Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-17
re by his imprisonment deprived of the

and are likely again to be guilty Of the treason of
and aiding escaping slaves, knowing
them to be such, we copy the indictment under
which Nj. Connolly is to be tried, as a specimen OF
what may be found against them, at any time
when malice, treachery or averice shall see fit TO
deliver them up to the tender mercies Of our kid.
mapping government.
UNITED STATES OF AMERicA-District Court of
The UnUtd Suites, at the October Term, A. ID. 1857
- S,utAo,H District Of Ohio, 10 tcit, Ss.-The Grand
jury of the United States, III aud tor the Southern
Distiic, ut Ohio. on their uaths, present: That ON
the 18Th day OF June, i'll the year 1857, at the dis
,tiet aforesaid, one Irvine Broudhus and Angelina
Bruadhus we've persons who ow ed service and labor
IN the State of Kentucky under thelaws thereof. to
one Chas. a Withers, and who previously thereto had
heen held TO service and labor in the said state Of
Kentucky, under the laws thereof, by the said
Chas. A. Witbers, and had escaped from the said
state Of Kentucky into the state Of Ohio, without
the consent Of the said Charles A. Withers, and
were fugitipes from such labor and service as
ofDresaid, and tha, he. said Charles a. Withels
was then and there. to wit, on the day and year
aforesaid, at the district aforesaid, lawfully endenv-
uring 10 discover and arrest them the said Irvine
Brondhus aud Angelina BrOadhus as such fugitive
from labor and service AS aforesaid.
And the jurors aforesaid further present, that on
the day and year aiUI esaid, at the district afOre-
said, one William NJ. Connolly had notice Of the
fact that the said Irvine Bruadhus and Angeline
Bruadhus were then and there iugitives from serv.
i've and labor as aforesaid, aud then and tbcI e
well knowing the same. Afterwards. to Wit, IN the
day and year aforesaid, did unlawfully harbnr and
conceal them, the said Irvine Broadhus and Anse
line Broathus. then and there being fugitives from
such labor and service aforesaid. so as then and
there to prevent the discovery and arrest Of ,hem,
the said Irvine Bruadhns and Angeline Broadhus,
80 then and there being f~ugitives from labor and
A.,,. m kgArnpnTd Iu hsnN sha antI NLa,
a. Withers, he the said Charles A. With.
ers then and there lawfully endcavoring to
discover and arrest the said Irvine Broadhus and
Angeiine BroaGhus As fugitives from lab r and SER
vice as aforesaid. contrary to the form of the act Of
Congress in such case made and provided, against
the peace and dignity of United States.
STANLY MATTHEWS.
U. S. Attorney for the Southern District Of Ohio.
The above is duly certified as a true copy by W.
Miner, the Clerk Of the District Court Of Ohio.
Stanly Matthews, who signs this document, our
readers will remembe as a renegade abolitionist-
DR.. Bailey's successor as editor Of the. Old Philsn-
thropist, who procured by his apostacy the privil.
eye of putting his name to such 4 document as the
above-of prosecuting by fine and imprisonment
his fellow citizens for acts of the most common
humanity. just now he is famous as an anti lie
| bOhh h''S' th'' 'tNN''N" ~
and Columbus against the fraud and t~reachery of
Buchanan and his associates, animated doubt
less by the hope Of some Office which shall pay bet.
ter than executioner Of the fugitive law. Not un.
likely We shall witness the spectacle Of Republic.
aus voting for him for Congress or some other of,
flee at the next election. Evidently it will not be
difficult for the Republican Commercial to alvo.
cate his claims, Us it considerd Mr.. Connolly "a
fool and mailman for giving shelter to the refu-
gees-the heroic Brosdhus and his wife.
We have here another humilia.ing illustration OF
the sutjugation OF Ohio to the Shareholders
Br0adhuS, it is said, was entitled to his freedom by
the laws Of our State. Certainly on her roll he
was entitled to her protection il governmental pre-.
tensions are worthy of any consideration and YET
he was deliberately shot down like II dog, in broad
day light and not the first movement or suggestion
made towards indicating his right eth
er to life or liberty by the Republican authorize,
which then ruled the State. Shareholders anC
their hired assassins may commit murder with i'm
punity in Ohio. They are pri vileged under thi,
Union not only as kidnappers but as dssossins, ant
then they may persecute with unappe. sable malic,
every man who dares to feed, shelter or in any
wise betriend their victims. Such is personal lib
erty and security under State constitution aud law
as admired by Republicans. loyal to the Union.
Republicans we know in words condemn thi
action Of the fugitive hunter. Take for example
n the following from the Pittsburgh Gazette:
Connolly fed from the persecution which h.
r knew was in store for him. Even The newsIape
on which he had been engaged considered him bu
d little less than II fool and u madman. So 70 wa
not to know that the Fugitive Slave Law sets at de
faHce the laws Of God ard makes it an offence q
: great magnitude TO minister to the oppressed. t.
:, give u cup OF cold water to the least of these it'll,
- ones, always provided they are black.
Connolly, MS we have said above, escaped. bu
the American Eagle had its piercing eye upon hin
aud the Hther day Mr.. Okee(e, ian ominous name
nabbed him in New York, at the Office Of the"Sun'
newspaper, handed him over to the Cincinnati
United States authorities, and nov he is in prison
. III the latter city, and will probably have to Ii
there all summer. We learn from the Cincinnati
as Gazette" that his family are in Pennsylvania
u and he fears that his blow will fall heavily upo,
"a them, as they have no means of support but hi
cxertions. What of that? The Union must b
co preserved!
Yes, and we repeat the Gazette's question
What Of that :" What of it's condemnation G
such acts as the above when it too join to save tn
Union. 1t has sympathy for Conn lily. and hi
desolate and helpless family, and yet sus,ains
party which dared not in its platform condemn III
law under which he suffers. and it is itself the e,
logist and supporter Of that very Union of whic
" when the indignation of it's editor is stirrid, as no
" it speaks slightingly.
And so it is with men. Their moral and int
"a, lectual vision is clear. whether they be Repulii
aDs or Democrats, when their anti SLAYER
no sentiment is permitted to preduminate =
Thee, for the moment, forgetful of polio
-, or party pre- eminence, they are disuniol
lists and talk like men who love justice and da,
maintain it.
col More recent accounts from Cincinnati inform
n, that Connolly has been released from prison q
bail.
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OHIO LEGISLATION.
:" The Legislature of Ohio adjourned this wee
gu altar GRANTING eyeru faoilitv m sjo,a b,,,;.- 49,