New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-04

icgaI srn,eness md hair splitting IL is all the ablest
,nan do under such circumstances II is impossi
blc 10 be eloquent in such cause. II man has any
heart it rises up and looks sadly and upbraidngly
into the eyes OF his intellect that il takes away his
strength And if he mas heart he is still troubled
With awkward consciousness that IL does not sound
well 20 sustain the system OF human slavery, in the nine
eenth century and with the OF free state for lis
teners Therefore, the best lawyer can do in SUCH
dilemma IL 10 disguise and up the hateful idea
and wind and twist adroy to keep the devil hidden be
hind stump.
judge Edmonds, after patient hearing discharged
the coored lad the ground that if he slave,
there neither the his agent attorney
here claim him. and therefore no one had right 10
dlstran him Of his liberty.
His release n signal for furious excitement among
the uphoders of that benign and prriarchal system,
which true blue Democrats often enbelish with the
soft and OF involuntary apprentice
ship but which those who handle things without
gloves call the acCurscd system of human slavery. The
capuiin probably from Ill feeling 10 the poor lad,
but looking only his shiey offered so to whoeyer
would catch him. N,He hundred police men, verbally
authorized by the Mayor were instantly on the q, r're
10 the prey. Had menagerle oil tigers ana hye-
mas been let loose poor little painting hare, there
could have been ahotter pursuit Every vessel and
steamboat watched every avenue 10 the city was
watched They carried their vigilance far as 10
follow and inspect certain wooden boxes conveyed from
one the missionary Offices In ono OF these suspect
cd boxes the living Gospel of Freedom, bound in black
was found.
Then great was the clultation The man. hunters
disputed among themselves who had the principal share
in this noble transaction and paragraphs put in
the paper settle what particular individuals undoubt
eddy deserved the honor Perhaps the city authorities
may pass vote to them monument OF brass
the Battery where II viii he conspicuous TO al stran
gers arriving in the metropolis OF what they suppose 10
bc n free State Their sons would probably be glad to
let verdigris fill ny the names but the Mayor, who
seems peculiarly DESTROYS to obigc our Southern
masters might during his administration, cause the
brazen record to be- kept bright though ii would pass
any mans power to make it clean And if the Empire
State really Hspires To the magnannous the truly de-
mocratic mission OF being Slavecacher TO the South
would propose that banner float from the state House
Albany and the City Hall here bearing the proud
motto. ENcELsoRi and underneath, the Stsie OF New
York with Liberty Pole in one hand, and in the other
trembling Slave led back in chains to his master.
could not but think what would have been the emo
tons of old Franklin and Jay. and Putnam and Warren
and host of other revolutionary heroes had they sud
denly dropped down into the midst OF that excited
crowd who, for fifty pieces OF silver were hunting
poor young soul into slavery
'.Thcy had the henris of irecmcn to the last;
And the tree blood that bounded in their Veins
Was shed Tor freedom with Liberal joy.
But had they guessed couldthey but have dreamed,
The great examples which they died To show
Would fall SO fGi would shine 20 fritiiesS here
That men should say For Liberty these died.
Therefore lctVs be Slaves had they thought hiS,
Oh then with what agony of shame
Their blushng nccs buried in the dust,
Had thrr great spirits parted hence 10 Heavcnl
Well they caught the fugitive and may they live 10 be
ashamed OF IT, IN calmcr and wiser moments second
writ of hdbeds corpus was served 10 deliver hun from
their hands and he again brought before Judge Ed
monds.
There was law passed by the Newlork Legislature,
in 1877 het in person escaped from service or
labor due another State aud sccrcted hse on board
vessel the Mayor OF city might give the captain
ti6cetc authorizing him TO convey him back whence he
Mr. Blunt counsel tor the captain contendcd that
this law police regulation similar to those applied
10 paupcrs and criminals and therefore the boy was
properly under the jurisdiction OF the Mayor not OF the
Circuit Court
The counsel for the fugitive denied this construction.
