Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-12-06
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

tempt on the part of the Grand Jury to pre-
possess tic public mini with an impression
OF The correctness ofihrir prcspnfmcnt; then
COMMUNICATIONS ofthc fidelity of the District
Ailo'nes lty iho Grand Jury, and Of the H..
de'lly, ollIic Grand Jury, hy the Judge and
iihaIIy' an order from the Court to forward
copy ofilc prcscntnct to the President
ni TIE United States, that hu may srn how
Faithfully his instructions have been compi-
cd With Aud now, we learn that the States
Attorney OF Maryland is to bc allowed to
appear us the leading counsel of tic prose-
Cuilonl
Does ul This look as ifthcro were no dan
ger, no serious intent to convict and hang
these men for rrcasous
This is not all. We must have distn-
gtiShcd jurors TO try the case, 50 that their
verdict, hrng sustained hy high character,
need nol be intcricrcd with 10y the Pardon
ing Power
The following paragraph from The Nation
hl ln'rliigrncer announces somc Of tlicm.
"Tho Jurors summoned to Try the treason
cases in the Supreme Court of Pcnnsl lvnnia
embrace some distinguished persunagcs.--
Anung them are Simon Cameron, General,
ards, Of icrks county, and no less llinn four
cN.memhers of Congrrss--Jamcs Horne
George W. Toland. Abraham Mclyanc, und
Edward Davies, at Lancaster county. In
addition 10 the above, there are Joseph ID.
Brown, Samuel Brrrk, Caleb Cope, Law
renee Lewis, Charles Massey, Frederick
FwlcN William Plutt, aud George W. To-
land, from among the merchants. The whole
nuuiicr summoned is ll6.'
Judges, Grncrals. cx.Scnalurs, cx.Reprc-
scniullyrS, and Merchants God help the
poor prisoners. We have nothing to say
against these distinguished pcrsonagrs. per.
sunally, but were we on trial for capital
offence, We should prefer II Jury of twelve
PLAIN, honest, humble men, without political
Responsibilities Or aspirations, without pride
ofoplnlon or station. Especially were we
on trial for a capital offence. where political
considerations were involved, should we
shrink from being placed at the mercy of
men, naturally biased by political or pecu-
mary relations against us. IL seems to us
That the Marshal, IN summoning Jurors has
taken good cnrc TO assure the Slave Power,
that il stern Justice will allow its demands
TO be complied with, it shall not be disap-
pointed.
Meantime the Court aud Jury arc inform
cd that tie whole South is watching the pro-
ccedlngs-hut upon th,ir action will depend
10 u grrg, extent the stability OF the Union
-iliai The blood of the guilty must flow, il
they would expect aIlay excitement nuung
Shareholders. Lust week." says the Louis
vile journal, eve heard Il citizen OF one of
tie extreme Southern States, n very iutrlli.
gent man aud member of the Union party,
say that much drpcnds in The South u3ou The
results qr The peni'ng irid'S al The North Qrhe
persons Engaged in he idie rescue Of a fugitive
sinUe from The hands ofihe Icg1' authorities
lie said that ijHe persons indicted .fH 10 be
conr'cted and punished, The feeling al The South
Ia fdv0y II separation from Tie North iCW bc
grcci,g acepeicd and erisndei; that IN fact hG
people ofHe South rW conclude That the sooner
Msy are separated. from The .Nors The Jeiier."
The Milton IN. C.l Chronicle, a new-pa-
per ofihe Constitutional Union party, edited
by postmaster, in an editorial of October
3Olh, snis:
at is evident that unless Ne ChrisiiGaq aui
Syracuse traitors are hing, tic Coppy0niise cRi
be mrre rope Of sqRd in The eye Of The free
Siri,s--they ,ciR respect The Compromise so far
on,y ss Il mly smi their convenience or pleasure.
.IEd y ms Je Mc case, The SOUd lCiH GtScrCe de-
graidion dad igiiHy j. she submits 10 The
Compromise. IS ho,ccusr, hkciy 10 be he
case ! Ue can TEL Ltitcr Chcn he traitors Of
Chriaiiana Gnd Syracuse shaR hare been disp0-
sci Of DHeyme made 10 dancc' bciirt,h heqr-
en- dai Cdrih, Il eW not be The casc-tie free
Sni3 ieiH probrb,y respect he iGir. Bd IL as
is ftarod, Jury cannoi be hat IN Gtpor Of con-
uicinr them Of iras)a-the case 'rN be d.6cr-
ort GniLie lac may as 'cel be burnt uP. In
he ia'iCr aren't, ,cih shat be Me dirty Of Me
South Seceic? Yes? Unless the law bc
altered so ms TO make the free Stutcs rrspon-
sihlc for iugiivcs whenever found within
their limits, aud unless loiug hcld RESPONSE
blc, each Siatc pays up promptly for the iu-
gil,cs it is found TO hurbor.'
Such are the influences brought to hear to
secure the conviction aud hanging OF dirty
American citizens. Who does no, see that
this internal d0cilinc OF cnGs;iucii,c treason
Is 10 be used for the purpose of bolsrrring up
the pgciensloGs of the Slave Power; II it
can brig It's enemies To the gnIIows on a
false prcicnce, on II lying prosecution, it cal
culales lbndly upon perpetual security.