The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-07
by George ID. Badger, Esq.


% day q March. 1870.
by George E. BADGER, Esq.
And Published 81 ths rsquss, Of his
fsll0w eillzens.
lcoaelsdedl
SELLING POOR MEN FOR THEIR
DEBTS.
The next charge I shall notice. is. that
Gen. Harrison voted in ths Senate Of
Ohio Tor a law. aulhorising The sale Of poor
men for their debts. u this ruei If IL
70. ] say not only discard Gen. Harrison
from sll favour as candidate for Office,
but lei him be banished from The soeieiv
ofAmeriean fresmen. But is il true! II
10 inlamnusly false. as shall presently
show. Bul suppose. for moment. she
charge was lei, upon ths assertions OF .
hnelng press, on The one hand. and the
character and past conduct 81 Gen. liar.
rison. io reprl II on the other. il there II
ths world. me fair and honorable mind,
that would yield il credit Ilarrison vote
to sell men fnrlheir debts! making poverty
erime.-he Who has lived and acted al
his lie with. and for the paor--who led
ihrm 10 battle and 10 sirlnry--ah0 was
himself accustomed 20 share all their
labours. dangers and sufrrrings, refusing
20 take for himself luxury of even COM
fort which was not within The reach of
the common soldief--he whose firsi care
shen he cane into Congress. VAS %
procure Law 10 open ihe land Office Tor
poor men, and 20 relieve them from The
exlnriians 81 cspiialisis--he whose wise
foresight and considerable humanity peo-
pied The vest with free and hardy race Of
poor men. whom he governed uilh psier.
nal eare--he whose whole lite hal been
orelnng experience Of the sturdy integrity.
The patriotism and ssluur Of poor men
that he, forgetting al ihis--yes. frrgeliing
his own nature. should. uiihoui any hops
Of brnei, 10 himself. hssely vote 10 treat
these gallant men as slaves. and put them
up 10 sale. because they were ponr! Sure
" this were 10 The highest degree i,npro-
bable, aud considering that he himself
Was poar. and that he owel The station he
then held 10 The voices OF ponr men. il is
not TOO much 10 call il impossible.
And SO. indeed. il Was impossible. and
therefore. The charge is false. What are
the fsctsi The Peni,en,iary system is
adopted in Ohio. In 1920. il was found
iha, il was bringing the Stale 10 debt. the
income yearly falling short, BY . consider
abe ds cum as :! s sss A U
course, no community could long sustain
such losses, and The whole system o.
punishmenis was subjected 10 thorough
examination. with view 10 such reform
as should make he Peniiealiary al ieasi
support i,selr. The great difficulty was
believed 10 arise fram the petty offenders,
who were confined for short periods
| Persons, who follow The trade Of stealing
rarely understand any other well-bui u
| tie peniienliary, the small offenders o
This class being put 10 learn a trade, b,
their swkwardness, spoiled more mate
rails than their work was worth ~ th'
few months OF their detention. II was
| therefore, concluded to cunfne TO ih'
peni,en,isry only the greater offenders
who, being detained for term OF years
had time 10 learn a trade and then pursu
il, to remuneraie The public for the ex
penses Of their apprenticeship. The en-
, ouiry then. arose, what should be don
, with the small pilierers--ihose, who siol
? small sums. who committed petty felC
: MES. To confine them in the peniieniiar
was ruinous. and the question was b
T tween phipping and hiring them on
Wherever the peni,entiary system OF
tsins, the public become averse 10 corpt
raj punishment aud hence, the House
; REPRESENTATIVES of Ohio UNANIMOUS
: agreed to impose fines. aud hire she'
: out. or dispose Of their time for the fr
and costs. This was substitute Tor u
peni,en,iary. In that, the convict worke
under a keeper at ,rsde-in fhis, u
e convict was hired out tn one who becam
e under the operation Of the law, his kee
:. err. tn make him work a, the hoe or u
a plough, and learn to ge, his living BY b
4 own labour, instead Of pilfering and .
!. fraudng his neighhors. Instead oil oel'
!. law 10 sell poor men for debt. il is
; law for hiring out eoncicts Tor tn
8 crimes. Why then is il represented
!, being wha, il is moi! Because the p'
~ papa,ors Of this SANDER know that SELL
s. poor men Tor their debts is an enorm'l
n a, which generous heart will take
% and lie true character oil the uans'
At linn is kept GU, Of view, because III
E know you are M, likely to feel m"
id sympathy with thieves. can very
M. understand why The Swartwou's
Prices, and leg treasurers. aud other
3 rerers upon The public, should indeed
horror.suuck al the idea Of selling or
ay ING on, thieves. Those who have Il
lived in ease and splendor. upon the Ga
Ms. which they have plundered from
'at people. may well be alarmed a, Pr
nre den, who will show thieves no qosrle
10 10 them, the idea Of coming Down {
I'M their luxurious bu, dishonest living
for " ork for their support, TO earn their 81
- by the sweat OF their brow, in any DO