The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-04-30
Two Cases COntrastcd.

Two Cases COntraStcd.
from the Chicago Press and Tribune.)
The tendency Of the government Of
this Republic was never more faithfully
illustrated than in two recent trials-one
ut Charleston, the other at Cleveland
one the trial Of gang of desperadoes
aud cut ,hroats who were engaged in re.
ducing a cargo Of innocent men to Slave
~, and The other the tria! Of one of
twenty or more Chrlstions for assisting
one ensla 'ed man to regain the Freedom
Of which he had been robbed. We have
| alluded to the cases before but we have
not yet seen them contracted. Ia the
first, there is no doubt that the charge
unwillingly urged by the Government
agains, the crew and officers of the
schooner Echo, was fully sustained. The
captain of the L. S. Brig Dolphin, by
whom the Echo was captured; was on tho
stand as u witnes. He testified pointed.
~ ns to the arrest of the prisoners on the
high seas; to the fact that they had a
cargo of half-starvcd Africans on board !;
that the marked chart on the vessel
showed their track from the coast where
their slaves were shipped, to the spot
where .he capture was made; that the
blacks were in irons and in the hold; and
that the 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-tradcr, and
that the prisoners were willingly, know
ingly and criminally engaged in the for
hidden traffic. His testimony was sup
ported by other witnesses of unmpeach-
ed veraciry. The identity Of the men,
and the facts charged in the indictment,
were clearly proved--so clearly that the
defence offered no rebutting evidence
whatever, The Attorneys FOR the aceus
ed knew what they were doing; and that
they might depend upon the indispo.i.
ton Of the government to convict. The
case went to the jury, and that body
sworn to act according to the law and
the testimony, h STATED only to make ,
show of dellberasion before they return.
ed with verdict of Not Guilty, There
is not boy in the streets of Charlcstou
who does not know t n. the fading in
the case was a lie; and that no outrag,
has been inflicted upon law and justice
The other case is that Of the Oberliu
rescuerS. with which our render. are al
ready familiar. The IMAM John" ar
escaped Kentucky chattel, was arrested
in Ohio by slave catcher, who docs hi:
dirty business on shares. The arrest Wa,
on warrant issued by an officer wht
had no jurisdiction in the district, nnt
of course was without legality; bu. tn,
Marshal refused to give the prisoner up
An excitement arose among the free mel
Of the neighborhood that so shauele
thing should be; and without violence o.
intimidation, they terrified the coward,
officials so much tina, they suffered Johl
to escape. The rescuers were Iotely in
dic,ed One Of them has Just been trict
} BY Democratic court and Democrat
, jury; and though the testimony was lam
and inconc!usivc, the Government hal
made such extraordinary excrtions tia,
speedy conviction was had, and he i
sentenced TO a fine Of a Il ousand dollars
or year in the Penitentia-y. Invent
othcrs--not pirates, eut-throats, slave
traders, but men Of character for in:ec
ri,y and virtuc--aro in prison awaiting
similar trial and a similar sentence
As vet we hear from no Democrat
e journal word Of condemnation for til
, proceedings in either case. Editors an
. orators are sending up jubilant shouts i
consequence of the "vindication of law
in Ohio, but we have yet to know thu
i they ave uttered a murmur a, the def
t ancc Of law in South Carolina. Tt
o same power that empanneled the jury b
which crew Of pirates were turned loos
, and invited to repea, their crimes, bel
: the key to the jury box in which sat tn
t nen who have published the lover Of FREE
Q dom, in Oberlin, with the EXTREMIST per
atty Of the Law! That power is the Fec
oral Government welded by James p,
c chanan. He and the party of which i
e is the head must be held responsible f
!. verdiets like these. Let the people no,
), that in this era Of the Republic til
" Slave-trade is no crime, but those WI
& laugh and shout in appreciation of ii
g act, when an escaped slave is recovere
- from the clutches of the hound bv whlc
l., he is pursued for a price, shall feel tn
Slavery reaches with long arm al
sharp talons into the heart of every Fro
n State.
- The trials Of which we speak will LA,
-. widely different results. South Carolr
will become more blindly and criminal
devoted to the Sham Democracy whic
I yields to all her demands But we sha
be mistaken il Ohio aud her freemen {
G not speak in trumpet tones in reprob
ton Of that Democracy which docs NJ
hesitate in outraging all that they he
t dear
t.Shail We have piatfOTml ~
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