Holly Springs gazette., 1845-08-02

sii,ution, which has TO be met by an apPro
priation. from the State treasury, owing to
the fact that the articles manufactured in
he penilentiary are not disposed oi al a fair
price, which. slough they on ght 10 have me,
all the expenses, makes them fall far shorG
of il. This deficit must be made up by a
ses Of the community, of which the me-
chanics also bear their proportionable part
If our correspondent doubts this fact, we
refer him tu the statistics of the establish
ment for the proof. Were not the fact SO
notorious. we might have given ourseli the
trouble TO have inserted extracts in this
place. Then the mechanics not only pay
the whole expense of the penaentiary, bul
when in the management Of ito affairs there
is loss 10 the StaleY they must sustain
their part of this burden also. The injus'
ice of this system is the more manifest,
when we consider that il falls upon class
bu. lily able to bear il, in comparison with
some other portions of the community that
is, the mechanic, who has nothing but his
industry 10 pay with, while the rich maa,
Who tolls not, is not effected by it in any
way TO his injury. We would nOw ask
our sensible" correspondent If this is "e-
ven handed justice2" is it 'equal projections?
and if not does it not defeat the legiti-
mate objects of good government l. 1t
does, then he is bound, by his own admis-
sion, to repH4iate it. Is he candid man?
But perhaps our correspondents cannot per-
ceive sufficient "mGnL-ness" ia this reason,
why the mechanics should be aroused
against this system; but as he Is not
a mechanic, aud consequently not taxed TO r
its support nor any way injured by it,
nay, benefited probably we suppose he
considers this rery manly reason for
setting himself against the proposed reform,
even If class Of honest men should be
much oppressed for the wan; of it. But let
US suppose case, which. though altsgeth-
er improbable may serve to illustrate this
matter Iiule. by showing how the rule
will work both ways. Suppose, then. that
the State had a sufficient number of con-
victs in the pententiary to bear the same
proportion to the planting interest that the
number now bears 10 the mechaaic inter est
of The State AMI suppose further, that
these convicts be placed under overseers
upon immense plantations belonging to the
State. and ,heir whole labor em pioved in
the cultivation OF our great staple, cotton,
what would be the effect upon the price of
that article2 Why, since there is already
too much Of it grown, would it not be ruin.
ously deprecated ia value2 and would not
every cent realized by the State from this
source be so much taken from the pockets
of The planters. Therefore. they would be
virtually paying tax equal to the whole
profits of the system. which would proba.
bly, be more than its necessary expenses
while the other classes of citizens would
lie
we ask. would the planters submit 10 such
an outrage. Would they have even shown
as much forbearance as the mechanics have
under similar injustice towards tbem7--
We dare say they would not. We even
doubt whether they would have refra,ued
ffon mob violence. by crushing sue b
system al once, without waiting for the
form of legal enactment. And are me,
chanlcs an inferior face of beings, tha, thew
have no right to claim the same protection
tor their industry
But 1t is asserted that the corvicts .must
do the werk Of homes. men, il made to work
at all; F.; that there is no other expedient b,.
idieness;" and our corre.nondent sars
this is an actual inducement with some
men to commit crime. Now, we sunnose
nobody ever denied that honest men ccnLl
DO any work which convicts may be made
10 doi bur we do assert that their labor
may be so dlrec:ed as not to do iniustice r.,
the peculiar interests Of any honest class of
IN our State and when sseb il
me fact II is obviously our duty to direct il
IN such way. even if some interes, fo,eiy,
10 US shoull be slightly eff .cted .herebv
lor our domestic interests should be frst
looked 10. For instance, what branch &c
domestic labor would be encroacbed ,,on
oy the manufacture of bagging and rome
ana coarse Cotton goods. such as have