The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-26
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actually the lazy until March 1920. when
THANKsGIvING DAY.
In 1879 1T was enacted, "There shall
t b a p qay Of TI II Observation-Disclosures thr0a of fSs
great d~eliverance of our nation from that
horrid plot Of the Papists to murder
and for the mercies of God to us in our
Province. delivering us from tina infec-
tious disease, of the smallpox, and other
Indians M all other Of His mercies
past; which day shall b, next Wednes-
18th of this instant November, This law
recalls the famous Papist plot which
made such a disturbance in Great Bri,,
religious rein E ano ~co mas aaya It so Originated cd
from an insignificant plot to AXE
s the e life and Of f. King 9a,staa, the the
tai by the bitter opponents of the Roman
Catholic Church. 1t is interesting to find
that the sectarian rivalry was SO bit tsT
ony 5000 miles from the Seat Of the con-
Been ~freqnenSiy followed by modern poii-
ticiars.
At the same time it was provided that
units. six pounds. eighteen shillings for
the defraying of the country debts;'' this
tax, which is something under $1,000 or
the Government was run and how sim
pie were the public expenses; 1T was
moreover declared in this same law, that
such tax should be paid in specieS--that
is to say, the planters and farmers were
to pay their respective shares in wheat,
rye, Indian corn. beef. pork, tobacco, and
wolves were declared to u parallel with
other debts.
The Government in those good old days
when we all Lived under the n kept
s slla AFFAIRS Of life Which nowadays
Of legisiation. The Legisiature graveiyy
observes there hath been disorders by
hogs being kept AROUND the town, dam
is therefore enacted by this Assembly
that every respective town Is to make
their own orders concerning hogs" AM
certain parts of the present f1ourishirg
own of Newark upon the Pishawack
River" will be compelled to- admit the
it might be re-enacted and extended to
other species of the animal kingdom;
Under the same general class of p%aternal
above the sum of ffteen shiilings incap-
able of collection. Another imposing a
fine of ten. shinings on any person above
or unwittingly tell my ..lye.". Still an
other old time enactment declares that
there had been abuses in the sale Of
UIcday d1lo JIG VAASA
wheat is at three shillings a bushel. one
penny white shall weigh eleven ounces;
wheaton, sixteen ounces and three-quar-
two ounces and a half" The law then
continues to regulate the weight of
bread according to the varying price OF
SLAVERY IN NEW JERSEY.
1t is perhaps to mary people
that slavery existed and foutished in
in her Instructions to Lord Cornbury.
uses the following noteworthy language:
You are to give all due announcement
and invitation to merchants and others,
who shall bring trade into our said Pro-
vince, or any way contribute to the adj
vantage thereof, and in particular the
And, whereas, we are willing to rec
ommend unto the said company that the
said Province may have a constant and
sufficient supply of m~erchantable negroes
at moderate rates, in money or commo-
dities. so that you are to. take especial
care that payment be duly made, and
within a Competent time according to
their agreements.
"And you are to take care that there
be no trading from one said Proyinee to
charter of the Royal African Company,
otherwise than prescribed by an act of
Parliament. entitled. Am act to settle the
trade to Africa"
In this manner was slavery confirmed
in New Jersey by royal approval, and
sae,, frsqve s5o law boW THAT WiS Were paSs naa sb be-
S@4 6AAO "
come the ownership of slaves. In 1882 it
was declared illegal to traffic with them;
in 1894 slaves were forbidden to carry
any gun or pistol or take any dog with
him Or them into the woods or planta-
tions, upon any pretense whatsoever;
nor could slaves keep swine, except such
as were branded with the brand of heir
white masters. In the same law 1T was
declared a misdemeanor punishable by
fine of twenty shillings to entertain the
slaves of other masters or allow them to
remain in ones house above two hour
at a time.
Occasionally we hear of one of these
old avs being dragged from OBLIVION
and charged with a temporary vitality:
Thus a few years 6 a man was tried
in Morris county for profanity, and not,
w~ithstanding the eloquent plea of his
counsel, Colonel Ingersoll, was convicted.
And Within a comparatively recent
period a woman in Bergen county was
tried, convicted and punished as a COM
mon scold. Only a few days ago the fa-
Guilty of Princeton College made use of a
law passed in 1907, f~orbidding tavern
keepers to sell liquor to students, and by
means of this old statute inaugurated a
course of temperance which the general
and modern laws of the State would not
sanction.
Such cases. however, are rare, and we
may congratulate ourselves that we live
in an age of greater liberty and broader
charity than that which saw the enact
ment of such laws.