Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-03
ATTACHMENT OF JUDGE LORING,
STAKEHOLDER AND A FUGITIVE SLAVE.

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made by Seth Webb. Jr. Wendell Phillips and
Charles W. Ellis. The Tribune correspondent
says:
Mr.. Phillips spoke about two hours. lie said
the present Legislature had but two questions t.
settle. First, can it remove Judge Luring, with
out impeachment? Second, ought Judge Loring
tn lie removed?
Tie first proposition may e settled by the Com
s%titutiOn, which provides for the remuNnl of any
Judge, Mt any time, by address to the Executive,
without assigning reason, or even permitting the
Judge lie heard. To sustain this point he quoted
Danicl Webster, Judge Story, Judge Shaw, and
others.
The proposition was answered 10y abundant tcs-
timony that Luring violated the State law of 1919,
which imposes u penalty of fine and imprisonment
upon any Judge of Record, etc, who shall aid in
executing the law ot 1893. That Loring rrciudged
in the Burns case, by Icmarking to Mr.. Phillips,
before n full hearing was had. that the ease was So
clear that he hoped no obstacle would be placed in
the way of the fugitive's return. That the innur-
ance of law which ho exhibited in that case is
proof posiiv ofhis unfitncss for the office Of Judge
Of Probate that lac wrot, a bill OF sale of Burns
before the case was decided, and finally that he
made known his decision to the counsel for the
claimant before delivering it.
Acorrespondent OF the New York Eve. Post gives
the following description Of what he says occurred
after the close of the argument by the counsel
for the petitioners. We see no notice Of this clos
ing affair in any other paper and it mag turn out
n clever fiction, but it is worth reading.
As the last of these conclu led, the chairman of
the committee Announced that he was informed
that II stakeholder, and owne: of fifty slaves, was
present, and that they should lie glad to extend to
HIM the courtesy Of II hearing, ii he desired to say
anything On the subject.
ThCreupon all eyes were turned eagerly upon
Il tim, swartl,y man. of perhaps thirty five or forty
years of age, who arose AID stepped forward to
the cummitce's table. lie bow cd to tie chairman
and commenced in rather Il low tone, when the
audience, with II simultaneous muVCmCut, fucked
towards the speaker, and seated themselves as
near as possible. He uppearcd embarrassed, and
indeed acknowledged that he was kind q skeer-
Ell, " THAT was his exr rcssion.) lie begun by say
ing that when he left home he did not expert To-
come 10 Boston, much less to find himself speaking
IN the Legislature of the state. He thanked the
committee Tor the privilege, ard Immediately he
gun upon the old story of the happy condition of
the slaves as compared with the poorer classes of
the north stated that his slaves had six pounds
If meat per week, with ltminy. rice, &c., and
lived about ms well as himself: that great progress
was now making in the religious education and
privileges OF the slaves: that there were many
slave preachers, who were allowed to preach,
standing side ty side with the missionaries that
tn" slaves had no responsibility and no thought
1--WE do tier thinking for them"
W cannot blame you,' said he, "ror protecting
them when they come among you. (applau.c,) but
there's no use in agitating the subject of abolition.
Things aie not ripe for that yet. What could YOU
do with the slaves? You don't want them in
Massachusetts they don't want them in New
York. You had much better use the zeal yuu are
spending in this matter, in providing n war to keep
lnS out the foreign emigran,s! "a sop for the
know-N othings. Now. | was lorn in the f CO
state of Pennsylvania, and raised in Ohio. And
half of all the slaves | ever bought l bought to
4 rnlnt,ni pl M ar,, nj trant r,, a., ,,tt,nr Am ., -.
r Ilearty applause $50 one man has twenty-five
slaves, out of fifty, that have been treated unkihd-
y and cruelly.)
at is IL mistake anda SANDER to say that slaves
are treated unkindly rs II general thing. Now, if
any OF my slaves run away and come to Boston.
you are welcome to keep them, but they won't
come,-they would not make The exchange; (The
old story But If you want abolition, give me
forty per cent. of the market value of the slaves
in the United States, and | will free and deliver
them all to YOU. The South, that is, the slayehold-
ers, know and admit that sla,ere is a great evil.
Applause AMI exclnmatiuns Of oh oh You
Judge of the slaves by the specimens you see
here. But ! tell you that them that rrts array is
tic ~o'st q. tie lot" and much more to a like
effect. When, after having spoken some fifteen
minutes, he concluded Somewhat in the following
Now, I'm SINE skcercd like, and | don't want
I" take up mach Of your time. eco on. sir.
we are happy TO hear YOU as long as YOU desire
from the chairman Nov I'm willing tn meet
amy man single handed on this subject, and ]
think con Z, r,;rco linn ,I,rt v,, Al.
Il Chairman and gentlemen. FIR the nr;viln1o If nd.
dressing YOU"
On his resuming his seat, the chairman arose
and said There is AN nnoducntcd rnlnrcd man
e Il fugitive slave. present WIN has exnressoI - wish
e to answer the gentlemen who bos inst snnLcn ),
! And in the midst O" annlousc- Lewis IT, yden a
D mercl,a, t tailor, well.known in this city Stoned
forward. lie was neatly and simply dressed. lie
) has n fl G head, inside and out. and he proceeded.
y as nearl, as | can ememb in these terms. ~
; am bnnry to have heard the brother wbn ms inst
S snoken. l saw .brothor.' thourb | sunnose he dnn,,
: claim any relationship ~ mo e, lnnrh Jo snrs
i tie runaw az negroes are Tie worst nnrt Of s,nvcs
You have. most of Won. seen Fred Dorrl,s oud
some 9th, rs If ms and If we o,c tho WIS., , am'
Won can f rm some idea what the balance arc wbn
remain in slavery. ~
.IIe saws Inc masters tL;oL for tho sl,vos and