The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-31

Mr. Toote after all is an abotionst in disguise. and
the good people of Georgetown should petition for his
MIR. cAnIIsls said, that he thought the Court was
He Qr. CO had always breathed southern air, and
was the last to cit quietly and hear her institu
lions reviled but his colleague merely wished to
show that the tendency Of these speeches. Senator
Foote'S principally was to set the minds of the slaves
at work. and to induce them Of their volitiou
endeavor to procure their freedom I1f -.'Il.
The CouRT observed, that man must be very dull
who did not see the drift of the argume and could
not SIT there quietly and listen to innammstery
argume mt against slavery, which recognised In
stitution.
Mr. MANN wished briefly to show, that by the laws
OF nature all men are freethat by the laws Of SEINE
commu mites, certain classes considered pro-
perty and that as this property became valuable its
tenure became less secure and that as the slave
qured intelligence he became aware Of the speeches
which were daily printed in this city and that they
had the effect of tending to make the colored people
pant for liberty He assured the Court he had no de-
sire to make any inHammatory remarks But II he
could prove that Gen Foote had made remarks about
liberty, which perhaps affected the colored people
Mr.. KEYsThe frst thing the gentlemen viii do viii
be to prove that Gen. Foote did so.
Mr.. MASS-That can be easily done
MI kEys-What that he IL an advocate against
slavery
Mr.. MASN-Not exactly but that he used the words
The CouRr said, that it was more the manner and
the application Of the remarks which were objections
BILE than the remarks themselves. lId Pr
Mr. KEYS objected to the reading Of the Newspaper
publication Of Gen Foote'S speech, and all with the
view 10 show that perhaps Hoovers slaves heard 1t,
and 1t caused them to tumble themselves into the pri
soner's vessel Let him first prove that Gen. Foote
made the speech and then that Hoover's slsves
heard it. .
The CouRr did not any harm in reading the
because the learned counsel may say that they
are his own sentiments, and how you prevent it,
Mr. MANN thanked the Court for it's indulge and
continued reading extracts from Gen. Foote'S speech,
appeared in the Union and commended that IL
thee seeds OF liberty which fell upon willing ears that
might have induced them to make application to
the prisoner to convey them to the land Of freedom
and the evidence would tend to show that something
of the kind must have been the their arrival
was totally unexpected day or two previous, and
that the prisoner could not say how many slaves would
be board The truth was that these slaves boarded
the schooner and took Drayton prisoner, and he was
compelled to carry them.
without concluding his argument, Mr. Mann re-
quested the indulgence Of the Court to allow him to
examine his witnesses they belonged to Phia
dephia and staying here at cuch personal incou.
venience to themselves The Court acceding the re-
quest.
SAMUEL NELSON was sworn, and testified that he had
known Drayton for number Of years. that he
member Of the Methodist Church. and that he (wie-
ness) had never heard anything against the moral
character Of the prisoner He had complained II his
head on several occasions, and had for loog pu'od
been under the doctors hand He had been unforsu-
nate last fall In the loss of vessel
In the cross examination the witness said, that he