Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-12-19

m A6saS 80 AN; CA fDNs
The BostOn Daily Advertiser has the following
letter from Washington, based, we presume, on
the very best authority, from which we learn that
Mr.. HOar's leaving Charleston was essentially in.
vOluntary-that he was in truth IOTciDly expelled
from South Carolina. ,LIE .At}E
WARRINGTON, Monday. Ded. 9.
am sorry to inform you that the Hon. SamueH
Hoar the agent Of Massachusetts for the assistance
of imprisoned colored seamen belonging to that
State, has been Joresbty expelled from Gle eitgef
ChGrlestOn. The Charleston papers will give you
the details Of this transaction Almost immediate
ly on his arrival there, Mr.. HI. was informed that
he would never be permitted to exercise his duties
therc and requested at once 10 leave the city.
do not understand that any case had arisen re-
quirng his action, but that this protest was in view
Of such possibility. On his positive refusal to
abandon the duties entrusted 20 him, he was told
that il he would not withdraw, he would be forced
to do so. He replied, with some spirit thatfNrce,
Of course, might be usel If they judged hest-bnt
that by force only should he be removed from the
post assigned to hni-an attack on his life was
merely personal matter. a Fs, 7.7 ..Asat
At this junctuve the keeper of the hotel, whefe
he resi- refused him lodgings for any further
time and in fact, turned him out Of doors. Mean
while there was ground TO- uPpose that the mob Of
the city would attempt his life He was, indeed,
preserved from their hands only BY number Of
The more influential gentlemen Of the city, who sur
rounded him, and compelled him to 60 on board
the steamboat for the notwithstanding or guarding
him thther that his life might not be sacrificed to
the rage of the excited people. ,3ess-.sa fssss4
l do not understand whether any part ct these
proceedings were under the direction Of the con-
etituted authorities They connived, however, ey-
identity at the whole matter. -+'-' 8 .8l
THE OUTRAGE AT CHARLESTON
The Washington correspondent Of the Express
writes on this subject as follows:
"The recent treatment Of Hon. Samuel Hear, Of
Massachusetts,, in the State If South Carolina, has
disguised all rejecting and moderate men in this
city. South Carolinians OF the Calhoun, McDufie
and Rhett school aye alone bold enough to defend
the act Of their friend. To the few remarks in my
letter of fhis morning, must add some Of the de-
tails OF this neffious transaction. Mr.. Hoar then,
so far from being what he is called in the report
adopted by the South Carolina Legislature the
enaissary Of a ToFEIpN Government hostile to the
institutsons Of &oas16 C0fOlipG,"--went to that
State, commissioned by sister State, to defend, in
lawful manner and before the Courts, the rights Of
! portion of the people Of Massachusetts. He pre-
scented his credentials to the Mayor Of Charleston
as soon as he arrived, who, as we learn. was abb
sent. A copy Of them was then placed in the
hands Of the acting Mayor, and copy was also for
warded to the Governor OF the State at the seat Of
Government. In the meantime, the appearance Of
Mr. Hoar in Charleston excited the ire Of the ILL
bred and excited portion Of the Charleston people
Half the city appeared determined to wreak their
vengeance upon one man, and he as modest and
dignfed in his bearing rs he was venerable for his
years The Sheriff of Charleston waited upon Mr..
Hoar and warned him of the consequences of re-
naming longer in the city. If We are correctly
informed, and we do not get our information from
MIR. Hoar, the Sheriff told Mr. Hoar that he would
not be responsible for his safety, and sdmonished
him to depart if he would escape the violence pre-
meditated against him. ''~' y 'rt'
"The Sheriff was also waited upon by the land;
lord of the Hotel where Mr.. Hoar stopped with his
daughter, and asked to remove him and his from
the house, there was to be an attack upon ii for
harboring such an occupant. Mr.. Hoar remained
however, and the chivary' became more and more
infuriated encouraged as they were BY their grave
Senators and Representatives at the seat Of Gov
eminent. The measures Of the Legislature and the
opinion of the Governor in the meantime were re-
ceived in the city in the morning. The hint was
that he to be left to the tender mercIes of the
mob. Persuaded by his friends. rather than follow.
ing his own inclination, having daughter Of ten
der years to care for, we'll as himself and being
literally in the midst wolves, he left the city and
state-just escaping coat Of tar and feathers
which had been prepared for him-and which he
was told, as he left, he would have received some
hours before but for his daughter who was with
him. So much for the 'chivalry' Of Charleston,
that conld deliberately make preparations to mob
respectable and aged citizen from distant state-a
man who had committed no offence where he was,
and who had been sent upon pacific errand in be-
half Of class Of people whom his own State and
the Constitution Of the United States recognized
as citizens
1t is worthy of remark here that Massachusetts,
proposed no more than that the case al issue be-
tween her and South Carolina--the Imprisonment
of her few colOred citizens when arriving at Charles
ton on board her vessels-shnnld be decided by the
Supreme Court. Mr. Hnar went tn Charleston to
argue the case there before the Court. expecting to
obtain ready permission to do so, both as an act
ofcourtesv ard Justice. He sought that permission
which was responded to in the manner we have
stated. Had he been successful his object was to
appeal from the Circuit Court there I" the Supreme
Court here as to the power Of any one state to im'
prison the citizens of another State. .s.ss'er..
=" Massachusetts complains that her citizens are
imprisoned without any offence charged or existing.
coloted man employed on board Massachusetts
vessel Is imprisoned as soon he arrives, and the
owner or captain Of the vessel is obliged to give
bUnGs in the sum OF one thousand dollars that hen
will pay for the prison charges Of the cook sea.
men while in port. For so great an outrage it
would seem that there should be redress some
where. But South Carolina, as You see, de6es
Massachusetts--t Federal Courts and the Fete-
raj Government, aud sets herself up as authority
over ALL" '2 "a A-~3 t.eS4 E.B.ra
IMPRISONMENT OF FREE NORTHERN CIT.
sa IZENS IN SOUTHERN PORTS. a.
Of all the ourages on the rights Of the North the
imprisonment Of our cofored citizens under the
laws Of South Caroline and other southern Statesto
ua ID the greatest We take il for granted that this
cannot be submitted to. Ifin the part to be enac-
ted by the States Of our Union. the South is to inn.
prison and the North to be imprisoned, we have