Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-27
WILLIAM II. HARRISON,

We shall now proceed TO show that William Fl. Har-
rison in favor Of the freedom of the slaves,
than the freedom of the poor white people. Read the
following, and Judge for yourselves;
Extract from The Jornnt Of The Senate Of Ohio, Tues.
ddy .Ianpary 50 1921:
The Sc nate met pursuant TO adjournment
The Senate them according to the order Of the day,
resolved itself into committee OF the whole upon "the
bill from the House entitled act for the punishment
Of certain offences, therein named, and after some
time spent therein, the Speaker, Allen Trimblc, re-
sumod the chair
Mr. Fithian ,hcn moved TO strike out the 18th Sec
ton of SAID bill, as follows:
BE .t"rihsr enacted, That when any person shall be
nPrison,d either upon execution or Otherwise for the
non payment oi fine costs, BOTH it shall be lawful
for the sheriff of the county TO SELL OUT SUCH
PERSON AS A SERVANT, to any person within
this State, who will pay the whole amount due, for the
shortest period Of service, Of which sale public notice
shall be given al least ten days, and upon such sale be-
ing effected, the sheriff shall give the purchascra ccr
Gcate thereof and deliver the prisoner to him, from
which time the relation between such purchaser and
the prisoner shall be that of MASTER AND SER
WANT until the time of service expires, and for mu
ries done By either, remedy shall be had in the
MANNER u.s. or may be provided by law in the of
master and apprentice. But nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent persons being discharged
from Imprisonment according the provision of the
31th section Of the act to which this is supplementary
it shall be considered expcdcnt 10 grant such dis
charge Provided that the court III pronouncng upon
any person convicted under this act, the which
to be detained in prison until the fine be paid
the person persons otherwise disposed of agrceaby
to the provisions Of this act
And the yeas and nays being required, those who
voted in the affirmative were, Mcssrs. Bcasly, Brown,
Fi,hian, Gass, 'icaton, Jennings, Lucas, Mathews,
VI laughin, NJ Milton, Ncwcom, Robh Russell, SEQ
field, Shelby, Sponsor, Stone, Swearingon, Thomson,
and WoTcldorf-20.
And these who voted in the negative were Messrs
Baldwin, Cole, Zoos, Foster, WM II. HARRISON,
M'Lcan, Oswald, Pollock, Ruggles Roberts, Wheeler,
and Speaker-l2.
SECRETARY or STATES OFFICE,
CoiambuS Ohio, Sept 10, lS2G
certify, that the foregoing is true and accurate
copy from the journals Of the Senate of the State of
Ohlo being the Let session of the 18th General Assem-
bly,, held at Columbus, December, Ie20. See pages
3C4, 304, 3C5.
CARTER B. HARLIN, Sec. of Safe
Such arc the odous princ pies of this man, Harrison
whom the Federal Wings have set up for you to idoze
1t is an obect his heart to appropriate your
ney, paid Of your pockets, for purchasing the
freedom of your slaves; and if white is too poor
10 raise money to pay his costs, SELL HIN OUT rs
4 SL4TE4 says Harrison. No matter whether free
negro buys him or not, its all the with him We
cannot better illustrate the tendency of the principles
and views of Harrison in this matter, than by giving
the following remarks made the occasion of the
ton of the Legislature of Ohio the foregoing clause
Gen. r. Lucas, the late Democratic Governor of
Ohio, was then member ofthe Senate, and in the true
spirit of patriotism made the following remarks in
support Of the motion made by Mr. Fithan, Of Cham
paign striking out the 18th section, true copy of
whose speech as then published is below.
Mr.. Lucas said he would vote for the motion Of the
gentleman from Champaign to strike out the section
He considered it Objectionable in every point Of view.
He considered it not only violation of that pTovi-
sion OF the Constitution Of the State, which declares
that there shall be neither slavery not involuntary
vitude in this State, but it contains principles Of the
most revolving character 1t declares that person
who unable to pay ne COSTS shall be liable TO
be SOLD, and that the individual who will pay the
fine and costs for the shortest time Of service shall be
the purchaser.