Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-11-01
The Transcripts i. Mortified.

oespatDereu WIN eggs nuu, ana CODacco qulus,
punched with umbrellas, kicked a posteriOre,
rolled in the gutter and pummelled Asa O..
Butman, the notorious kidnapper. We be-
heve that Silas is deeply mortified at the re-
ception which that individual received here /;
and we believe also that he felt by the strong
attachment of sympathy, every blow that was
administered to him, on his own illustrious
person. The spirit of Silas, like his genius, is
broad, comprehensive deep, and subtle. 1t
is not confined by the limits of common hu-
manity. 1t gets out and scars away into the
lneomprehensible depths and up to the loftiest
submits Of the universal cosmos. Silas, like
the weeping Strephon, has poured his elo-
quent sorrows over a smothered chicken, and
it is not likely that kicked and cuffed man.
hunting bloodhound would not be included
amongst his loves Admirable Silas who can
gallop on the sunbeams of his imagination to
the unparalleled Crinea; pluck tropical
fruit benorth of the Winter Solstace, and
draw dramatic JUNCTION from the heart of
manstealer. But leaving the poetico-philo-
sophical phenomena of Silas's highly cultivat-
ed nature out of the question for the present
moment, let us turn to consider the nature of
his I" deep regret and modification at the at
tack made upon Deputy United States Mar
shall Butnan' eve quote his titles from the
TTonscrip9 on Monday.
Does Silas regret the attack made upon
Butman because the fist of negro caused the
callous scoundrel to feel pain So dove, be-
cause we would not personally injure, or see
injured, the meanest thing that OH the earth
5aae R,,f
the distinguished editor of the 'illustrious or
gam is mortified because so strong mani
festation of disgust took place in our city, to-
wards this slaye-hunting spaniel, did take
place on Monday, then we humbly but unre-
seryedly express our entire dissent from him,
and boldly declare that we are glad that But
man was hooted from the city; and we re-
joce that the public pulse beats SO strong and
full Of the instinct of disgust towards man
so lost to the feelings of humanity or religion.
To the colored population of Boston, the
name of Asa o. Butman is a name of terror.
Destitute of benegolence, pity, honor,
hood, dignity, self Prospect, or generosity he
has again and again hired himself to slave
holders, their pimp and partner in man
stealing iniquity. He has prowled, like
thief in the night, amongst the homes of the
negroes of Boston, in order to discover victims
for slavery; and when he did discover them,
he has taken them prisoners on false pretences,
on "ciU1 processes, that he might, with
double certainty, earn his base reward. He
was active in the attempted capture of Sha-
drach he was not only active, but intensely
ofacious, in the cases of Sims and Burns. 1t
is no wonder, then, that colored men detest
{. him; and it would be wonderful if any white
man, with spirit more manly than that of
the editor Of the Transcript, did not despise
him. The attack upon him was natural ex-
preston of popular disgust towards his base,
beastly, and brutal vocation it was an hon
orable vindication of the high toned sentiment
of our community, against Shareholders and
their dirty dogs. When Benedict Arnold,
Matt Ward, or an Asa o. Butman can walk
abroad in our cities, in the face of our people,
without exciting the liyelest emotions of con-
tempt and indignation, freedom, justice, and
humanity will be of very little account among
us. When colored men especially, can see
such scoundrel as Butman before them, and
refrain from spurning him with their feet,
it will be of little moment to any Of us who
are slaves or who are kidnappers.
The Transcript says that Butman was here
on lawful business, and therefore the attack
on him an outrage. The kidnappers Of
both Sims and Burns pretended to those poor
men that they were executing warrants on
ciU7 process when they took them; and they
yindicated themselves for doing SO, in the eyes
of the 'seditor of the Transcript and such
s ike, BY stating that they were, at any rate,
serving "leguE process.
The lawfulness Of his business was no ex-
cuse for Butmans hateful presence in our
midst. His presence was an outrage upon the
good feeling of this whole community. III
Great Britain had sent Benedict Arnold as hor
first minister to the United States, she could
not have insulted this nation more than Mar
shal Freeman insuted our city, when he sent
- Butman here. There is no necessity for the
y law to be executed, by wretches whose pres
ence in the community excites nothing but
ioathing and indignation; and those who pre-
tend to respect the law, and wish others to re-
spect it, SHOULD be careful how they select its
emissaries, and also how they preserve the
tss 3 purity Of its record. The Fugitive Slave law
49, $3.50
contempt; and officers like Butman would
invest the execution of the mildest law with
disgust It may do very well for the Tran
ei script to eroak with oracular solemnity about
Dusman business being 'slawful and civil, =
80 and all that sort Of thing, but it cannot effect
anything 6yso doing. The people know that
e tne same presenee was made when Burns was
e. stolenj they know that the testimony of the
Transcript y not favorable to Butmans repu-
sstion for honor; and they know, also, that
, Butman was convicted liar before he yeptu,.
"a cd here. 1t il no wonder, then, if the ne
groes attacked him. We again say, that we
are sorry II Butman was personally injured
:. but we rejoice that crimes like his expose to
public scorn those who are guilty of Them
He who outrages nature cannot expect to es-
cape the natural indignation Of the generous.