Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-09-27
FREE SPEECH IN VIRGINIA.
he Richmond whig of the lst inst, says:

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o,o,t on hard ,ha s,aa,nor V;n;n;a ,h;la r,aL;n,,
nv ho", ,u;., Wv So d. ps,,;' .. E.aa.;L.n ~
Sa, rd,v nr,ernn,,n in conseonence ~ rho weddio'
n s,ocoa r W. ,ii;,;;, =; ,,
t;, eJ.:e "a NV. w r;. a.. 49,,
oos,or .ano,n ", 10 hn,, ,nnk ,r hoard ohnn,o
bnndrsd no,'roos nnrcbosed hv Snmtbern ninnters
mnd nthans T, 49, X Cntou os;ato Tba ;ra,r;duoi
auudod 20 bn;,;na fran, RaI,;m,re hnt ,yboso
mama va n. hean ,nahie IN Iaarn snon beean m
J avnros ia ;noon 1;,r, so,,;ro,,s 18th ,o rho no
! os nd ,h;,os 80, a.; ,ha ,,,ns, vi,,on, I,nano,o
n regard to The ins,itu,;nr nf slavery when The
hn,t reocbed Ro onn,bonnock where this man nro.
,,osod ~ s,n hn tras ,id thot ;nCrmntinr nf b;s
.,ndn, ,,nnId ha c,mmun;c,,ad +, the. .peonle nm
shnro ,,hon ho ronl, have to look ont for himself
hOn hear;na Ills be hecnme alarmed and refused 10
- ~ .,,horo,,,, ba ,,,s tokap and nut ont IN
sho ,rhore hy free nayrnwIv escaninp aduckiny
in Tho raEd transit The excitehen, then be,ome
\ ~ = - 10 ~ s.,,
,,;ned Ibot he sbonId not ston there. and affer
considerable consultation. il was agreed that he
shonld be naced nn hoard in charge of friend and
cent back in the return boat to Baltimore.
49, - -.
NJ. Bolts. who has been making several spec, hes
! in Virginia saws;
ms gen,eh'Ah II rs rs sa'u, nas vei'ureu over in'o
! 'he lehth Legion ne N So PiGsun'p'u"ue e'em en-
as W haAe ~" "PPoinlu'e'' "' iNooA'"S""ip vi
course nc VIII oe ,ct a. every urn Wy eo'e pe,ro
cratic Eiectori auu we nave suSSes''o" ~ one'
as 10 10 me proper nnoue ., cohauG'ine u,scuSs
ION WIN MI oonn niiho' Do.'s' ~ IS 'le ou'y VI
every man VINO e"counlers n,'' po'"'e 'ne pcopie
| 10 h"id hlm up as an enemy % Tue 'nlerest anu III
sutuuon' oil virginia lhere Is abundant PROOF
VI the charge. flrst mere Is tue u'stihct accusa
ton OF the h'chmohu bht9-a coao"rer III tho
cause OF F'iim"re--that BOLTS Is nTt s"uhI on the
Slavery question, loee me nht9 OIL las' January
But more Important stu' Dotts may ne convicted
|
own declaration In the speocn "nlcn ne recehuy
delivered III tins city we uiu not near mat mar
angue' put II atroc'ous sentiments to'aencies
nave p4en repreSenteu W US py i"'eriGens nnu
Uust""r'hy PerSons, ~ VIII 10 Pu"'snou u's
week, ana then IL botts Is not ARRESTED uhuer 'ne
act for the suppression ot incendiary language the
law Is either oeau 'euer; OF our ftoSecutl"g AT
torneys are nor true 10 tne'r outy. rerhaps ne
mas m'o'ned ms tone ID 'ne Pr'nleu speecn' we
shnii Sec men 'ne lh'hg Is ou,, our ,e"uers snhl
he informed oi its eharac'er' MeanWh''e we 'rus'
Tor the hohor p' Re o'ate' tnat Sums sen''ehen
VIII see hat Mr botts Is not suneieo 70 run al
large scattering polsoh "th open naho' "nert
IL Batcherf
Let us see what this "act for the suppression
of incendiary language" is, the provisions of
which are to lie used to gag the mouth of Hon
4 Juhn M,nur Buts ON the allegation of his being
,.nnt snund on the slavery oues,ion ?"
The Code of Virginia of IS49 contains the fol
Il,winv. "If a free nerson nv speakny or writing
maintain that owners have no right of property II
their slaves he shall re cnpfned in iaI not more
than one year and fined not exceeding one hundred
IdnIla-s lie NAV he arrested and carried hefnre
a Justice by any white oerson." Chl9S. S22 745-
40 Under an act little earlier in date than this
EXPRESSED in nearly the same language a Meiho
dist CLERGYMAN was indicted in ls49 tried and CON
, ,ieted According to tho report of the case to be
found in Grattqn's Reports, 6O2, "it was charged
in the Indictment that the defendant, on the Goth