Holly Springs gazette., 1845-08-02

jured. the whole is injured in proporiion.-
As il Is better. also, Ia he physical body. |
tha. several parts be sig hily eff H-cted. han
that II The injury should be concentrated
upon one member aud thus form serious
sore; SO in a community, its better that the
evils which it Is compelled to endure be
distributed eqnally among all classes, than
they should al fall upon one, and thereby
destroy it, or rum Its influence for good.
And IT is very evident, that if oar Pen:len-
,iary continues I'D manufacture mechanics
out of The villains of all classes who are
sent there for punishment, the different Il AIDES
will soon be monnpolized by these ac0rfay
scamps. [egatE=ed nutSaeceS, and honest
men will be forced 10 f1rsdke all mechanic
al employmenis. Thus, one of the most
useful aud important BRANCHES of the com.
munty will become totally corrupt, being
wholly composed OF the most unmitiga' ed
scoundfels that human nature can furnish
aud hat il can produce some genuine spe
cimens of rascalIty, we presume no one
will Goubt. And would such slate OF
things. exert no ell Influence upon ihe
community 2 Could the social body, Of
which this class would form So i,npor:an nj
pat lie kept fee from its Communicating
effects and it sn, would II not have 10 be
done by ampulaling, so to speak, the If c
ted member; aud thus all social intercourse
between il aud The balance of society at
once annihilated. totally aud eu'irely p
And would no injury be inflicted upon
'the community at largs" thereby We
leave l. TO our correspondent ~ answer the
question, feeling sure that X he do Sd in the
negative, he will, at least sustain his opin>
lou with some "senSible' "a Il ''mauly"
reason.
"A Z" seems to be wonderfully alarm
ed, lest. should the present system be abol-
ished, our convicrs would be left IN idle
ness. (Which we think we have shown Will
not be the CASEY, and consequently the peni
tehtiary become an expense to the state; ant
upon this idea having struck bin, be bawis
out tarait0a most Justify. Ahl there's the
rubl : The gentleman must be quite faml
lar with tie people OF Mississippi; for he
seems we'll acquainted with the avenue by
which to reach .heir feelings. But-gcH-
erous soui!- could see the mechanics
sustain the whole burden oflhe penitenuiarv
forever, without being able to find one sen
sible' or manly reason for their complaints,
or why lh3v should desire a reform; but II
he should happen TO suspect tnat he will be
required 10 bear his part OF the expense.
Ou! ttltt NOulu DC StuStBtC aAQ llJSt
manly reason for opposing IL.
Or tlieild "A. L seems also greatly
troubled to know what is to become Of The
penitentlary buildings, i! the present con
vict system should be changed; and seems
to have been quite horror stricken, because
some neche me told him that he d n, I know
nor care what would become fthem. Did
it never sir.ke him that, il that system be
ri I'D for no s
and rope, they could be very well convert
ed into part Of The Manufacturing estab
liShmen.; If for nothing else. they could be
oeed fs- ss-.-iass raa.aa-s- II han 4 y ma.
rest his conscience on that sub sct.
A few words more, and we are done
with "A L.. Tor ;he present. He charges
the mec hanlcs with eudeavoring 10 exciie
the public sympathy in their favor, ami of
striving TO create the Impression thai a una
Jority OF the people are IN favor OF the pro-
posed reform. We deny both charges. be,
cause We have neither heard nor read any.
thing which would justify either of them.
aud we believe we nave Iead Ill that has
been published on the subject But If il
were TACT that we had done what i here
alitdged. would i not have been a re-
singular way 10 excite the sympaibieS OF
he people. by telling them thu we already
had majority on our sidt2 1t seems 10 rs an
extraordinary way of getting up sympa
thy, not to say supremely ridiculous. But.
so lar as we are aware, no such efforts have
been made. No, we mechanics do no,
beg this thing as boon but VIC declare
our rights TO have been invaded. and In The
name OF stern justice demand re,arpt;o,,
OF The wrong. This is the spirit with
which we have entered into this matter and
with the blessing of heaven, we shall lii
umph IN SO good cause, "A.iZ.'s' biob
opinion of the peoples good sense 10 he
contrary Notwithstanding.
we have extended this article to ANN.
usual length. lnasmuch as our corres.
ponder mt comes out with such pecnJ,arI,,
moiea assertions In relation to The coprse
pursued by The mechanics. and caIe e.
,ouo'y tor some sensible and naanlh exhi.
onioa ot the principle" upon which we act
we nave tnought proper to give some of,he
,easons "nich nave prompted our course
" neither ne will consider them ..sens;bia'; I,s9
ana "maaly or not, we are entirelv nnabIa
10 guess Ii he should think ,beo,
however, we are a liule conSoled- h. the
Il uistn," Errdfe est humanum;" oa,iic,,ia,J,,
"hen we are forced TO conclud. ;a
su humGaum ethan esset
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