Washington sentinel., 1855-03-14

B6- We finish, to-day, the publication Of
the debate in the Senate on the bill. to protect
United States officers and others In the dis
charge Of their duty. ga-y NJ IA. .'..,.,.,, v,
SENATOR SUMMER, "IDA May. AND
THE SOLID MEM OF BOsTON. ~
1t is no light task, quoth the old adage, "to
make silk purse out of sow's ear" but that
operation is not more difficult and impossible
than the process Of making o hero out Of q big,
black, odorous buck negro-or a heroine out Of
thick-lipped, aatnosed, nappy-headed negro
wench. The Abolitionists have made many
efforts to do so. They have shed oceans
Of crocodile tears over Fred Douglas, and
shed honest blood as sacrifice to Anthony
Burns. But they were engaged in an up hill
business. The dismal black could not be
washed out, the thick lips could not be reduced,
the fat nose could not be elevated, the nappy
hair could not be Strengthened, and the African
odor defed Eau de Cologne and otto Of roses.
Without the removal of these obstacles heroism
was plain impossibility. The essential ele.
ment Of romance was wanting, and everybody
knows that heroes and heroines are romantic
beings. vsgs ss
Here was q crisis, an emergency, that frown-
ed its terrors ON the Abolitionists of Massachu-
setts. But there was one man who was equal
to the great occasion. He saw the peril, and
he determined to meet it. This man was
Senator Sumner. We may imagine his an
guish until he succeeded. We may fancy his
eyes in q fine frenzy rolling" We may pic
ture to ourselves his tall, stout figure conyuls-
ed with spasms Of philanthropic sympathy.
We may imagine how be wrung his hands and
tore his hair. But at length the mind of the
statesman springs great thought. A sudden
inspiration comes to his relief, and he exclaims
like the ancient mathematician, /" eureka-eu-
reka." As the apostle was moved to go to
Damascus, so was Senator Sumner-the grave
and the august Massachusetts, Senator, moved
to 60 to the borders Of Virginia TO hunt
for a slave without the disgusting African
marks of fiat nose, thick lips, &C., &c. The
grave Senator makes his pilgrimage. He
finds girl in slavery who is nearly white.
The base low marks that intervene between the
unadulterated African, and heroism, are absent
She is quite white. She is bought by the SEN
ator (another person furnishing the funds) and
transplanted like tender lily to Massachu-
setts. But before she is sent to that solid and
erudite state, daguerrotype of her is taken,
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sent to Massachusetts. 1t is shown to the
solid men Of Boston and to all the grave legis-
lators of Massachusetts,. Inasmuch as we
spoke of this daguerotype and the Senator'S
letter, which accompanied it, we forbear at
present to say more about it, and return to the
original.
That originals name is "Mary Mildred
Botts;" but, in order to enhance the romance
and to give more effect the Massachusetts,
Senator bestowed upon her the very captivating
name of-HIda May"
The Boston Telegraph, in noticing her arri
val, says;
.aREDEEMED SLAVES IN THE HoUsE.--Solo-
mon Northrup, Of New York, who spent twelve
May, the little redeemed slave, from Washing
ton, we're in the Hall of the House today for q
short time, and excited much sympathy and
interest The little girl has no feature which
indicates any negro origin. Her eyes sparkled
Just like those Of any other little girl when she
saw the big Goldfish hanging in the hail.
The abolitionists have at last found out
what the Southern people found out long ago.
that it is sheer nonsense to undertake TO invest
shick-lipped Africans with romance. They
have found out that to sustain, protract, and
render effective their sympathy with African
slaves, they must catch a white one with oil
the marks Of the Caucasian race, and show
her as poor persecuted slave to the solid men
Of Boston, and the grave Legislators of Mas
sachusetts. Senator Sumner is the ring mas
ter, and he acquis himself most creditably.
Bat this girl, picked up by the grave Massa-
ssusetts Senator is so mhite, that we confess
we are not without our suspicious. When
carried to the Office Of the editor Of that i'm.
msculste sheet, the New York Times, be thus
exclsims:
aSbe is one Of the fairest and most indispu-
table white children that we have ever seen"
Prominent individuals Who saw her, expressed
their sastonishmeut that she should ever have
been held save."'
Several thoughts here suggest themselves
0ss is, that she is, in all probability, not a
bougbt slave, but humbugged white girl
The second is, that, if white, MS the New York
Times declares, it is very silly in the Aboli-
tionsts to undertake to illustrate African
slavery by means Of white girl.
The innocent young girl finds herself with .
new and romantic name. They make her
swop hen Virginia and her true name for the
delectabIe appellation of--AIda May The
Boston Telegraph says:
aThe girls name is Mary Mildred Bolts,
though the Journal says she has been chris
tened ida May and win probably be known
by that name in FUTURE