Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-06-18
Desperate Fellows.

Desperate lei.3WS.
A few mornings since our quiet village
was thrown into quite an excitement hy the
! intelligence that d gang Of Unaways was held
at bay a few miles of, who bid defiance to
their p|ursucrs and refused to be taken alive.
a company &C some 30 or 80 men, all ''eager'
for the fray,' az once FASTENED to the scene
Of operations, where they found three desTe-
radoes, defeated and diaarined. A few young
| men had pursued them a short distance with
dogs. when they took a stand and prepared
to give battle. They were armed with scydie-
blades, and on being approached, they bran
dished their weapons, and sworc they would
| not surrender. They were fired upon repea-
teIly, without effect, and as often would they
rush upon their pureuers and force them to
give back, notwithstanding their advantage
in arms and ammunition. Nor did they sut-
fer themselves to he taken until their lpader
was completely disabled and another OF the
/ number severely, and the third slightly
! wounded. The captain was truly a despe-
rate fellow. To the last. he was mnsuhdued;
and although lying helpless on the ground,
with one arm shattered, Two shots in his
head, and several in different parts Of his bo-
DIV, he sill urged his comrades not to surren-
der. The recovery Of this fellow is doubtful.
The others were not dangerously woun-
ded.
This affair occurred among us last week,
and although it may be regarded as a most
unparalleled outrage, on the part Of the ne
groes concerned, vet we hear nothing said
about prosecuting the offenders. We have
no desire to see the owners Of these slaves
put in a position where they may be compel
led to give up their property. But we do
think that the good Of society. and a due re-
gard for the laws of the lanG require that such
cases should be brought before a tribunal oil
Justice. These were not merely runaway ne
groes, and, as such, answerdhie for their OF
fence to their master only bat they were
public offenders, Notwithstanding bloody
weapons tor unlawful purposes. and abso-
lutely using them with intent to Kill. If this
case does not demand legal investigation, we
know not where we shall ever find one that
does. 1t touches, it is true, the owners Of
the negroes, in a tender poinl--lnd for this
we are sorry; but we really think we have
no more right to let the mitter rest where it
is. than If those formidable syiiIe-blades had
taken of the head of a peactable cltizen.--
Lagrange (Ga.) Nahahooche.
Had the achievements above narrated been
performed on Mexican soil by uAi!e Ameri-
cans, The article we have quoted instead OF
being headed - Desperate Fellows would
have had a flaming caption of unparalleled
Heroism :" or - Indomitable Bravery !" or
some other expression calculated TO eXiol the
actors. Our readers doubtless remember the
adventures Of Captain Henrie, who was la
ken prisoner with Gaines, Clay, and others,
and with great difficulty effected his escape
from his captorS; nor have they forgotten
how the public journals We're filled with the
highest laudd,ion5 Of his conduct on that &C.
%casion. However praiseworhy may have
been his heroism, however bold and daring
his deeds, his achievements are not to be
compared with those Of the leader of the run.
Always, whose nam the journalist has unfor
t%unqtely omitted. There has seldom been
placed upon record the history Of a more gal.
LIANT physical contest than that which lie wa
ged against his oppressors, and if this nation
is to go into ecslacies because the south err
leader Of an American army Of invaders re
piled to a Mexican officer, /" General Tdylo
never surrenders," how should it honor ant
glorify this other southern leader of an Amer
lean army acting on the defensive, fighting il
accordance with the doctrines OF the Declarl
ton of Independence, who-his w enemie
testifying-'to the last was unsubdued, !" ant
though lying on the ground with hi. bod,
riddled with balls, two shots in his head ant
his arm shattered, still urged his comrade
f not to surrender" The glory of Captain
: Henrie, and the more exceeding glory Of Gen
Taylor fades into twilight obscurity when i
the presence of the Respondent brightness
which surrounds the deeds of this naneles
| hero.
| The Southern editor who wrote tho articl
we have quoted, is SO dead to all chivalri
f feeling that he has no sympathy for the nc
Y BILE chieftain he is in fact Of so sordid an
: mercenary a disposition, that all he sorrow
!; for is, that if the leader aud his brave it'll
/, band are brought 10 trial, their p%retende
q owners may lose their human property by
public execution.
: We hope no one will infel from what W
, have written, that we justify the negroes i
} fighting even for their liberty; but we d
: say, that if war is ever justifable, it is
s such a case, while that which this govern
ment is now waging is unqualihedly meal
wicked and infamous and further, that
deeds Of courage or the battle field are to