which IL in The following
words: /. There shall BE- neither SLAYER,
nor Involuntary serrifude IN The SAID
Territory otherwise than in The punish
naeaf of crimes. whereof The party shall
have been duly connected. provided OIL
ways. that any person escaping into The
came. from whom lsbour or service |,
lawfully claimed in any one Of the oipi
nal states, such fugitive may be lawfully
reclaimed and conveyed to the person
claiming his or her iabour or service AZ
siorsssid." I Vol. Laws 81 U. s. pags
AS. On The 7lh day Of May 1900, az
act Of Congress was passed. erecliRg ou'
oi part Of this vast domain. the terrific
~ Of Indiana: The 2nd section Of this
act is as follows: That there shall be
established ia said Territory q govera.
ment in all respects similar to that pro-
yIdrd by the ordinance Of Congress pass.
ed on The 18th day % July 1887. for the
government oi the territory OF the United
States north west Of the river 0hio: and
the inhabiian,s thereof shall be entitled ia
and enjnv. all and singular The rights,
privileges and advantages granted and Sc
cured 10 the people by The said ordi.
nance" The Sd section provides Tor the
appointment of Governor and Council.
by the President and Senate Of The Unit.
cd States; the Alb section for the election
nf members Of the Legislature. Sd Vol.
Laws u. S. page 367. Thus We see
that by The ordinance Of 1857, re.enac,ed
for Indiana by Congress in 1900, The
right % punish crime by ensla,ing the
crminsl is expressly granted. On the
3O,h April 1909. the ACT was passed ere
sting the stale Of Ohio. and in the 9th
sec,ion i, is required tina, the constitution
be " republican and no, repugnani 30 the
ordinance Of i3ih July 1857" 3 Vol.
Laws U. s. page 497. On the 3d Fe-
bruary 1909. Congress passed an act
creating the territory Of Illinois. BY the
81 sec,ion Of which il is provided " Tha,
there shall be established within said ter
ritory government, in all respects simi
I0r 10 thai provitled by The ordinance OF