The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-17
Rssm fAs Haskiaeasn Unss.. Slavery In NzexHni.

not exist in Mexicn. ls is trn& nuxles ,hns Saase Il does Aoi, but andeF ths nas>e ef peeaags t does, and in Us wascs form. ctsn- tined to no color, bu, ss aperpesual hnnslnns and punishmeni tor debt Many lasee psnt prietosz central .a .a Ahss way hnaslsmsis af peons, both men and women. The deht is peFpetuat--is geuvra.ly incrras-s insseaA nf dimtasshing- is rarely ever md. The peon heing charged with interest e wef1 = wlth eieshiag. suhSisseace, medicine. &n. kn ,h's way 's ls believed lkat iasiFe tIsaRa mif- Ion o' peoas are held as slaves. and may he seized as fagitives T they dare tn leave she employ os their mssters asstT llse lsaiss 0f ihef labor go so she mastsf. and Mni te atho Peon h the speech If the Hon. Nc. KssU< erts, of Mississipps. by whom puhlie atsm4 ,'on has been catip,i io lhis subject, thesa laws are gwen as f,llows; ss@
 FE LAWS oP MEXICO
 '.Art. l. The masters are reSponsihla fnF the conduct of their servants. and lsss ehp same reason, the law gives slaes,, over sAnsa servsnss, the authority of laiheFs over thrir sons, that they may psssirsAatly correct and chessise them, The sasne aasl,nritv is aives. over the laaily of the sesvant tlal lives wish the master.
 ''Ars. ?. lH eonscqurnee af the Esrexnins prosisious the master should nraviie for sls education os the cAiitlFen s,f the safxxuia dependant upon them,
 .Art 1. Should sl.e anlts of the ssrsans pc many CT aggsavatesi, whethes hsrAuss kA treqavatiy fasis ia Ais sess,ce, e wAeiherfaF want ot respect lo the lnasses, he stsall tr ehast,sed by the jass,ee (alcalae1 with six months in iroas, II nsan. or with siss (ia 1 fcrdna clog. if q w,.Eaail+ in she, zhua.ra If lhe master; the lattes hzvisng .he power sn d.nlassh this i,enally al hts pleasure. nslse I serKaai sllna.ld be gnillx nl nYeri acis arsinss the master, he shalt he paaisted n coalpsns- fly to lhe existing lawr.
 ''Art- 4 He who beng once convicted, e. coru,ng to the foregoing articles. shall sepaat the same offence, shall he crisniaally prose- en'ed and condemned to serve aas year as the public works, ia irous; and t wa,nsa shall be so convicted, she shall be eondemn4 ed io one year of seclusiun with the elnr.
 "Aft .. in no one rase shall the nsusscr lose the debt of she servant and the term af punishment being coucladed, the servant shall return to ihe service nf his mssser, C he can q" it; out h he enters the servlre of another, this other shall pay s,e debt.
 ''Art 6 The law which prohibits trailing whh servants, and the penalties which .Isnss laws establish as to those xho cnusmr,pl tlseln. are declared t, be im force
 ''An. 2. The master who ahusc the bower gwen hiR by law stall be tried aud punish. ed in conformity to law, areardinu to sise abuse he may commit; but na no case. aat even m that of the application af She iss favor of the aggricved, shall the master lnss the debt. "Art. D. Payments shall be made in nsanav or goods, # the servants ask them. as ahe current prices. For. sestlsnauts, and ass plantations, where there arc ne ssnrss, and ths goods are brought from other parts. they shall be charged with she extra costs. The master who may give his goods with h,xhsr charges thaa the foregoing Ecgulatinn rs. quiees, shall hs sised sqa,yslcnt ,a triple n. excess which he charges upon the servant.
 "ArI j. As the master cannoi turn, away the servant without just cause, s., sseisl.sr eas, the servant leave the service of Ais masssr wltlaout ihe same just. cause. The servant who shall do SO, shalt be positively returned to the servire of has master, chassised bs the justice m the house of the maslss, with two months in irons, or with the clog if wu- mah.