Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-03-09
Remarkable Scene.

pcso Of pcrfectinS the pcrsonai hocr'y b'''
/ II was su--ca,d Nv somo ono that Slave
holder. tho owner Of fNy slaves, was prs
emit, and likcviso runaway slave. There
was general wish among the audience to
extend tho privilege Of addressing the COM
mitteo TO both these porsouagcs If they had
anything to say. wendall Phillips and two
other lawyers hsving completed their bust.
ness before the committee, the STAKEHOLDER
and the slave were allowed to speak.
We End the remarks Of both reported in
the y. York Post. The STAKEHOLDER frst
came forward, aud i" Kind o. skccrd' Us he
remarked. began as follows:
=" lie hcgan by saying that when he len
home he did not expect TO come 70 Boston,
much les to end himself speaking in the
legislature Of the state. lie thanked the
committee for the privilege, AMI immediate
" began upon the old story Of the happy
condition Of the slaves as compared with the
poorer clas-'s Of the north stated that his
slave. had six pounds Of meat per week, with
hominy, ricc, &c, and lived about As well
as himself; that great progress was now
making in the religious education and priv
uycos OF tn ,la,,-. h,.' 49,. ..--, ..---
slave prscn.rs. who wcrc allowed % preach
standing side hv side with the missi,na.
ri,r." that the slave, hnl no responsibility
and no thought W. DO their thinking for
them"
We cannot blam, YOU, said he, " Tor
protecting them when they comcumonr YOU,
(applau-c,l but th,rr'- no U.s. in agimtinc
The .uhsct Of abolition Things are not
ripe cor that vet. VIVA, could YOU do with
the .la,c,' You don't want them in New
York. You had much better use the RIAL
YOU arr spending in ,hi, matter, in pro,i-
ding a way Of keeping ont the foreign emil
granite "a .op or the Hnow.Npthipr,
Now, | va, h,rn ia the fire. State 1t Penn
,ylyunia, and rai--l in Ohio. And half Of
all the slaves ever bought, | bought tn rr--
cue them from cruel treatment on other
plantations. ClIur,y applau,o) SO one
man ha. twenty-five slaves, out Of City, that
have hcn tr,atcd unkindly and cruclly)
"Itisa mistlk, and SANDER to nv tina,
.Ilyc. arr treated uukinlly a. a general
Thin. Now; If any of my slaves run away
and come a. Boston. YOU arr welcome On
keep them, but ihcy won't cnmc,--thcy
would not make the cSchan-r, CThcold s,,-
uD hut IL yuu want abolition, give me
forty pr cent II the market value Of the
,lnyc. in the vuit,l State, and ! will frrc
and deliver them al p YOU. The South,
tha, l.. the SHAREHOLDERS. know and admit
that slavery &, a -rrat evil (Npplau.r and
exclamation, of OH ohY You Judge ~ the
slave, Us the specimen, YOU sS' here But
I trll YOU that ba4 fiV runs array o, n,
r-rrv u ~ Do" and much more % like
.E|t Whom, after having spoken some
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meet any man SINGLE hand-l on ihi, subject
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""n his r''nm'nS hi' ,a'' The chairman
nr'~' AMI 'a'd " There T. an nn"In''d
''''r'i man. a might've slave present. Who
has expressed a wish % answer the gentle
man who has irs' spoken. Md IN IN"
midst OF applause, lewis Hayd'n' m'r-
chant tailor, N'll'known IN this city, stop
r'd forward. lie Wa neatly and simply
dr'ssni. lie has hno head, insid" and out,
and hc pr'cccdci, ~ nearly o. l can rrm'm-
b'r, In tho" terms " am happy 10 ha'"
heard th" brother who has just spoken, u
,ay brother though 'upP's" be- don't
claim any relationship to me- "a Iaush)
IT, 'ay' The runaway negroes ar" the wort
part "i slaves aou have m"'''' N"n' sen
tr"d. Douglas ana some ''h'r' OF Us anu o.
We ARE The worst part y'" can form ''n'
idea what the balance arr who remain 'h
slavery
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