Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-02

| Thomas johnson, PRESIDENT OF the council
Attest: ]. A. Haldernan, Clerk"
THE CHAIN AND BALL.
The second section of chapter %, emit
tied, "An Act proriding a System Of Con
fnement and Hard Labor" is as follows
'Jec. 2. Every person who may b,
sentenced by any court of competent juris
diction, under any law in force within thi
Territory, to punishment by confinement
and hard labor, shall be deemed convict
and shall Immediately, under the charge O
the keeper of such Jail or public prison, o
under the charge of such person as tn,
keeper of such Jail or public prison may
select, be put to hard labor as in the frs
section of this act specified; and sucl
keeper or other person having charge o
such convict, shall cause such convict. whilt
engaged at such labor, to be securely confn'
ed by chain sir feet IN length, Of not less
than four-sixteenths nor more than three
eiqltths of an inch links, wiM round ball
Of iron, of not less than .four nor more
than sir inches IN diameter, attached
schich chain shall be securely fastened to
the ankle Of such conyict, ,oiM a strong
lock and Key; and such keeper or other
person having charge of such convict, may,
if necessary, confine such convict, while SO
engaged at hard labor, by other chains OF
other means, in his discretion. so as to
keep such convict secure, and prevent his
escape; and when there shall be two or
more convicts under the charge of such
keeper or other person, such convicts shall
be fastened together by strong chains,
with strong locks and keys, during the
time such convicts shall be engaged in
hard labor without the walls of anv Jail or
prison"
If a man is wronged under this code, he
has redress through the courts, it is said.
This is cold-blooded mockery. Judge Le-
compte is of one mind and heart with the
bogus Legislature which enacted the code,
and the following test-oaths take away all
chance of justice from Free State suf-
ferers:
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ain 4ct concerning attorneys at Law,"
chapter IL, provides as follows:
"Sec. l. No person shall practiceas an
attorney or counsellor at law, or solicitor
in chaneery, in any court of record, unless
he be free white male, and obtain IL
cense from the supreme court, or district
court, or some one of the Judges thereof
in vacation.
'Sec. 3. Every person obtaining Ii
cense shall take an oath or affirmation to
support the Constitution of the United
States, and to support and sustain the
provisions of an act entitled sAn act to
organize the Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas and the provisions of an act COM
monty known as the Fugitive Slave Law
and faithfully to demean himself in his
practice to the best of his knowledge and
ability. A certificate of such oath shall
be endorsed on the license.
"Sec. 5. If any person shall practice
law in any court of record, without being
licensed, sworn, and enrolled, he shall be
deemed guilty Of a contempt of court, and
punished as il other cases of contempt"
This is not dead letter. AS will be
seen by report of the proceedings of the
trial of the Free State prisoners by Judge
Lecompte, in which one of their counsel
was ruled out of Court by the Judge, be-
cause he could not submit to this degre-
dation.
But, to insure the conviction of Free
State men, the juries are always to be COM
posed of Pro-Slavery men.
WHO MAY NOT BE JURORS.
The thirteenth section of chapter 92, en-
titled, Gin act concerning Jwors," is as
follows:
"Sec. 13. No person who is conscien-
tiouely opposed to the holding slaves, or
who does not admit the right to hold slares
in this Territory, shall be juror in any
cause in which the right to hold any per-
son in slavery is involved, nor in any cause
in which any injury done TO or committed
by any slave is in issue, nor in any crimi-
nal proceeding for the violation of any law
enacted for the protection Of slave proper
ty, and for the punishment of crimes COM
mitted against the right to such property"
"Justice from the courts" eh?
And then, to perpetuate the Ruffian
rule, the right of suffrage is restricted, and
another test-oath prescribed, intended to
the Free State settlers:
D1SFRANCHISEMENT.
The twelfth section of chapter Sc, enti-
tied, "An act to regulate Elections" is
as follows:
"See. II. Every person possessing the
qualification of a voter, as herein above /
and who shall have resided in
this Territory thirty days prior to the cleo
ton at which he may offer himself as a
shall be eligible as a Delegate
to the House of Representatives of the
United States, to either branch of the
Legislative Assembly, and to all other Of
fees in this Territory, not otherwise espe-
cially provided for. Proyided, hoUeyer,
That each member of the Legislative As
sembly, and every officer elected or ap-
pointed to office under the laws of this
Territory, shall, in addition to the oath or
,ffirmation specially provided to be taken
,y such officer, take an oath or affirmation
% support the Constitution of the United
States, the provisions of an act entitled
AN Act respecting the fugitives from JUS