Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-02-13


Tories, he would snap lis fingers with joy and shout
out-ive it to them ye Tories give it to then-eve'
ry man You kill and every house you burn SENDS me
recruits-lnen burning under sense OF wrong ana
painting to- rid their native land of such brutal mon
stersn May we not say Give it to them ye lee'
so.lars asl abotonists give it to them-cvery such
murder s the Chrstiana scenes and every such mock
trial. is only stepping stone to this tyrannieal u
MONS destruction" A few more such violations OF law
aud justcc-a few more such monstrouss ouIagesI 10
wind up with mock trial-a few more such reports as
Attorney General Brent makes-anda a few more occa'
sona cxcitcnlcns akin to that fast approaching IN tho
public mind Of Maryland and all the greatness OF this
boStcred up Union, is shivcred into atoms and the
Souh-tlIc oppressed South-uned as one man, Will
rise in all the majesty of her strength and vndcate her
claims to right justice and equality among the nations
Of earth We commend to the attention of every re
der the following extracts from Mr.. Bfcnts Report:
SIN this connection 1 will also state, that
few weeks before the trial. Peter Washington
and John Clark, two important witnesses for the
prosecution escaped from prison without break
ing lock Or using any force, as proved on the
trial by witness; and though l cheerfully acquit
the marshall of all privity with their escape, yet
the fact remains, that there was treachery on the
part of some officer within the walls of the pris-
on. Another remarkable fact was the corrup-
ton of a government witness by the name OF
Harry Scott, free negro, who had thrice testl-
fed-once at Christiana, once at Lancaster, and
once at Philadelphia, to the fact of being an eye
witness to the murderer Of Mr.. Gorsuch; and
now on this trial, influenced by bribes or some
other corrupt consideration, when placed on the
stand by the United States, openly confessed
that he had thrice committed perjury, and then
sworc on this trial that he was not present and
knew nothing about the affair, which perjury
was received with open applatses in the court
room. Again: the council for the defence ap-
Piled to the court for an order to bring out some
twenty-four of the negroes, to see which of them
could be identified as participants in the treason,
by Henry II. Kline, meterial witness for the
prosecution.
At the opening of the court on the next day
these negroes were seen sitting in row srppor-
ted on each side by white females, who, to the
disgust Of all respectable citizens, gave them O.
pen sympathy and countenencc; each of the ne
groes appeared with new comforts around their
necks-tlrir hair carefully parted, and their
clothing in every respect alke;so as to present
one uniform appearance to the eye, as far as pos
siblc all done doubtless, for the double purpose
of giving laid and comfort" to the accused mur-
dcrcrs of a white man, and of confusing and
perplexing SO important witness as Kline in
respect to their identity. And this was mani
festIy done with the privity sufferance and con-
sent Of the officers having charge of the prison
RS, and passed unrebuked."
It alsoappea,s that the marshal, (Mr. Roberts,
not only summoned confirmed Abohtiohists as
jurors; but dincd with the accused parties on
Thanksgiving day. How can justice be expec-
ted, where judge, marshal and jury are thus op-
posed to the impartial administration Of the
law? It would seem, from the result of this
trial, that negroes may commit murder with i'm
punity i'll particular sections of Pennsylvania,
provided the murdered individual is a slavc-hol-
der, or be in pursuit of fugitive slave. Here
after, when Southern men seek their slaves in
Pennsylvania, We hope that they will take with
them sufficient force to enforce the law against
all opposition. If not, they had better abandon
the effort to recover their property.