New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-27

law of Tie United States Yes, my friends, an
amendment 10 the Constitution OF the United states
Scoros ,bst no person shall suffer unusual cruel
nrn;sb,nont We are not permitted to treat white
fitzens even IL guilty OF crimo, in barbarous or
q crnel manner This gentleman was imprisoned for
t,wo dsvs until his case was decided. There was
sro,hn, man in that community who was especially
froubesome TO Benjamin Franklin Stringfeilow, Secre
fsrv of this Association. That unfortunate man was
myseIf understood that Mr.. Strugfelow was try
ing 10 have Mr. Starr hanged sald that be ought to be
oublcly hogeed; that he ought to be made epecimea
Of at all events that he ought 10 be compelled to leave
They debated long time how 10 get hold OF him. AT
last two distinguished gertlemen came with very
polite invitation to know if Mr.. Starr would not be
20 kind to before the Platte County AsSocia
ton and explain 10 them some rumors IN reference 10
his being an Aboliiionst, which they GA NOT seen 70
believe and to explain his position generally. aSheu
them IL that meant that Mr. Starr wss an Aoontion'st
and thew wanted to run him away. They SAID that 1t
was pretty much "Well, said l. " wlIl De mere
"at 3 O'clock this afternoon. Ihree CLOCK came,
and I notified men whom ! supposed would not see
me eufFcr harm. Al there were upward OF three
hundred persons present. l was invited TO speak
mt myself Immediately on the defehsive. i said:
aGeptlemen, have come to explain certain rumors
(which understand are IN circulation about me AZ
al never heard them. would take it as personal
kindness If any one present would tell me what those
"rumors we're Nobody said a word then asked
them If any man in that three hundred had ever heard
any man in the world say that be ever heard me say
that i was an AboLtionist. Shll no one spoke. AT
length told them would not talk unless they would
give me text; and then one man-one Of the gentle
men who invited me to speak-got up and brought
theee three charges against me; That MIR. Starr had
taught niger school, that he had gone TO man and
told him that of his nggers was too smart to be
a slave and tried TO buy him; and, lastly that
on the glorious Fourth fully had insul'ed TIE ladies'
and gentlemen Of Platte County by riding on TO the
Parade Ground with great buck niger il my buggy
BY and by after great deal OF twisting, got on one
side Of the issue, and they on the other. found
that had been guilty OF violation OF tue law IN
found guilty Of teaching slave TO read or write shall
be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and hned $500 and
imprisoned six months. told them that II some OF
them would make complaint before the Judge l
would plead guilty right out and out and as ! have
not got any $780, YOU will have to double the time ana
make il year could not get man to start. by
and by got them admit that where had the writ
fen permission Of the master, il all right but then
1 became awabidng citizen, and told them was
guilty. under the law if had that permission. What,
said they we ny2i 10 .eso9 our to E%n
question told them thought it rather strange that
tbey had always been telling me that If would only
buy niger or hire Niger, 1t would all be night;
and now when l began to talk about buying one,
they found fault with that With regard to that slave:
tried TO raise the money TO buy him here in New
York, but man here would advance $1,000 although
his owner agreed TO throw OFF $500 from his market
Drice. But stood by him. and have seen slave
holders buy him and give him his freedom lChcers.I
have seen that thing Ct If IN black and white AS 10
the third charge | told them that they had mis-.
taken a distinguished Southern gentleman, mid
sh;pman in the United States Navy, for slave.
talked for about hour, and when the gentleman
have already spoken of called upon all those who
believed was innocent to RISE all except twelve rose
up He called the negative, and not the fret mothers
son of them rose from his seat lie declared me
unanimously absolved. That was one part OF It. Now
to give them my views. You Will rec0lect that
had these three hundred shareholders there perhaps
no white man had had those men IN their lives;
they had risen to their feet and said had not been
guilty Of anything. ] laid down to them the manner
In which | had been treated. In the South when a
Wi! aav hehi n
before his face they always say he ls coward. L
told them that man had ever told Mr.: Starr to
his face that he an abolinonist, and that all
who had circulated such rumors were towards. In
the South too they think that of all crimes negro
stealing is the meanest so told them that when
a man came and took away another mans properly
il was deliberate theft. Stealing Niger is no
more than stealing 81 900 81, 500 worth of mules.
Now suppose has no niggers; man who
goes and steals his property is Just as bad as II ne
stole ngges and and the man who comes and robs HIM
is lust az bad as negro thief with that difference
that you may catch your niggers but when you go 10
steal a mans character month after month, and year
after year cowardly way, he can never get IT back
again The who will deliberately aot the part OF
a calumniator is thousand tunes worse thSh negro
thief But that not ALL When man said that
which was not fact, they had snort word lot u
tbev called it a lie. And every man who had
ever called him an Aboltlonlst was mar.
have been called an Aboihonst thousands of times
have Just now defined my position to you nave
declared that In the ordinary understanding OF the word
was not an AbOhuonst, and therefore permit me 10
saw that they who call me an Abohtlonlst are liars:
II was rather severe check upon them. had waited
four wears to speak those fifteen minutes OF plaza
words | then said in reference to the Territory oil
Kansas that if i a resident OF Kansas when the
final vote was taken upon the question as to whether
IL should be Slave Free State, and there was one
ballot found for Freedom; they might know whose Dal-
LOT IL was Cheersl. further asked them to take suoh
course with reference to making Kansas Slave
State as would not fill it with the biterost Toes on
earth DR.. Bayles then introduced his resolution IKE
Ills; "That we will when called upon by any eluzenoi
sof Kansas hold ourselves in readiness to go there
and expe every individual who has come there by the
ssad of the Emigr Aid Association. This gentleman
was the same Dr. Baylies who became distinguished
for advocating that the South cut of all trade with the
North some time since though as a Professor IN .ne
Cincinnati Medical College, he did not years ago hest
tate 10 accept large salary for his services though II
was in northern CITY, He said In that meeting, mat
fit came 10 fighting he pledged has skill as sur,
oeon and he would be on hand TO attend to the dead
and the wounded. Mr.. StringfelOw then got
MP and said within my hearing as he mas done
on other occasions, that he believed that
tho women of the North who worked were i'm
moral characters-prostitutes- that every man IN
the North who worked was slave. lie SAID, 100,
that the South never permits Northern man 10 come
into the South without believing that he scoundrel
until lie proves himself 70 be an honest man. wgle,
when Southern man went North he was regarded as
a gentleman until he was proved TO be the contrary
Subsequently that meeting got stirred up so much,
and affairs growing worse and worse the Association
divided and il dwindled until finally they could not
get FIVE persons to attend their meetings When they De-
gan 10 Jail an article appeared in The PdrkriHe LHm.-
HorX which was the paper whose press was destoye1
saving that ii these to PaTkvile they WOOd
have nothing 10 do with their meeting and when they
;d come down four of them met in secret caucus in
onrrei We owe il 10 The PGrSviHe LumIRaTy Tor
defeatng the object of the Society there and TO the