Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-05-05

hundred hungry paftizans; nor w~herewith
10 buy votes to defeat the Wilmot pfoviso.
Why then should we wonder at the zeal of
his partizans to press action upon this bill
WASHINGTON, April 10.
On Saturday last, a vessel from tn, North
brought here a load of wood. and when it left
took away with it between eighty and ninety
slaves. Telegraphic dispatches were sent,
as soon as their departure was discovered, in
every direction. A steamboat was immedi-
ately chartered and went in pursuit, having
on board between fifty and sixty men, all
armed. They found the vessel lying at an
Choir at the mouth Of the Potomac, when il,
the slaves, captain and crew were immediate
ly taken into possession of the pursuerS.-
This morning the slaves were driven In a bo-
dy through the streets to the Jail Of the Dis
trict. Mothers with infants at their breasts,
little boys and girls leading each other, and
men tied together in gangs. On the one side
were weeping, and mourning, and walling {;
on the other were cursing, and threatening,
and blasphemy the most horrible.
Some of the little children were tChiter than
the %rulians that drove them. The slaves are
all lodged in the Jail. as also is the captain
and crew. The captain was saved from the
mob, by being put into a carriage and hurri-
ed through the streets. The city is in the
midst of great excitement. The colored pop
u%lation are in anguish. They know that the
runaways will be separated from friends and
kindred, and scattered over the land, to see
each others faces no more. AS | passed a.
long by several small collections of blacks,
| saw the tears rolling down many cheeks {;
one gray headed old woman in particular,
wrnng her hands and cried, 40, my son, my
son, must see thee no more forever J" Her
child was among the doomed. Poor fellow;
he will not see his mother again this side OF
heaven. As no mercy will be shown, the
separation, for example sake, will be as cru
Ell and heart-rending as possible. There have
been threats of mobbing the Era, and appli-
cation, | understand, has been made to the
Mayor for protection. Let shareholders do
their worst. A revolution will come, and
that too, at no distant day. The c~lanking OF
} chains, and the walls of the enslaved are not
forever 10 be heard in this land. God speed
, the day when Liberty shall come-come, as
| trust, in the still voice of Peace but let 1t
come though it be in a whirlwind, excited
! by the maddening oppression.
On the opening of Congress this morning,
l Mr.. Giddings moved to suspend the rules,
that he might offer some resolutions. Mr..
t Mead, Of Virginia, objected to their being
r read. This was a want Of courtesy nnheard
} of in the House. When reminded of this
3 fact, he said he was willing they should be
: read, ''if they did not relate to Slavery
At length he withdrew his opposition, and
D they were read. They proposed, with a sui
t table preamble, that a committee of five be
appointed to inquire whether eighty men, wo-
men and children were confined in the jail OF
: this District, ,ch0 ,oere not charged or comic
| ted Of any crime-if so, by what authority
the Jail was used for that purpose, and report
D what laws ought to be adopted to prevent
such outrage in future. Mr.. Burt, Of S. c.,
and Mr.. Holmes, looked daggsrs; and the
; latter gentleman went for tho hanging of those
3 who were concerned in the matter of the
= slaves escape. Mr.. G.'s motion was Of
course rejected, hut it will come up again on
Monday next.
Where am II Standing in the Capitol of
the nation. The star spangled banner is wa
wing over me. Around me are the Represen-
tatives of the "Model Republic" Hank 7!
what means that groan Of anguish 1t is
Rachel weeping for her children, and will
not be comforted, because they are not
"Better for them had they never been born
such is the deep feeling of her heart. |
cast my eye over the nations of the earth.-
t Thrones are tottering-chains are falling
Hush! | hear a sound of Joy. 1t is the de-
mocracy clarifying the French revolution.
, Hark again! 1t is the same democracy
Y cursing and gnashing with their teeth upon
man who would rescue his fellow man in hi
S own land from chains. They clamor 70
blood not of tyrants, but of him who woulC
dethrone tyranny.
.Hail Columbia nanny land ~