The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-05-18

THE RESULT OFTHE FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAW
The following letter has been addressed by
Mr.. Hamilton Hin, Secretary of Oberlin Col
Iege, Ohio, U. s., to the British and Foreign
Anti ,hlavery society
"OBERLIN COLLEGE, Ohio, U. 81
Feb II, 1859.
"DEAR SIR;-You have probably seen in
some ofthe American papers an account of the
rescue of a slave from his captors by som OF the
Inhabitants Of Oberlin, assisted bv other humane
persons in the nelghborhood. But lest you
should be unscquainted with the circumstances,
| will state them as c~cncisely as can. The
facts are briefly these. In September last a
fugitive slave residing in this town, named
John Price, was called upon by a lad of the
name Of Boynlon, the son of a farmer in that
vicinity, with a request from his father that
Price would repair to a certain part Of his farm
and dig potatoes. This he agreed to do, and
Immediately started for the place appointed.
On bis arrival he was seized by two men, bound,
and placed in a carriage, which was driven
rapidly over an unlrequented road, towards the
nearest railroad station, they expecting TO take
the cars for the south. A man from this village
met them, and seeing a colored man secured be.
tween two white ones, instantlydivined the truth
He quickly gave the alarm, and a large number
or +bo 0LoSrG, nao,Io ond st,,5ontc G1IouoJ IN
ron;d nurslJ oyynrbanling tho kjdnonnors at a
n1aco c,Ilad Wellingt,n ahout nina milas off
and in conjunction viii Same oF Tho ;nhahi
tants srcccedad in rescn;,r tho noaro withont
hIoodebal ~ v;o1arco ond hronabf rim hanI-
- trir,nnh 10 0ha,Iin frot, rrbanoo Va snor A.
nartod Cr Conodo prornInant - ,Li, 49,
- ansoot;on waro throo Ers1;sLr,on nmd a cantaI
naon. 49, oC 10 n,r aro st,don+s ~ H. ~
Iana tbo otbor a ,n5r,;ad mon rr;tb , all.
T55oso FAM Rrit;sb Srhiocts toootbor WITH th;rtn
,breo others onnaaod =; n tho a fGf,ir oro non ~ =
."ianoJ Ln ,ha Ta5Joro T. G ~! r ~ ny ~;
tod States ,nIer = cborga If y~iolating Tho r.
oit;va SIove law an1 ara owa;tiny tSa;r tr;oI
99-b;ob totos ,,Ioca IN Morcb ~
7 mantion that one of the grand ;urv rvos tbo
90 ~ mon who sont Ills son to dscoyy ia n,.ra
III that No nant i,,ror ,n;1I Ia ~ iion-aJ -
tbasa prisoners Who will not frsf sygoor mat 10
X ~ annosod 20 his ;n;a,,;ta,,s Fnn;s..s CT -
as al 49, horr nn,,h ~ -"
nr;ts Io 20 q right 70 oxnact And nou. I con,o
r. tbo obiont 7 bayo !, r[iau !, wr;tinr Eli, Int
tor and yyILiob 10 {, .sofic;t frn,, tbn r;a,5S r.
tho slo ,a IN Groot Rri+a;n sono n,curior, ossis
1000 40 toroLio tt,oeo s,h;ants foF h,r Ma;ast,.
to n,oo+ tbo nynoneo nocesSor, RI dnf,rd b.
so1rns auo;nst I'M ,nd;otrnom+ Tho ;ndir;Inni
~ n,,ost3?oa IA MAJ u,boso ,,o,rsn - ,nrr, liz,
=; M tLa,,a1, III -, ranH;nad IN ~ aa" n
rnrat i,aIv sfn.7I ttoy = drtiraIr nnabIo -
rooot tha nncossoryT ynanses o,cht ~ 7
thof ono ~ tbo vorng FnaIisbr,o, a. - C,r,
,,ool.s sirno salad hT a do21,4, ,,,rsL,1 - tLo
midst Of his scholars The yeas aLsnnt from, bsro
inacn inn . ai<trirt sr,onI fr fsn oy,nter NM.
cnf,d tbongb he made no resistance "a snn-
yovad G,nrtoon ,niIne n Colpnh,. ,rhar, bo
vrse consiynod tn a ioafhsoma n,isnn and kont
ei~htcen hours without ood, Ills comnan;o5s
were the very lowest dregs of society. The
next day he was taken nearly 200 miles to
T,eVe,"no' " aPPea' oooie 'ne Ju'So' anu NhPh
nearly twenty wars 7 have beon Secondary 81
this college, | am in every sense of the av2yd m
Eagfsbman; and such outrages as these | have
tecoioou anu Que more | nave {et 70 "eh''oh'
naive country The other ontraap T avI1a ~
is this--about two weeks ago a slave was buyat
a2ive in Kentucky, within sight Of Ohio. This
is the third case Of The kind in Kentucky, with
in a few months. In there any other cjvi}iz,d on
halt ciUifzea country in the world where crimi
nails are burnt alive? Oberlin is well known
in England asa thorough anti-slavcry ~institu-
ton. Here the colored man is educated on a
equality aoih the Utte. No fugitive slave
has ever yet been taken back to bondage from
Oberlin, Notwithstanding We have a pretty nu-
merous population of that sort, and notwith-
standing also, that many attempts have been
made to that end we intend, as Sod will give