, 1880-09-01
TUE NEW BOURBON SLAVERY.

tho Infamous Election lnws devised In tho
Snuth to tlsfrancIitso the negro, rs set forth
In tho report Of tic Congressional Commit
tee. Condensed from tllo sallo report, We
present to-ttay tile efforts lnadg by tho bur.
bons In Mississippi 10 rcEnstave tho neero.
While loudly prorlnfming tileIr friendship
for the negro, they are ctAlcavorlng, rs will
bo seen, by all possible legal restrictions 10
make Ills lot even worse tlan 1t was III
slavery, by system Of unjust ntNl lu!guituus
| penal llws In many of tho States they aro
| already reducing hin 10 practical yussnluge,
MS tho following illustrations frum tho pcna!
lnws Of Mississippi will show. Tho acts Of
1873 provide:
rLat whsnevSr my p0rsoa al,an ,,s ,, sentenced
70 thc renltcndinry ot dhlS stats It slnll 10 tho
such sohtencu 10 certify to the supcrintentent
Ut tho i'cntentIary tho Gust, if any,us the pr!m-
duly Of the SUPERINTENDENT ,a kccp hIIn in eis-
1oiy alter the expiration q tho t!n,o for which
,ysrEa &c t a rts t. Ss ssS @ 5 t.
pludIng Sunday until sA'I line a,lu costsura pl.
Tho Inv further provides that every uleft
above $40 shall be considered gra1Nt larceny,
with this proylso: "!f'roUidctI, tiut IL shall
be considered grind larceny to steal a hog,
pig, slloqt, cow. caif, yearl1ng, steer, slacep,
lurnb, gont. or kid, Of the value of onc tlullar
or inore," tho punishment not to exceed five
years in the rcliitenttary, with tllu costs Of
prosecution added. Hero is an instance Of Il
case under this proviso: Horace Wilder
tcolorctt) was sent to the pcnitcntiary for
eighteen months for stealing Il plg valued ut
sl.5o. Lie l!ntl Just finished his term of
service, nlld the Superintendent aslsctl for
the cost OF prosecution. Tho Circuit Clerk
certified tho all0tllt to be the enormous sun,
OF S7aS5,-the net expense Of prosecuting Il
c0l0red lalt for stealing pig Worth a tl0ttnr
aud ii half At25 cents Il day ho Will lo re-
uuircd to work three hundred days more, or
within thirteen working days Of IL yenr."
But tho lcgalr punishment for these
pntty crimes ls no hardship compared with
tho brutal treatment Of tho negroes inter
conviction. Under tho contract system The
CONFLICTS nrc sub-lct TO plasters II, the Allssis-
sippi bottom. They are WORKED with bal
and chain, and tho old 3|pye-trlvers watch
will, ftoublc-DarrUlctl sotgl,ns, rcadyto 10 shoot
tllell, dowli at the first movement towards
escape. At night they aro packed Into close
nnd illthy stock0tlcs, roltcn with stencil n1,tl
ycrnlln. Worked MI day wilt, ball md chain,
t.isuf1lclentiy fed aud clothed, md lnl.1dlcd
together in'ltll, like hogs, oil night, tlley are
nt last turned loose upoM tho community, Of
course disfranelllsed, but, worse than this.
uenas0A ahu ul@eFly bFutAn1ca. l'!e INV Oh
1873 provides tllNt "n{,y INrson convicted Ut
a ,n,at1mno,,,or l,.r,rn 1.vti,o ,,r ~, 1,tn,,
Hl'suolheahoF petore JuRtlco ol Inc l'eacc,
II the tue atl costs nre not instantly p,llt1 Or
sr.,,r;.l IN ho mil within s,xtv dnys sl,niiln
: committed to tic county contractor To work
nrt lila f,;, mil ,cs,e al thu rat f t,yn,,t, ID
wv "'o ''o "''' eoats hk'.ao '"to v. '"c".a.
| live cents q llAy, But II sick. sail convict
stnIl wnrk f,rn tlnus fpr crcr7, oue Iost IN,
','.'s wv y t'e' s'ps ~ Wy tu'' ~
slcFHcss, o.'e Ut which days stn!l be Tor
compensation for keeping llim during n lay
systc,l, moro ncr1,r rsrtl t|,an thtsr.
~. .t't, !. ~. ~ ir.s ts.,,
, nut tnis u Not MI. IA Ha INV lnr pelsohs
who lnppvn to full lut0, tilt clutches Of tito
: rfvfl ,nn,,tstrutns nn,i cnnnot uivn mil t,ro.
+ W. ""s014"'es "A',t ~"''''oS e''o "''' e'o
. vIIf8: ~;
T'bat in any COUNTY In which thcro ehnl III, n
eoutraaior i0r kpcplrR prlsonUrs ii any iafrt,t,
e"nln!ttg1 ~ tho !A for W olfunsu ttt 4 bull
saf keopnx t a,'i usttly Of tne su U1'ntrutar ~ n
\ nnh 20 work tor tho suse under tho pn'yia!o'1t
,vt m 's s aor. a aMen ,,S % s ~ a. t rt,s 70 r
.lay, ,onig six Gl,nees Of hic'l or tun tapres oi
= k%Akt = II INIT khatHA