The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 2

Ciieratiir On Saturday Judge Pearson delivered The estimable woman by whom this generous bqqucst was made erred in supposing that the Presi dent of the American Anti Slavery Society is elected for life and that we were the first to raise the cry of anti slavery in Her wishes in regard to the legitimate expenditure of her gift shall be sa credly regarded And to the American Anti Slavery Society which has existed for many years and 1 believe their President for life is and has always been so the honor ed William Lloyd Garrison who first raised the cry of anti slavery in America and1 who with those who are associated with him have continued the zealous and uncompromising friends of the poor miserable slaves to that Society therefore I leave and bequeath the whole free residue of my moveable effects and I direct my executors to grant discharges for the same and remit the amount thereof to the said William Lloyd Garrison for behoof of the said American Anti Slavery Society who know best what will be good for the poor negroes But with this proviso that not one farthing of it must be given to purchase a slave as I hold the principle that no man has a right to buy or sell his brother man and thia is the only restriction I leave on these benevolent and hu mane men the American Anti Slavery OREIGN ANTI SLAVERY BEQUEST The following gratifying letter from Scotland should have been submitted by us to the friends the anti slavery cause in this country at an earlier pe The ugitive Sl ave Bill was read a third time anJ j'ASSEia in the Sen ate on Monday last without Hear whit the Washington Union says The adoption of such a bill is not only favorable tn the right of the owners and calculated to con cilia rhe Southern people but it i another most gratitying evidence ot the liberal disposition of the Nort'i to curry out the gurantica of the Constitution Wc hail speh 4 spirit with great pleasure and hope it will remove some of the prejudices which the cx tidiaUts have entertained towaids the North The Last Number The Massachusetts Quarterly Review No XII for September 1850 presents tho following table of contents Article I The Right of Petition by James Bir ney Art II Geology of the Exploring Expedition by Edouard Desor Art III Hawthorne's Scarlet Let er (anonymous) Art IV American and Alpine Botany compared by John Russell Art Dif ferent Christologies of the New Testament by Theo dore Parker Art VI Short Reviews and Notices We perceive in glancing at Mr article that he makes a quotation from a speech of tho Seward to this effect I believe sir if there ha i never been any petitions on the subject of slavery rejected by Congress there would never have been any petitions presented to Congress for a dissolution of the Mr Seward must be singularly lack ing in information on this point to entertain any such belief Undoubtedly the persistent high handed ty rannical denial of the right of petition by Congress has served to multiply the reasons for dissolving the Union but those who are advocating that disso lution affirm it to be necessary on the highest moral and religious grounds in consequence of tho pro slavery stipulations in the Constitution and not for any special act of Congress and also because' it is self evident that Liberty and Slavery cannot co exist under one government Notice is given that this is the last number of the Revie It has not lived in vain though it has not perhaps fully reached the high expectations that were raised in regard to it Edinburgh 18 London street 7 12th March J860 i beg to intimate to you that Mrs Margaret Sansori' or Bruce died at her house 21 Crescent Edinburgh on the 16th ebruary last Ipav ing a will dated 16th January 1847 appointing Mr George Torrance residing 18 Comely Bank 'and me asther Executors and conveying to us her moveable or personal estate for the payment of her lawful debts sick bed and funeral charges and the expenses of re covering and dividing her personal estate for the pay ment of four small legacies? of £10 each one of these to the Peace Society a mourning ring to each of her executors and the residue to the American Anti Sla very Society in the terms of which I send you copy The funds are not yet realized and cannot be divided for six months! Of course I cannot yet state the amount of the residue but my present impression i that it will be between 80 and £100 sterling but I will be glad to hear from you that you 'will 'receive the donation under the declaration contained in the Will and how I may remit the amount to you when tmgible There is a legacy duty of £10 per cent payable to government out of the residue I am Sir your most obedient servant (Signed) ALEXANDER HUTCHISON 1 Washington August 20th After the consideration of the morning business the ugitive Slave Bill was again taken up the ques tion being upon Mr amendment which was adopted without a division 7 This amendment pro vides)!) effect that three commissioners shall be appointed in each county by the federal judge of the general judicial districts who shall hear and de termine in a fair manner vverv case of an alleged fugitive from slavery The deposition or affidavit of the owner certified' before some judicial officer in the State from which the slave may have fled and proof of th? identity of the person claimed to be deemed sufficient proof to warrant the delivery of the fugitive to the claimant who shall be subject to no further molestation in the conveyance of his slave back to the place from whence he had fled the de cision ofthe commissioners being final The marshal and his deputies are directed to execute the warrants issued by these commissioners and a penalty of six months imprisonment or a fine of one thousand dol lars is imposed upon those who shall aid in the es cape of a slave from the claimant It also provides that if a slave is rescued from the claimant after be ing delivered into his hands by the commissioner his or her slave shall be paid for out of the treasury of the United States Mr