Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-03
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there could be produced the slightest evil
oence OF my being an abolitionist, should
remain in custody Twas then conducted
to the guard house, the presence of the
mayor and a large body Of officers and
citizens scarcely suficing TO protect me
from the grasp of the multitude which
surrounded US. The guard was increas-
ed, and other precautions taken for my
security, notwithstanding which the mayor
was sen: for several times during the
night to restore order. l remained i'm
INJURED IN a nOiSomc cell until near eight
o clock next morning, when further ex-
animation was commenced. Nash in the
mean time had presented many charges
against me, which had no other effect,
however, than TO expose the intamy of
his own character, and to render him an
object of deserved contempt He accused
my father of being great friend to the
nIggers, and called my brother a "njgger
anal gdmat0r," &c. | was required TO
render an exact account Of myself from the
first moment that entered the city, bat
no evidence Of my being an abolitionist
~Obtd OC OiSN ONClC't. IC NIdSOI I6-
marked, that the pamphlet found in my
] trunk was positive evidence in my favor,
being decided Y tor colonization, and the
co!onizItionist were the most deadly enc
nIies of the aho,itionists" He then told
me was at Eoeltv to depart, and added,
"you NAV consider it a miracle that you
have escaped with your li"t." A heavy
~ain had dispersed the moh and Under the
protection which it sill afforded, | happi-
y made my escape.
To Capt. Nichols, OF the ship -Anrcli-
qre, Of NewYork, then at Savannah,
am ind, bed for many acts O: kindness,
extended at time, and unier circuM-
stances, which render it imperative upon
me to offer him this public expression oil
my sincere and lasting gratitude. His
nob!e conduct on that occasion can never
be erased from my remembrance.
| wish also to express my thankful
ness for the measure of protection extend
ed by the mayo and other civil officers OF
Savannah, without whose intervention as
have alre1dy stated, escape would have
been impossible.
cannot conclude this narrative, with
out referring again to the part wEict
Daniel d. Nash, civil offer of the cit,
Of Newly orh, acted in those dsgracrfu
proceedings. 1t will appear in the fol
lowing statement, published bv himself
that he sought to render lne victim c
the lawIess violence which our Soulhcrl
: couEtrymen have threatened to infict o.
> Northern AbolitlonistS. His asseG tiol
that callel on him to sustain my charac
y ter, is wholly false. He ATTEMPTED to in
flame the public mind against me, by as
= sorting, in front Of the Court House, thu
b nine-tenths of the Northern men were at
olitionists, but were ashamed to own it
Having failed 10 substantiate his charge:
: and appearing in state of contnual il
: toxcation, his real character was develop
e ed and the storm that he coniured up,
:, have reason to believe would have spel
its fury upon himself, if he had not :,
e crrtly decampcd early on the cnsu!n
y morning.
) | learned soon after my arrival i
II New Y ork, that this same Nash, wit
; some worthy confederates, made an a
y tack on David RuggIes, of this city, c
u the evening previous to his departure fc
2 the South, and calling to mind the expire
q sion, that he "vouId give his life to ha,
s. that damned niger in Savannah" l W.
oe led irresistibIy to the conclusion, that h
Z object was 10 have kidnapped him, and
IS sell him at the south. as one of the lea
a ers of Abolition in New-York city,
J, Doubtless 1.-The hope of reward sveetel
81 ed his labor"
> (Signed) JOHN HOPPER.
u And now, having read these statement
n what must be the reflections Of ever
Il right-thlnging man at this spectacle
3 tree-bOrn American, in the Land Of pr
e tessed liberty and security, without offenc
u without warrent of law, and without tt
le interven ion of any Of those forms Of ju
y tIce devised for the protection of the eli
/ zens-vlolentIy assaiIed in his own apal
I' ment, his person lnsulted his life threa
- ened, his papers seized upon and scare
III ed, and finally himself dragged to a pri
10 on and kept in cell duringa whole nj g
d whence be was only liberated, that
$ might fee from the city where his bus
W ness called him, and where the Constit
ton guarantees his right to be in equ
safety, and upon an equal footing, with ar
N Of his residents?
e AS for this Nash, if he still holds
n warrent as Marshall Of this city, we ca
10 upon the Mayor at once 10 examine in
~, the matters here charged, and if the co
ID duct ascrIbed to him be correctly stated,
., revoke the warrant without delay.
ne RETR1BuT1oN-The Mayor yeste
he day deprived Mr.. Nash, one of the ci
al Marsha!Is, Of his warrant, for having
al the month Of January last, whilst at 5
b. vanuah, pointed out Mr. John Hopper,
49, this CITY, who ,,,o>, ha, olco Ut Savanna