Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-11-19

'''ey stono' UT. Adams fate has not hacn quite 81
hard and undcscrved rs Mr.. Clvs; nevertheless i
has been SO far hard that uu, i!c mos, h,.r,, AZ,
ana dainterested havebcen converted ~ the alc,v,ny
, OF party, into moral offences. For rcsc,.Go Mrs
Mouton from the tangs o, Ler creditors he was sub
Jerted to the most iliberal miscons.uction aud the
New Orleans papers ROW finnish another instance IN
Which his philanthropy has bean lnad. u appear
crHinal. The facts connected with the s;oi. q
t-'c celebrated African ;sicc, Abdul 2ahaii,I.. 81;
are briefly these
A'dd RoLan'an is son .? one Of the petty KINGS OF
-h!ira. When is yeas o. ere, Dr. - TN A,urri-
'"' cii:oi was CARRIED prisoner into lis father
IoaA-.y' Where he was treated - The Nina. aud ly
-'''S AD4u! Rtii"nan. wih II. utmost tenderness.
pressed 20 settle among them, and offered noble
l-i"'f'iioild alliance, and rick doWry. The Dr.
no" t'Ir' preferred l.is country TO the spendor
q IN African Court and finding HIM bent upon re-
IEhiAsgg me Ning and his son Abdul Rahamun afford.
eu ann every facility 90 reach the coast vu! he 3
SaIe!E ana III due time arrived in the United states
Coon ailef Dr. - had left Abdul Rahapal'. c,un-
t' inc latter was sent by the King his father at the
;"d Vi Il military expedition against reig!bos:ng
ia'!oh' was defeated in battle, taken prisoner and
according to the usage ct the African tribes sold a.
s'aVet to the whites the coast His fortune ihre
'ih INTO the hands OF Americans one OF whose fow,-
1'tis nc 2d saved, protected and sent in liberty to
us h;tiVe contry Ald;l, however, with The proud
SPlrit tit invariably marks his cuuntryuca VINO like,
ann from ti!c operation Of the dia9olic:l lave trade
nave exchanged high rank IN their own country for
slavery IN foreign, kept his birth and his history
Ioc!icd 'n III his own bosom. iIet;naly bccui. slave
III tic ~ asiasippi Territory, in the immediate VICINITY
u NUtceZ Where for thirty FIVE wears IL ratien a
ana suhrlissyoy toed in hopeless ontare, fora mas
Ter who was coantrymun to that American citizen
whose life and liberty he had saved lie perio3c,iy
came to Natchez as a market man vIl.r, he nm, d,,
encountered accidentally, in appearances but no dcub;
| BY the viii Of Heaven that DR.. - Whom he bod go.
we'd In Africa nigh forty years before Abdul before M
made himself known ltistad himself OF the d,7t,, ~
the Dr. b. enquiries; which being done, he aocost.1
DIR. 1--WE wish could remember his napel in .I,r
street and WAS rccognsed b. the latter in transvor
Oh Joy aztonshncnt and gratitude The Dr. offered
any price TO the owner Of Abdul for his liberation f
"nSutcessfuly; ana died before lis generous Heart
could enjoy the satisfaction Of raa.oriIo lis kind ben
iactof TO liberty and his country. Dut the siu s
ry got Wind Many Interested themselves for Abd,I
and among tlcm Mr.. Adams; and he was a. Inst r
red to liberty, visited many parts Ct the o. State Wa
every where hospitality entertained and has ..r,,
Or is about to reurn enriched by American
10 revisit his native country, after almost Jty vys
bondage in the new world.
/ 10 our minds, there is pathetic interest md re-
nance i'll the history Of Abdul Raha7aa, surpas.ir.
Ill the efforts of invention The l.eart that could W.,
feel or this generous African. zuElr:ncr r. Sta.
that long and dreary captivity from boyl,ood llI hi
mead Is trostad with age, from which he had relieve.