Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-07-24

tlat, when he was among us, he did not act
as II he felt himself in danger. Does the Pu-
rltan believe that there is such a quality rs
courage-m0rQi courage-by which he who
has 1t is able, when lie thinks he is right, to
act In the midst of danger, as if he knew no
danger! Mr.. Douglass evidently Mought il
ms dUfy TO exercise the very extraordinary
and eminent endowmerts Of eloqupnce with
winch God has gifted him, in public plead
lngs for his enslaved brethren. And lie full
filled his appointments without waverinr,
and Mcr9oTe the Puritan argues he was not
in danger.
1t must be borne in mind that the greater
part of his public lahors IN this country were
performed before the publication of his auto
biography, and engraved portrait. This first
disclosed to the public his true name and pa.
rentagc, his old masters name, residence, &c.
1t was not long after this, that his sense of
Insecurity impellcd him to go abroad and
because he did not fee privately, by night,
but went in the face of the world, the Puritan
would appear to argue that he could not have
been in danger.
Why is not a known fugitive from slavery
in any danger of re-cdpture in Massachusetts
Is not The ialU the same here, as in other parts
Of the country, where the re-capture of furi-
tives is a case of daily occurrence 2 Does the
Puritan hold that tn clause in the United
States constitution, which is commonly held
to authorize such re-capture, is not binding in
Massacl usetts? Does the Puritan hold that
the decision of the Supreme Court of the Unit
ted States, pronounced by the great jurist of
Massachusetts, in Pdgg's case, that a slave
holder has the same right to rctake a slave in
the free States, (by force, if need be,) that a
man has 10 re-.lke his horse in the streets, is
not law! Why was Douglass not in dam
ger
w 10 not forget the Latimer case but we
do f. get if the Puritan then ai5ed in c~reuiing
the amount Of public feeling then brought out,
which made Latimer's master clad to sell his
claim at a large discount, rather than try to
Gerry of his victim from Boston iail. And
the Legislature so far sanctioned or Welded
to this public ia2ling, as to prohibit the en-
ployment of State officers or prisons in the
catching Of slaves. But that law does not
impose a penalty upon private citizens, who
may afford such aid. And is there no reason
to think that there are men in Massachusetts,
who could be tempted, for less than half of
three thousand dollars, to act as the agents of
Lloyd. in conformity 10 Judge Story's law,
and quietly seize and gag an unarmed man.
and convey him on board Of q schooner bound
for Ballimorel Would the Puritan think a
cluIcIFilitIlDcr. VINO should do ms, dpScl we'd
to be communicated 7 Would even that ar-
ford any relief to the poor captive, who had
been tempted by the houied words Of the ed
itor, to seat himself at Lynn without the fear
Of danger!
The Laiimer law, &C it is termed, cannot.
Of course. extend To officers of the United
States. We should like the Puritan to tell us
what advice should be given. in a case which
occurred to us within a fortnight. in Boston,
Of \ MAN coming for counsel. who had rea-
son 10 believe that an agent Of his master WIS
in the city in pursuit Of him, accompanied by