Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-04-30
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The man-stealers-the vilest of all thieves,
and most hateful of all robbers-have been
amongst us. A victim, in the person Of a
child. has been carried away from our very
midst, TO the dark prison-house of slavery I!
On Saturday evening last, a being having
the shape of a man, went TO the house Of a
colored person residing about two miles from
this village, and, putting on the garb of kind
ness, satisfied the family that he was their
friend, and had been sent by a person resid-
ing in Jefferson county, to get a little girl
the child above referred Toto live in his
family. The individual by whom he profess
ed to have been sent--and who he said de-
sired TO have the child-was known to the
family and the mother was pleased with the
prospect of having her child placed under his
care. Without hesitation, she consented 10
let her daughter go and live with her friend.
The inhuman wretch spent the night with
the family, and in the morning set off, carry
ing the little girl behind him on his horse
No one acquainted with the circumstances
suspected that any thing was wrong, until
too late. The first intimation our citizens
had of the probability that the child had been
kidnapped, was given by a person who had
come more than a hundred miles TO prevent
the catastrophe. but arrived a few hours too
late. This individual, whose nam we deem
it best 10 suppress, Gas we do the names of all
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the ~parties,) learned that a plan had been laid
by the monster claiming TO own this unhap-
py family, and a villain said to reside in our
own ~county-the one above referred to- for
the recovery of his human prey. The hired
minion of the tyranl had left in pursuit OF his
victims before the gentleman came to a know
ledge of the plot; hence the latter was una
BILE 10 reach us soon enough to save the child.
AS soon as cur citizens learned what had
happened, a number of them set out in pur-
suit of the kidnapper. They followed him
TO Wellsville, where they learned that he had
taken a boat with his victim, two hours be-
fore their arrival, and was beyond the reach
of pursuit.
Thus has another victim been dragged back
into bondage! And / it is in civilized, repub.
lican, Christian America-lt is on the "iree
soil of Ohio that we are doomed to witness
scenes like this! Think of it, we who boast
of our light and Neutrality-suspicious. at it, ye
who exalt TO the skies our free institutions
consider it, ye who pretend to thank Hea-
ven that ours is a Christian land There is
no power within your Government that can
bring back TO its mothers arms that Inflated
child. Your laws would have punished that
unhappy mother, if she had committed even
the small offence Of secretly taking a loaf of
bread TO keep her children from starving; but
you have no laws to punish the incarnate
fend who has torn her child from her embrace
forever, and placed it in a condition worse
than death. Citizens Of C~olumbiana county,
you are compelled to have residing in your
midst the wretch who stole that child, while
the laws of your country approve his act of
unparalleled infamy, and hold up their shield
between him and harm Every sixth child
in your country is, like that little girl, severed
from its parents, or liable to be thus torn away
at any moment, according to law; and the
people love to have it so! Yes, the Northern
people, though they suffer recuniarily, NOR
ally, every way-by the accused system of