Pratt moved further to amend the bill by add ing still more stringent provisions for the payment by the United States ofthe value of escaped slaves who sh ill not be delivered up to the claimant by the officers whose duty it is made to execute this law Mr Pratt supported this amendment at considerable length closing with observations upon the impro priety and impracticability of abolishing slavery throughout the Union and with some strictures upon a speech delivered in Ohio some time since by an in dividual whom he designated as the 1 higher Senator Mr Dayton opposed the amendment He would like to get rid of this agitation by making it a ques tion of dollars and cents merely but it must be done in a legal and constitutional way The principle in volved in the amendment proposed was one which if adopted would le id to disastrous results Mr Badger advocated the amendment If the ederal Government failed to perform its constitu tional duty it was but just that the United States should make good to the owner of the slave his or her value Mr Butler contended that the ederal Government ought not to he made the grand underwriters of fugi tive slaves It was the duty of the States to execute the constitutional provision in question After some further debate Air Underwood gave notice of an amendment in the form of an substitute for the entire bill which was ordered to be printed The Senate then adjourned Washington August 23 In the Senate the ugitive Slave Bill was taken up After action upon various amendments the ques tion slated uxm Air substitute heretofore noticed for the entire bill Air Chase moved to amend the amendment by strnking out a section making the provisions of the act applicable to the territories so as to apply it to the States only A long debate ensued upon this amendment in the course of which Air Yulee read from the New York Journal of Commerce report of an amalga mated Convention at Cazenovia commenting unon its incendiary address and calling the attention of the people ofthe South to it as a sample of the opin ions and feelings of the North in relation to the rights ofthe South or at least acts which were coun tenanced and supported by their laws Ain Dodge of Iowa read an act of the State of Iowa for the purpose of showing that her citizens en tertained no such sentiments as those assigned to the North by Air Yulee and ventured to assert that the proceedings and sentiments of the free negro convention at Cazenovia would be repudiated by the great mass of the people of New York The question being taken on Air amend ment it was rejected he alone voting for it Air Mason moved to amend the amendment offered by him and adopted in committee of tlie whole by adding a provision making a marshal or his deputy responsible in damages for the escape of a fugitive from ids custody after he has been arrested It also makes him responsible if he shall fail to use all due diligence in executing the demand for the arrest of a fugitive The latter clause of the amendment was adopted without a division and the former bv ayes 23 to nays 13 Air substitute was then rejected Alinor amendments were made to Air substitute which was finally concurred in Mr Davis of Mass moved an amendment the object of which was to relieve colored citizens of free States from the operation of laws of Southern States by which such colored citizens going to Southern cities as seamen are imprisoned and liable to be sold into slavery Mr Davis supported the a mendment briefly Air Butler contended that a colored man was not a citizen of the United States and not entitled under the Constitution to the complete rights of citizen ship Mr Berrien contended for the right of a State to pass such municipal laws for its protection as may be deemed necessary If the amendment should be adopted it must defeat tho bill as no man could vote for a proposition which aimed so deadly a blow at the: South by sweeping away the safeguards which the Slates id erected to secure themselves their wives and their children against the horrors of ser vile insurrection Mr Wiiithiop advocated the amendment and sub mitted some pointed remarks in condemnation of the lawsuf South Carolina to which (he amendment re fers' After wane further debate Mr Dickinson made some remarks in relation to the Cazenovia Convention referred to this morning by Mr Yulee saying tint the Senator would never have alluded to it if lie knew the scorn and contempt with which all such proceedings were looked un by the great muss of the people of all part ies in theNorth The question being taken upon Mr a tnendinent it was rejected yeas 13 nays 24 The bill was then ordered to be engrossed yeas 27 nays 12 as follow Yess Ajessrs Atchison Badger Barnwell Bell Berrien Buller Davis of Aliss Dawson Dodge of lo wr'Dowi)s oote Houston Hunter Jones King AUngum Mason Pearce Rusk Sebastian Soule Sfiru ince Sturgeon Turney Underwood Wales and Yulee' Mesars Baldwin Bradbury Chase Coop er Davis of Mass Day ion Dodge of Wis Green Smith ppham Walker and Winthrop disabused of a legion of lies which lazy vagabonds too lazy to brush their own coats have poured into his unsophisticated ears Does Carlyle dare accuse George Stephen as true a man as ever opened his eyes to a British sky of cant and twaddle? Let bun read George Stophen's volumes delineating the law and practice of West Indian Slavery and see what it was that Emancipation has ruined He will there see that slavery was to the planter nothing but bankruptcy and ruin revolving in short cycles while to the slave to say the least it was a monstrously awkward mode of producing industry Though it managed to produce some sugar it was anything but sweet to the parties immediately concerned That emancipation however foolishly brought about and the tax payers of England may well enough groan over the £20000 COO has increased the idleness of our dark friends is a most impudent lie The plan ters were bound to ruin any how and no alms or could save them Ruin was periodi cal and certain with them their natural inheritance The indisputable