Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-09

as the 18th June, 1896, as Secretary of State,
he proposed to the British government 10
throw the Canadas open for this sport, and
III return, to British sportslnen should be ac-
corded the privilege of hunting West India
negroes, throughout the whole extent of the
American Republic. But John Bull reject
ell the rendered reciprocity, aud churlishly
replied, "The law of Parliament gave free
dom to every slave who effected his landing
on British ground"
About the same time, we requested from
Mexico the boon of hunting negroes over
her wide area. The desired favor was de-
MED, but we have since forcibly added al
most half her territory TO our own hunting
grounds. of all the game laws in existence.
That of 1893, which regulates the chase of
negroes, is the most horrible: vet Mr.. CLAY
Is dissatisfied with il, and calls upon Con-
gress TO make it "more cilectlnl," :" and of
course more horrible. Should Virginian
come to New York in search of his horse.
and find him in the possession of another,
who claims him as his property, how is he TO
recover his animal? Only by process of
law, and that process requires that a Jury of
twelve impartial men, drawn by lot, shall
pass upon the conflicting claims. Neither
party has any choice in selecting the Jury,
nor can either establish his claim by his own
evidence. But it the Virginan is hunting a
MAN, and sees one that will serve his purpose,
and who will fetch thousand dollars in the
southern market, but who claims to belong to
himself, how is he to secure him? Why he
may catch his MAN as well as he can, and
without warrant may carry him before any
justice of the peace whom for sufficient rea-
SONS he may think proper to select, and
swear that the MAN he has caught is his, so
that the justice may surrender the MAN TO
perpetual bondage, degradation and misery.
Various officers besides Justices are al-
thorized TO act, so that the Nirginian has n
wide choice. Surely this is hunting made
easy by law, but il is not found so easy in
practice. Latterly, various states have pro-
hibited their o,cn officers from assisting in the
phase of human beings, and citizens rarely
lend any unpaid assistance. Hence new
game law is deemed neediul, aud MI. Clay,
.ns we have seen, is pledged TO 60 with "the
tarthest southern senator" the most devoted
Hover of the sport, TO make il efiectual. The
Judiciary committee have accordingly report
.ed a bill, now before tho Senate. 81 agree"
faid MIR. Mason, one of the farthest southern
senators, in his speech oil the bill, (2Sth JAM
n agree that the federal government has no
|po,cer 10 impose duties Of any kind upon The Of
Ulcers of state governments as SUCH Of course,
! ke obligation imposed by the law of 1888
Fhln justices of the peace and other state
officers TO catch slaves, are void, and om
nortlIeren legislatures, it is admitted, have Q
right TO prohibit them participating in slave
hunts. To obviate this difficulty, it becomes
necessary to select other that state officers to
adjudicate upon questions of higher import
than any, with the single exception of life
and death, that ever exercise the talents,
learning, virtue and independence of the
most august tribunals ofany civilized country.
And who are the grave and reverend Judges
appointed by this bill to sit in judgment on
the liberty or bondage of native born Amer
Jeans? Among these judges are TWENTY
THOUSAND POST MASTERS Each one of
these new judges is authorized 10 adjudge
any man, woman or child, black or white, to
be vendible chattel; and this judgment is
TO be founded OH any proof that may be sat
siactoTy to said postmaster; in the words of
the bill, "either by oral testimony or aflida-
Wit" nor is the testimony either oral or by
affidavit of the interested claimant excluded /;
and from this judgment there is no appeal
Slavery is no longer confined TO one color
The southern papers abound with advertise
ments offering rewards for fugitive slaves,
containing the caution, that the fugitive will
probably attempt TO pass for tchiie person.
A few years since a Maryland stakeholder
caught in Philadelphia white girl, MARY
Gllmore) whom lac claimed as his slave
The case was brought before Pennsylvania
Judge, and occupied two days, and it was
proved by most abundant, overwhelming evil
dence, that the alleged slave was the orphan
daughter of POOR IRISH PEASANTS. The
mother had died in the Philadelphia hospital
and the daughter had never been in Mary
land. BY pending amendment TO this bill
every man and woman who, prompted by
the holiest impulses of our nature, shal
"harbor and conceal" the prey from the
hunter, is TO be visited with fine and inpris
onment. A few days after Mr.. Clay intro
duced his resolutions, Brlin and Hill, slav,
traders in Alexandria, wrote letter, since
published i'll the newspapers, stating for the
information of q free MOTHER in New York
who wished TO redeem her DAUGHTER from
bondage, that they cannot afford TO sell "th6
girl Emily for less Than EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS" Why this prodigious price P
They add, eve have two or three offers fol
Emily from gentlemen from the south. She
is said to be the finest looking woman in thii
country"
Should this devoted victim escape from
her keepers, and be afterwards concealed il
her mothers house, not only is she TO b'
carried back and subjected TO the fate intend
cd for her, but the mother is liable by III,
then present bill TO be sentenced TO pay
fine of five hundred dollars to the Unite'
States, TO pay Messrs. Bruin and Hill on
thousand dollars for damages, and be impris
oned six months. We hope for MIR. Clay
reputation, no "ihrtbest senator from tll
south" will ask for heavier penalties, for
he does, Mr.. Clay is pledged to vote for 9Th
heaviest sanctions" that may be proposed
But suppose this poor girl should find he
way TO Peekskill, instead of New York, an
in your absence, with bursting heart, ask
be sheltered in your house from her pursl
ers. Can you for moment admit the po'
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