Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-03
From The independent.
Rev. DR.. Pennington Again.

penninpton's case made by u ior.ih5,'
since is called IN question 10y nihIs'eIs '. w "'
eCclrsi istiral connection. lhey SUPP.
him to- have nInntfnSsion pnpers, hhn :" "o
bey0i d the power of the Fug I've slave bu".
II miuht pnSsiby relieve the awkwnrdneSS "
some of his clerical brcthern who have uil'
dertnken to Justify aad uphold that law, u
such was the fact But even then the case
hypoiheiically would lose none OF us
forcc ms an illustration OF the possible WORK
ing of the law. And what II DIR. i. lan lree
papcrs? Couid he use them in his olcn defense
il lie should he kidnapped under tll's "w
But we hcg To assure his friends OF tue em,'e
correctness Of Our previous stateinent' i"n'
statement was made IN the first instance on
the authority of the Religious Herald l,liblish-
cd ut Hartford, where DIR. L. resldeh ior
many years, IN which paper II appeared oVcr |
the signature of n minister OF that cry, W,,o
made il OF his personal knowledge. we
have received ample confirmation OF tll"t
statement from private sources, aud also
from DR.. P.'s own declarations to friends III
Great Britain. The maine Pennington Is oi
course an assumed name, and he has had the
sagariiy to keep his true name from becoW-
inp public. lie is II fugitive slave. II we are
rightly informed he escaped from his master
when the litter had brought him to TIE
North ms n travelling servant. AZ all events
Inc followed the advice OF Paul to those III n
state of servitude, "if thoumayest he irce,
use it rnther"-if YOU have II cliunce TO get
your liberty, do so. Since then lie hus lived
nt the North mmoested, openly preaching
the gospel OF Christ. An attempt was once
made hy some friends IN Connecticut to pur-
chnse Ills freedom, which thiled, either be-
cause the SUN offered was not deemed SUI
iicient, or rather, as our informant supposes,
hecnIise his muster refused to sell him on
amy terms, tut avowed his purpose to get INN
back ngnin into bondage Us n punishment Tor
his uugruteiul descrtiUn. Until the puSsage
of the late law there was no hope OF TINS
but now DR.. Z. could he seized in his very
pulpit and even while niiuistering at the ta-
bic of the Lord,-or perhaps while sitting
ns moderator of the third Presbytery OF New
| York, dragged before commissioner and
reminded To his 'owuer,' to be put up at auc-
ton ia southern mart, or worked under the
lash far away from wife aud family, from
church aud Christian friends, perhaps denied
even TO read the Word OF God. lie is too
valuable chattle to be lost. Should his
| owner consent TO his ransom, almost any
amount could be raised for that purpose IN
the churches OF this city. But should the
! Union Safety Committee after securing his
conviction by eminent counsel deem IL all
visabG Tor the preservation OF the Union that
he should be sold SOUTH he would command
no ordinary price. Put up OH the auction
! block ut Richmond, as man OF good muscle
aud good stuff he might bring from $500 TO
$1,000; but as an acceptable minister of
Christ some piols stakeholder wishing To get
n chaplain Tor his household, might give Tor
him $500 more; aud when to this was added u
doctorate in Divinity from Heidelburg Uni
versity, n skllltul auctoueer might run him
up TO $4,000. Perhaps, however, we rate the
latter above its par value. This is no carl
catllre of the Fugitive law. Its infnmy does
not admit of carcuture. What was done TO
Henry Long could he done also TO DIR. PEN
nington. a man bought with the precious
blood of Christ, freeman in Christ Jesus, a
preacher OF the everlasting Gospel the pastor
of II Presbyterian church in this city, might |
be seized here M open day 10y the officers of
law, aud in the name OF idlU and of the gov
ernment of the United States he sent into
hopeless slavery under the flag OF the Ameri-
can Union. Ii there is anything worse Than
this in Austria or RUSSIA we should like TO
know il. No wonder that DR.. Pennington is
afraid TO return To New York. lie may
have thought that the fact OF his having es
capped from his master when oil free soil |
would shield him from the grippe OF this law; |
and on that point he may have written TO |
Hartford for u legal opinion. But much as
his church here needs his services, aud great |
us is his anxiety TO resume his pastoral labors,
we presume he has 10 thought o! rlskng his
liberty.
A letter from a gentleman of Scotland TO
friend in this city, conveys the following in-
formations
awe had DR.. Pennington with us short
time here. lie stayed with us oyer night
lie is IA runaway slave, and is minister of a
congregation IN New York. lie does not in
tend to go back during the force of the new
| Fugitive Bill, lest he he laid hold Of We
| were all well pleased with him. lie seems
! man OF sense, talent, and piety."
What encouragement has DIR. Pennington
to return to his field of labor here? The
/ law is against him. Power is against him.
! The vast commercial interest of the city is
| against hIm. Scheming politicians seeking
| preierment by Il zeal for the Union ure against
| him. Aud what is there OH his side The
pulpit? Alas from the pulpit of the Brick
| Church,--irom one OF the oldest ministers of
| the city, the pastor Of one of its weallhiest
| churches, sounds forth the edict,-"We ,could
hare ii understood that the North is not the
place for fugitive SLAVES Some of them are
no doubt good citizens; but prima .tdeie, they
are bad. They are trouble to us; they cor
rupt our population, overload our prisons,
are nuisance TO our almshouses, and had
better be al home, i0here they are better employed
and better gOuerned. Nor is il among The least
Of the benefits Of The Fugitive-Siave irto, that
they are so rapidly disappearing from the midst
ofus." Indeed in the view OF Dr. Spring the
fact that DIR. Pennington is Christian and
a minister is so much the greater reason why
he should be sent back into slavery, and that
10y the active endeavors of his brethern in
the ministry. For which reckIessness Of
assertion that is astounding in one who