Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-03-20
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I An attempt was made h re list Saturday
Y 10 arrest and send back 10 slavery another
7 f,isiiive. His master, with posse OF slave
I e4tchers. were in hot pursuit OF the "pfcu-
/ liar property" on the afternoon Of that Cd.
with wha, success have not learned. APP
4 nlication has been made 10 several magls-
i tratcs in this city, several OF whom are
! known to have refused to act in the case.
! Whether the parties concerned finally sue.
i seedci in firding man after their own
slhear, TO perform the nor disagreeable duty,
|rumor saith not. It's thought by many,
however, that slaye hunters had better not
| trouble the Boston man market till the bay
freezes over, which wont se likely TO take
place this winter.
| Since writing the above paragraph, |
| have learned that the slase-catcher hss,
livery pruden,ly, concluded to selinqush his
property. You VIII excuse me for speaking
| Of this aiTair as | d., when you remember
that am in New England, and not il Iowa.
lDenunciation Of slaYp-catchng is al! the
fasaion here now. The goat on the elf
may curse the wolf in the valley
What changs has come over the face
OF the country politically since 1 saw You
last. A new party has inaugurated ITSELF
into power. The enormous wickelaess
which has been enacted in high places
since the present national administration
came into povsr-she uninass, without
parallel, SO universal Of those in eff sal sta
liion fer tha faithful and prompt discharge
of the various trusts committed 10 them--
and the sycophantie, trucking, fawning
and er;nging Of wirc-pa.lng demagogues
70 the deluied bat welt atning foreigner,
Who in the sim7ieness Of his heart has gwen
his vote Il The support Of men who Al heart
.sspise hn, and in the end deceived and
beeray Cd both IN and his adopted country
these thinIs have a. length received sui
den check, and bow of pfomise is hung in
the heavens which telleth Of fullmant %
hope long deferred; the day-lawn Of
new and hapPer era. Let Us receive the
promise with gl1d1ess, YET Mt without fear
lest our people toa soon Ierget that "etsr-
nal vigillnccis the price Of liberty"
Anthony Burns, the fugitive slave about
full uprolr and excitement last June. is in
Boston. having been bought by his friends
here for Sl,4O0. His reception in this
city took place last Wednesday evening al
the fremont Temple, and vast concourse
OF people were in Attendance to witness
the interesting scene. Speeches were
made on the occasion by Rev, Theodore
Parker, Res. Mr.. Grimes aud Others, ana
Anthony Barns was permitted u tell his
story. which was listened to with the deep
est interest He received hars, treatm IN.
after leaving Boston, hlving spent most Of
his;in IN p-ison until his recent liberation.
lie had been kept in irons 50 long that hs
hanacuifs had literally worn their way
through to the bone. II is expected that
he will be invited to address the Committee
on Federal Relations at the State House in
the hearing of the cass now penljng for
the removal Of Judge l. ,riag, who sent him
back to slavery. At any rate, he is being
m.dc quite lien of.
went 10 hear Theodore Parker Yesterday
at Music Hall have heard him often be-
fore. One never tires Of hearing him
There is always such a freshness and vgor
in wha, he slys-sueh an aptness and nat
uralness in his iilustrations--such charm
in his smii:tudes, and withal, such good b.
NOR inhis sarclsms, that although you can
not avoid the force OF his illusions, yet you
feel that if all were l"veied at you and death
were TO be the consequence, YOU would will
lingly die for the ian of being slain ly him.
Such noble and roic wor Is as he utters
don't get spoken very often America H
always has large congregation never
less than two or three thousand. Music
Han will seat three thousand persons, and
hive seen it So crowded that hundreds were
compelled to stand up around the hall near
lie numerous doors, in the first and second
galleries, and in he aisIes.
| Mr.. Parker Is great without ostentation
! frank and free in conversation plain in
manners, and plain in dfe:s. H. hates all
turunnr ,rith q narfnrt hntre1 md take. ~