Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-09
Chr Anti-9laperp Bm9le.
SALEM, OHIO, MAY 9, 1857.
IN ILLINOIS.

SLAVERY IN ILLINOIS.
We copy the following account If the sale Of a
free man in ILL.,, from the Alton Courier. Indiana
and Illinois are successful rivals with South Car
olina in their despotic and outrageous treatment of
a class CT American citizens, when e~verlas strangers
they happen to be in either of these states. The
public sentiment of these states is hardly equal in
atrocity to the laws upon their statute book, hence
the disgrsceful penalties imposed BY law upon
strangers Tor visiting them nre seldom executed. No
wonder that the supporters OF slavery in Mis-
souri, triumphantly exult over this sha mefulincon.
sistency of the laws of Illinois with the profess
ions of the people in their constitution and else
wheIe-So will all tyaants.
The Courier Of the 25th ult says;
In the Missouri Republican of pod, we find an
account of an attempt having been made to sell n
free negro at Bellville, under the provision Of one
our odious black laws. 1t enjoys with a keen rel
ish and an audible chuckle the fact that q free ne
oro has been arrested aud put up for sale in a free
state, and under a constitution which pretended to
prohibit all slavery or involuntary servitude, ex-
cept as q punishment for crime.
That there might be no doubt of the existence Of
the law under which this free man Of color was
brought to the auctioneer's block, for no crime ex.
cent that Of being born only half white, and hav-
1nV Deen tdu uuNo III w VI INV thO NV
publican copies the following extract from it:
? "If any negro or mulatto, bond or free, shall
F, hereafter come into this state remain zen days,
l. with the intention Of residing in the same, every
such negro or mulatto shall be deemed guilty Of a
II high misdemeanor, and for the first offence shall
be fined the sum of hitty dollars, to be recovered
: before any Justice of the Peace in the county
where said negro or mulatto may be found. n
q If the said negro or mulatto shall be found guilty
and the assessed 6ne be not paid forthwith ,itshall
be the duty Of saidJ Justice to commit said negro or
or mulatto to the custody of thei Sheriff Of said
county, or otherwise keep him, her, or them in
s, custody: \ n n the said Justice shall AT
re PUBLIC AUCTION poceed 20 SELL raid negro
or mulatto to any person who will pay said fine
,e and costs for the shortest timo and the said pur'
chaser shall have a right TO COMPEL said negro
n &C.. ~'''''
= The clause in the constitution which required
o such a law TO be passed was put there by the votes
" and influence of men who now claim to be leaders
in the ranks Of the sham democracy, and who
u were then, as now. opposed to the principles OF
;, freedom which originally gave vitality to our re
publican government.
y For the law which was placed upon our statute
book at the season Of 1853, and there stands an
indelible disgrace to our state, and of which we
have above given an extract, we are indebted &c
the same men of the same party. Tine motto
s, rious John \. Logan" who claims to be n leader
10 of 1.-The unterrifed" hosts OF the sham democracy
al and whose CT lain to that distinction is general,
20 allowed, introduced the bill into the Legislatures
Id and engineered it through, aided by those VIII
IN were then, and are yet, his political friends anC
en- sympathizers.
So far as our knowledge extends, this is the frs
Id arrest that has ever been made under this law
to A lew days since the following notice was poste,
Id IN in the city of Bellville, lin three public pla
". ces,' as required BY the statute:
ee State of Illinois. 81. County. IS.
Vs. LEGAL NoTIcE.-Whereas. jackson Redman,
m%ula,to, was on the 7th April, A. D. 1857. con
the undersigne ed a Justice of the Peace for sal
county, and was tried by a jury of twelve mer
who found him guilty Of high misdemeanor, anC
as a first offence, fined him in the sum of $50
Va agreeable to the provisions of an act of Febuar
N, 10, 1888, to prevent the immigration of negroes c
ut mulattoes; and judgement having been rendere
to against the said jackson Redman, for the amour
ro- Of said fine and costs Of suit. which has not bee
an paid, whereupon he was placed in the custody
ev- the sheriff of said county for saie keeping unit
TO he is further dealt with as required by law.
zen This, therefore, is to give notice that at l o'cloC
on p. NJ. on the 18th day Of April, 1857 at my ofic
in Belville in said county, | will proceed to cell,
TO public auction, the services of the said Jacksc
fas Redman, to any person or persons who will pa
he said fine and costs for the shortest time-accor
The ing to the provisions Of the Act aforesaid.
ole CASPER THIELL,
by Justice of the Peace.
Tho sale was fixed for Saturday last and
a, the appointed hour. jackson Redman. q free ma
whose only crime was that he had come into a FRI
aS state, and for which crime he had teen fined ST
ed with costs amounting to $l2 so more, and E
which he was to be sold into slavery to the persc
who would pay his fine and costs. for the shorte
period of sevvitude, was brought out to be So
Al. under the auctioneer's hammer.
ms This disgracefu, proceeding was to have bee
enacted on Saturday last in the city of Belville,
nd the free state of Illinois and the disgraceful GU
a rage undoubtedly would have been consumate
had not our late Republican lieutenant Govern
cal G. Korner. with that noble aud disinterested ge
crosby for which he has always been d~istinguis
the co. come forward and paid the necessary amou
-S62 Scout Of his own pocket.
ted 1t was honorable in Govensr Korner to save tn
Dhe man from tho effects of this infamous law Of l
a.h iuois. Will he not and will not the Republics
ing party join to blot such a dishonor and i%njusti
can from their statute books? Judge fancy on
avn copied the sentiment Of the laws Of Illinois, Wit
in be declared that 'colored men have no RICH
ace which white mon are bound to respect"