The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-25
LOGAN ~rnn NIoorn CATCHER

1870
General John A, Logan, Republican
| candidate for Vice P%realdent, well de'
served the epithets OF "Black Jack, the
slave driver and Niger catcher" II any
one did.
Logan was the author of q bill In the
Illinois Legislature In 1853, the object
| OF which was az LOgan'a resolution aaid,
go eifectually prevent the immigration
"of free negroes into this state Qlll'
nols.v
Logan was the author of the law and
under II no person Of negro blood was
allowed TO settle In Illinois. II also
| provided for the sale OF tho c0l0red resi-
| dents of that State. The laws a. they
| had existed were severe enough In oil
conscience, but they did not satisfy
Logan. We quote q few paragraphs OF
L0gan's law.
SECTION /. That II any person or
persons shall bring or cause TO be
brought into this State any negro or
mulattO slave, whether said slave N set
free or not, shall be liable TO an indicl'
ment, and upon conviction thereof, be-
fined for every such negro or mulatlo .
sum not less than 800 nor more lhan
$500, and imprisoned IN tho county jail
one year, and shall stand committed un'
Oh said fine aud costs are paid,
SRC, B. II any negro or mulatt0, bond
or free, shall hereafter come Into this
State and remain ten days with tle tyi'
dent intention Of residing In the a0ine,
every such negro or mulatt0 shall b.
deemed guilty Of q high miademean0r
ana for the llraJ Oltense shall be nue0
the sum OF $50, to be recovered before
any Justice Of the Pence In the county
found,
SIC. 4, If said MORO or mulatl0 should
b. found guilty aud the lne R7eessanlo
not paid forthwith TO the justice OF the
peace before whom said proceeding
we're had, II shall be tho duty OF eRld
justice 20 commit said negro or mulatl0
TO the sheriff OF said county, or other,
wise keep him, her, or them In custody,
and said justice shall forthwith 6dyef
tiae said negro or mulattO by posting
| up notices Thereof I'm at least three OF
The most public places In his district
which aRid notices shall he posted up
for ten days, and on the day aud NJ The
time and place mentioned IN said adyeT
tleement, the said Justice shall at public
auction proceed TO soil said negro OF
mulaliO 10 any person or persons who
will pay said ano aud costs for the
shortest time; aud aaid purchaser ah0li
have Il 0 right TO compel said negro OF
mulattO 10 work for or serve out said
time, and he shall furnish said negro OF
mulutlO with comfortable food, clothing
and lodging during said seryitud0,
SEC 3 II mid negro or mulattO shall
mol, within ten daya after the eXpira'
ton Of hls, her, or their time 10 Ufore
said, leave the State, he, ahe, or they
shall DO liable to u second prosecution,
In which the ponaltyto be Inflicted shall
bO 800, aud no on for every subsequent
Olfenae the penalty shall DO increased
$50 over aud above the last penalty In
llcted, and the same proceedings shall
DO had In each case ~ Is provided for IN
the preceding sections for the frat Of
Tense,
Sgc, 7. In all cases arising under
the provisions Of this act the pf0secul
Ing witness, or person making the com
plaint and prosecuting the same, shall
be entitled TO One'hall Of the llne no im'
posed ana collected, and the residue Of
said Ane shall DO paid Into thB county
treasury 0f the county IN which enid
proceedings were had. 4"
The above was the lonely work OF 10,
gan, the candidate Of tho Republican
party for Vlc5 President. They want
r0l0red men 10 vote for this mani In Il
recent article In the Chicago Times or
this subject, Mr.. Charles O, 7, Holden
concludes thus;
"And Hll this, too, was the work Of him
who IL this day The candidate Of the
party now In power for the second place
within the gift Of this great republic,
But the etrNngest thing OF all " that
tho very men whom no would have do.
graded In bondage NJ that period ara TO,
day, many Of them, singing his praise,
~ witness the further remark at the rat
] ilcatl0n meeting Arst alluded 10. But,
say the advocates OF John A, Logan, the
black laws Of 1853, those credited u
Logan never amounted 10 any.
thing anyway, " having been an
obsolete statute, To all such lot me
un1 NlO1 hHVN NV NllNlNil llN1 opium
for that law was ~ tight and binding
on the subject for which Mr., Logan had
prepared ", up 10 the very time Of the
emancipation Of the COlOrOd mce
throughout tho land, NJ II could be-
made, Let John Palmer tell what his
experience was under that statute dur
Ing the early stages Of the war, when
| sickness near unto death COmpelled him
10 return to hia home In Illinois for "a
time, bringing with him n cOlored boy
0s nurse; aud my rOcolloctiOns are that
the boy was arrested under The black
lava and thrown into jail, aud that
John NJ, Palmer was prosecuted for u
u violation Of John A.. LOgap'B statute.
| cann0t give all tho particulars, but the
exaCt facts can easlly be learned from
Gen. Palmer NJ Springfield, ILL.,"