Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-02-14

iVt thssb W0tHa tHB thiglHG year are Hb9gb3As
Ihe House then went into COMMITTEE d
The Whole, aud proceeds to The considers
ton Of tie bill relative 10 collectors aud 9th
o. officers Of the Customs, limiting thsif
s%1lafias and foes of%efi5e, whish was final.
y passed and sent up to the Senate, The
debitH on the Oregon question was CoHtih1-
cd by Mf, A johnson, Of Tennessee, aud
Mff Wood, Of New York, both in favor OF
the notice. Mr., jacob Thompson then OF.
tanned the H0ot, when tho B9mniitieg f0ssy
and the House soon after adjourned
We publish to day, at the request Of seve-
ral respectable citizens, an appeal To the hon
ofable feelings Of the community, IN behalf Of
a anfshoeless slave, who is said to be threat
ensd with the vengeance Of unptinoipIed per
bound u endless gratitude, for the fidelity
and f~eaolutb integrity If heir victim, which
may have preserved them from the sweetest
penalties Of The law.
Il i# commonly supposed that, although the
civil power Is Competent to intefpose, retfi=
b%ntlvelr, in cases Of cruelty fNfttcfto upon
| q Eth FF : ~ thiHitUt be iLEFURff W UiEFEtil Eiat
which Is obly INTENDED, however manifest or
atfeeious but, as IL civil society, a well.
grounded apprehension Of uBlawl violence
from hn individual, will enable another. by
bis affidavit and complaint, 10 subject the as@
sallant to legal restraint, so, In lihe manner,
we should suppose. that the complaint and af-
ddavit Of respectable citizens. to preserve 4
slave from brutal outrage, which they believe
te be probable. would be sufficient ground Of
intofpositiop, on the part Of d magistrate, to
apply measures Of security 10 tho suspected
parties,
In this case, there ts an almost universal
conviction, that Daigfe and her Pafamotr are
capable oftha utmost wfekodness and cruelty.
towards the slave Patsey aud that The emer-
genty calls for tha PROMPT aud g]ltsCtnal in
terysntiau Of adequate power. either judicial
Or SUMMARY.
The refusal to cell the slave, for whom,
even al sStottiBnate valuation would not have
been resisted, IL evidence that The interest Of
The minor children Of ths TurHlS, to whose
guidance and example, their infant minds are
sttll oonfded, is not the 0btgot they have In
view but that they seek, merely, 10 satiale
a low and bloody revenge, which surely viii
not be permitted with The silent aequiesgehoe
Of d spectator community,
To THE PUBLIC.
The undersigned respectfully represent to
the Inhabitants Of East Baton Rouge, that IN
January 1915, IN consequence Of certain IL
e]entiouR conduct IN tho family Of Madan Ce-
leste Daigfa OF general n9tofiety, and since
proven IN coir) whereby d fn1ale slave name
"a Patsey. was considered to be in extreme
darger Of her life, from tho yiujietipe pas=
Of The said Celeste Daigfo and her
agents they the undersigned did together
pay Il visit 10 MADAME DtigrBt and after
amieable representations 10 her, Of tho
conduct Of her slayo PatsaY, did
from her a consent. that the said slave
should be enanGiBatsd and did also receive
n verbal authorization rom hef, 10 take the
necessary legal steps 70 effect that ohjeGt-tn
consequence Of which, the slave, 20 placed
under their protection, was provided with
al tho plantation Of Josiah Barker, one
IF the undersigned.
This slave IN very inirn health, It Is now
attempted 10 reclaim, without any abatement
IF The cruel dangers, which induced the utter
Of tho undersigned, who noW fes
IectfdIlY appeal 10 tho hlgh-nntHtei public ni
he Parrish Of East Baton Rouge. for q igigs=
H6at IN this case. where the Judicial Tribunal
no resource.
For th5 slave, disabled by cancer, although