Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-04-20


Last of all, Mr.. Webster makes his bid for
the lease of that bad emiuence,' the Presi-
dcncy. lie bids higher than the others, OF
course, as coming later bids non-interUenti0n,
four neic S'dUs States in Teras, .Nason's bill for
cIpiuing fugitive s'dres, and den,incldtion q
Al The Gnti-sdrcry moUamcnis Of The NORTH
public and pr,Udte. That is what he bids
looking to the Southern side of the board oi
political brokers. Then hc mods northward
aud says, The Wiimot Prouiso is my thunder
then timidly glnnces to the South and adds
but iciU neUer use il.
think this is the only reasonable way in
which we can estimate this spcech-as bid
for the Presidency. | will not insult that
mighty intellect by supposing that he, in his
private heart, regards 1t in any other light
Mr.. Calhoun might well be content with that
and say, 'Organizc the territories on the
principle of that gentleman, and give us a
free scope aud sufficient time 10 get in-we
nsk nothing but that, and we will never ask
it,
The Fugitive Bin.
Suppose the bill of Mr.. Wcbster's friend
shall pass Congress, what will the action OF
il be ? A slave-huntcr comes here to Boston
he seizes any dark looking man that is I'M
known and iricndless-he has him before
the postmaster, the collector of customs, or
some clerk, or marshal of some U. S. court,
and makes oath that the dark man is his
slave. The slave-hunter is allowed his oath.
The fugitive is not allowed his testimony
The man born free as you aud |, on the false
oath of a slave-hunter, or the purchased aili-
duvit of some one, is surrendered TO South
ern State, TO bondage lifelong and irrcmcdi-
able. Will you say-the postmaster, the
collector, tho clerks and mnrshals in Boston
would not act in such matters? They have
no option; it is their official duty 10 do so. But
they would not decide against the unalena-
bic rights of man-thc right to life, liberty,
and tile pursuit of happiness That may be,
or may be not. The slaye-hunter may have
his fugitive before the collector of Boston,
or the postmaster of Truro, if he sees fit. Ii
they, remembering their Old Testament, re-
fuse to 'bewray him that VANDERBILT the
slave-hunter may bring on his officer with
him from Georgia or Florida he may bring
the custom-house officer from Mobile or
some petty little postmaster
from n town you never heard Of in South
Carolina or Texas, and have any dark man
in Boston up before that magistrate,' and on
his decision have the fugitive carried off TO
Louisiana or Arkansas, to bondage forever.
The bill provides that the trial may he had
before any such officer residing or being
in the State where the fugitive is found
There were three fiIgitives at my house
the other night. Ellen Crafts was one of
them. You all know Ellen Crafts is slave
she, with her husband, fed from Georgia to
aud is here before us now
She is not so dark as MIR. Webster himself, il
my of YOU think freedom is TO be dealt out
in proportion TO the whiteness of the skim
If Mason's bill passes, might have some
miserable postmaster from Texas or the Dis
trict OF Colulnbia-some purchased agent OF
Messrs Brnin and Hill, the great snve-dcal-
ers of the Capital-have him here in Boston,
take Ellen Crafts before the caiiiff, and on
his decision hurry her off to bondage as
us hopeless, as irrcmcdlable as the
grave!
Let me interest you in scene which
might happen. Suppose poor fugitive,
held MS sluvC-lct it be Ellen
Cralts--hus escaped from Savannah in some
Northern ship. No one knows of her pres
ence on board; she has lain with the cargo
in the hold of The vessel. Harder things have
happened. Men have journeyed hundreds
Of miles bent double in box half the size OF
a coffin, iourneymg towards freedom. Sup
pose the ship comes mp 10 Long Wharf, at
the foot of State street. Bulk is broken TO
remove the cargo; the woman escapes, ema-
ratcd with hunger, feeble from long cOnlinc-
nient in II ships hold, sick with tie tossings
Jl the needless sea, aud still further eiOlated
tnd blaDclied with tile nIinglng emotions OF
hope and fear. She escapes TO land. But
her pIlrsuer, more remorseless Than the sea,
has been here before hand laid his case be-
lore the official he has brought with him, or
purchased here, and claims his slave. She
runs for her life, fear adding wings. lnia-
zine the scene-the flight, the hot pursuit
through State Street, Merchants Row--yor
magistrates in hot pursuit. To make tie
IRONY OF nature still more complete, let us
suppose this shall take place on some of the
days in the history OF America
OH the 18th OF April, when our fathers first
laid down their lives IN the sacred callse ol
God and their country ,; on the l|th OF June,
the 22d of December or on any ol the sacra-
mental days in the long sad history OF Our
struggle for our own freedom! Suppose the
weary fugitive takes refuge in Faneuil Hall,
and here, in the old Cradle of Liberty, in the
midst of its associations, under the eyes OF
Samuel Adams, the hloodhouuds seize their
prey Imagine Mr.. Webster and Mr.. Win
throp looking Oh, cheering the slave-hunter,
the fugitive fleeing for her lie.
Would that not he Il pretty spectacle!
Propose to support that bill TO The fullest
extent, with all its provisions Ridiculous
tulk Does Mr.. Webster suppose that such
n law could be executed in Boston? that the
people OF Massachusetts will ever return
single fugitive, under such an act as that ?
Then he knows his constituents very little,
and proves that he needs instruction
Slavery is a moral and religious blessing
says somebody in the present Congress. But
it seems some 10000 slaves have been blind
to the benefts-moral and religious-whicl
il coniers, and have fled to The free States
MIR. Clingman estimates the value OF all the
fugitive slaves in the North at Sl5,000,0 ,000-
Delaware loses 100000 in year in this
way; her riches taking TO themselves not
wings but LEGS. Maryland lost 100000 in
six months. fear Mr.. Mason's bill and MIR.