The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-23

published or circulated, or shall knowing
ly aid or assist in the bringing into, print
ing, writing, publishing or circulating in
this Territory, any book, paper. maga
zine, pamphlet or circular, for the pur-
pose of exciting insurrection on the part
of the SLAVES, free negroes or mulati
toes, against the citizens of the Territory,
or any part of them, such person SHALL
BE GUILTY OF FELONY, AND SUI
FER DEATH.
SECT. 4. If any person shall entice.
decoy or carry away out of this Terrific
ry, any SLAVE belonging to another,
with the intent to deprive the owner there
of of the services of such slave, or with
the intent to effect or procure the freedom
of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty
of grand larceny, and, on convictionthere
of, SHALL SUFFER DEATH, OR
BE IMPRISONED AT HARD LABOR
FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
SECT. 5. If any person aids or assists
in enticing, decoying, persuading or car
rying away or sending out of this Terri
tory, any SLAVE belonging to another,
WITH INTENT TO PROCURE OR
EFFECT THE FREEDOM OF SUCH
SLAVE. or with intent to deprive the
owner thereof of the services of sur5 slave,
he shall be adjudged guilty of grand lar
ceny, and, on conviction thereof, SHALL
SUFFER DEATH, OR BE IMPRIS-
ONED AT HARD LABOR FOR NOT
LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
SECT. 6. If-any person shall entice;
decoy or carry away out of any State or
Territory of the United States, any slave
belonging TO another, WITH INTENT
TO PROCURE OR EFFECT THE
FREEDOM OF SUCH SLAVE, or to
deprive the owner thereof Of the services
of such SLAVE, into this Territory, he
shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny;
in the same manner as if fsuch slave had
been enticed, decoyed or carried away out
of the Territory, and in such case the lar
ceny may be charged to have been COM
mitted in any county of this Territory, in.
to or through which such slave shall have
been brought by such person, and, ON
ing SHALL SUFFER DEATH, OR
BE IMPRISON NED AT HARD LABOR
FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS:
SECT. 7. II. any person shall entice,
4 persuade or induce any SLAVE to es-
cape from the service of his master or
owner in this Territory, or shall aid ot
assist any SLAVE escaping from the SER
vice of his master or Cwner, or shall as
sist. harbor or conceal any SLAVE who
may have escaped from the service of his
master or owner, he shall be deemed
guilty of felony, AND PUNISHED BY
/ IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR
FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
SECT. 8. If any person in this Terri
tory shall aid or assist. harbor or conceal
any SLAVE who has escaped from the
service of his master or owner in another
State or Territory. such person shall be
punished in like manner as if such slave
had escaped from the service Of his mas
ter or owner in this Territory.
SECT. 8. If any persen shall resist
any officer while attempting to arrest any
SLAVE that may have escaped from tie
service of his master or owner, or shall
rescue such SLAVE when in custody of
any officer or other person, or shall en-
tce, persuade, aid or assist such SLAVE
to escape from the custody of any officer
or other person who may have such
SLAVEin custody, whether such SLAVE
has escaped from the service of his mas
ter or owner in this Territory or in any
other State or Territory, the person so
offending SHALL BE GUILTY OF
FELONY, AND PUNISHED BY I'M
PRISO NMENT AT HARD LABOR
FOR A TERN NOT LESS THAN TWO
YEARS.
SECT. 10. If any Marshal, Sheriff, or
Constable, or the Deputy of any such
officer, shall, when required by any rer-
: son. refuse to aid or assist in the a, rest
and capture of any slaue that may have es-
capped from the service of his master or
owner, whether such SLAVE shall have
escaped from his master or owner in this
Territory or any otLer State or Territory,
such officer shall be fined in a sum of not
less than one hundred nor more than FIVE
: hundred dollars
SECT. II. If any person PRINT,
l WRITE, INTRODUCE INTO, PUB
LISH OR CIRCULATE, or cause to be
brought into, printed, aOritten, published
or circulated, or shall knowingly AID or
ASSIST in bringing into, PRINTING. PUB
/, LIsH1NG OR CIRCULATING, within this Ter
2 ritory, any book, paper, pamphlet, maga-
zine, handbill, or circular, containing any
STATEMENT, ARGUMENT. OPIN-
) ION, SENTIMENT, DOCTRINE, AD-
VICE OR INUENDO calculated to pro-
: duce a DISAFFECTION among the
. SLAVES in this Territory, or TO induce
, such slaves to escape from the service of
their masters, or resist their authority,
HE SHALL BE GUILTY OF FELO-
r NY, AND BE PUNISHED BY I'M
= PRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR
, FOR A TERM NOT LESS THAN FIVE
; YEARS. II
SECT. 12. IF ANY PERSON, BY
: SPEAKING OR WRITING, ASSERT
OR MAINTAIN THAT PERSONS
e HAVE NOT THE RIGHT TO HOLD
e SLAVES IN THIS TERRITORY, or
f shall introduce into this Territory,
PRINT, PUBLISH, WRITE, CIRCU-
; LATE, OR CAUSE TO BE WRITTEN,
: PRINTED, PUBLISHED OR CIRCU-
{. LATED IN THIS TERRITORY, ANY
: BOOK, PAPER, MAGAZINE. PAMPHLET OR
e CIRCULAR. CONTAINING ANY DE-
NAL OF THE RIGHT OF SUCH
PERSONS TO HOLD SLAVES. IN
THIS TERRITORY. such person shall
0 be deemed GUILTY OF FELONY,