The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-11-12
[FoR THE cAMDEx rAiLy JorRSA,1

e"ee 10 trial OF Slave "bcfirc Jury + prholdcrs
on tf''s 'ti' oil November 1861. The object of this
COMMUNICATION is to publish, approve and endorse tho
ioHo"hS protest: I'VE beg leave to enter oir protest
against such trivial cases benglbrought before Jury
"heh they can be settled by Of slaves at home
"lt''oHt calling men from their business sclosslyr
In's MI Fltor court OF Magistrate and freehold
ers constituted in the words Of the law 'or the trial
o' s''" ana mean causes" finding it inconvelcnt to
c'''e 'her business TO discharge duty REQUIRED of
'ehl ny tc- laws OF their country have seen fit to de-
put from Tue record and to reb,lke and arrapn before
INC har q public opinion one of our oldest and most
'espec'aoe cltzens native ofthc District a son Of u
No'oloh"ry hero, having himself borle arms in the
SERVICE OF Ms country, having spent nearly all of his
"c'e lille III civil Office in his native District and now
"' '"ee score and ten: has his only grown ses,s two
'Ze'ionsy serving i'll the armies Of the Confedcrcv
win the finding andsentencc Of the court however
aos"ru' should have had nothing to do but as the,
co'' Sell Inns chosen TO open and go behind the re-
cord choose to enter and ur,aign in turn them and
their protest
,lhe gentIenr'n thus arraigned lives on very public
ROAD near town. he has in these trying times cn,gca.
''ioo 70 exc out tho support of large and helpess
".'S oy raising his own SUPPLY Of meat his business
GUNS MIN from nome during the most of the day and
' unprotected home has had stolen from it since tho
""l oesah sixteen head Of bccl cattle and over thirty
noEs' hhrhhs The year 1863 he robbed of twenty
A's!g hogs, and as the necessary result the larger
Po'lol OF his salary 1or this year has been expendrd
!" procuring meat or his family During the present
i' tic has llad len hogs stolen from him. nine Of them
"'l'e MS eldest son Mas lying trembling between life
III oe't.' from wound received in the battles Of his
'o'Si ana whc'' iorsoot, at last he detects tlIc1 in
:"e very 'ct ana, according to the provisions Of the
law 'r'es INC cilrrt before court that court SCH
"'s ''c t''cl 70 receive twenty-five l,slcs" sspro
'es'S 's"!St such trivial cases" ud irm the rritn
]o' cA'o'ca al the expense TO tie state" the sacr
'ce VI o"s''1es annoyance. &C., donbt net they il,
'''' 'he prosecutor aih hot the ticr was the m,ry
WIS" '''' committed an outrage. very titng mat
'cr MIR. f'i':, that thieves should for two wears d.
St"'' ."'' ~ OF ITS means Of living matter for rcuhc
' one "l our oi'sr* citizens should assert accorli
t" law, his prsccrbcd rights!
y court should comprehend that the Object Of MN.
isinenl IS th'eeiod ls to dclcr the criminal HIMSELF
%hu 10 furnish an example to others; 3d i'll hardened
cases. 10 put the crlnil where he can do no harm
1'e prosecutor IN this case, desired to accomplish
the TWO rst oJecs OF punishment and surely he had
St'"lE motives 10 desire an example. What cyomnlc
thc court sat for the consideration Of our thieves may
'e oeduce' ON The fact that the very night after
'''e'r protest was published, house in this low,
Was broken open and all the meat possessed bv the
family stolen.
The courts Of Magistrates and frccbodc,s bo,a nd
Ver'sed the thieves, with words of tender svmnn,hv
mat the price to be paid for Stealing hog is wcn,v
i've HshcS and the IN" & killing in broad dov tho
COW OF a lone widow Hn>e ov,lv s,,n is IN tb ,,u
AND the result Ina! 'y.i. %" All: ;n,d y. com
mon as crime i..s 10 ~. it WI ,tcun,c moro :,
When thus iosteretl and :rtu~' =: i,.ut nc !, o 70
70 raise sock' II Will bee impossible; and nste., Of
resort'ng to the courts OF the uulry our citizens
must take the law into their owl. hands. and Shoot
oowh tile thieves, whom courts encourage T..
MI Editor, it would he unjust to This remarkable
protest. TO dismiss tins subject without this enouirv
what p'llosopLy-what istory-las ever taurb,
mat when crime has become SO common ms tom,kc tho
ln;'l o criminals inconveicnt to the citizens and br
densome to the State prosecutions should ccase or
have ceased? CITIZEN
1he London Athen;rum SAYS in tire coursc Of
a, review OF Veins Life Of Theodore Parker,
tnat meek divine during the Fugitive Slave cx
cl'cn.cnt in Boston, wrote his sermons with a
rcVo'ycrlying by him on h>d