Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-06-19


? rived at Wilmington, they got into one Of
, the railway carriages, in order to proceed
on their Journey. An old gentleman
travelling with his two daughters to Vir-
ginia, happened to get into the same car
rage, and fell into conversation with his
mas ter. "You seem to be afflicted sir,
said he. eyes SIR" Sand what is the
matter with you ?" /" Imfammatory
rheumatism" was the reply. "Ah, that
is very bad" he replied; "and can
sympathize with you. for know what
inflammatory rheumatism is )" and if be
did, he knew . great deal more than his
master ever did (cheers and laughter.)
This old gentleman and his daughters
were particularly attentive to his master;
the former pulling of his cloak and the
latter arranging it so as to make nice
pillow for him to go to sleep on. They
all prolessed to feel great interest in
him, "for he was such nice young
man." and the younger of the ladies de-
clared that she had never felt " SO much
pity for any young man in her life." She
fell in love with the wrong man that time.
(Laughter.) They wrote their addrers
and handed it to his master with a request
that he would call on his way back, but
his mastcr said he felt very unwell and
could make no promise. Arrived at Bal
timore they were again in danger Of being
detained ere they could reach Philadel>
phia. The officers at the station were
very particular lest any slaves should sue
coed in making their escape to Philadel.
phia; and to prevent the possibility of
the company becoming liable for the,loss
of such slaves, no person was allowed to
travel with slave, unless he could find
sufficient security to indemnify the com>
pany in the event of his proving rum
away. The officers asked his master if
he was not acquainted with some gentle>
manin the city who would become sure-
ty for him, and he said he was not; he
had bought the tickets in South Carolina
and that he did not know it was necessa-
ny to bring a gentleman all that way to
give security. The officers discussed the
matter over amongst themselves, and fl
naliy resolved to let them pass and run
the risk. whereupon they got into the
carriage and arrived safely in Philadel-
phia. AT Philadelphia, where they made
their story known, they were advised to
so to Boston and they did SO. He there
commenced following his trade as cab
met maker, his wife also being employed
as seamstress, and there was every pro>
liability of there being able to obtain a
handsome livelihood, had not the passage
of the Fugitive Slave law, compelled
them to leave the country. Dir. Crafts
then detailed the efforts which had been
made to recapture him and his wife, and
restore them again to the bonds OF sla-
very, and the manner in which those eff
forts had been defeated. In consequence,
however, Of the excitement which had
been created, it was deemed unsafe for
them to remain in the country, and, ac-
cordingly. by the advice of their friends,
they took passage to England. He
concluded by again expressing the re-
greet he felt IA, having been compelled to
practice anything like deception even in
order to regain his liberty. He thought,
however, that under the circumstances
none would condemn him, and that all
would admit, that however wrong. such
deception might have be en-, it should not
be charged to them but to the accqrsed
institution which had compelled them to
resort to such practices to obtain their
God'giyen rights. (Cheers.)