Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-09-24
THE OFT REFUTED ISLANDER A.
BOUT WHITE SLAVERY, NAILED
TO THE COUNTER BY ANOTHER
NIHNINSS - = =. -'Ne

TO THE COUNTER BY ANOTHER
WITNESS.
We insert communication from lame,
Heaton, of Butler County, in relation 70 Tn,
charge that Gen. Harrison voted in the Leg.
islature OF this State, to sell schife aie., ana
'0omen for de6f. The high character of Mr.
Heaton Is well known to the community, and
although the charge has been already refuted.
we may expect in this, as in other cases, the
Islander will be repeated. We give the vim.
dication, therefore, contained in the iet,er.
without further comment -Cincinnafi Rcp.
Near MiddletOwn, Butler Co., Ohio,
Sept 18th, 1910.
Charles ). Todd Sir, it so happened
that In the year 1921, / was member of the
Senate OF this State, from Butler county
Gen. Harrison was also a member from
Hamilton county. His seat was about six
or eight feet from mine; l am therefore conf
dent, heard every motion he made, and eve.
ry word he said in the Senate chamber that
winter. During the session there came up
Dill from the House of Representatives en-
titled "a bill TO punish certain offences there
in named" One of the sections of that bill
provided, that when convict was imprison-
ed under that bill, and refused, or neglected
TO pay the fine and costs. that the sheriff
might sell out his SERVICES, TO pay The same;
and the purchaser and convict were to stand
In the relation Of master and APPRENTICE
When that bill was considered in the SEN
ate, Mr. tithain (ftom Champaign moved
to strike out that section. When he was
asked to state his reasons, he said when such
convlcts were brought out of jail, and had
liberty OF rights, they would probably do
m Ipf fbon hnfn q
kept in Jail, on bread and water only, from
ten to fifty or sixty days, they would have
time to reflect, and be ''cooled down." as he
termed 1T. Gen. Harrison, Eli Baldwin, and
think VII. w heeler. argued that in case the
court should set their Imprisonment to twenty
five, thirty or forty days on bread and water
only, that number would sink low, under
such diet, and some probably die-they
therefore, thought that it bordered on inhuma-
n'fy and danger to keep them in Jail, &C.
voted with Fithan, to let them remain
IN Jail, at the discretion of the court, as being
the most Sere7e course, and best calculated to
check offenders, and that the WORKING ont of
their fines was too mild measure. Such
was the aspect of the question and feelings of
the parties at the time, do know and
appeal to the memery of all the living MEM
bers OF that Senate, TO the absolute, su6stan-
ftal, truth OF the above statement. And now,
forsooth, 1t is said that Harrison, Baldwin,
Irlmble, Mclean and others, gave the bar
barous vote to let convic.s work out their
lines, and that Fithain and myself, and eigh-
teen others, gave the very mild yote to let !
them lie In jail, on bread and water alone,
and stand it if they could, twenty, thirty, fif-
ty or more days, as the court might Judge
The measure had nothing to do with civil
actions, or debt, in any manner, but solely re-
lated to convicted rogues. and scoundreIs,
and to punish such as break into houses, to
steal, plumber, for killing horses and cattle,
destroying land marks, bridges and tomb
stones, robbing grave yards, fornication, &C.
Such were the fellows, and villains, the law
was intended to restrain, and for which Gen.
Harrison and Eli Baldwin have been SO much
abused and sandered.
have often been asked to relate and ex-
plain what ] knew of this matter, which I
have done, but still see that the Globe and
other wrctched kindred prints, continue to re-
lterate the ISLANDERS.
JAMES HEATON.