nnd undeniable fact that the eman cipated slaves in Jamaica could do and have done better for themselves with their own laboron theirown land than they could do working on worn out sugar estates at any wages and with any domostic accom modations which speculators in such cultivation could or would afford to pay and yield them is surely one that cannot make against emancipation except with knaves and swindlers Qnashee with a Yankee shrewdness which does him infinite credit has seen fit to himself out ofthe clutches of hite sharp ers and speculators et hinc Hire lachrymal hence this Book of Lamentations But look again white Christendom nt the genteel vagabonds who pretend ed that they were God appointed to wield the many tailed cat over Qmishee to secure his industry and keep him in his destined sphere What did they prophesy as the consequence of their having to give up that sacred symbol of their office Nothing less than universal riot havoc blood and fire Did a word of it come to pass No The rogues knew they lied Yet they now hold up their heads with the rich metallic lustre of the cymbal and impose upon our poor innocent philanthropic friend Carlyle as if they had not been caught in the fibs without the fate of Ananias nnd Sapphint The British West In dies once a hell are no paradise now but neverthe less nnd Quattlebum grieves to know it emanci pation has worked well for the slave nnd far better than he deserved for the master There is dear Doughface no rubbing this out or lying it down to all eternity The white race will consult its self re spect and dignity by admitting the fact and govern ing itself accordingly Even Anglo Saxondom with its manifest destiny will come off second best in an encounter with this eternal truth Jamaica is a bet ter and more hopeful island to day in every human honest and noble sense of the word better and rich er in the presence of all the gods except Alammon and Belial than it was on the 31st of July 183 or any day for 200 years before that Its chief mourn ei are no other than the soul of udus Iscariot and the Editors of our blessed Journal of Commercial Christianity whose grief at empty sugar hogsheads and leaky ruin puncheons is to be sure intense and pitiful enough Seldom do wo take up any review of Carlyle in which we do not find either an ambitious or an un witting imitation of his vicious style of writing a style which defies all definition or analysis which does not properly belong to Jew or Greek Barbarian or Scythian bond or free male or female these we perceive the same tendency though not in excess UGITIVE SLAVE DILI IN SENATE 1 Washington Aug At 12 tho special order the fugitive slave bill catne up Mr Mason offered a substitute for the bill embodying provisions and amendments hereto fore submitted Mr Dayton of New Jersey offered as an amendment Mr bill Mr Cass gave notice that he should propose the amendments of the Committee of Thirteen Mr Dayton briefly explained and advocated his amend ment Mr Alason replied and supported his own amendment' Air amendment after discussion by Mossrsi Ainsoti Winthrop Berrien Butler Walker Underwood and Chase was rejected 11 to 27 Air Chase then offered an amendment which was rej cted Mr Winthrop offered an amendment to give fugi tives the right to the writ of Habeas Corpus and a trial before District Judges He explained and ad vocated it as also did Mr Dayton It was opposed by Messrs Mason and Berrien and was lost 11 to 26 Mr Pearce of Maryland offered an amendment which was ordered to be printed and the bill on mo tion of Mr Underwood of Ky was postponed till to morrow Perforations tn tub Latter Day Pamphlets by one of the Eighteen Millions of Ediletl by Elizur Wright No 1 Universal Suffrage Cap ital Slavery Carlyle ha designated the American people as eighteen millions of bores' hence the piny upon theword in this instance and very expertly is the critical auger used in making these Perforations So vul nerable to assault has the Latter Day dyspeptic nnd grumbler rendered himself on the right hand and on the left in front and in rear that he must be exceed ingly deficient in good sense logical ability nnd moral discernment who cannot achieve a triumph over him The author of these when on the right track (as in the present case) never fails of doing good execution for lack of ability nnd it wilt be plain to every believer in human? progress on reading this rejoinder that Thomas Carlyle comes off second the encounter Take the following extract as a specimen of the whole In lis veneration ofthe chattel slavery of the Af ricans nnd his towering contempt for abolitionism Air Carlyle outdoes the late lamented John Cal houn Somehow or other in his closet there in Cheyne Row Chelsea hnrd by the Thames he has imbibed a contempt for the negro or ebony cut man so intense and transcendental that it would be con sidered a little extravagant in the patriarchal king dom of South Carolina Somehow or other he has got it into his wise and almost prophetic head that whereas the slave overseer is a successful and thrifty captain of labor and his negro slave a genuine and effective toiler the free negro is necessarily the very incarnation of idleness He sinks the whole sable style ef humanity under this condemnation without exception or qualification Aleeting a dingy Doug lass ora pitchy Ward who has worked his way from chattel mod up to the side ofthe ablest of white San hedrim Doctors and Senators hero worshipper as lie is reported to be he is ready to address the runaway in the following contemptuous and profane words (See Model Prisons page 25) you Qua shee my pumpkin (not a bad fellow either this poor Qiashee when tolerably guided!) idle Qua shee I nay you must get the Devil sent awai from jour einow my poor dark trienu Jn this world there will be no existence for you otherwise No not as the brother of your folly will I live beside you Please to withdraw out of my way if I am not to contradict your folly and amend it and put it in the stocks if it will not amend By the Eternal Ala ker it is on