Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-06-20

Much has been said lately about Gen. Harrison's
voting when IN the Legislature Of ohiO) 10 have
poor .sh.s mtH sold at public auction for the pay
ment Of fines for petty offences. desperate efforts
are beiLg made 10 white wash it over; and the
wings discover as much diversity Of opinion upon
dis subject, as they do upon every other question
Of national policy. Some deny the whole premises,
and say that such doctrine never was held by him,
who is the poor mans friend, while those who admit
the anti-christian vote, say it is all right If man is
not able to pay petty fine he ought TO be sod.-
And verify believe that some would not murmur
If they should have to be sold to satisfy the poor IN
beetle old man with " hard cider"
If you will allow me space .Messss. Editors IN
your columns, viii present toyOur readers the un.
holy section of this bill, with Gen Harrson's more
recent opinion upon the subject, with the request
that every poor man and poor mans friend will read
il and remember how valuable friend he has in the
person Of Gen. Harrison:
"Be il farther enacted, That when any person
shall be imprisoned, either upon execution or other
wise for the nOn-payment Of fine or costs or both,
it shall be lawful for the sheriff of said county, TO cell
ont such person as SERVANT, - ANY PER.
SON, (Ofcourse free negro or white man, who
will pay the whole amount due for the shortest Pc
Rod Of service, Of which sale public notice shall be
given at least ten days, and upon such sale being
effected the sheriff shall give the purchasers eeNi-
ficate, and deliver over 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 SerVitude expires" Mr..
Frlthian moved to strike DOT this section. The
yeas and NAYS being demanded it was carried in the
Affirmative Yeas 20, nays H. Among those who
voted that should be lasting aad whitening stir-
ma upon the statute books OF OHIO, is the name Of
VIM II. HARRISON. The above is copied from
the Journals Of the Senate Of Ohio of January S0th
1891, accompanied by the certificate Of C. B. Har-
Ian, Esq. Sscy. Of STATE.
When the General was candidate in the latter
part OF that year, il does not appear that he was
called to account for his Missouri vote, but the peo-
pie Of Hamilton county did hold him to antwer for
his support OF this odious measure. Listen to his
explanation. 1t is infinitely worse than Davy Crock
cts apology TO John c. Wright at the monkey show.
In his letter repubshed in the Argus Of this place,
he says. ale did not much approve Of the measure,
and should not have lent it his support, but he
thought it would also apply to women and youths, y
and then moralses upon their being thrown into fine
mansions, and under the influence Of respectable
families. And mas their respectabil:ty TO be mea-
sured by the amount Of their bid ! "POor mans
friend and let me add poor woman's friend Won
der why he lost his electon'
II has been said that Gen. Harrison lost his seat
in Congress in consequence of the vote upon the
Missouri question. This Is not true. Turn over
the pages of history, and you will see that they
show the following facts:
October 1916, General Harrison was elected 10
Congress
March 4th, 1917, Gen. Harrison took bis sea. in
Congress.
Oct. 1918, Gen. Harrison bealen for Congress by
A. X. Brown, ESQ.
Feb'y. 10Th, 1919, Gen. Harrison gave his Mis-
sour vote.
March lsl9 Gen. Harrison gave place 10 his
competitor,
Thus have shown that he was defeated four
months before he gave his Missouri vote But il
will be said he was beaten alter this. | grant he
was almost always beaten after this until he became
the clerk Of pettL cotn-.. But to show that this
Missouri vote did not impair his popularity, let il be
remembered that at the very next election (beug
beaten for Congress) he became a candidate and
was elected to the State Legislature, where ne i'm
morlalized his name by his Unite slGStry views. IN
1894 he was on the Clay ticket, and in the whole
State he was beatenbJ ~ out of the Is a.dldates
and beaten by all Of them in his, and the az. accent
counties ln 1881 he ran with four others for seat
in the legislature four members to be chosen i
seems they had not forgotten his white slavery views
and they allowed him 10 stay at home. In 1886,
MI. Van Buren, beat him in his own county $50
votes. Finally his popularity increased, and they
let him hire man 10 write up the records OF coun-
~ court alter being beaten for almost every Office
both State and National.
But it 10 said he IL honest and never souandered
the peoples money. 1 ask where he has had The
power! Wash he ever adsbursing officer where he
had sny thing worth stealing,
In May 1923. Gen. Harrison was appointed Min
lister to Columbia.
Nov. 1898, Gen. Harrison set out upcn his mis-.
| sion.
Sept. 1899 - Moore his successor arrives in
| Columbia.
Feb'ry. 1880. Gen. Harrison returns home.
| For these data'l refer 10 Niles Register.
From Transcript from the Office ofthe Secretary
Of the Treasury recently published, il will be seen
that he received pay for services az Minister, from
the da,e Of his appointment until his return nelu.
ding the six months he was drinking "hard CIDER
at home, together with nine thousand dollars outfit.
Whenne received this appointment he was in the
Senate, where he stayed about two months until the
close OF the session, charging pay both as Senator
and Minister, and his miIage home. Only thirty.
three dollars per day Again, in 1916 when 6 oy-
ernOr Of Indiana Territory, he received his usual
salary for the whole year, and nine dollars per dsy
for SIX months services, while making tresty with
Indians. SIX dollars per day salary and onlI ,hres
1 dollars per day for board, small price for board
IN the west q that time. Blu. this perhaps lHclsded
the hard CIDER which understand was high that
year. Still they cry pity the sorrows Of he moo,
| old man" when he has been slipping at the pnbIc
fountain ever since he had beard, and par Of The
time doubling the game 10 the tune Of thirtv-three
dollars per day. By the death OF his honored faith.
er he was left aspendid fortune and he married an.
other. Really he must have drank rivers of hard
cider" to have wasted all this. No wonder he n
so -FOUR that he went talk.
Here follows On extract from Gen. Harrson's
| enaerh dovaral - M.d;sor T.. n. .aoAn 1Ny1