Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-08-11

him support and comfort before an Infinitely high.
er tribunal | do not impugn them here.
But il would be a mockery Of philanthropy to as
sert that the well.boing Of Virginia would be PRO
NOTED by a transfer from the kind care Of her dis
tngui.hed master to the control Of this rude and
turbulent soldier, who, under protence OF natural
affection, Lasteus to desert the Eagles Of his country
which he has sworn to uphold. Let him be COM
nittcd to the custody Of Prcfeotus Ninumcors with
out bail or main prize. to answer before a military
commission for tile crime 90 d~csertion.
As to the second motion Of the Actor Van Fosoa,
that which looks to a committal for perjury, l
withhold an expression Of opinion in regard to 1t.
Il is unnecessary, because Nirginius being under
arrcst,h he may be charged at any time, If he becomes
troublesome, and l apprehend that there may be
doubts whether the affidavit should not be regarded
as extraiudicial and voluntary.
The rotributive law Of all concerted crimes hay
ing been already rigidly though mercifully vsndica-
ted by our esteemed colleague, the ~vigilant Magister
Freedman, by the arrest and Imprisonment on Il
charge of riot, assault and battery, and highway
robbery, OF those disorderly females, wao gave
their confederate sanction to the resistance of the
arrest Of Virginia at the schoolhouse, my conscience
obliges me to declare my whole duty is faithfully
discharged, when by the power vested in me for
the public good, | adjudgo Virginia 10 be the prop
erty Of Claudius, the plaintiff.
lictors, secure your prisonerl Dlspcrse the
multitude, and make room for the master TO rcpos.
sess his slave!
The truth of history tells the translator to add.
that the learned Judge did not long survive the de-
livery of the exceedingly able opinion, which has
ever been esteemed IAN honored precedent" by
those who have filed the highest Judicial Offices.
It was received with universal favor by the Lanis-
tas and Gladiator trainers Of that day, under .he
enlightenment of twenty-thrce past centuries. The
only g~rumblcr was the discounted Nirginius, who
vented his ~impotcnt malace by saying that "when-
ever a Juggling politician had attained power, and
wished to commit n villany, he could easily find a
legal protenco to justify his conduct Pills utter
incapacity to form a sane Judgement Is evident
from his su ~5sequent conduct.
When Virginia was a~djudged to DO the slave Of
Claudius, her reputed father requested n last inter.
view, which was humanely granted, though he
had no claim to such leniency, for he snatched Il
knife from Q butchers stall and plunged it into
Nirginia's breast, exclaiming, this is all my dear
daughter, | can give thee, to preserve thy chas-
tity from the lust and violence Of a ~tyrant!"
After this studied insult to the laws Of Rome, this
parricidal stab at the honor Of his country, this
act which plainly showed he was not her father,
the turbulent soldier fed to the camp brandishing
the bloody knife, excited the soldiers to mutinv,
aud led his c%enturia in open revolt to Rome. Appi-
us was seized hut unwilling to survive the liberties
OF his c%ountry's judiciary, he poisoned himself in
prison, making its walls an eternal e%enotaph to his
fame. Noble type of an unservile Judge. Hi
could not bear to hear the "enraged Northumber
lands Of this day exclaim