Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-24
An Outrage in Pennsylvania.

We have before us, paper called the "Genius
of Liberty published in Uniontown, Pennsyl-
vania, containing an account of an Infamous out
rage which was recently perpetrated in Washing
ton county in that State, upon Mr.. Geo. W
Stump, of Virginia, while in the act of retaining
fugitive slave. This proceeding is Que of the
most atroclous that has yet been perpetrated upon
citizens OF the South, who have undertaken in
peaceabe and lawful manner, to recover their prop
erty provided in the Constitution of the United
States No Southerner, who has the spirit of
freeman, can read it and suppress his indignation
at the perpetrators, and his loathing and contempt
for the dwelling demagogues in the South who
are endeavorlng to persuade the people to believe
that all its peace and tranquility and brotherly
love in the North towards the slaveholding States
George W. Stump, of Virginia, and John Fos-
ter, w. Birmingham and Alfred Wolf, of this
county, and probably some others whose names we
have not heard were arrested few days ago, in
Washington county, charged with producing riot
IN endeavorlng to capture a fugitive slave
Messrs. Foster Birmingham and Wolf gave bail
for their appearance at Court but Mr. Stump was
dragged of to Washington and put IN jail. We
learn that the negro for whom the warrant was is
sued, was found ploughing in field near Center
vile, IN Washington county, and as soon as the
abohtlonlsts heard that he would be taken fu
gitive from service, they sent him rife, which he
fired upon the persons endeuuoring to arrest him.
Some of the pursuers returned the fire, at
about sevenyfve yards distance from the negro,
which precludes the idea that it was intended to
take effect and yet the persons who were fired up
on first were arrested for riot, upon the oaths of
fer negroes.
Thus it seems that the negro was armed with
rifle by the Aboltionists-that he made the first
fire upon his pursuers, who were legally empowered
to arrest hlm-and that because they returned the
fire, they arrested and one of them, the
Virginian, ''was dragged off and lodged in jail"
And the worst feature of this villainous transac-
ton was, his incarceration 'Eupon tie ooths Of a
fer negroes" Such are the kind of witnesses who
are produced to insult and degrade Southern peo-
pie when they 60 to the North in search of their
property and such the officers who have taken an
oath to support the Constitution! The Genius of
Liberty remarks that '' saCorn officers Of tie Com
monwea1h aid IN carrying out such proceedings, we
acW not be surprised to see tie Southern States
secede from the Union before tie expiration Of an
other gear" Our readers may know something of
the enormity of the outrage, when a Northern
journal sounds warning like this, in view of it.
But, unfortunately, the Abolitionists know full
well that there numbers of demagogues and
Submission journalists in the South who will try
to cover up and extenuate the offence and promise
better things for them in future-iust as Gen
Foote exclaimed soon afte Shadrach was abducted
from the court house in Boston, "NaSSachusetts
IS doing Uery acel" and as the editor of the Flag
vociferated, ':patriotic Massachusetts, !''-IEssis-
stppian.