Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-03
TOBACCO LEAF ON TKTE TRAMP
QUESTION.

We have at last induced the Leaf
to give his serious attention to the
tramps; he does more, he lays down
the law for us in the premises, and
those who know his great legal at
tainmentS will admit that we are
entitled to some credit for eliciting
the information from such a source.
But first, he says that he is mot as
much alarmed as the CHRONICLE
over this matter; he does not be-
lieve that there will be any great
amount of trouble with the tramps."
That is very pleasant for him, but
we imagine that those who are al
ready complaining of annoyance
and even danger from this source
are as good judges of that matter as
he is. But we will take his law, in
which he is undeniably an expert,
leaving the pressure of the emer-
gency an open question. He refers
us to Acts of 1873, page 1S8, where
it is declared to be "a misdemeanOr
for any person who has no apparent
means of subsistence and neglectS to
apply himself or herself to some
honest calling" There, then, it is
a misdemeanOr which these tramps
are guilty of.
ga Daniel come tojudgment; yea, a Daniel
wise young judge, how do honor thee"
Moreover, there is a penalty for
such miSdemeanOr5 of not less than
five or more than twenty-five dol
lars, or Imprisonment for not less
than ten days or more than twelve
months, at the discretion of the
Court.
"Oh noble judge, oh excellent young man !"
Then he goes on. to State that
by Section of the same Act it is
is made the duty of all peace
officers of this State to arrest all va
grants and carry them before some
justice of the peace, to be dealt with
as the law directs.
"A Daniel still, say /, a second Daniel"
Having laid down so much law,
he tells us that there is no reason
why we should resort to any other
remedy; IRE hare only to see to 1t that
the tar is .tdithftlLy executed; and
then he goes on
There is Jail in the county, and by an
Act of the Legislature that Jail is declared
to be a wOrk-hOuSe. Let these trampS be
sent there and required to spend their time
in useful employment upon the rOck-pile,
upon the streets and upon public roads.
And we have only to see that that
law is executed and then we can
sleep secure, and the ladies can Wis
it one another unescOrted and COM
pare babies and discuss the gossip
of the day unmOlested, for the
tramps will all be breaking rocks
under the custody of "the peace of
ficers of this State"
We tender our thanks to our con-
temporary for his excellent EXPOSE
ton of the law and must quote Shy
lock once more:
at doth appear YOU are a worthy judge;
You know the law, your exposition
Hath been most sound: l charge you by
the law,
Whereof you are a well deserving pillar,
Proceed to judgment"
All, that proceeding to judgment
is a terrible test of the practical
bearing of law, as Shylock found
to his cost; and we fear that many
a hitch will intervene before we get
our tramp comfortably established
on a rOck-pile. First catch your
hare" is the commencement of Mrs.
Glass recipe for making a hare
pie. We will go through the pro-
cess for catching, skinning and cook
ing our pauper as now provided for
by law.
First catch him, then, Our cor
respondent of last week told us that
on an average ten to fifteen day
got off the cars in groups of four and
FIVE together, generally armed with !