Washington sentinel., 1855-03-08
AN ABOLITION MIRACLE AND AN ABO-
LITION SPECULATION.


rods into serpents, no more wonderful magicians
NOT even excepting Macallister, Heller, or
Signor Blitz, have appeared upon earth, than
the Abolitionists. They have recently per
formed a miracle. They have transformed a
simple, plantation buck negro into marvel
lous hero. Anthony Burns, of Boston mob
memory, is the man. Several of them have
dubbed in and bought Burns. They are now
showing him off at the North. They have
dubbed the plain Virginia negro, Mister; they
have arrayed him in fine apparel they give
him public receptions, and he makes orations
to them. He promises 10 become the rival of
Fred. Douglas.
When Mister Burns was in Boston MS a fugi.
tive slave, and was remanded back to seryi.
tude. in plain negro phraseology he told every
body that he never meant to leave his master,
and that he was in Boston against his will.
He was delighted to see his master, and ex
pressed sincere desire to return home with
him. He declared that the Boston Abolition
lists took no more notice of him than if he was
a dog, until they found out that his master had
gone on to claim him as fugitive slave, and
that then they became very kind and very
clamorous. This was owing to the opportunity
it afforded them of exciting agitation.
Now, after he has been purchased BY spEoU-
LAroRs, who discovered that they could realize
fortune by making show of him, and at the
same time produce great Abolition stir, he
is carried about and made to contradict every
thing that he then stated. The godly antiNe
braska Parsons open their churches to him,
and the common buck negro delivers himself
in elegant English. After which, coLLEc-
TIoS Is TAKEN UP.
The erudite Doctor Pangloss failed after
long trial to correct the language of Lord and
Lady Dowlas, but the abolition SPECTATORS
with Yankee ingenuity and abolition magic,
have in few short hours not only trans.
formed Tony Burns the slave, into FREE
CITIZEN, and made him MISTER Burns
but they have succeeded in making him "speak
the English language with correctness" as the
old grammar hath it. They have made him
an orator and an oracle. Listen to one Of
Mister Burns's addresses in New York.
On Friday evening, Anthony Burns made
speech in Rev. Mr.. Pennington's church in
New. I ork citv The Tribune gives the follow
ing report:
+ My FRIENDS | am very glad to have it to
say, to have il to feel, that / am once more in
the land of liberty; that am with those who
are my friends. Until my tenth year did not
care much what came Of me, bur soon after
began to learn that there is Christ who came
to make us free. | began to hear about a
North, and to feel the necessity for freedom of
soul and body. Applause. heard of a
North, where men of my color could live with
out any man daring to say TO them, "You are
my property and determined, by the bless.
ing of God, one day 10 find my way there. Nv
inclination grew on me, and | found my way
to Boston. on see, didn't want to make
myself known, so didn't tell who was /: but
as | came to work, / got employment, and /
worked hard but kept my own counsel, and
didn' tell anybody that ] was a slave. but
strove for myself as mover had an opportu-
nifty to do before. WhenI was going home one
night, heard some one running behind me
presently hand was put on my shoulder, and
somebody said " Stop, stop; you are the fel-
low who broke into a silversmiths shop the
other night" | assured the man that il was
mistake, but almost before / could speak.
was lifted from off my feet by six or seven
others, and il was no use to resist In the
Courthouse | waited some time, and as the
silversmith did not come, | told them wanted
to 90 home to supper. man then came to
the door; he didn't open it like an honest man
would, laughter but kind of slowly opened
opd lpaEnd IN Ia ca,I A. 4
Mr.. Burns y and / called him, as we do in
Virginia, master!'
He asked me if there would be any trouble
in taking me back to Virginia, and / was
brought right to stand, and didn't know what
to say. He wanted to know il ] remembered
the money that he used to give me, and | said
'Yes, do recollect that you used to give me
twelve and a half cents at the end Of every year
| worked for you He went out and came
back next morning. ! got no supper nor sleep
that night. The next morning they told me
that my master said that he had the right to
me; and as / had called him "master," having
the fear OF God before my eyes, could not 20
from II. Next morning ] was taken down, with
the bracelets on my wrists-not such as YOU
wear, ladies, Of gold and silver-but iron and
steel, that wore into the bone. He showed
the marks which his irons had made.
The lawyers insisted that / should have
counsel, but ] told them didn't think it would
do any good, for what | had first said had
crushed me, and / could not deny the truth,
and my only hope was in the assistance of
Heaven. He proceeded to relate how the
officers were armed in the court room; how
the United States officials told him that Dana.
Ellis, Phillips and the rest we're d-d sons Of
BIS Of abolitionists; that he would be freed
when he got back to Virginia, and advised him
to have nothing to do with those who pretended
to befriend him while they made bis case worse
He replied that they worked for him manfuly,
and il they did not succeed that ii was not their
fault. He said he had saw in newspaper that
he had said be wished to go back 10 Virginia
Had the Devil himself said II, he could have
told no greater lie.
He then describe the scene Of his rendition:
how he, a poor fugitive, was made great
lion, and escorted out Of he free city OF Boston.
and on board Of he evenue cutter amid
troops Of men arm, d TO the teeth How they
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