Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-10
"Thaps u Good Dog y

Tint faithful cur of the Courier, publishes
with great glee letter of commendation
from Savannah for the part the Boston slave
hunters have acted towards Sims. We can
not do better than to copy portion oft.
"To.day, old Boston stands on higher
ground than for some time past--not only
! with the South, hut with all lovers of law aud
peace. To-day, we learn here that MIR. Pot
/ ier's slave has been arrested, aud that 40 el-
| fort is spared TO have him returned to his
! master.
alt is unfortunate that any of your people
| nre so ready to lend crcdulous ear to the
| statement of man IN such desperate cir
cumstances as fugitive slave. This man,
| Thomas Sims, denied his master, (whO had
always been exceedingly indulgent to him)
and asserted that he was entitled TO freedom
and he is believed, and his counsel assert
that they can prove this against the clear
aud responsible testimony produced by the
claimants agent. The private history of
this case is but another example of the vast
amount of sympathy thrown away by those
people in the North whose abolitionisln is
founded upon pure benevoleuce aud phllan-
tliropy Tom was an idle, dlsspnted fellow
aud MIR. Potter one of the most indnlgenr OF
| owners. This gentleman in summer lives
| ut Princeton, n. j., and in winter at his lau-
tatiOn, nine miles from Savannah. Tom
lived with his mother in the city, and learnt
the mason's trade. Though he was capable
of earning dollar and half day, he had
only paid $40 to his master in two years, be-
ing less than the amount of taxes pald Tor
him. lie has no children, and his repuled
wife is n free woman, who was so much M
censcd at his desertion of her, that ns soon
as he informed her of his arrival IN Boston,
she informed his master. MIR. r. thought he
would not trouble himself TO reclaim SO idle
fellow, but TOMS mother told him IL tcas has
duty 10 do il, aud endeavor to save him from
becoming worthless TO himself aud every
body else. This suggestion, with the fact
that il was so clear case, aud would give
fair test rs to whether Boston would redeem
her character and sustain the law or not, IN
duced Mr.. Potter to follow the case up. lie
has done il, without regard to expense, and
your community should thank him for it. |
trust the stain ofnullification in Boston will
be wiped off at last. Mr.. Potter is an intel.
ligcnt, Iiberul minded man, and no ultrast
on slavery or any other subject. He is n
brothcr-in-law of Commodore Stockton,
Senator elect from New Jersey. As resi-
dent equally Of the north and of the south,
he is u national Union man, and no tire-eater,
but desires simply that those laws which
0lone can protect his property here or there
| shalt be sustained. The course of the hos
ton city authorities is highly commcnded."
We have thought before now that "Peep-
ing Tom" was considerable spoon, but we
had no adequate conception of the depth of
his gulibilhy. Here is altogether too much
pork for shilling. This Thomas Sims who
was so glad to get away from his Abolition
friends was, it seems, in very desperate cir
cumstnnces when they found linn, and for
! that reason was not TO he believed, though
he was to he believed when hc said, after he
could not help going, that he was glad TO go.
Tom was an idle, dissipaed fellow, who was
induIged in being so by that intelligent and
liberal minded man, Mr. Potter. Tom paid
! his master less than lIe cost him for taxes,
viz: $40 in two years-thOugh his agent Ba-
con, stretched his oath TO say that Tom paid
| $40 Il montll-a very good reason why he
should not spend much to get him back.
But then, q how conscientious was intel
ligent Mr.. Potter! lie hearkened to Toms
mother who told him il was his solemn duty
all to bring the poor idle, dissipated, good
for nothing fellow back, to prevent his bc-
coming worthless! And lie did it-good III
telligcni brothcr-in-aw ofCommodore Stock
ton without regard TO expense! Toms
mother must be some. She has such fac
ulty of impressing duty upon Mr.. Potter, we
do little wonder she should not have ex-
pended little of her moral power on Tom
himself, before he became so idle and dlssl.
pated. One would naturally think it would
take some kind of pressure, if not oPpres-
sion, TO drive fellow, and especially an lille
aud lissipated one, through such reInarka-
| A. l.. 4. n A.
Gilmore, from Savannah TO Boston. Such
accommodations and such fare have ordlnarl-
ly little temptation for dissipated folks.
What must be our surprise, then, to learn
that Tom was driven by no sort OF pressure
or oppression, but by indulgence! How Of
ten do we hear of lissipated young men es-
Gaping TO the South and elsewhere under
baInmocks in io'caslles, sleeping on piles OF
cordage and chain cables, and eating-heay-
en- knows what provisions of their own! II
is especially true of young mechanics VINO
can earn 81 80 per day, and are not required
TO pay more than five dollars year for tax
es. The keen, witty, knowing, shrewd, sa'
gaciOus, wise, profound editor of the Courier
believes this, and his ears are not credulOus,
nor pendulous--but remarkably Short
Surely we common folks, who, OF course,
know nothing about slavery but what the
crazy aboltionists have told us, can believe
all of this nice Savannah letter. Possibly,
Peeping TON wrote it himself; possibly, he
didn't Here it is. Il speaks for itself, and
commends itself to our pious gullibility and
love of the Union. Potter, be it remember
ed, the intelligent, liberal minded Potter
brother-n-law of Commodore Stockton
would not have tested the law, switch alone
can protect his property" if Toms mother
Toms mother had saved the Union p
Amen. Seah.-Co Commonwealth.
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FuNnY.-Daniel Webster declines speak