that footing alone that you and I can live together Now think that if Thomas Carlyle were to un dertake the task of tolerably guiding by means of the stocks and such like either Douglass or Ward or son others 1 wot of he would indeed find them some If he did not he would succeed better than one Thomas Auld and others But the simple hearted and verdant man has been utterly im posed upon as to facts by some West Indian over seer or bankrupt slave proprietor who has taken ad vantage of his intense antipathy to cant and preju uice against trit rxeier Will plattorm Idleness good God that is on the other side Idleness in its most unmitigated form has carried the whip and in st ill ed its own image into the negro at the noint of it I his is an education to laziness which the African Valuable Pocket Companion Snow Wilder Pathfinder Railway Guide Office 5 Washington Street Boston have published the second edition adapted to the present season of a very neat pamph let entitled Route between Boston and Burlington via Lowell and Concord andthe Routes to Wells River and Lake Winnipiseogee with a Guide to the White Illustrated with six copperplate jM4psshowing the entire route of each road and containing in a small compass useful and interesting information respecting the' several towns and villages on tlie route All this for the triflirig sum of 12 1 2 cents They also continue to publish on the first Monday in every month the Pathfinder Rail way Guide for the New England States the only publication by authority of the Association of Rail Road Superin tendents This contains official time tables of the railway companies with stations distance fares and other important information respecting railway steamboatand stage routes throughout New England accompanied by a complete railway map' Price 5 worth five time's that sum to all They also regularly publish the Bpston Monthly Express List and Guide containing the onl complete Express ever attempted Delivered to subscribers at 30 cents a year Latter Day Pamphlets edited by Thomas Car lyle No A The Stump Orator No VI Parlia ments No VII Hudson's Statue No VIII Jes uitism Of the whole series six out of eight are not worth the white papefr on' which they are printed be ing morbid in spirit tyrannical in doctrine or non sensical in proposition with here and there a streak of sanity and an atom of good sense discoverable in their jargonic pages The last number on in which the founder of the Jesuit Order Ignatius Lo oyla is spoken of in fitting terms of reprobation is decidedly the best and for the very good reason that Carlyle in this instance is in the right feels it to be so and writes accordingly He Of Ignatius I must take leave to say there can this be recorded that he has probably done more mischief in the earth than any nari born since How can I call him other than the superlative of scanda a A bad man I think not good by nature and by destiny 'swollen into a very Ahriman of badness Ignatius perceive is now sure to die nnd be abolished before long nay is already dead and will not even y'alcanlze much far ther but in fine is hourly sinking towards the A bys dragging much along with him or sale by PhillipsSampspn 8 Co 110 Washington street Boston CAN PROPERTY STEAL PROPERTY? Harrisburg (Pn) Aug 24 1 he Court which was occupied during yesterday fTn0nZ the Corpus of th? render eteainff horses in Virginia ndt red their decision this morning It appears the sr 1 he Court decided that a slave who steals a horse to escape with commits no criminal offence inc prisoners were thereupon discharged About dozen men from Winchester Vn ns 1 1 iat PJ'Son door and attempted to seize and handcuff the slaves on their corning out A great crowd of whites and free blacks also assembled and a general riot immediately commenced slave effected his escape amidst a shower of stones and clubs the other two their masters with assistants succeeded despite all resistance in handcuffing bevcral negroes were stabbed others wounded owners of the slaves were slightly hurt The Court immediately issued warrants against the owners and all engaged for assault and battery with intent to incite a not The slaves and masters are now in jail arid a large number of arrests have been made which the Court arc now engaged in dis posing of The Court also ordered a posse to be employed for dispersing the moh assembled in front of the jail at all hazards which they succeeded in doing without much resistance The town is now comparatively quiet CAZENOVIA CONVENTION An Abolition Convention consisting of some 2000 persons commenced at Cazenovia on Thurs day of last week rederick Douglass was chosen President About thirty fugitive slaves were present nt the meeting and the singing was performed by fugitives the Elmore sisters Mr Hathaway gave nn account ofnn interview which he had with Mr Chaplin now in prison at Washington on a charge of aiding fugitives slaves to escape Mr Chaplin told him that he never saw the slaves in question till the night they got into the carriage He did not know that they were armed nor was lie armed himself He admits however that he had made arrangements with friends for the abduction He said he had done nothing but what he is willing to answer for to his God A committee was appointed to raise a subscription in ten cent donations to purchase a silver pitcher and two silver goblets to be presented to Mr Chap for his eminent services in the cause of human ity nnd another committee of twentv three from various States was appointed to raise money for his defence Gerritt Smith was njxitited Treasurer of the latter committee and contributed 500 An address by fugitive slaves to their brethren nt the South written by Mr Smith was adopted by the Convention This address sets forth theirown con dition and advises the slaves in Tunning away to take their best horses and provisions tnonev and arms and use the arms if required An address to the Liberty party was also adopted by the Convention in Avalanche of People The largest passenger train which ever arrived in this city