Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-11-24
THE WILLIAMSON PETITIONS.

We wish to urge our friends who have received
petitions to circulate them promptly. The present
is the time. Judge Kane stands unabsolved from
even the least Of his offences against freedom. lie
is a dangerous enemy Of freedom, and whatever
can he done by tle people to remove him from his
position of influence for evil, should be done. AT
all events their rebuke should De clear and strong.
Such II rebuko they can give by loading tie table
of the House of Representatives with petitions
for his Impeachment.
In a recent speech in Philadelphia, ]. Miller
McKim, speaking of Williamson and Kane said
W were all glad, to he sure, that Nj. William.
son was out Of prison and that he was restored to
his wife and family and his daily business, but,
beyond that, he didn't know that there was an es-
pecial cause of rejoicing.
at could not be claimed for Mr.. Williamson that
he had gained n triumph; none of the questions in
dispute had yet been settled, and tho wrong which
Judge Kane had perretratcd in this case, personal
ana public, is as yet unrepaired and unntoned for.
Let those who find comfort in the belief that
Judge Kane has "backcd out" enjoy all they can
from this source. lie has done what he has done
thus far, with immunity and without rcbukc, ex-
cept from public Indignation.
"IIc has imprisoned an innocent and honourablc
man arbitrarily and urjustly. and kept him in
prison till he chose 70 let him out. lie has degra.
ded the habeas corpus by rerverting it to the use
Of slave-catching. lie has been the means Of an
nulling virtually that beneicent process. lie has
laid down doctrines which practically make Penn
sylyania once more a slave State. To be sure lie
has been rebuked by the press and by good people
OF all parties; but he is sustained by the Supreme
Court of the State, and he is sustained by the Fed.
eral Government. 1t is idle 20 say that Passmore
Williamson has triumphed, or that Judge Kane
has been defeated. The contest is not yet settled,
and it remains to be seen what will be the issue"
A MARvEL.-It is the business Of newspapers
to chronicle tho wonders Vt the day. Among the
most noticeable Of these is the fact that recently a
man has been sentenced to a fine Of 81, 900, six
months Imprisonment, and the forfeiture of certain
slaves which lie had Illegally sold so as to seperato
mother and children. Such n sale it seems,is con-
trary to some old Louisiana law, probably one in
force when the Territory was purchased from the
French, and which has lain a dead letter ever
since. What has brought about this novel exhibi-
ton of legal humanity in New Orleans we are not
informed by the paragraph from which we learn
the fact. The public must not suppose from it
that it is the fashion Uf Louisiana Courts 10 enforce
such laws, or that 1t indicates the practice of slave
holders in that State,
In the numerous slave markets there found slave
mothers and slave children are sold daily without
the least regard to their separation or any fear of
this law which has been SO unusually executed up
on Mr.. Hunter. Nor must it be supposed that the
slaves obtained their liberty by this decision. They
were forfeited to the man who sold them, but these
persons were not delivered to themselves. perhaps to
the State-or The church or The informant against
the man who sold them.