Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-08-07

4 Woman Fleeing from Slavery with
her Children, Arrested

la, cyu.u. Dur iittIr yi,lrse was excited
hy uu arrest ui negro woman uuI three
small rhIIIrgu. who IlI ESCAPED from their
master living 40 Ia Gnrsr No. liarTar
that che poor creature hli been lurking .n
tao timber, within h.la mule ui our place.
Or two ur three day, and hal been seen
frequently Iy th.. who Il u.. view them
with any particular interest. and have even
h.,u .p huIlas o. lii un families living
near their r,tTlt .r yiriua'', water, ar.
but Yesterday rywarIH. : 1000 was Offered
lur tH..r delivery iu lA1Uus., when " al
eyes were DT.n tor t.e apprehension Of the
fugitive, and 900 % lrN minutes q party
W.. formed and the search commenced. AT.
day th.y were engaged iu tIrsteaitIy tread,
iut DO slaves w.Is o. hH found, luI tNH
PARTY being weary, 'urur! iu tHr y,,u.u.
tHr.ir..L themselves preparatory lur another
TRIAL 40 night. The iuu WIS spoiled. hove
ever, hy messenger arriving lawmIuutu'
after they returned, informing thgm that
Che u,.rr.- bad lru irenyrl iutnthc house
uf Va. jaime. Welsh, who lives 40 tNH edge
OF the tImhHr Iu which ,hc uulur'uuli0s
w.ro concealed hi, trDrhary was par-
formed ly che daughter u, Mr. Welsh, %
ylur. woman, who found the nccrlr' q
short distance from tho house hy telling
them tilt sLe was % friend 90 them, aud
that ftHuy would ~ with beg % tho house
she would give them something o. ylL The
crazy mother could hut accept this offer Tor
her starving children, aud without suspicion
went into tHr lrusr. but before they had
tlmo o. a.lly their hunger tua sable mother
aud poor a.r'.- children wrra surrounded
hy % dozen .tlut men an EARNED o. che
t.yth." Ina few minutes hack was pro-
Jac.i and tha poor creatures were ias; re-
turning 90 taalr bondage.
W. should liss 90 hs informed wh.to1ms
that poor mother had committed, that she
should o. thus pursued by % band Of man
stal.... " armed % thc teeth '' The am
.wgr Of bunker would De-, she hal run
away FROM her lawful master, who was re-
claiming her under the provisions Of the
Fus,tIya Slave Law II Is often .aid by
urO-sllygry Democrats. " the slaves are bet.
tor or and more c1nt.utcl than they would
b, with their liberty" Dos not the ab5yc
fan, with thousands OF other, OF similar
character, stamp an such assumptions with
hlsahogi? This poor mother Tor the sake
ofhfr,y ior herself aud her three helpless
children, was willing TO suffer tho keen
enawins, Of hunger; was willing TO lay in
the woods exposed to an the inclrmSnci,s
Of the weather, not only By day but by
night, and shc had just as much night to
that liberty, a, had the infamous wretch Of
2 girl" who betrayed her into the hands
Other rursucrs. Wcknow Of no blasting,
whitening curso," that would in our opinion
be too severe o visitation upon tho trcach-
crous Jczabcl who betrayed her.
And yet it may be said she was in 50
doing performing a lasfi act.
Slaves, when fleeing for their lives and
liberty, have a psrlcctriglt under every law,
human and divine, to strike ds'cu their blood
hound purucrs; and We never hear OF AN
instance where they fought their followers
with heroic bolinoss, but We are reJoIced.
We would have every fugitive slave light
70 the death for his liberty. Our fathers
did it, and they have the same right. The
more OF that class Of devils in human shape,
who make slave hunting a business, they
Kill, the better. But the fugitive slave law
makes us all man scalcrs and blood hounds.
It was intended to place collars around the
nccks Of every freeman all over the country.
IL forbiis our &" feeding tho hungry or
clothing the naked - it not only iorbids
our following the teachings Of him "who