came from "Wor cester on Monday morning It consisted of 82 42 of the modern long ones and 40 of the old fash ioned filled with 2200 inhabitants of Worces ter and vicinity all bound 10 Panorama at the Melodeon Such a snug party would make quite a show at the Mammoth Cave even The unprecedented patronage which the Mir ror of the Lakes is receiving is richly merited The must have time to recover from Carlyle is yet tube (only drawback in witnessing itis the general rapidity ot its movement requiring such fixed attention as to afford no relief for the vision except at the loss of much that is represented This defect we have no ticed on several occasions It is true slight pauses are occasionally made to enable the audience to con template the beauty and grandeur of the representa tion but these are too short and too infrequent or instance the views of Niagara alls require a much longer examination to be appreciated than is granted for if tourists are at first generally disappointed with the original which gradually fills the measure of their anticipation by a deliberate survey surely a painted representation (however skillfully executed as in the present case) must labor under special disadvan tage The same remark is in a degree applicable to that sublimest and most wonderful portion of the Mir ror the Sixth Section containing the views of the Saguenay river and its picturesque and startling at tributes what is it Shall we accept as a true answer what may be inferred from the general tactics or the distinctive issues of any particular party Perhaps we should find little reeembiance between such inferential Democracy and that which we read of Possibly it would be found that Jn politic as well as in religion profession and pradiet are wot the Siamese twins of the moral world fca be generally 1 erecNed that with parties as well as' with individuals it is much easier to preach than to practice Indeed the insuperable obstacles which are supposed to obstruct and hinder WlatUr opera tionaeem to have led our polities! ponies adopt thai very convenient and profitable syrtem whieh at tains in our manufactories and workshops called the division of labor A rather amusing anecdote re lated of Dr Channing (the D) of Boston a brother of the distinguished divine of that name Some one to whom the persons of both were stran gers being in pursuit of the called st the eber of the forgetting perhaps in his hurry Dr upon the plate had no reference to the oc cupant's skill in divinity" Dr Channing within! inquired the stranger The preacher its my brother who preaches I am the one who prdcfices So our political parti snch stem to lave re served to thcmselve a marked degree dc parlment of preaching as more eongeniaT to" their tastes leaving the more arduous task of practising to thosewho may have a liking formwork so Terv un genteel and plebeian Such a division of labor how ever may not prove as profitable as is expected after all Now the particular amount of manual labor a man may have upon his hands can often be 'wisely divided with another but when he attempts in like manner to crry on the functions of dnimal life cm 1 ploying one to do his breathing another his eating another his drinking the experiment will not be likely to succeed Equally indivisible are the func tions of moral life and thc party no less than the man who flatters itself that a splendid theory will render illustrious a corrupt practice must in the end discover that the laws of the moral world are as cer tain and as inflexible as those of the physical But to our what is Democracy! Lek us answer it according to the theories we hear not' according to the actions we sec I make ho distinc tions of party indeed I am unable to see as much of it as some tell of Politicians tell us that Democ racy is the government of the people by the poo pie for the good of tho people Very good With out stopping to inquire where we can find through out this wide world a single illustration of this the ory let us accept it ns the Democratic idea Democ racy then in its essential spirit seeks the best good of all mankind To protect the weak to elevate the lowly to enlighten the ignorant to extend the bices ings of liberty to all is its divine and glorious mis sion rom its heaven crowned summit it sends life imparting rays into th lowliest hut upon tho moor and bids its crushed tenant arise arid fa tho dignity of manhood walk forth an equal brother to perform the mighty work and fulfil the exalted mis sion of soul 'f Democracy seeks not courts 1 arid it asks not who arc the rich that it may flatter them ot the powerful that it may fawn around them No it shrinks from the companionship ofthe proud and Sei fish and delights to dwell with the humble and the contrite in spirit' The tyrannical and the haughty may carry its holy name upon their lips and seek to cover their corruption with 'its radiant it 1 shall be like a torch in a but making visi ble their hideous deformity Where groan and sigh the where1 weep the where fam ish the where grope the' where wallow the thither like a good angel flies benignant Democracy and gives herself no rest till the tyrant chain is broken and the ignorant are en lightened and all are made partakers of her ambrosial repast This is Democracy as involved in tho popu lar theories Who are the Democrats? Ara' the oppressors Arc tho extortioners Are the sel fishly indifferent The hard hearted The sordidly' ambitious Are these Democrats fi' Judge ye! Be not deceived by a name PLACE Portland A Business Men's Almanac for This Almanac is now readymore than a month ear lier than last year in order to give time to booksellers and1 country merchants to 'include it in their regular fall orders It will be found replete with information respecting Banks Canals Railroads Rpqtcs of Trav el Import' Exports Revenue Tradc Industry Man ufactures Agriculture It is believed that no Almanac containing so large an amount of matter which business men require for daily reference can be obtained for any thin 1 like the trice for this shim ftd 4 