Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-06-03
Fugitive Slave Case In Boston.

BOSTON is again in q state Of excite
ment, the result Of an sttemp, on the
part Of Virginian named Suite, 10 cap
ture and take back 10 Virginia fugitive
named Burns.
Ii is ella med that Burns. after his es-
cape from slavery. on his arrival in Bos-
ton, wrote letter 10 his brother in Al
exandria, Who is also q slave of Mr..
SutIle (ths claimsnt Of Burns,) stating
that he was at work with man named
Pitts, in Braltle-st., cleaning old clothes.
as is the custom in the South, when let.
'ers are directed 10 slaves, they are de.
livered TO the owner Of such slaves, who
opens them, and examines their contents. :.
Such was the case with Burns letter, and
SO he wus discovered. Ibis is the slave.
holders story.
The sbolitionis:s say il is a conspiracy
10 kidnap Burns. A writ has therefore
been Issued by Seth Webb, Esq., on en-
action Of tort, for, the recovery of $4,000
damages against Chas. F. Suille and w.
Brent-''for that the said Sutile and
Brent on the Gath day of May inst, we'll
knowing the said Burns 70 be free CHI.
zen Of Massachusetts,, conspired together
to have the said Burns arrested and i'm.
prisoned as a slave Of said Suttle and
carried TO Alexandria, Va" &c.
The writ was served, and Messrs, SUIT
tie and Brent held 10 bail in the sum of
$4,000 each.
In the meantime meetings were held,
at which such speakers as Wendell Phil
lips, and Rev. Theodore Parker, figured
extensively. At the close of one in Fam
euil Hall, the crowd being informed ,ha,
an attempt wns then being made to res
cue the fugitive, they rushed for Court
square, in state of the most intense ax.
element, shouting "Rescue him Rescue
him !" The officers of the building
closed the doors, when some dozen peo-
pie commenced pounding on them. Sew
eral pistol shots were fred, by the crowd.
By this time TWO thousand persons had
collected, and it was proposed to Batter
down the doors. and carry off the priso-
ner. Accordingly huge oak beam was
procured. and manned by dozen stout
fellows, who plungled it against the door
until it was stove in. Meanwhile show
ers of brickbuts were discharged a, the
windows. When the doors were opened,
the crowd rushed in, but found the officers
prepared to receive them. fierce melee
ensued, in which an officer named Batch
elder was killed. The mob thon retired,
yelling wildly, without efTec'ing their OBJ.
iect. Several detachments of U. s.
troops were sent for, to qua the Cour.
House
Wednesday morning Burns was brought
before Junge Loring. Eminent counsel
have been employed for the defence, and
a strenuous effort will be made to clear
tie fugitive, though bu. little hope is en-
tertaned, by his friends. The case will
be decided TO day.
We copy portion ol the resolutions
passed at the meeting in Faueuil Hall, as
indicative of the state of feeling in Bos-
ton: ...
Resolved, That, Gin the language Of
Algernon Sidney, "lha. which is not just
is no, law, and that which is not law
ough, not TO be obeyed."
Resolved, That, leaving every man to
determine for himself the mode Of re-
sstance, we are nnited III the glorious
sentiment of our revolutionary fathers
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to
God"
Resolved, That, of all tyran,s who
have ever cursed the earth, they are the
most cruel and beastlv who deny the nat
ural right Of a man to his own body.-of
father to his own child-of husband
to his own wife ; whose traffic is in hui
man flesh and broken hearts; who defend
cbatteI slavery as divine institution, and
who declare it 10 be their unalterable pur.
pose indefinitely 10 extend and forever 10
perpetuate their internal oppression.
Resolved, That, as the South has de-
creed, in the late passage Of The Nebras>-
ka bill, that no faith is to be kept with
freedom so, in the name Of the living
God, and on the part of the North, we
declare that, henc eforth and forever, no
compromise should be made with slavery.
Resolved, Tha. nothing SO well be-
comes Fanueil Hall as the most deter
mined resistance to bloody and over
shadowing despotism.
Resolved, That j, is the will OF Goa
that every man should be free; we wiz
as God wills Gods will be done!t
Resolved, That no mans freeoom u
safe unless all men are free.
Threats have been made that if the
! F..c r D.. erstain any nersonal i'm.