Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-11-10
WHOLE NO. 527.

FIRST specification For assooiating himself
with association known the underground
railroad, whose avowed business is to assist slaves
from slave to free territory"
Second specification: For actually engaging in
the business of assisting slaves in making their
escape from slave to free territory, which is contra
Try to the laws Of the United States and statute
laws Of the State of Indiana"
Whether this action of spiritual body" took
mo cognizance Of civil matters" the reader will
judge.
The testimony consisted merely Of statements
Of what had myself said. But several Of the
statements were not true.
Upon this they proceeded to suspend me "from
the functions Of the Gospel ministry" but previous
to their decision two other ministers, belonging to
the preshytery, together with myself, had with
drawn. and organized ourselves into q new ecclesi.
astica body.
a nj is er 0 umDeriand Presbyt toiian'church
from Kentucky was present during the discussion
OF the resolution relative to Slavery; and mme.
dately on his return home the court convened that
sentenced Brown to the Pententary for two years
for abducting slaves, and the same testimony
the grand jury Immediately found bill against mo
for "the crime of tbducting and stealing slaves"
&c.-tte accusation TCft9TiHg 10 the 7Cmordl Of The
same s,acss -aHhougl / had not been in tie Sa!e
cf Kentucky t6r sersryl years.
This action, it will be perceived accords with she
doctrine Of the Missouri courts--that persons on.
Of the State may lo indicted and tried for crimes
under the laws OF the State doctrine acted upon
by grand Jury and governor of Alabama several
years since, in the case OF the late X. G. Williams,
for whose rendition requisition was unsuccessful.
ly made on Gov. Marcy, of New York
Gov. Powell, of Kentucky, accordingly, made
requisition of Gov. Wright, of Indiana, requiring.
my delivery to his agent the same Mr.. Gayit the
sheriff, who was to have received four hundred
dollars for Mr.. Browns conviction. Gov. Wright
/ npO1rputlv pynlp1 tho rpSDOOSbitu Of dirank a A.
! ton by a timely visit to Washington City His
private secretary, Mr.. Francis King made out the
papers but the secretary of State, f. b. Collins.
esq refused to ahX to 1t the seal of the State and
sign the warrants because he did not believe the
private secretary to be Governor of the State On
the return Of Gov. Wright he issued the warrant
have in my possession q certified copy of tho
documents from Kentucky upon which the war
rant was issued, atested by the Indiana secretary
Of State.
BY the concurrent action of ecclesiastical and
civil authorities am thus prescribed, hunted, and
driven out rs a vagabond fr.m Free State, SO
called State in which | am Il lawful ctizen,-
for no crime, and only because | am suspected OF
an act which, so far from criminal bad / committed
! would only have been doing to others as would
| have others do to myself. For mere suspicion Of
this, am separated from my wife and children,
whom cannot visit but at the hazard Of being
dragged as felon into the land Of mapacles and
| bowe-knives.
This act of Gov. Wright, in this case, is the
more remarkable on account of its juxtapostion'
to case wherein similar principle in respect to
requisitons was involved, Not year had elapsed
since Gov Wright had made yequsition on Gov.
Powell, of Kentucky, for the delivery of n citizen
of that State, who, on lie soil Of Indiana had
committed crime against her laws. Gov Powell
promptly refused a compliance, on the ground
that in kentucky the offence charged was no crime,
So much more sacred are the claims of Slavery
/ than the claims Of Freedom
T. B. McCORMIC
New York, Oet. 81, 1856