In) Ira To efrj to (rzThe State District Court hnnneninrr tn hr in fusion the case was brought before it bv writ of habeas corpus Eminent counsel was employed on both flwtoQ fu i st I A lie opinion of the Court as follows 1 That it is not stated where the offence was com mitted 2 the ownership of the property stolen is not sufficiently averred 1 he delendants have alsi given evidence to show i tne irregularity of the proceedings and on what cir cumstances the charge was founded The oath was made and a note ot the facts stated on the docket of the justice but not signed by the deponent are of opinion that the whole proceeding is very loose and irregular The warrant of commit ment should state whose property was stolen and where the offence was committed Had that pro ceeding been regular we should not have looked be hind it except when called on to fix the amount of bail nnd possibly to see whether anv gross mistake had been committed by the magistrate lhese eases were before the court on writs of habeas corpus the deiendanis having been committed on warrants issued by a Justice of the Peace It seems that oaths were made charging them with having stoien certain property On these oaths warrants ci issued the defendants arrested brought before tlie magistrate and without a hearing committed to prison It might be implied and is admitted that the offence if any was committed in the state ot Vir ginia Several objectionshave been raised to the regulari ty of the warrants of commitment lhe defendants have called the party making the charge and also the man whose property was alleged to have been stolen to show the circumstances under which it was stolen and from the evidence it seems that three horses were taken in the state of Virginia probably by the three prisoners who were proved to be absconding two of them belonging to Mr la) lor lhey it is stated took with them two of their master horses with saddles and bridles rode them about thirty miles and turned them loose lhe slaves were pursued and the horses found where tliey had probably been abandoned In the case of illiam (called John) Strange there is no evnienee tluit tne horse was stolen although it is al leged that iiliam rode off horse belonging to Mr Littlejohn Wc have no proof of Mr horse having been stolen at all rom aught that ap pears he may have been lent We must therefore dismiss llliain without further in VMlifTstim itheic is no ground whatever lor committing him I i cminsn i I 'in vv i aais amul tne cou a on De sustain rack up provisions and I llnrUr tho I 1 i uncier the act OI ContrresS tnpreinrn fhn wnrrnnt was illegally i sued on an oath made in Pennsylva nia We have no doubt that the warrant im piopcrly issued as the oath should have stated that the crime was committed in Virginia and that the defendants had fled from justice But we do not agri to the position assumed lhat the oath must be made under the act ot Congress hen so made and properly certified or when the indictment is found in another state and pro crly authenticated we consider it conclusive and wc have no to in quiic bejond it But when fugitives are pursued into Pennsylvania we consider it strictly legal to I make an oath before an officer of the law here have it) i ci i ml I 1 1 OUUV i outu IUV HliU lieu I in vku4 tu Hwmi a rcquiMuon ox ine governor Ox me state irom which he fled It is not so much a matter of comity as police regu lation of our own to get clear of dani'erous delin quents do not sustain the proceedings tor the benefit of die state whose law are violated aione but for our own saiety Wc are well aware that the le gislation of Congress is exclusive many cases and it the rights of Virginia alone were concerned she could not urge us to do more than carry into eflectthc Congressional provision But every state has a right to protect its own citizens from lhe iclons oi other states and it choose to permit our magistrates to exercise jurisdiction on an oath mad under our own laws the fugitive charged with felony cannot lawfully complain 'lhe cupreine Court of Massachusetts in 5 page 536 decided that their act ot Assembly authorizing a similar proceeding did not conflict with the ederal Constitution and tlie custom at common law ot Pennsylvania on the same subject is equally valid depin cd ot such power a large portion ot the most dangerous criminals would escape punishment 1 he only question left open is as to tlie guilt or in nocence ot Samuel Wilson and George Jirooks An attempt has been made to prove that these men were in this county al the time lhe alleged larceny was committed tor the purpose ot showing a gross mis take in the charge and to raise doubts as to their identity have no doubt whatever that these men arc slaves belonging to Mr Taylor and fled at tlie time and in the manner stated by him We have also no doubt that they took the horses saddles and bridles mr although there is no direct prool ot the fact yet the men and the property disappeared from the same place al the same time and the horses are found in lhe direction the men would pass to reach this place where they were arrested but the only point ot any doubt is as to the intention with which they were taken When one man clandestinely carries off the property of another in the night tunc tlie fair presump tion is that he intended to steal it but that pre sumption may be repelled by circumstances The party charged may show that he took the article tor a temporary purpose not with the intention to steal out merely to use intending to return it or leave it where the owner might get it again The defence mainly depends on their being slaves endeavoring to escape from tneir masters and using their horses lor ual purpose and not animus furandi it there us any reasonable doubt as to the intention it would be our duty to send the cases to a jury ot the State ot Virginia but we have none and if the men were on heir trial in this court we should be obliged to instruct Jie jury to aquit them The rule oi law is settled in numerous cases and at'urious periods of our judicial