Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-02


lahd Tor military succor aud although they coul,
NOT come IN by the5 O'OlJck train, they might char
ter nn extra. The men would wait no longer. an,
prepared again for tho assault. The moor fellow
pleading face at the attic window stirred the bloc,
too dep for quiet. aud the word went round agar
that Ne must be brought out! The local officers nov
Withdrew, promising not to interfere in any way
just nov, too. the Marshal apbeated, under tn,
protection Of a constable and one of our party
and, going n few doors one side, drew half tn,
crowd after him to read his papers. lie though
mat his papers. when exposed to view, woal,
Tighten everybody home. Poor man his sim
plicity was to be oiticd. The warrant of a compa
ny OF pirates. though they sit in Columbia's CAPT
toi, has no right in it and the power Of Democra
cy was weakness that day. While the Marsha
was reading, tho trout door was thrown open, anC
the crowd rushed up, headed by persons who car
ried no Illegal. because no concealed, weapons.
The landlord soon appeared, however. and seri
ousiy hundred those who sought enterance. In
twinkling, therefore. n ladder was placed against
the balcony. guarded at both ends by the right men
ana all went up who desired. Some picked men
were marshalled and led up the second flight Of
stairs to the attic door. Tive or three men were
inside to guard the prey. and one or more who had
better motives. But resistance was not thought Of
for. although the assailants would not have harmed
the guard so long as they were quiet, the first she,
or stroke of resistance would have Leen answered
IN KIND. After q moments hesitation, the door
was onfastened from within, opened from without
and the next instant, while the Gro wd rushed do gr
the 'front.' way, huzzaiDg at the top of their lungs
the prisoner was born out through n rear door, to
q carriage in waiting, aud Immediately took his
departure for the North amid the shouts of bis
friends. | am informed by an eve. witness that
the stakeholder and his assistant we're in The hall,
on the second floor, during the ascent to and the
descent from the attic, quietly standing aside out
OF every ones way, and having no weapons at all
in sight.
Nobody here believes that land pirates have any
more right to life, liberty and the pursuits Of hap.
pine,s," than water pirates.
As soon rs the first burst Of rejoicing was over,
Marshal Lowe appeared at the attic window, he.
side the gentleman who had protected him among
the crowd, and begged through his protector Ia
know it his life would he safe row that the black
man was given up ana gone. The cry was, Yes
Some one shouted, They will be safe now. IL thew
are never tn come again but il they come again,
no one will lie accountable for their lives a mo
ment" The Aye AYE" "A,e," that in,
dorsed this must have made the gentlemen in aues
ton ieel queer all the way from their bats to their
boots.
Since writing the above. I am told that the Mar
shais papers we're all right, having whatever seal
was necessary ; but the coward did not serve them,
and Is therefore, de ,fdcto Mt any rate. nothing bet,
ter than Il kidnapper. The fugitive had been sick
for some time, and was still weak, hut not daring
to Law hands on him in Oberlin, they hired a bow
to offer him a ride out into the country and back
again, and when he drew up to their carr iaee. two
miles outside the village. they obliged him to
change conveyances. and at once hurried him of
They selected the daytime and the dinner hour for
their work. for the obvious good reason that every
one was then least suspicious. The conduct Of
Marshal Dayton had put every one upon guard at
night, and it would have been almost impossible TO
have succeeded in any other method besides that
chosen. The Marshal's papers were returnable in
Columbus, where, of course, everything would
have been quietly settled. 1t was unmitiga,ed
kidnapping. so far as il went; but, bless God, il
didn't 20 far. No one was hurt, not O shillinp's
damage was done, not a shot fred aud the bow
saved
The Kentuokian officer appeared upon the bal.
cony, under protection, and said he had come to
execute the laws. but WI had been too much for
him y A gentleman instantly sprang upon a box,
and begged him to carry back to Kentucky That
no one need come here to carry eff our citizens, for
they would find US too much for 'em every time
We believe in State sovereignty, and the moment
a slave touches Ohio soil he is free, and all tn,
South combined cannot carry him back, if we say
Mo-" The kentuckian begged, through his pro
%tector. in imitation Of the redoutable Marshal, L
know if his life would be graciously spared, ant
received the same assurance that was given before
| have just this moment learned that the use these
r~ascals are making of the indulgence granted then
is to tarry quietly in their quarters and plot fur
Their mischief. Two students, of yesterdays par
ts, returning to-day for a missing gun. were pur
sued by the Marshal. aud by the hardest driving
My escaped him. We shall not tolerate this. il
they do not leave soon. we shall send a Committe
to see them of. Had they not appeared to realiz,
most fully their hair breadth escape last evening
we should have insisted upon seeing them on buarC
the next train, without com
But to conclude. The whole line of our return
march was triumphal. Nearly every farm ,hous,
had emptied its occupants in.o the road to chez
and bless US, and We returned their greetings il
the warmest style. AT home. the whole town wa
out. In front of the Post Office they Joined US il
three terrific groans for Democracy, and thre
glorious cheers for Liberty. In front of the Pa
mer House these were repeated, and then one
standing up, commanded silence and spoke as fol
lows: Gentlemen, we know not what hereafte
may be attempted. But we want to know who ca
be relied on. So many of you as will here solemn
ly pledge yourselves to rally on the instant of a
alarm. armed and ready TO pursue aud rescue, sd
/; 'Ayev"
The response was enough to make a mans hal
stand up. IL Was repeated three times. Tire
groans were given for Marshal Dayton. throug
: whose voluntary correspondence the fugitive's r,
! treat was discovered, as there are tho best reason
for believing. lie wisely left town and kept ava
from Wellington. When he returns, if he dur
return at all, he must either come penitent or h
may have serious groanings to do for himself. Th
> popuiace are almost furious at him. Finally,
was voted with deafening unanimity that whoevt
laid hands on u black man in this community, n
: matter what the color Of authority, would Do SO 8
: the peril Of his life j! If the occasion comes,
will De seen that this vas no empty talk. Woe
the STAKEHOLDER or Marshal that comes prowlin
about Oberlin hereafter A fugitive cannot be It
ken from here. A number Of speeches kept II
: crowd together until a late hour. r.