The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-31
GALES, wATTERsToN, s. CO, THE SYM
PATHIZERS.

GALES, WATTERSTON, & CO. THE SYM
PATHlZERS.
| 10 Yesterdays Globe we noticed the conspiracy oil
these worthless To impress the belief on the aholition
lists, TO whom they appealing to support Mr.. Clay
that slave mart 10 this city was IN the keeping oil
| MISUNDERSTANDING that 1t Was with the coune-
nance of democrats that the flag Of their party was
displayed over it. We asserted, on the best proof,
thai the owner Of the establishment was always a
wing recognised such by the Clay party 10
this campaign, and seen marching under their ban
ners and showed from these unquestionable facts,
the probability that this display OF the flag, IN the
quarter bazoDed by the Clay club and the Nation
| al lntegencer, was concocted coDiriyance among
the coons To be employed, as II has been employed
by them TO operate on the abolition vote IN behalf oil
! their candidate.
But friend, we'll acquainted with city affairs and
its history from the earliest tine, has gwen us some
additional important facts, TO mark the hypocrisy oil
the managers II the conspiracy we have been called
| on 10 expose.
l. IL fact that there are only six or eight
notorious slave traders in this District and every man
OF them Is an active, jealous Clay man.
2 Two most oppressive laws TO the negroes,
amounting, in some Of their provisions, TO an almost
lDsurmous,ahe obstacle 10 the emancipation OF a
slave, have been passed by the city couneils-one in
1927, the other in 1886 These la,rs require that a
bond for thousand doars to be rensued annually shall
be girsa by ersry panumitsd STARE free ecoior
osh " FIRE good and sufficient freehold suretiss tor his
good and orderly conduct, and that Of erery member Of
his family" anu on failure 10 comply with each and
every provision Of thus section. che shall be ordered by
the msyov 10 depart forthwith from this city; and on Ja
urs do 40 sAsu be eomnaittsd the r0rk house until
such conditions aH be complied s0h, NOT ereseding sta
months sry commitment"
Every man must that the cxaction II this law
which requires five responsible freehoders OF the
city TO give bond every year for the good and orderly
conduct OF msnumted slave and his whole family,
and which makes Imprisonment or banishmen, the
only aiternatve-must make every free colored man
doubly slave To get such surety. he must become,
in effect slave to the five bondsmen who became
his sureties aud he is slave TO the police, every
constable being authorized TO pass upon what good
and orderly IN his conduct and 10 subject him and
his sureties to incessant barrassment.
Would the public believe that the sympattisers
whom we exposed yesterday are the very men who
enacted this LAW OF pE.porisM' The first law
passed when SEATON, of the National Intelligent
Ger, president Of the city council, and when
WATTEKSTON (the sympathetic let,er-writer for
the Clay Ciub) and large majority OF whiggcry were
Controllers Of the law-making power Of the city
The same board elected GALES, one of the editors
Of the National lntelligencer, the resignation OF
Weighiman. (another coon, mayor of the city.
The act OF 1896, which increases and enforces the
disabilities and penalties imposed on free colored
persons, passed under the auspices OF another
coon mayor, tPETEs FoRcE and by the votes OF
(WArrERsToS,) and twenty-five other coons, WELD
ing the authority Of our phanthropic city councils
In article Of yesterday we have alluded to The
enormous price that Watterston exacted for the hire
of his slave from the government. The interest,
which the dealers in the buying and selling slaves
have in excluding free negroes from the District Is
obvious. IL appreciates the hire OF slaves to those
who bold them for that purpose, and the obstacle
opposed 70 manumisson on the part Of those who
~sh to get rid Of slaves throws greater number in
TO the hands Of the wing slave traders
Just as our paper was going TO press we received
the following letter from Charles S. Walach, law
yer Of this CITY
WAsHIseroS Oct 80, 1874.
Mn. Enron: Being totally opposed to deception in
every form, feel ii incumbent upon me TO expose
what | have conceived to be such | have seen in
the public prints circular intended TO be circulated
among the abolitioniss Of the North, and signed by
George Wattersiou, corresponding secretary Of the
Clay club Of this city, from which II would appear
that that high iuncuonary Of the wing party is an
abolIt'ohst and TO prevent such conclusion being
formed IN the minds Of any, either Of the North OF
the South, I will merely state that this same MIR
Watterslon did, few months since, have a negro
woman, who was only slave for . term Of years
confined in the Jail Of this county for SALE and that he
did actually sell her to 20 to the South, separating
her from her husband. She had, when confined IL
| jail | think, two small children. Whether these
children were separated from her, do not recoec,
but the husband was, ! am certain, he being free
man. became acquainted with the facts 10y being
called upon TO file oil praying injunction TO pre-
vent his selling the woman, and ! dad file the bill
but being afterwards satisfied that the court would
dismiss the bill upon Wutertons giving bond not 10
sell for longer term Than she had to serve, and he
agreeing so TO do, | believe | dismissed the case.
think Mr.. Wauerston mentioned to me, In some o
our conversations about this matter, that he had sold
Others of the same family and who had only TO serve
| for q term Of years.
Respectfully,
CHARLES s. WALLACE,