The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-08-14
LOGAN SELLING
Free Negroes into Slavery at Auc-
tion.
From tlle Memphis Appeai.

From the Memphis Appeal.
NJ man in the United States ha
shown as much haired for the negr
IS John A Logan, the republican
nominee for vice president. He ha
pursued this unfortunate race wit
beastly ferocity. In other days
when the negro was in slavery an
needed sympathy, Logan regarded
The soil of Illinois as too sacred u
be polluted by his communicating
. tread. If there is a colored man il
he south so lost to self-respect a:
to vote for John A. Logan aftei
} reading the exposure we intend tt
make in this article, then he is sc
dehased and degraded as to vote
for the most cruel slave-drlyer that
ever welded the lash. Ignorant oi
The past record of Logan-his afro.
cious cruelty TO the race when he
proposed to hunt them down as wild
beasts-the negroes are bowling for
his election. Can it be possible
that this is the same John A.
Logan who, in the Illinois legisla-
ture, secured the passage of bill
selling into slavery, at public auc-
tion, all free negroes in the state?
When the constitution of Illinois
was framed in 1848, there were two
provisions in it which were sepa-
rately submitted to the people for
their adoption or rejection. One
was that no negro or mulatto shall
be permitted to migrate or settle in
the state. On this the vote was
III, 1896 to 7I,306, being a majority
of 100, $50 for the provision against
the admission of negroes or mulat-
toes into Illinois. John A. Logan
voted with the majority to exclude
the negroes from the state. The
other constitutional provision sub
mitted to the people that the ne
groes should not hold office or have
the right of suffrage. On this ques-
ton the vote stood 211,920 to 35,-
649, being a majority of l76,271
against allowing negroes or mulat-
toes to hold Office or vote in Illinois.
John A. Logan voted with the ma
jority against the negroes. To car
ry these provisions into effect, John
A. Logan, who was a member of the
legislature and of the judiciary COM
mittee, reported to the legislature of
1853 and secured the passage of the
following bill:
If negro or mulatto, bond or
free. shall hereafter come into this
state and remain ten days with the
7ident intention of residing in the
same, every such negro or mulatto
shall be deemed guilty of a high
misdemCanOr, and for the first of
lense shall be fined the sum OF $50. |
II such negro or mulatto shall be
found guilty, and the fine assessed |
he not paid forthwith to the justice !
of the peace before whom the pro-
ceedings we're had, it shall be the
duty of said justice to commit said |
negro or mulatto to the custody of
the sheriff, or otherwise keep him,
her or them in custody; and said
Justice shall forthwith advertise
said negro or mutatto, and on the
lay and at the time and place men
Goned in said advertisement the
said justice shall, at public auction,
to sell said negro or mulat-
20 TO any person, or persons; who
will pay such fine and costs for the
shortest time; and said purchaser
shall have the right to compel said
negro or mulatto 10 work for and
serve out said time. If SAID negro
)r mulatto shall not within ten days
after the expiration of his, her or
heir time of service, as aforesaid,
cave the state, be, she or they shall (
De liable to second prosecution, in
which the penalty to be inflicted
hall be 500, and so on for every
offense the penalty shall (
,e increased $50 over and above !
he last penalty"
John A. Logan was the author {
nd champion of this bill, which
vas not repealed until 1865. He
lrafted it and the records Of the Il
inois legislature show that he care
ully guarded its severe and cruel
PROVISIONS against all amendments. I
he slave. code vas called bloody, Is
nd it is charged that tb~
- negroes
we're often treated with great cruel s
Y; but the history of slavery fur {
fishes no parallel to the wicked