Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-01-03
DAILY FREE PRESS-DEC. 80 1850.
I he rhi,aAClphin SInXe Cnsn

Our readers will find on the first page this
evening, an abstract, from the frog Post Of
the late ph,ladc!pha Fugitive slave CaSc-
We had designed to have ga word TO slv on
this case, but are quite content to adopt the
language of the y y. Commeycih .hiJ,riiScr.
which viii BE- found below. The Advertiser La-
h"rototora been, and is now, a strenuous adyo-
cato Of the "ComprouSa measures" Fugitive
Slave Law ANA all. IT. have never been any
such thing We hive looked upon the Fugi-
tive Slave Law Of the last Congress Il an
abominaton, both in theory AMI Practice as
not giving "a fair chancc' to the person "chiui-
cd a. a Sayo,' and not sufficiently gulranty-
mr. the right Of FarEuEv. TuEhEfoRE, We
ask for its repeal or modification.
-- n q agree with the .lrcrijs,r thrt NJ
Commissioner lnyrahlm "hlS struck dcadhct
blow at the tueitlyc Slave Low as il is, thrn all
It's opponents put together" AMI we are glrd
of it! We like to have these "woun,s" conc
from the house oft, ti1cn Is " They are whole
some, AMI will suggest the appropriate remedy
The following is the .Hrcfiscr'S articles
Tnr ALL GHp SLAVE GInsoN We pub
ishcd in the postscript of this joumll ON ues-
dlv the report Of an cXlmiurtion and final sur
render, by Mr.. Commission r lngrahtn OF
Phllplrlphl, Of nallelgcl luritiyc slave To his
proicSScI owner, Mr.. VIM. knjght. of Elkton
Maryiunl. The details Of the matter reached
Us too late to admit OF comment. ~ wc desire
to do Justice in the m1tnr we will briefly re-
clptulat' tn" facts of tn case; they cannot be
IA lowed to pass without oIHnont The allrIg-
o | slrvc, Adam Gibson, wa arrested in Ph!la-
'lphia 10y M"s'r5. George =. AIbcnl, " lillian
Mckinley and Robert Smith, on a falls chlrrl
o. larceny, without Wlrrlnt AMI tlkrn before
f. iwlrd u lnLrIham Esq. nlted Stlt's com
N S,ionrr ounScl for the prisoner were sent
for. and the lnycs lgutIpn entered upon within
an hour AMI half Of Glb'ons arrest W. f.
|. hmnn. Esq appeared for til" claimlut: W
5. Piece AMI + Il. llanJr,t, ESltS., for the
respondent. The latter asked Il continuance
of the case to give time for the Tendance 81
witnesses, bat Commissioner Ingrahlm refuse,
the application and ordered a summary hearing
Mr.. Albert, for Nj. Knight, claimed Gibson
| a a 81 lvc named Emery Rice james =. Prct
testified for tha clalnunt. lie Sworc TINT hc
| know the prisoner to be !tic', :" by his tlmIHl
| looks : but that ae only inferred him To be Mr.
! kni Eht'S slave because he rode Mr. Knight
horse, and had seen him work for him Mr.
Commissioner lugrlhln ruled that when q col.
ored pcrron for stakeholder in MarNl1nd, thu
presumption was that h. was slave Tn
witness, how yer, ,ald that many free colorc'
inca were thus employed This same wlmc@
adnittc also that hc was bound over from tn
ourt Of Sessions on a chlrgc Of kidnlppn
and THIS MN rus his only ritHcss wbo idcHt!fo
III prisoHtr. Gibson hiusrf then under olt
! gave the mines of several parties who coul
testify that lac was not Emery Rice. lie Wi
a free c1lorclmnn in the STATE Of New JcrS !
and had come to philrdslphia on business -
An hour, dcllv Wis asked. but refused by VI