Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-02-01

ANOTHER SLAVE CASE IN BcsToN.-S5ome
months ago a colored man left North Carolina for
the best reasons in the world. Though honest and
innocent he was obliged TO steal his passage IN a
Northern vessel which he did at the expense of no
small us; ring When he arrived in this city he was
taken into the employment of one of our large man
niacturers, who is too much of man to obey the
| bloodhound law. But a knowledge OF his wherea-
bout got back to his former residence and an agent
was sent on for hi n. This agent was Hospitality en-
/ tertalned by the New York Castle Garden Commit
tee of Safety, who furnished him with aid and COM
fort and lagyer-one Spencer, as ii is understood
his Spencer entered into the business with great
zeal. lie thought this test case. Here was re-
sponsible man harborng and concealing fugitive
IN open violation of the law. To carry out the law
in such case would cement the Union like thou
sand of brick The agent and his legal bloodhound
came on to Boston " e published last Monday how
their spies were lurking about certain establishment
They crawled up into place which overlooked 1t
and saw their victim.
Thus every thing prepared for the execution
OF the law. The requisite warrant was, at the in-
stance of lawyer Spencer duly obtained and placed
IN the hands of Marshal Devens. The North Car
DINA agent not 10 split on the rock which had
been fatal to Hughes-he had good legal advice,
and proceeded legally and cautiously. But lest Mar
shall Devens should ten porlse and hesitate as IN the
other case, had been provided that he should have
tools to go through the rougher part of the disa
greeable duty" Three rutlilns, cast off constabes
or the like, with character to lose, who boosted
sufficiently of their alacrity," were employed
under large rewards to make the arrest. The war
rant was placed in their hands, with orders endorsed
by whom we are not informed, 10 bring ia the
man, dead or alire! But they didn't do it. They
reconnoltred abondantly, but made no attack.
We have 1t from private source that after view.
ing deliberately the enemy's camp, their courage
all oozed ont at the ends of their fingers, and Mar
shai Deyens not having any particular stomach to
lay his life on the altar of this sort of patriotism,
the New York Safety Committees lawyer retired in
disgust cursing the Boston blood hounds for their
want of pluck They would give their money he said,
but not one atom of personal assistance
Thus has ended, for the present at least, the sec
ond Boston slave case One OF our prominent ct-
Gems has proclaimed his determination to violate the
lnhuman, diabolica and unconstitutional law. He is
known to be dong 50. Here is a test case. The |
mighty Union g Commute of Safety puts its Her
culean shoulder TO the wheel. But it is no 60
Thank God, though Eliot and Webster have turn
ed traitors, Massachusetts, has not yet disgraced
herself by succumbng to the pirate law. The stain
of betraying trembling fugitive from umighteous
bondage, under this new edict of tyranny is not ct
on her soul. She can still meet with honor the
Turkish Sultan and congratulate him on his noble
conduct towards kossuth
We cannot but commend the prudence of the
Boston officers in these cases. Their thermometers
show pretty truly the pressure OF the Spirit of Lib
erty IN this city. They apprehend tlat the moment
they undertake to one of teese internal war
rants, they will be subjects for hospital practice in
gun-shot wounds. And we have little doubt that
they mould be, In some cases-whe in others they
wonld pass into the immediate custody Of the Coro-
GET Commonwealth.