New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-23
fs.i rtuI have diserseei Jassics', Cent Ia
Asrs.-jotkey case, Vas a. foDows:

inst rcue have osSTtef JasIcet OeofS Ia y
Ssrs.. Jockey case, ras as follows:
"Tte MsIssal Of the United States ior the District
4 Correeieut vii deliver over 10 Lest joan B.
pan. az the United States Navy AID ard IN convey
i,g on board the Schooner 6r,mpu,, under ss soso-
ra all the Iegroet late Of the Spanish reho0ser
kmi,tsd in bis cusiody, under protees nov Penalsg
eeor. the District Court Of the United States for tes
District Of Connecticut For % dong THE order Tn
,, his vsnant Given under my hand, 1t the City OF
IN VAN BURES."
or the many base ssts done by m Van Buren,"
n behalf Of Slavery, this vas the neanest. About
our years after the date Of this order, its susaor
became satisfied that ,lsyeholders nave no further
,npIoy meuy for DOpshfsess whom they have used,
ND used up.
But the temple where the victims were to Be
Jtered up TO Csban vengeance proved 70 be their
,oose Of refuge. Some plan men, taking p''y Oh
ne hurtes fssitises, employed able counsel 70 de-
ehd them. The eae was pr0bed to the bottom.
In January Is4o, the Court decided that Cinsue
ssd bis o mr.Jes bad never been legally 10 slavery,
ard repudisied the claims Of GetsA y ard Ra'z sod
Nontez, and the demand Of the Cavsllero Pedro
Acsntars Agar ThereuPon, instead OF Marshal
Wilcox csrDus the ne rOes on board tie tchooner
Grampus, Attorney Holssird earned the case up
% ,pe Circuit Court. In April folio wing, the
Judges OF that Court dlsagreed pro JormA, And IN
iue course the case reached the Supreme Court at
EashI s.on, in the Winter Of lc4o-4l.
Throughout these weary eighteen moatss, the
aetroes h,J remained in prison, the Federal Gov
.rpment pressing them With al the weight OF It's
authority, and prosecuting them with remorseles'
igor. On the very morning in February, 1871,
shtn Reger s. Baldwin and John Quincy Adams
eiaram 81 rtncrab,l. ssmsn"-rose to argue the
,ase 10 Washington, the official psper Of
he Administration tried to prejudice their
:suse BY disgrsceful appeal to local and
sctiobsl passions, and 6eEcsly denounced
the Di.trct Judge before whom it was originally
heard. The speech Of Mr. Adams extended
through two days. The seathing he gave the
.stobpole Of Ike White House ard bis subordinate
oimps CONSTITUTES, an era 10 the forensic displays Of
that tribunal The question Was too plain for
LsveboldiDg casuistry. After spending nearly q
GEAR and kree quarters in confinement, the prison
iooIs Of Ciosue and his associates were thrown
open. Niue of them did not stay to share the ben
.fts of The final decree of the Court They had
been already released from imprisonment by the
,bs6owy messengers whose summons no earthly
tribunal can vacate or stay. This ease still fingers
,popg US. After much fruitles diplomatic uego-
aation bill bas been reported By Committee Of
he United State. Senate, and is now pending Ia
hat body, 10 pay Spin for the Amistad negroes!
We run no parallel between POerio and his com
r.des and Cingue and bis, except to say that it
,eems 10 make difference whether insurgents
xso strike for Freedom are born on the north or
hs south side of the Mediterranean Sea, and
shether they happen to fall into the hands Of
aonarchical or democratic governments.