, 1859-04-25
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TWO CASES CoNTRA9TRp,

TWO CASES ooNTRAsTRD.
The tendency Of the government Of this
hepunhc was never more faithfully Illustrated
than IN two recent trials--onc at Charleston,
The other at Clcve1Ahd- tbs trial Of gang
ol oeepesadoes and cut-throats who were :cnt
gagged II reducing cargo OF innocent men to
oiavery, and the other the trial Of one <of
twenty OF more Christians for assisting one
enasaved man to regain the Freedom of which
he had been robbed. -We have alluded to
tbs --caaas --baioFei but 1e-.AsSa not
yet seen them oontrasted In the first
there is no doubt that the; charge unwillingly
urged by the Government against tho crew
and officers Of the schooner Echo, was fully
sustained The captain Of the Q. S. Brig
Dolphin, by whom the Echo was captured, was
on the stand as a witness. He testified point
edly as to the arrest Of tic prisoners: on the
high seas to the fact that they lad cargo Of
Aalfstaryed Africans on board; that tile
marked chart Oh tic vessel showed their track
from the coast where their slaves were ship
ped to tue spot where tho capture was made;
that the blacks were in irons and in'the hold:
and that tue outfit Of the vessel, the nature Of
her cargo the admissions Of her crew, and the
story Of the slaves. left no doubt that the Echo
was slave"trnde1, and that the prisoners were
willingly, knowingly and crinaiually engaged in
the forbidden traffic. His testimony was sup.
ported by other witnesses Of nnimpeached ve-
racity, The identity Of the men, and the facts
charged in the indictment, were clearly proved
-soclearly that the defence offered no rcbutting
evidence whatever. The Attorneys for the
accused knew what they were doing; and that
they might depend upon the indisposltion: Of
the government to convict. The case went to
the jury, and that body sworn to act according
to tue law and the testimony, hesitated only 10
make show Of deliberauou before they return
ed with verdict Of Not Gully! There is not
boy in the streets Of Charleston who does not
know that tue finding in the case was u lie;
md that IN outrage Inns been inflicted upon law
and justice.
kAA~ ~~-AAA>H
CTS, with which our readers are already Eanlil-
iar. Tie "man John," an escaped Kentucky
cliattcl, was arrested in Ohio by slare-catchcr,
who does his dirty business OH shares. TIE
arrest was OIL warrant issued By an officer who
had nojurisdiction in the district, and Of course
was without legality; but the Marshal refused
to give the prisoner up. In excitement arose
among the FREQ 1uen Of the nciglborlood
that SO shameless n thing should be; nnd
without violence OF intimidation, they terrified
the cowar,ily officials so much that they suf-
fered John to escape. The rcscuers were lately
indicted. One Of them has just been tried By
Democratic court aud Il Democratic jury
and though the testimony was lame aud incon-
elusive, the Government lad made such cx-
traordinnry cxertions that speedy conviction
was Ind, and lie is sentenced to . Gae. Ut q
thousand dollars, or year in tie Penitcntiary
Twenty others pirates, cut-tllroats, slnve.
traders, but men Of character ior integrity and
virtue-arc iu prison awaiting 4 similar trial
aud similar sentence!
As yet VIC hear from no Democratic Journal
word Of condemnation for the proceedings in
either case. Editors and orators are sending
up jubilant shouts in consequence Of the "v vim
dication Of law" in Ohio, but we lntvc yet te
know thai they llayc uttered Il murmur ut tue
defiance Of law in South Carolina The same
power that e,npannclcd the jury by which q
crew Of pirates were turned loose and invited
to repeat their crinles held the key to the jury
box in which sat the men who have punished
the lover Of freedom, i'll Obcrlin, with tho cx-
tremest penalty Of the 1awl That power is
the Federal Government welded by James
Buchanan. He and the party Of which lie is
the head must he held responsible for yenlicts
like tllesc. Let tic people note that in this
era Of the Republic the Slavc-tradc is nc
crime, but those who laugh and shout in apprc.
bratiou Of the act, when I'LL escaped slave is
recovered from the clutches Of the hound by
whom lie is pursued for price, shall feel thai
Slavery reaches with q long arm and shar1
talons into the heart Of every Free State.
The uiuls Of which VIC speak will have
widely different results. South Carolina will
become more blindly and criminally devoted to
the Sham Democracy whicl, yields to all her
demands But we shall be mistaken if Ohn
and her fr-elnen do not speak in trumpet tones
in reprobation Of that Democracy which does
not hesitate in outraging all TINT they hold
dear!