Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-02-18
lrhe pafaon of Alherti.


The Harrisburg Union. a Democratic
journal ofcourse, makes the following app
propriate remarks upon Gov. Bigler's
Just pardon of Alberti II '.5..,s- ,t ~
A MosT RGHTEous AcT.-Last week
Governor Bigler granted pardon to
george f, Albert, of Philadelphia, an
old man who was convicted and who has
been imprisoned some two years, for what
was termed kidnapping, The facts of
this case have been referred to ON several
occasions in our columns, consequently
we shall make but brief statement Of
them at this time. Albert was engaged
by agentleman in Maryland to arrest q
female runaway slave, then in the State
OF New Jersey, When arrested she hau
in her arms an infant that had been porn
in free State. When taken before the
United States officer, and remanded to
her owner she WAS told that she could
leave the child in Philadelphia, where it
would be cared for at public institution,
and would of course be free. This she
positively refused to do, and adhered to
the determination to take the child with
her, Albert then delivered her and the
child over to the parties from Maryland
authorized to receive her.
The abolitionists of Philadelphia had
Albert arrested for kidnapping, and he
was arraigned for trial before the Ameri-
can Jeffreys, Judge Parsons, whose pas
sions and prejudices in nearly all cases
controlled his Judgment. Before coming
to q trial, it was ascertained that this man
could not be convicted without obtaining
the evidence ola felon then under sen
- KIo Dhlalo1r1,so YortOOp GI, ha
name of Thomas Richardson. The aboli-
tionists repaired to Harrisburg, and OBJ
tanned u pardon for Richardson, dated on
the morning the trial was to commence,
and this convicted felon was brought from
his cell to the witness stand to give testi-
mony on which to convict Albert of kid
mapping, The charge of the Judge in
this case was one of the most extraordi.
nary documents we ever read, and in &C
cordance with this one-sided charge the
defendant was convicted and sentenced
for period that would, in all probability
have terminated his life il he had been
obliged to serve it out
These were the means resorted to by
the abolitionists and Governor johnson
to convict this old man, Albert, and it
will be source of qualification to every
philanthropic citizen, to learn that Gov
crnor Bigler has granted him pardon.
In our view, this old man committed NO
offence whatever. He did not carry of
the child to Maryland, because it was not
carried into slavery and even it he had
done SO, he committed no offence against
the laws of Pennsylvania, as the woman
and child were taken from New Jersey.
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