Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-21

CLEVELAND bulg Auths Ao"S'
l thank my God that there is sustainment Of
truth, in this part Of the moral vineyard
through whose columns truth is irresisably borne,
and falsehood deseUcdly condemned and exposed,
to lis iurlherest circulation. A Journal, mean,
that is never so hard up for matter as to pub
lish lies on an innocent people, like one Of ts Co
temporarics, (The Daily National Dsmocrat,)
which afBrms in its last Tuesday mornings issue,
that sixteen fugitive slaves, who had escaped
from the South at various periods within the last
two years and who had been living at the negro SET
tement at Chatham, Canada West" aud who came
over on the packet Union. from Port Stanley last
Monday morning with the intention Of returning to
the South. Which, says the Democrat, they did,
or to use its own language, the entire party took
She 1880 A. NJ. train for Cincinnati, happy in the
thought that they were going home.' Then adds,
" What a capital opportunity it would have been
for Peck Bushnell, Plumb & Co., to have got up
a rescue" From this stigma which is used it
seems to varnish the lie, we apprehend that his
patient (UDole SAM is not entirely well of the
wound he received few days since, and that he,
(the DemocraD is in search of balm to ease his
pain, but that patient win remain unoured ill be
uses Peck, Plumb, Bushnell Il Coz pills But to
the subject
The Democrat says that sixteen fugitive slaves
returned to the South. That " a short time ago
they wrote to their master, informing him OF their
desire to return, and requesting him TO meet them
at Cleveland" and that &" their old master was
there TO meet them This is an uumitigate lie,
and the Democrat, or bis informant is the liar
lie, which hope you will arrest and imprisOn for
life 10y the authority Of one who is well acquainted
with tire facts in relation to the sixteen cOlOred
| persons, consisting OF men, women, boys, girls
| AID babies No one Of them has Ielnrued TO
! Slavery; indeed twO~thirds Of them were born in
Canada, and half Of the remaining have good free
papers Five Of them, consisting of one mau
three little children, aud one woman, took the train
| for Kentucky. The woman is the mother OF the
| little ones and the brother Of the man. These are
| all free. The brother never lived in Canada, but
| came after his lister. Why did be come Because
the "nggers are ali starving in Canada ~ No,
| Mr.. Democrat, that sister got married aud moved
to Cana0a, but her husband coming across a white
damsel, likely fallen angel from the Democratic
family fell deeply in love with her, whereupon he
left his wife, home, aud little innocent prattlers
aud followed the white girl, When about 10 start,
lie wrote to his brother, who the Democrat styles
as old master, stating that his sister was starv~
ing, aud that If he did not come after Der she
would sarve to death The wife knew no hing Of
this He had written in the wiie's name repeated
ly for money, but as he did not give the signal,
which the wife told her friends sue would give Us
often as.a letter came by her authority, no money
came. When the atleCtiOnate brother received
this unfavorable Intelligence, he Immediately start
ed after his sister, ana left here ON his return with
his lister and three children, ON the 1880 A. N
train for Cincinnati last Tuesday. Is that going
into Slavery agaiul Well, where are the Others
Five OF the same "parly" left this A. NJ for 0bGrin
one yesterday for Pittsburgh aud ono ready tC
leave for Cinccnati to receive $1,000 90 left TO hei
by her father, and four are still here in Cleveland
This know to be true, as read the wOmaus pa
pers who went TO Kentucky, talked with hei
brother, aud read the letters of the lady who wal
TO receive the little fortune. Nor are any of then
from the negro settlements at Chatham"
The Democrat knew very little about the geOg
raphy of c. W., when 1t supposes that QUO short o.
means would come 10 Cleveland from Chatham
via Port Stanly.
Yours in behalf of Truth and Freedom,
II. LEWIS PERRY
What viii the Democrat say now After read
ing the above, let them sec what even the slave
catching Plaindeaier Of last evening says:
"SOLD.--A mOruing contemporary was badlyso
IN reference to the sixteen fugitive slaves who
were said TO have come from Cauada day or tw
since ou the schooner Union, en- route for In
Southern States We took occasion to learn thu
| facts from the Captain of the Union Immediately
after he arrived, aud he informed us that none q
the blacks were going back to slavery-that por
, tiQn of them were bound TO Oberlin % and th
: balance to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh So muol
for so much
Don't be too hasy neighbor Democrat 10 SUP
pose that every colored person who looks South
ward is returning South, from pure love of SLAYER
and Chains lint leaTn thp fpcts