Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-03-13
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A Nut for COnlprOmiSrrS.

| A few months since, n brig sailed from
Boston, on coaslng voyage to the South
west. Among its crew were four citizens
from Massachusetts, honest, humble sailois
from Boston, who left behind them mnybap
IN indigcnce, to them, dear nll cherished
families. The regular course Of tie voyage
/ brought the brig to the port Of Galveston,
/ Texas, aud the exchange Of cargo being
complete, she lay waiting for the wind 10
serve her departure for her home ~ the
North. The night was dark, aud all was
sileut the four sailors only being on deck,
keeping wutch when slave, Ivy the name
of FRANK, stole cautiously on board aud ask
ed leave to Jtow himself away, perdus, until
the brig should get under way. The law
required that tie sailors thrust him from the
decks and drive him back to bondage. The
dictates of humanity taught that they should
wink at the poor slaves escape, aud they did
wink at it, so far as TO allow FRANK to fud a
quiet secluded corner, in which hc esconsed
himself The hearts of those sailors were
not sions they felt deeply, even for the negro
FRANK. Being poor uninsiructed sailors,
they could not he expected to have very
keen appreciation of the conventional rights
10y which FRANK was deprived of ali his nat
urul rights, including his priceless liberty
They possessed more holy humnn sympathy
than worldly wisdom aud prudent caution,
and therefore they were criminals. They
could not spurn tie trembling fugitive like a
| dog--und were therefore criminal Morning
| duwncd, with it came the tasl, master with
bis lush and shackles, aud FRANK became
captured chuiilc. The names of the
guilty sailors-guity of nh exercise of human
sympathy guilty OF obedience to GoD's law
which commands that "as ye would that men
should do to YOU do ye also TO them like
wisc"-guilty of conniving at human liberty
were taken into custody aud logged in u
lelon's prison. They were poor, without
friends, and alas they were guilty of human
sympathy, and so werc.cOndemncd. Tho
penalty for their Oifense was fines aud inn
prisOnment aud in case the fines should he
unpaid, TO he sold as siGues for lie. This
was the judgement aud sentence of the
Court, delivered by judge, who in theory,
is supposed TO he n minister of Justice and
right. The names of the condemned sailors
were ANTHONY HAYES, LEyAN SMITH, VIII
LIAM BROwN and JAcoB THOMPSON.
On the 26tlI of january, the fines being
UNPAID, those citizens OF Massachusetts were
exposed at public uendue, to be sold to the
highest bidder as s,0ras for lie. The compc-
tition was not great, nor the bidding brisk
aud they were bought nj n great bargain on
speculation, ms follows MIR. HAYES brought
$325, MIR SMITH, $50, Mr.. BRowN, S505
aud Mr.. Thompson, $3Gj, total proceeds,
Sl595. This sum pays the expenses of the
lawyers aud the COurt-thc balance goes
one half to the State of Texas, the other To
the gentleman iniormcr. The three first
named were purchased by SAMUEL QUALLs
of Ala, aud the last by JoHN FoURTNEY.-
it is supposed that they will about double
their money in this very handsome specula.
tiun. II is not known what may he the fate
of those families, which they may have lief
behini them in Boston, in INDECENT circum
stances. II is TO be hoped that they will not
suffer great Inconvenience, hy being depriv-
ed of the support which they would natIl-
rally he entitled to from those wicked sail
0rs. They may he Il littlc hungry, or naked,
or cold ia the bleak winters of New Eng
land, but, ii is n consolation to know that
! Massachusetts provides houses for its poor
True, those wives may never see their hils-
bands agHin-tlIose children may not again
| look on the face of their ihther-but then
"lIis IS great country" and free, and u
christian aud enlightened country,nnd slavery
is a divine institution, aud agitation is danger
ous. Therefore, women and children go 10
| the poor house, or starve, or die, as GoD wills,
| your husbands and fathers nrc at work in n
sugar house, aud are even worse off than you.
"lIail Columbial" "lluZza for tho Com
promise !" Tho Union is saved.