Instances are not wanting
where amounts of money are paid monthly to General Schnierle's
police as a reward for shutting their eyes and closing their lips
when unlawful proceedings are in progress. We have at this moment in
our possession a certificate from a citizen, sworn to before Mr.
Giles, the magistrate, declaring that he, the deponent, heard one of
the city police-officers (Sharlock) make a demand for money upon one
of these shop-keepers, and promised that if he would pay him five
dollars at stated intervals, 'none of the police-officers would
trouble him.' This affidavit can be seen, if inquired for, at this
office. Thus bribery is added to guilt, and those who should enforce
the laws are made auxiliaries in their violation. Said one of these
slave-destroyers to us, 'General Schnierle suits us very well. I
have no trouble with General Schnierle'--remarks at once repugnant
and suggestive. * * * We are told by one, that Mr. Hutchinson, when
in power, fined him heavily (and, as he thought, unjustly) for
selling liquor to a slave; hence he would not vote for him. An
additional reason for this animosity toward Mr. Hutchinson arises
from the fact that the names of offenders were always published
during that gentleman's administration, while under that of General
Schnierle they are screened from public view.
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