Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-21
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

ANorHRR MARTYR TO sSLAvERT.-
Bvla recent letter from the island Of ia
maica. we learn that DR.. Reuben Gran
dali Is no more. He died at Kingston,
about the LIST Of February, ofconsumption,
the Ultimate effect Of his long imprison-
ment in the CITY Of Washington, under
the charge Of being an abolitionist. The
citizens Of the United States have never
vet begun 10 realize their responsibility IN
ihi. matter. DIR. c.. was imprisoned IN
United States Jail, and tried BY United
States Court, under United States laws
The following letter, written at the time
Of his acquittal, by the Hon William
Jackson, then member Of Congress, was
read a: the late meeting OF the Massachu-
sets Anti-Slavery Society :-Eman:
WAsHIseToN, April IL. 1886.
~FRANcIs JACKSON: Dear Brother
After a ri il Of ten days. and an lmprison-
ment OF eight and half months, Doctor
CrandalI has been acquitted.
An intelligent and highly respectable
LAWYER, who has heard the trial, said but
a few moments since. that the whole plo-
secution. from beginning to end had been
so utterly groundless, that all concerned
in il ought 10 be indicted.
Immediately on receiving your letter.
requesting my attention to his situation.
called on DR.. Crandall, and have at diff
ferent times spent several hours in con-
versalion With him. found him intelli-
gent, discreet, and gentlemanlv; and from
inquiry learn, that he has uniformly sus-
tanned highly respectable character in
Connecticut, New y ork and Washington.
He was charged with distributing abo-
lition tracts, which charge, if sustained,
was no violation of law nor, as Under
stand, has a particle Of evidence been
adduced,, either before the Grand Jury or
at his trial, that he ever distributed u:h
tracts, or any other papers relating TO the
subject Of slavery; or that he ever at
tempted, in any other way, to inculcate
upon others, in this District, his views in
regard to that institution.
Thus you SEE, that in the capital ofour
boosted republic Of freemen. the express
provisions OF whose Constitution secures
to ell the liberty Of the press and freedom
of discussion, a citizen came near losing
his life, and actually suffered more than
eight months imprisonment for thinking
differently from the majority, without
publishing, or even expressing in any
way, his Thoughts.
After his trial was over, his innocence
proved beyond all doubt, and he fully &C
Quilted, bis counsel and friends, under :
conviction that he would be unsafe else
where, had him again locked into TIT
prison, from whence l accompanied hin
to my own room after o'clock in tn,
evening. where he continued until on,
o'clock the next morning, at which hou
he left Washington for Baltimore an
Philadelphia. ....-.
Thus this amiable and respectable
young mans prospects are all overturned
his property sacrificed, and his healtl
greatly injured by long imprisonment,
and after full proof Of his innocence, he j
compelled to flee from the capital Of hi
eonntry for his life, like a felom in the dark
Yours affectionately, WIN. JACKSON"
TIE q. s. SUPREME CouRT.-Th'
Justices # the Supreme Court havin!
been invited BY a committee Of the Hous
Of Representatives, to attend the funera
of the Hon. Jonathan CilIey, late mem
Der of the House of Representatives, an
it being we'll known that the decease
was killed in duel lately fought by him
the members of the Court have on thu
account deemed it to be their duty to Cor
fer together in order to determine upo
the course proper for them to pursue
=. and after mature and solemn deliberate
they have come to the following resoI'
tions:
Resolved, That the Justices Of the ST
{ preme Court entertain high respect ft
/. the character of the deceased, sincereI
deplore his untimely death. and symp
. lthize with his bereaved family in tn
heavy affection which has fallen upo
3 them.
Resolved. That with every desire
!. manifest their respect for the House
# Representatives, and the Committee OF Il
!. House, by whom they have been invite
!. and for the memory Of the lamented d
J. ceased, the Justices Of the Supreme Cou
E, cannot, consistently with the duties thu
Is owe1to the public. attend in their o0fet
: character, the fnneral of one 'Uh" h
J. fallen IN a duel.
i Ordered. That these proceedings
If entered on the minutes of the Court, a.
!, that the Chief Justice enclose a copy
the Chairman Of the Committee OF t
= House Of Representatives.
In an article in the Portland Orion,
the subject of the late duel, are the Il
;. lowing remarks, by John Neal;
Il a A n. Il do