The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-05-16
VOICE OF F r E E d O M .

pers, and told the Waerfords they mus
% 10 Jail, in which they were according
" immured without delay. 1t was ex
tremeIy cold weather, and the Jail was il
horrible condition, vet they were allow
ed no fire. When they asked Tor some
thing TO keep themselves comfortable
they were threatened with irons. The
iaiIer, on committing them, plunged hi;
hands into their pockets, and stripped
them of every copper of their money.
Constant efforts were made 10 entrar
them in falsehooG. All sorts of people
were sent to ask them all sorts OF ques-
tons. They were advertised in the pa
pers as runaways taken up; and they
overheard the men who seized them, con-
graduating the iailer, and saying, Ut
would be five hundred dollars in their
pockets.' A man IN the same town at one
time offere them $40 for their chance,
but they laughe at him, so confident
were they of Obtaining the price OF blood.
Meantime, these young men never
ceased to assert their right of freedom.-
Their free papers, however, had been
torn to pieces, and they had to write back
TO the clerk of Sullivan county, to get the
necessary evidence. The magistrate
wished the answer to be directed 10 him,
but the Postmaster of the place took good
care 10 have the letter addressed to him.
self. In due time the answer came, with
all The requisite documents, and the Post
master Immediately took them to the ma
gistrate, who was then reluctant obliged
10 act. He came to the Jail, and even
then affected to think that the papers were
not suficient-but lawyer passing by
at the time, told him that on such evidence
it would never do TO delain the young
men. He kept them in, however, till the
next morning at 10 o'clock, and then let
them out, without money or victuas.
They had lain in Jail "a days, and
were charged with Jail fees, to the amount
of $1,000 They humbly asked for the
balance of their money, $3.50, but the
jaiIer would not give it up, nor could they
ever recover it. Having nothing to eat,
and the weather being very severe, they
asked for work, just long enough TO make
little to help them on their journey
One of the magistrates agreed 10 give
them 81 l-2 cents cord for cutting wood
and to work they went, and in parts of
two days, cut five cords. He told them
they had been too quick; he would be
id iflhey had earned their money
and so he would give them on y one dol
lar. They were glad, however, to get
even this, and not daring to utter sing
protest against his injustice, they left in
haste, and reached Cincinnati in safety.
Here, they tried to get a little work, so
that they might earn money enough 10 en-
able them 10 pursue their journey 10 In
diana.
'To think said the older brother, in
concluding his simple tale, that we, who
had been born free, and always lived well,
and behaved ourselves, should be taken
up as runaway slaves, and put in Jail "a
days, and robbed of all our money.-O!
it took away my stomach, and for three
DAYS could not eat morsel.'
We have given this account, not because
the case is singular one, but because it
is fair specimen of numerous cases con.
tnuaIIy occurring, but never reported,
DR.. BRISBANE THE PHILANTHRo-
pIsT This genuine friend of man, who
has proved his sincerity by e-purchasing
all his twenty seven slaves, whom he sold
before he became an abolitionist, arrived
in our city on Thursday last, and Iectured
in the Ark, Allegheny, in the evening
He does not play The orator. but speaks
with deep feeling, and from The pure, fer
vent impulses of noble heart. His adj
dress was very brief, and embraced mere.
ly narrative of the causes and the pro-
cess of reasoning by which he had be.
come convinced of his duty in regard to
his colored people-of the difficulties en-
countered in bringing them away from
the land of stripes and bondage in South
Carolina, of his own mental struggles,
SC. 1t vas all plain and simple, but still
beautiful, thrilling, causing US at times 10
feel almost unwilling to breathe, lest
word Of the address might be lost. He
is now poor, absolutely poor, in worldly
goods, but oh how rich, too, in an approx
ing conscience The thousands which
he has expended in doing right to his fell
low-men will be an interest for him when
the last trump shall sound.
Dr.. 2. also lectu-ed last evening, in
the Baptist Church, corner Of Grant and
Third streets and will lecture this even
ing Saturday, in Pittsburgh Temper
ance Hall. He goes hence to Akron,
on Monday. to attend Convention
Spirit Of Liberty, Pittsburgh Pa.
The QUESTION SETTLED The fol.
lowing speech of some Western orator
will be read with interest:
"Whar, say, qohar is the individual
who give up the first fool, the first outside