Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-06-15

"OSASS u iou9CI t1!0C PCIuoPS uou ou y
other criminal case has taken up, in this
One hundred and nine witness
ses on the part Of the prosecution, and
one hundred and thirty-two in behalf Of
the accused were examined The jury
were charged on Saturday June /. On
Sunday al IL O'Clock they returned a yer.
dict Of not guilty.
@The GREAT ], Abner Haiues, Esq
again requires passing notice at ou'
hands. He shall have it and ifw should
call things by their right names, we hope
our patrons will excuse US, for we assure
them that nothing but dire necessity
would ever have induced US to notice him
at all.
He again taunts me with the idea OF
having "privy council.' To this asser-
ton have before given the he direct,
and he is too consummately mean TO en-
deavor to prove himself guiltless Of false
hood, in any other way than by repeat
ing the SANDER, without the shadow
of proof. Iagain tell him that have
no "privy council" and he who asserts
to the contrary, brand as base and in
famous liar.
Abner charges me with ingratitude to
the society Of Friends, and for proof, says
that when charge him with "compound-
ing with felony" "thc charge reaches
back to those who recognised him as
their agent" This may be, but have
never charged him with that crime. Per-
haps he is not guilty oft. liza man COM
mits crime ignorantly, he may he amen
able to the laws; but morally he is guilt
less. One word to the society, who en-
ployed AbDer to pursue Harris: You en-
ploye him with no other idea than that h.
was the true friend Of emancipation, and
willing te use every exertion in aid Of suf-
fering humanity. He no doubt 80 passed
himself upon you; and being a stranger
at the time, you readily believed him.
in the month Of August, 1881,
Mr.. Haines came to this place, in compa-
nv with two Kentuc kians. in search of a
negro slave. He used every exertion to
recover the Gorlorn, destitute, wayworn
fugitive from beastly servltude, and send
Kim again to the task master. Whether
he volunteered his services or not, / am
unable to say; but presume If he claims
any merit for pursuing Harris, after
being we'll paid for it, he will not pretend
to parry the demeritof assisting to capture
Il friendless fugitive, who had never done
him or any other man harm, and whose
only crime was skin a little darker than
his own. Mr.. Haines is lawyer know,
but is it probable that real friend Of e.
one who detests and abhors
the evils Of slavery as much as he pre-
tends to in his famous narrative" would
be hired with any price, no matter what
we're his situation, to send fellow crea-
,ure into perpetual servitude v no had been
guilty Of no crime There needs no 9TH
er evidence than this to fasten on HIM the
stigma Of hypocrisy.
lngratitude quotha! Go to Eaton, Alb
ner, and ask J. c. II. if ever he ''warmed
a serpen; into life, by the hand of pity -
who afterwards .sturned around and
wounded the feelings Of his benefactor, -
who for the space Of one year had ..pro-
vided him with food and raiment.'
He complains Of my having sought in
to his pripate character! Beware Abner!
for could a stale unfold, that rould hor-
rou Up tay soul. freeze thy young blood"
and make even ''darkness" blush and
hang her head to hea- it. Ne careful
how YOU talk about your private charac-
ter, for we know YOU little too we'll for
your own good. We have made no state
ment concerning you which We arc not
prepared 70 prove; and we could prove
that Of YOU which you would be very glad
never saw the light You FIRST made %
iunprovoked and ungentlemanly attack