The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-01-15
A PENITENTIARY. he q

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Is my crup i noE saFsly hausrtI. 4 I'M
once more before YOU. Mr.. Editor. 10 nasle
ms bow 10 yonFself and cur ls-llow-eili-
zens Of North Carolina. and 10 redeem
my promise 10 talk oEer the proposed
scheme Of establishing peniienliary IN
our State. As YOU informed Your read
eEs some u.nnihs since thai You had en-
listed some very able persohs for the DIS
cnssiOh Of This subject, have been etc.
nv week expecting 10 see some reasons
given why ! penilenliaTy should nns
be erected. 80 iar hare waited in
vain; and slihoa'gh in writing. as well rs
IN talking, /, is bur dry Goik TO have M
one io reply, ! must even proceed with
whai have 10 write. n the risk Of put.
ting the readers Of the Standard 10 sleep.
The very long nights and much bad wealth
er, mat cause them 10 Labor through e.en
the dull numbers of a Planter Since
writing nv last number. have hecn Tor.
iunaie enough In see the manner in whirh
our very cute brethren Of New YOrk hate
managed To get over the difficulty which
lay in the way OF establishing another pc.
nIieniiary in that State, in consequence Of
the mechanics cry that il would interfere
with their business. Clever folks are our
Northern brethren, and 81 Ior any body 10
consult when any difficulty j. in the way,
especially for such Straightforward, blum
dering people as we Of the South, who,
when we are harrassed by a community
of brilliantly iaPanned blaeklegs. league
Of nigh-prowling abolilionisls. or gang of
blOOd-stained munlerefs, whom we are not
skillfnl enough 10 enwrap in the meshes
OF the law, go very grayely and solemnly
TO work. and mastering a great company,
hang them, or ride them on a rail. or tar
and feather them in broad DAY light. under
the supervision Of that hideous monsierof
iniquity, Judge Lynch. This causes our
Northern friends 10 raise their heads and
the whites of their eyes, and to exciaim,
" What lawless, bloody minded commu.
nifty! how wrelched must be your condi-
ton, poor negro, who liesl bound in leiles
al the mercy Of such a race!!' They, i'm
maeulale souls, cannot abide Judge Lynch
or his doings. But as the old Adam will
sometimes prevail even in pure hearts.
when this happens, they burn Convent
or two over the Leads of deienccless le-
males-disembowel a flour warehouse,
aud divide the contents among one anoth-
er-tear down some Catholic Churches,
and shoot dozen or two llhe red mouth.
cd lrish-or occasionally shoot sheriff,
who is so bold rs 10 undertake TO enforce
the law for collecting rents. But as TO
Lyneh's law, " heaven keep them from
such monstmus abOminaiion''! But
must 90 back little, Mr.. Editor, and tell
YOU how skillluIly the New Workers have
recently managed to establish a Peniien-
tiary, and yet mol have tito interfere with
mechanical trades. Ill bet you a fat wealth
er against your famous pumpkin, that You
Dragged so much about, Tor another one as
big, if You have eaten ihat.) that YOU can't
guess how il was done You give il up,
and wou'tbel Then must explain The
riddle. They builta penitenliary aud put
all the conyirts TO one lrade--ihey set all
to work in iron. SO that instead Of hav-
Ing TO listen 10 complains Of the shoema-
kers, the carpenters, halter. iailors, and
hundred other clascs, they had only The
sooiy blarks'niths for grumblers. Now,
sir. was not this clever! / guess wing
planned it for the purpose of avoiding the
ugly coal dust, with which the blacksmiths
sometimes bngrimedthe wing parlors, just
before a Presidential election. Demo-
tcrats are too soft" ever 10 have planned
so smart a thing as that. We ought great
| ~ 10 rejoice, bother planters aud farmers,
that peniientiary convicis cannot be put 10
making cotton, tobacco, rice or corn.
Could this he done, VIC should hear no
more opposition tothe system on account
of It's injnring MECHANICS in their trades;
they would quickly be put 10 cropping,
and down would tulahle the already low
prices Of agricultural products. How
could we find market for our produce if
two hundren North Carolina rogues were
added 10 The number, already too large, OF
agricultural laborers -! Judging from
the population of other States where Pc
nitentiaries are established, and the num-
Der of convicts confined in them, We
should scarcely have, vita our present
number of inhabitants in tins State. more
than 200 in our prison, At any one time.
have not the rctaIals Of the last census
before me, but il is believed that the num-
Der of mechanics in North Carolina is not
less than 10000. But we will say il is
/ only 10000. Add 200 penitentiary con-
victs to this number aud we have an in
crease Of one per cent. The consequence
of which will be that the Blacksmith, who
now gets 100 GEMS for shocing a horse,
viii have 10 be satisfied TO receive for the
same work 90 cents. And in the same
proportion will the wages OF the oiherme-
CHANCES be reduced. cannot bring my
self to believe that our mechanics are made
of such stuff as 10 oppose the establish
ment Of highly useful institution for so