New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-28


nrkind he deserves spotheosis orp irsstory, Wiz
II,s L. CHarLIs Ia 4 seutis nan Aod : scn1sr'
| Were it pOssib thar he shoald Be ell ~'ro ~ soe
highest post a honor Ia tire gu OF the Nausy, tne
easy se'f yossessin. the b'sod and opea msnaef
Win which be receives visitors u the nsts0. vi oeA
! gP at W.,hiogt,a vca'd grace the ssloous az NE
/ Presidential nsusoo. Mr.. CaAFLIs Ia srs 'e'a.
cay ard sone~b.s purseDt writer. always cs soS
ing re 'slcnts AID his energy @ vAsths coasiS VIZ
| 70 be TIRE interest. Of Humanity. Ia that espss.v
have knorp bin or several year,, oar personal
scqus'risrce B iagvery sifht Il vss aos. ioere-
fore, uui ssE hin In al shst i,tuiisd the iois-
merts Of his coart eosnce with interest sad en-
deayoret TO make an estimate q his ehsrs,ter-
The resSer sh'ei peAaps take ny scs)sas with
fone srsios n allowance. 60 c'nfrss 20 the ps-
on impression the; the best men IL every caaotsy
are =. set 70 o. sought To- IN ,hs p,iscns Bati,s
this drawback aeon my crsiiSlity. wiR voach
Or the fact that there 10 q, = nan ia Ansrlca
whose face beams with mora genuine rsiisnes
Of benevolence. whose whola oensanor exhibits
more Of that sosovte r,pOse 80 much vsae,ed la
The hghesi circles Of society ss the " PISS sl,ra
OF good breeding. and hose phrenolcxica develope-
mertr indicate, AZ tire same time, 90 clear cspsc-
tty 6r Pc cept'on, coupled With COED scanning "a
ealties Heis, l should jsdse, enineDtiy qasihed
70 make fiisnds-to enlist toe ,yr,p athes OF all
ttose BY vdom he 10 surrounded. Indeed toas
tsctn sresoy obvious IN the state Of feeling around
she jail, and IN the community here, ~ fer 40
the character Of Mr.. CaAPLIs 10 a. all knosa--
There is, 50 FAR a. can discover no hostility to
ward him. About the hsrshest thing that 10 said,
is that be was prompted by mistaken benevolence.
Even his capsors ak vel him, while the o.
fcisls from the Marshal down 90 the tarnksys have
apparently fiendiy ioteress 10, and 10 some cases
slmcst veneratiOa crthc man and bis nisSor;sDes
Il so hsppers ths, I vss employed 80 Counsel In
the case Il Rev. CHARrrs 7. ToRsEr who yoa may
recollect, died IN prison oor years ago in Ma
rylrnd ccrfred there for this same oifense against
Sisveholding laws | visited Mr.. ToRREr ia the
Baltimore jail, anlsted him Ia his several attempts
% obtain sdnittsnce 70 bail, and fes the aimee
Phere BY which he was surrounded. IL was In
great mesfure one OF bitter rnrelenting malgoity.
exneerbsted BY the def ant spirit Of the captive He
employed his leisure n jsil in ineructing q soxsu
Slaves confined along With him in The ways asd
means Of eopemeut and nearly all Of them es-
capped within q few weeks after they lefs the
prison. he denounced the craeities which he
saw prscticed around him with whitening in
cignstoD. lie WAS the regular Rob Roy No
Gregcr of dare devil philanthropy, and was hated
with corresponding cOrdislity. The tins viii
come when CHARLES T. ToRREr will figure In
romance, and even the literal story OF bis numerous
foreys over the border would DO highly romantic.
! think no man ever hvod who psssessed q more
desperate courage touch Of bis character wiA
be perceived in the following cIfcu ns.anss; Hon
RLyERDI JoBNsoS was engaged ~ the leading
counsel Ia bis case an! al the very ast interview
AAhktf NllNfHcu HAn NNAt NC utu u1u INC ptoa-
sure OF helping or ono Of his slaves, 10 which Mr.
JoHssoS good naiuredy replied that he the slsvei
was good icr nothing fellow. and the last he had
20 that he thought he wss rather under oblig atoms
have mentioned Ne. ToRRsr 10 contrast the
rentiment entertained toward him four years aso
in Baltimore aud thosa entertained nov in Wash
ueton towards M CnArLIS FOR similar ofense.
IL s in pert the result d the difference In the chs
recter OF the men to which | have alluded. bst
equally 20 the progress Of sentiment in THE laatade
On the sabieot. That is very marked. IL IL not %
much that men have become converts u Anti
Slavery during that trle, as that they have gained
additional freedom liz expressing what they do
think. That IL the hind Of advance which u
van.cd-l might almost say the only hind that 10
wanted over the whole South. The state OF sentt
ment In the Southern States Ia not understood any
where lis not understood by the boitioDs fally,
and least Of slls Il understood BY the loud.moushed
slavery propag andsts at homo. Daring i've yssrs
OF q much longer residence at the extreme South,
I was known 20 be hcstls TO the Institution Of
| Slavery, sRd was generally regarded and spokan
Of as an abolitoniss. This yoa will readily Amy
was an extremely unusual position 10 be occapssd
| by any man. The results were curious and IN
siructive upon the points upsn which sm speak
| ing. ! was made the recipient oil condolences %
all hands Of the most surprising and interesting
character. will at more leisure make some Rnalysis
Of Southern society and Southern sentiment on thie
subject win merely ssy now, thstit ID my selibsr
alto conviction, after the neutrality-suspicious.
have enjoy cd for observation, that the proportion
TO the whole population Of acknowledging Abolition
lists and hsters Of Slavery 10 not a. great Ia the
Northern States Is il Is In the South, and especial
" among women. ] spesk, ofcoarss, Of the white
popullt on. Intelligent women have causes for
| hating Slavery, where Slavery exists, that do not
81 once occur 20 Northern people. have not time
10 pursue shis subject further DOW. The expres-
sion OF sentiment Is completely coHed. few
anecdotes would illustrate what mean.
We had IN the Senate 70 day The battle Of the
! books" IL was right funny" The principal
oisputants were FoorE and BEsros. The oSsa'
SION was resolution - authorize snbscrt pti0n
! for three thousand oop'es Of book by AARos y.
PALMER on oriental countries and their capacities
Tor trade. BEsToS took the occasion % 20 into Q
show up, 10 ai,sro,tenness Of the whole system OF
making appropriations for printing books DE he'd
annovDced bis onsaasht week ago, under the
| tile Of the baltic OF tie books and today Ia
c1eed In pretty free criticism, as we anticipe
ted, OF NJ. PALNERs book. Mr.. Foors armed
himself with two extracts from DsAs 5w0r's
Battle Of the Books" namely. the Spider and
the bee and the description Of al the goddess Of
criticism, which tad A caustc applicston 10 }" OLD
BULLIOs," 80 much 90 tha, the chairman was vsry
hdgety. and several tines called Mr. F0orE 10 or
| der for reading DxAS SWIFT bat Mr.. FooTK Who
wss never known TO come 70 order, read on despite
/ Of all. while BEsTos was ge.ting "rsd about the
eills.' was occupying Of tue time reporters
seat on the foor directly between the tvo and islt
that bad an interest In the preservation OF the
peace. TIE storm blew over, however, without
/ amounting to huTi ,ane. On the final vote" OH
BULLIos' uiumphed. and was restored 10 good
humor. The resolution was loss by large majority.
ard thus I think the whole system Of book appssI
pristions for every thing not strictly governmental
documents has received coup de grace. s.r.A-
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