The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-09-26
Appeal 10 the Public.

Appeal 10 the Public.
Two respectable citizens of Massa
chusetts are now lying in Southern iails
loaded with irons, on charge of aiding
suffering feIlowmen in attempts to escape
from cruel bondage, JONA. WALKER
belongs TO Harwick, Cape Cod and has
been engaged in the coastpg trade. He
is a man of unblemished character, q
member Of the Baptist Church, and an
honest and industrious, though poor man
He has wife and large family of child
rem. The annexed letter tells his story
lie now lies in prison at Pensacola,
waiting his trial, without funds to employ
counsel, and his family are destitute. -
CHARLES I. TORREY is Conere-
gational minis er, in good and regular
standing. lie was successor to the Rev.
DR.. Cheever, ofthis city, in the pastoral
charge Of church in Salem, Mass. and
has since been an antislavery lectu er &
editor Ills grandfather was the Hon Oh S
/ urner formerly member Of Congress,
and he married daughter Of the Rey DR.
Ide He has a wife and three children
dependent upon him for support. He
now lies in the Baltimore Jail. An appeal
to the public has been made in Boston on
behalf of MIR Torrey, and with the funds
contributed, counsel have been retained.
A still larger amount is necessary for his
defence and the committee making this
appeal will act in concurrence with the
committees in Boston.
F1ieuds Of Religion, Humanity Free
dom and The Constitution!
Shall two Of your fellow citizens, re-
spectacle aud worthy men, who visited
the South on lawful business, be selzed,
at the instgation of slave traders, be put
in irons, be thrust into loalhsome jals,
be liable to conviction on the testimony
of interested or perjured witnesses, and
be exposcdt to drag out their days in State
Prison for the sake culinary. In
the case of Capt, Walker, tho alleged
offence was committed, if at all in Il
te7ritOry Of the United States where
Slavery does not constitutionally exist
and in tho case Of Mr. Torrey, he is I'M
der indictment in the States of Marylan
and Virginia, at the same time, and
therefore denied the privilege of bail I'M
der the laws Of one or both ofthose States,
contrary, as is thought by eminent North
ern lawyers to the Constitution of the
United States. You are earnestly APP
pealcd to for contributions on behalf Of
Jonathan Walker and Charles L. Torrey
and their afflicted families, that able
counsel may be employed to argue the
great constitutional questions involved IN
these causes, that suitable agents may
be sent to Pensacola and Baltimore to
belriend and aid our incarcerated fellow
citizuns, aud that every judicious and
lawful measure may be taken to prevent
their conviction a 20 years imprison'
ment and the continued anguish and
suffering of their wives and little ones.
In view of the natural rights of man, of
the horor Of our country, OF the Declare
ton of independence, ofthe constitution,
and of our Holy Religion, we uprea to
you to contribute literally Tor the pur-
pose named, and " the blessing Of him
tudt "oo ISouy w PSiIoA VIII Soh'o
upon you.
Money may be left with either of the
following gentlemen. The same will be
duly acknowledged, and statement of
expenditures will hereafter be given in
the public printsi-
Maine-Porlland, Hon Samuel Fes-
sender. HallowelI, Ebenezer Dole, Esq
New Hampshire-Portsmouth james
Nowel-Concord N p Rogers Esq.
Vermont.-MlddIebury, DR. j., A, A.
Ien-Brandon, Acknowledgements,
Rev G AspiupalI.
Observation-Disclosures, w Alden.
Rhode Island-Providence, William
G Chaplin
Connecticut Hartford, VIM Fl Bur-
leigh-New- Haven, Dea Amos Town-
send Jr
New Jersey Newark, Thomas v.
Johnson Esq
New. York--New.Y York, Lewis Tap
pan-Albany, James G Jackson-Roch'
Is Ter, Geo A Avery
PennsyIvanio-PhiladeIph Samuel D