Columbus Democrat., 1840-05-02
H0RRlD BARBARITY!-THE MAN IN
THE IRON CAGE.

scarcely believe 1t, the fact appears So monslrouS
and lncredlbe-lAal the keepers OF General Ia.-
uson's conscience have carried their bltbarous
caution so far as actually To shut up The old gen
tlenan ~ an IRON cage, finding they could not
entirely preventh his making lndIscreet disclosures.
Here, 1, Is confidently stated be is strictly con
lined, deprived OF pen, lnk and paper, watched
nght und day by his keepers, who mount guard
IN succession, anG, with no other solace than
good conscience, and a mug OF hard cider. no
other person Is permitted 10 come near hun but
an old servant waiter, who brings has meals, and
performs the necessary duties OF the cage, and
to whom the General talks necessarily Of the
great constitutional right OF free discussion, and
fee expression of opinion. Furthermore, we
have good authority for asserting, that Mr. John
G. Wright, and the other keepers Of the Generals
conscience, seriously contemplate putting an "lron
mask" on the poor gentleman. IN order to PIE
vent nuudIng ylslters from detecting any OF his
opinions through the medium OF hls expressive
countenance. None Of the domestic ANIMALS
are allowed 10 come near the cage; and favor
tie old dog, who ran away With hun in all h. bat
Ties, having been observed to bark very sInti-
canly with his master, was forthwith Knocked IN
the head. and thrown into the OHIO.
There was great Consideration the other day
so We are informed, among the committee, IN
consequence OF discovery that the worthy old
gentleman, whose condition we deeply depIore,
had, by some Inscrulable means, become pos
sesSed Of piece of chalk, with which he had
inscribed on the bals of his cage divers remon-
strances against the barbarty Of bis keepers, and
most affecting appeals to his best friends, the
Ab0llnoniss, to come and release hlm from this
new aud unheard Of slavery. The dumb waiter
was strictly nterrogaed, but answered only by
making wry faces. and shaking his fist at Mr.
john e. Wright No clue could be discovered
to this extraordinary circumstance, and the com
mltIee we're obliged to content themselves wlh
putting pair of thumb screws on the prisoner,
which will eflectually prevent his further COM
nuncailons IN this way.
The General is represented to be very reslve,
as well he may be, under this unprecedented bar
bary. lie insists upon his right of free Discus
son be declares himself an abolIuonlsl, a Fed
erast, and half dozen other isis he says he
don't care who knows 1t, and ew days since Is
stated to have nearly pulled of keeper Wughls
CAGE, with sumeuhat Of an lmpellnent curiosity.
The keeper clustered at This assault on his pro-
boscis, and accused the General Of heing un-
/ grateful for the care taken OF him by his friends :,
| but for our palt We think the unfortunate gentle
man was perfectly Justlfube, and we should have
done the s1me had we been IN his place,
Such is the relation made to US by a person OF
undonbled veracly who paid visit TO the zen
era about seventeen days ago, for III" r"'t'">o "
! ,nuu,n. the price OF MS nard Gioel oul VINO was
moi allowed to 90 into the garden, where the cage
Is deposited, aud which has high BRICK wall
edged with broken bottles lie, however, TOOK
an opportunity Of peep,ng through a back WIN
dow and saw the poor gentleman N his cage
with mug of cider al his muzzle.
Now we appeal to the people OF the onneo
! States, il this is not too bad. We appeal 10 'ht
philanthropy of Mr. Adams, to Withdraw his atlen
non moment from universal peace and Con
oress of Nations, and direct 1t FOR once, to case
of individual oppression. We appeal t? VI
Webster, the great expoundet and coniounder
The Constitution, to lnlerpose with me COMMITTEE
AGAINST this greatest Of all possible violations
We appeal TO Messrs Tallmadge aud Rlves' VIII
have Of late exercised the right OF eSpressn
their opinions so freely that nobody can tell wh'
those opinions are, to nerpose in behalf Of the
: candidate; so that he may exercise the goHou
I privilege of saying all sorts OF things TO all soF'
OF m.n. In short, We appeal to the Wigs as
body f they value their reputation for justice on
humanity--whIch, being very small should
: well taken care Otto see to this matter as soc
: as possible, lest the public Indignation shon
rise in its might, and overwhelm them with d.
: NAV. disaster, and defeat, for their unheard
n barbarily towards harmless old man, who h
:. q not like many other people, the discretion to HI
# his folly and vanity
>. Let them lock to it for we promise them ihi
e from this time, We shall devote ourselves to I
" purpose of calling public attention to their co
'e duct towards this oppressed man, whom they ST
to IN in an iron cage, compel to wear an IRON mas
is and drink bard cider, while, at the sane TN
thew pretend to hold him up as hero, entitled
: the admiration and gratitude of the nation
a, them look to It, we repeat for, however tn
4 NAV seek to hide their barbarIly towards this
al fortunate candidate we will ferret out Their y
I, chin,tions, and expose them TO the world IN
ne their naked deformiy More Of this anon.
Globe.