Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-06-28
LOGAN SELLING FREE NEGROES INTO
SLAVERY At AUCTION.
Men,,,nia Anpeai.

Memphis Appeal.
M man in the Uni,ed Statts h,,s
! shown ~ Iuueh hatred for the ne
rr'''t- John 4. Logan, the Bepubli.
1 cul nominee kOr Vice President
lie has pursued this unfortunate
race with belsily ierWiiy. In 9th,
or d"ys, when uin negro was in
slavery and needed sympathy, Lo-
gan regarded the soil of illinois as
too sacred Ia he polluted by his con,
Illuminating triad. Ifthere Is a coll
orcd man In the South 50 lost 10 self
respect as 10 vote for John a Logan
alter reading the exposure we in-
tend to mike In this article, then
lac Is so dietmsed and degraded as to
vote for the most cruel slitve-driveT
that ever welded the lash. IgnOr,
ant OF the past record OF I,Ogan-his
atrociOus cruelty TO the race when
he proposed to hunt them down as
wild beasts--the. negroes are how.
ling for his election. Can il be pos
slble that this Ii the same John A.
Logan who, in the Illinois 7Legisla-
ture, secured the passage OF u bill
selling iuto slavery, at public auc-
tion, all free negroes inthe State ?
When the constitution of Illinois
was fENned i'm 1S4S, there were two
provisions la IL which were separ-
ately submitted to the people for
their adoption or. rejection. One
was that no negrc or Inullatto shall
be permitted 10 migrate or settle In
the State. On this the vote was
III ,S96 to II, ,3O6 being majority Of
IO0,59O for the provision against the
admission OF negroes or mullattoes
into Illinois. John A. Logan voted
with the majority to exclude tho
negroes from the State. The other
constitutional provision submitted
to the people was that the negroes
should not hold office or have the
right of suffrage. Cn this question
the vote stood 2ll ,920 to %, 5,6i9, be.
ing majority OF l76,27l against al
lowing the negroes or mullatOe9 TO
hold Office or to vote In Illinois.
John A.Logan, who was a mom-
ber OF the Legislature and OF the ju-
Committee, reported to tho
Legislature OF 1853 and secured the
passage Of the following bill:
Ifa negro or rnulIatto, bond or free, shall
hereafter come into this state and remain
ten days with the evident intention OF re-
siding In the same, every such negro on nlu-
lattO shall be decmed guilty of high mis-
ANA for the first oftense shall be
iatto shall be found guilty. aud tie fnc as
sesed be not paid forthwith To the lllsiioo
OF the peace before whom the proceedings
were had, Il shall be the duty of said Jnstlce
to commit said negro or mulattO to the Gus
tody OF the sheriff, or otherwise keep him,
hor or them in custody and said Justice
shall forthwith advertise said negro or mu-
lnttO, and ON the day ahd az the ulfo and
plnce mentioned in said advcrtisementthe
snid Justice shall, at public auction, prooecd
TO sell said negro or mulatio 70 any person.,
for the shortest time; and slid purchaser
shall have the right TO compel said negro or
mulatto 10 work for, and serve out said
within ten days after the eNpiraiion of his,
her or their time OF service, rs aforesaid,
oavO tho state, lie, Sue, or they SHAH bo lla-
Die To "A second prosecution, ln which thc
penalty 10 lie inflicted Shall I've slOO and ~ ON
or every subsequent Oifcnsc tltc penalty
shnll be Increased 80 over and above the
asst penalty. H. "
John A. Logan was the author
ana champion Oi this bill, which
was not repealed until 1865. lie
drafted II, and the records Of tlie IL
IinOis Legislature show that he ralr-
Tully guarded lis severe and eruOl
against ali amendments.
The slave code wils called blOOdy,
and IL is charged that the npgrota
were Oftpn treated with great cruel
" I; but tho history OF slavery fur
lishes n0 PARALLEL. to The wicked
.nd atrOcious cruelty with, which
John A. logan pursued tho negroes
n, Illinois. This Is the man wl1o ~
raducing and yilifymg the Sauth
lnd charging our people With being
and hostile To the
blacks. Logan's bill selling free ne
srops into slavery wis nIpnstrOus In
Is provisions in the'iace OF such
toward the cOlOred people
Who had fed 10 the free soil OF IL
inois for protection, lie now comes
Onward ~ the champion Of the en-
blacks. lie refused the
legrusheller ia InIsioriunc, but now
'laiins the vote of the race he plu-
,oSpd To sell Into slavery for The
rinie OF being tree and daring 10
oeiTtc in the Tree Stale OF lllinois.
Blaine, tatioOed with his coErup,
cheIncs, Is "A hideou1 mOnsters- But
CARTOON representing Logan on
he block aueii0neerlng free npgrOCs
md nIulattoeS tu the highest liItidcr
selling them into slavery-bccausc
hey we're unfit tO live a. freelnrn
II Illinois, will present u picture
tiIl more Disgusting and revOlting.
logan, INV that the negroes are
Z, regards theIn as "thc
Yards OF the nation I" but IN 1858
le regarded IL as a "high misde-
neanor" for them to pOllute the
oil of Illinois with their prosenee
nj proposed to hunt them sduwn
With allTthe fer0city OF an African
laye-dealer or the Southern Save
river with @blood-hounCls III pur.
ut Of their'runaway negroes, with
he view OF max ing slaves OF tree
nen who had either purchased their
reedOn or been emancipnted by
heirowners. Under the prOvisloIIs
( Logan's slave code, IL the negroes
ia not leave the State In ten days
fter regaining their freedom they
,ere again placed on the block and
IIe punishment increased lIy cX-
ending the period Of awnerslhpAnd
layery. Less than thirty yeats tgyO
1Ognn. regard, Il the Negro as a nnis-
nee IN Itlinnis not To bc tolerated.,
nd he was hunted dOwn iike ~
did beasl. IL the cOl0retl people
re not Lost TO shame and hself-
sspetf tley will cast ~ solid
ole stgainal the man Who perseu-
sd them Ia the dark days Of sbtv-
rs, hut nov that They are voters
,nuId hunTbug them Into the Belief
bat lns has always laen their trieTsl.
has cost the a plr1nl much lalmrtO
unt uIi this dnming record, The
plurtsi voter viii bc iethto believe
(, Tut Lhgar ufd his friend4 date
al denv II IL readily found III The
Iq.nr,I of tic IilillniS Legislature,
iriiten In lciier- Which iimc cslnnOt
blitcratr, making u dannctl spIt
,hicll will not tut.
A barge hcaItcNl manufacturer
.oluinbus, Ohio, itnpluyi,ig nmhy
ands, noting that SUNDAY baseball
iayiiig was beehining q Ert1atevil,
lllcl together the inen aii'i bey~in
is enfpl6y aud ai,n,s,liwe'l 90 fhem
hat the iactoryr wuulL slut DUNN
I q 0rlOck Dn Saturday ufttripnns,
.ithnnt rr,lusd i0iI ~ wages, N tiIry
.puld ,,rr,t. nf,t t05 miicInl BASEBALL
anIGss 0iI Sunday llr prapVsltiVn
Vas received with chrcrS, nnd II h
at al all unlikely that, notwiih-
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