history that if property ikon even clandestinely yet not with the intentioni steal but merely to use it is not larceny it prob cause to beneve these men gui was made out coinmitt ng magistrates wc should retain them torrial but we do not think that any crime has been prov en against them and the taking was a mere ircspass No prool has been udduc us to whut laws existu Virginia on the subject ot me abduction ot prop erty by slaves but we take it for granted in the ab ence of evidence that they ure governed by the rules common law It the rule is more stringent that Mute it snould be shown by lhe accusci Another poait hus been raised That me Court will not permit those men to be arrested as they have been irauuuleiicly seized imprisoned and brought ato court on a crimimd chaige tor wnich there was no loundation hatever arc by no means prepared to say that this charge was fraudulently preferred but on the contrary two it the deienduiits Wilson and JJ rooks can only escape trial and proouble conviction train the lact mat mey acre staves endeavoring to escape irom the custodyit their master and merely used tfie horses to aia them in their object WewouIdnotpcrnut MrTay ijr or any other man to seize his property open court meh would be a contempt but he hus an un doubted right to lake these men wherever he cun luy nis hands on them peaceably and if violence or dis turbance ensues those persons are criminally respon sible who cause il We liavo power to prevent the abuse of legal pri ces but we have no legal authority to prevent the re capture oi triose men or any other slaves bv the own er when or wheresoever he may think proper to exer cise his right except in the luce ot tne court It is tHvrviure ordered thut the suid bamuel Wil on George Brooks and Win (alias Jonn) Strangee discharged from confinement CP The slave catchers have given bail 7 be following is the address ofthe fugitive slaves to their brethren in the South It was written we understand by Gerrit iSmith and was first adopted irt a meeting of the fugitive slaves present and sub sequently by lhe Convention ADDRESS and beloved Brethren The meet ing which sends you this letter is a meeting of run away slaves We thought it well that they who have suffered as you now suffer and drunk of that cup of bitterness from hich you now drink should come together to make a communication to you The chief object of the letter is to tell you how we find ourselves and in so doing you can judge whether the prize we have attained is worth the price of the attempt to gain it heartless pirates who compel us to call them masters ho persuade you that those who under take to obtain their freedom are worse off than you are nt the South are liars Before we left them they told us that the abolitionists would take and sell us but on the other hand they are the brethren and the only complaint is that there are so few of them Most of them are members of the American Anti Slavery Society and of the Liberty party Here we get wages for our labor we have schools for our children and can hear and read the Bible Some of us take part in civil elections but most of the Priests and Churches at the North are in league with the South and are afraid to advocate the aboli tion of slavery Including our children we number here and in Canada 20000 souls population in tlie free States are with few exceptions the fugitive friends We are poor We can do little more for your de liverance than pray to God for it We will furnish you with pocket compasses nnd in the dark nights you can run nwy We cannot furnish you with weapons some of us are not inclined to carry arms but if you can get them take them and before you go back with bondage use them If you are obliged to take life the slaveholders would not hesitate to kill you rather than not take you back into bondage Numerous as the escapes from slavery are they I rl a td i 1 1 ltirrn nrr Lr i u'vii nviu il uui mi tut Hiarnvi a protection ofthe rights of property You even hesi i questions have been raised by the tate to take the slowest of your horses but I WO CniT tul'A 1 1 CinlnA i I IUIW uiu itwivei clothes and cither get the key or force the lock I and get his money and start We regret to say to you that it is not every one of the free States in which the fugitives can find an i asylum Last year several were taken back from Pennsylvania We would not advise you to stop in the district of i John McLean because he is a great man nnd your I enemy and as he is looking to the Presidency of i the United States he is the friend but 1 I C1 roof Jn Art Z'U X7 tut 0(11101 jHULU LU BIUPI JOI JC I OIK Oliliv arc three? noints in vnnr rondurt when vnn i i i i ss CGiiit: nui hi it) wiicj niiiii i vnur pm on irst Keep clear of al) sectarian churches that ill I not preach the abolition ot slavery from tlie pulpit I Second Join no political party neither whigs nor democratic free soil nor any other Send not your children to whito schools for there are schools for colored children colored men ofthe North turn their backs to Pro Slavr ry Church and Political Parties In closing we cannot forget you Brethren for we know your sufferings and our last words to you are to be of good cheer and not despair The Convention agreed to raise $20000 for the case of tlie noble (Jhaplin and recommended him to the National Convention at Oswego as lhe Liberty Party candidate for the Presidency Mr Joseph Hathaway who on learning of the outrage upon Mr Chaplin instantly repaired to Washington to see him reported that he found him in the prison badly wounded His head was gashed to the skull nnd his body badly bruised Hewuson the recovery and was comfortable Chaplin denies that he shot or that he had arms at all said that upon finding his wheels blocked he struck his horse and turned his head to the wheel and was struck with a bludgeon and knocked off from his seat blow made the wound on his head and he is now recovering from his injuries first notice of tlie assault upon him was the blocking of the wheels and an unearthly noise near him which