The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-06-25

susA kns sna easss fer he shortest line
Of ssftlse, snd secure ne onsndsF iron
citlly % ttese from ne purrh1tsf. q.
mig De fern q service. q giting bin
he sams remedies - are pE0sidsd. "
law. 10 he case 81 msslsr and spPren-
Iics."
This section ~ss sirieken cot in shs
Senate bya sose or 20 ayes 20 10 nofs;
Gsnsrsl Harrison. Eli Baldwin. late v.
Bussn candidate for Governor Of Ohio,
with others. voting in The negatives 10
addition 10 The privilege secured 10 The
imprisoned offender. who should be IN.
able 20 pay fae and costs. of being llbe-
rated By che eoBRly commissioners. u
they eossideEed IL sIpedlsni. the bill goa
iainee, when lhis vote on striking oul Tbs
selling section wss taken. section pro.
viding that The offender might dIsehsrgs
his fins By labor on ihs public highways,
al such rates e might be prescribed by
The court passing sentence on The con-
sicled oGender.ff
From his statement Of facts !, clearly
appears:
FIRST. That The selling. 80 raueh com.
planned Of. was only The svlling of tie
sersiees Of The convicted offender Tor .
limited period Of lime.
Second. That The offender. during
The period Of his service. wss secured
from injustice. cruelty. or abuse. in the
same manner - apprentices are secuted
against abuses from their masters.
Third That. IL the offender was able
and willing 10 labor. he mishI As.~l..s.
The fine imposed on him. for his viola
ton Of the law. BY labor On ihe public
highways, and thus avoid being sold %,
10 service.
Fourth. That. IL he Was unsble %
labor on The highways. and poor aud IN
able 10 pay his fins and costs. he might
in such a. case. be discharged BY The
county commissioners without either pay
ing or being sold Tor The pay menl Of bis
fine and costs.
Fifth and lasi. That the selling had
no references 10 honest men. or 10 debit
ors. in The ordinary scrrpistlon IL The
term. but only 10 conricied offenders q.
gainsi The penal iaaCs efihe STATE. And
even in these cases, il was only subsii
iuiing temporary sersire. in lieu of I'm.
prisonmeni. for an Indefinite length Of
time. IN the noisome cells of . county
jail. where the offender could earn no
Thing 10 pay bis fine nor 10 support him
self and family.
This bill was under consideration 81
a time OF great pecunisry embarrassment
IN The state Of Ohio. SO difficult was
Il Tor The people 10 raise money for
the payment Of taxes. that The collec-
lions were inadequate 10 meet the ordi.
nary expenses Of the Government. The
Legislature were engaged during q large
par. Of the session in considering vsrlous
plans Tor reducing the current expenses
Of the state. and law was passed sutho.
rizine the Governor To borrow The sum
Of $4,000. 10 and Of the proceeds Of
taxation. During The tendency of The
supplementary act, for the punishment,
of offenders. above referred To. attempts
were made 10 both branches Of The lie.
rislain.a - --i-.s.sso aUippHg tor fm-
0risonmenf in The county jail. as a ms-
hod Of furnishing Offences less expen.
i've 20 the counties: aud The plan OF
selling The services Of the convicted of. |
ender. for limited periml. 10 paw the
Inc and costs imposed on him a. q pun.
'hment for violating The Laws Of his
'oun'ry, was advocated by many respec-
able members Of both branches of the
General Assembly as a mode OF pun.
'hment less expensive 10 The public than
nat ol imprisonment, and less barbarous
han that Of whipping The offender al The
'ost
= See Journal p. 30i, sec 10.
" See Senate Journal. page 80.
" See section i6 Of supplementary &C, Ohio
avs. vol. 10, page 1877.