He said the law of s7 manestly intended express
Is for slaves abscondng from their masters That II the
law constitutional II was repealed by subsequent
law cd in
OF the hands of the Mayor, and every other officer until
the proof had been settled by trial before aJury And in
case law of S should be admitted 10 DC repeal
ed by subsequent legislative action on the subject they
Tell back on the uncontutoualy OF both laws, because
they both ncrtered with the supreme law OF Congress
passed in 1898 which is unnecessary To quote hercso
often have the changes been ruue upon 1t III boston,
during the last twelve years.
The counsel for :hc captain readily admitted the para
mount authority of the law Of 81 and Judge Storys
celebrated decision usual mournuly conspicuous
on the side adverse 10 human freedom HUT his chiet
hancc seemed 10 DC on the argument mat the law Oh
was police regulation and as such did not win
the superior law OF Congress Therefore the Mayor had
fright 10 authorize the captain TO carry the lad back as
he would pauper. He said this would not be sending
him back to sldrry it would merely set him on the
wharves of Savannah, whence he came. and the Lad
could then go where he pleased looked AZ him close
w. 10 see nc bushed while he Was making this sophs
neal manipulating; but he did not Lawyers have great
power OF countenancc
Mr. McKcon who am happy say is Democrat
performed his official duty well ana ably IN oehai oil
the fugitive from tnJusticc.
Mr. White put his arguments with cnsrss6!e iorce
c)carness and eloeuence. John Jay grandson OF old
John Iay threw himself the with all his hcsr
and spa, The noble, thc beautiful young man! nave
long observed his manly sad upright course with love
and honor and from the depths OF my heart do thank
him for his eNerions in this case. Most young men
dNndle when standing in the halo OF ustrous prosen'
tors bus John Jay stands IN the blaze OF their reputa
ton noble in his own right by undertaking integrity,
and heart always true 10 human freedom
Amid the manifestation OF much inSdreced feeling, Ii
waspeasan 10 that large proportion OF the pub
he gave their synpahies 10 the fugitive When the
SCI for the captain evinced legal scuteness his argu.
uaent there were no signs oi appreciation from the
audience but when :he opposite counsel made clever
hit at the pstriarcha system the general satisfaction
was expressed by smiles, and suppressed mnrnurs like
tree srrcd ny the winds oa,ot doors the general III
curry WAS, BJH the poor fellow get on Even some
OF the police asked in OF yeNanou, Why the
deuce did nt his friends take nd hide him, when
they once had hm" Taiamany Hall vociiersioas Isl!
into many honest simple souls who cannot be made 10
understand that freedom is good 10! one man. and not
good or smother. The popular heart ees,s truly and
kindly where popular understanding idrly compre'
bends on which side the right More and more this
&c understood and felt even amid al the OBJ
s,ructions necessarily meet IN great emporium
OF trade. Such trials these perhaps, do more than
any other single influence enGehten the eyes, and
nightly guide the sympsihes Of the public.
lew years ago athletic lrshnisn, standing by his
coal cart heard IN our streets the cry OF stop thief
and blsck running. A; one bound he caught
the fugitive The pursGer up snd thanked him.
ssSinS. The rascal Is my slave
Saver exclaimed the sstonshed lrishman; AID
shde from ander him while he called OUT &c the negro
Run man, T. While he assisted the 10
rsc, he said Sy 81 Patrick If You had only called out
stop s'arsS should have Known in the beginning
whose heels TO TIP up"
It's 10 re presumed that he WAS II newly arrived emf
s'an and mad not the derry spark O! irish freedom
ursiEed oa: OF him in the process OF making hun
true blue Democrat dyed in the wool In Boston the
pahic have learned pretty thoroughly whose heels 10
TIP M in similar cases and unless mistake the free
Character OF the Sss;e OF NewHork they are fs, learn
ing il here also. / NJ C
4 Word 10 Shareholders,
Proc. Chap. zzrii l. be that pursue,h "a slave in 8
lsnd Of freedom is fool and whose hunseth him ou
OF his retreats among meyciful men is no, wise,
9 For thereby, wrath IS ensenieyed agans, dcu,es