he supposed was done by highwaymen He did not suppose he was arrested for aiding slaves until he hoard the voice of Mr Goddard the policeman which he knew He said the blow on his head must have killed him but for his hat On his recovery from it he found himself on his back upon tlie ground with two or three ruffians upon him some with their knees upon his breast and some upon his side brandishing bowie knives and hatchets and swearing they would take his life Hearing the voice of Goddard he asked him to save his life which he did He had no doubt he would have been murdered by them had not Mr Goddard interposed to save him Mr Chaplin was surprised nt seeing Mr Hathaway but he presented himself to him the same serene dignified cheerful loving brave and gentlemanly man that he ever was in his intercourse with the world Mr Hathaway nnd his friend spent the whole of Sunday with Chaplin in the prison anil it was the happiest Sabbath he ever spent hall in which they "'ere lies in front of the cells in which the prisoners are confined He has to return to his ceh at five every evening and continue therein until eight the next morning He was evidently regarded by those in charge of him as well as by the citizens ofthe District ns a royal prisoner Gen Chaplin spoke of his friends in New York in terms of the highest affection He mentioned scores of them by name and on being told that they ould exert their utmost in his behalf replied it was just like them he knew they would CONVENTION IN RUTLAND Leicester Aug 26 1850 Dear Mr Garrison: Owing to the yery severe storm and heavyrain of Yesterday (Sunday the 25th the anti slavery meet ing at Rutland was but thinly attended? Small as It was however we had the satisfaction ofearnirig that' it was the largest in the place that day Ihere was another feature of the meeting bo i pleasant and io novel that I cannot forbear mention ing it to you and your readers Our "'meeting held in the Methodist Episcopal meeting house and the pastor (Rev Mr Merrill) postponing tho regular service of the day took part in the services and dis cussions A decided opponent of slavery he ac knowlcdgcd the important aid "rendered to the anti 1 slavery cause by the American A Society und 4 those in sympathy with it himself acting with the ree Soil party Without being ready to adopt all the measures of our Society ho welcomed the discussion of thowhole question of slavery' very full arid free discussion more particularly of the religious and church aspecto of the question? ivas had from until past four in the with a brief intermission owing to the hcavilyfallw ing rain In this discussiont'Rev Mr Ste phen oster Rev Calvin airbank and myself took' 1 close searching bearing frequently upon the connexion of the M' Church with slave holders and yet conducted with entire good temper and kind feeling Key Mr did not see the guilt i of that church in the Bame light that we 'are don strained to see it but he frankly admitted and rcpro bated the pro slavery position of many of the minis ters and members of his endeavored to show (thpqgh entirely failing to do it as I thought) that the i New England (Methodist) Annual Confer ft ence is free from the guilt of a pro slavery positiolri1 To show this he relied upon their declaratory vote that no slay eholder ought to be connected withthe chqrchjs But it was replied how does this free them ft from responsibility and sin in the case so long as they rcmain in full' religious fellowship with not less than four thousand slaveholders I'f" trust that the good' seed 'of in some heartsby the words spoken attl is meeting We feel that bur cordial thanks on behalf of tho antiislaverr cause are due to the minister and mem of the Methodist' Society for the use of their 5 commodious house and for the manly way iif )tfhich the former unitediri pur meeting His conduct in 1 this respect as well as his preaching generally con trasts most Jionorably with that of the Congtrga tional minister (a young mahjlately aettled'in Hut land The latter though coming to hispeople with anti slavery professions asiwe were infoiriied has re cently been 'preaching doctrines inrentirajopposition doctrines which correspond with! lhe worst features Rev (Moses Stuart's late pamphlet jn 4 defence of Daniel Webster 4 His course) in this re ij spcct has greatly displeased and fcvcn disgftsted many members of that Society who are not ybtready tojjt adopt itis a part of thjr crced' that 'God Christ hnd theEiHe justify! um of all a curse must Such teachers be tbe flock rif they heed him atall lo stray away from Christ nd folio a blind can'5 bril) lead1 'them to destraction us have undeflle beiore6ad arid thVatb preacl)? No Union with Slaveholders BOSTON AUGUST 3 0 1850 CASE WILLIAM CHAPLIN Tribune informs ns that Bradley Esq and Gen Walter Jones arc retained ns counsel fi Mr Chnplin: also that the slave of Mr Toombs who made his escape from the carriage has to his master having a bullet wedged in his shoulder He told tales of all he knew but nothing implicating Mr Clitiphn in any personal knowledge of him Mi friends are confident that be has broken no law either of the United States or of Maryland and Ina' if ever brought to trial he will be fully cleared He willbe bailed out at un early day The romancing stories winch appeared even in the respectable paper of Washington are utterly unworthy of regard Air Chaplin fired no pistol and made no resistance hi was not even armed he was knocked from his seat the instant the carriage was stopped and while in sensible was jumped upon by half a dozen men throttled and nearly killed when incapable of resist ance He is provided with food by his friends who are allowed all reasonable privileges of visiting him while the base slave hunters and loafers are not per mitted to go to his cell for the purpose of tormenting him Mny highly respectable citizens and members of Congress have called to express their kindness and sympathy nnd mere is no reason to doubt that the public opinion of the District will secure bhn an impartial trial ft I.