Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-06-10
An Eloquent Speech.

Is An Eloquent Speech.
&c A NrGRo IN HIS Own DEFENcE-
'e Charles H. LangStroth, one Of the Oh, Rim
= men convicted Of aiding in the csc ,pe OF a
N fugitive slave, is himself negro and the
so, of a slave. The address he made TO
re the court when called ~ 10 receive his
d. sentence, was admirably reasoned anI fore
IDLE. 1t would have done much credit 10
> an educated white man. The opening and
! c'o'ing paragraphs OF the speech will givr
= an idea of lis scope and spirit -
W "Some days prior 10 9th of Septem
II her, 1888, happening to be in O1prin
q on visit, found the county round ahom
there, and the village itself filed with a.
; larmlng rumors as 10 The fact that >lav,
: catchers, kilnapp-rS, negro stealers. were
lying hidden and skulking about, waiting
some opportunity 10 get heir bloody hand, I
on some helpless creature 10 drag him hack
or for the first time into helpl.s an life
. long honda e. These reports brcom;n, cur
rent all over that neighborhood, old men
and innocent women aud children berame
l exceedingly alarmed for their safety. II 4
was not uncommon 10 hear morhers saw I
that they dared not send heir children 10
school, FIR fear they would be caught and
carried off by the way. Some Of these
people had become free by lon. ana patient
toll at night, after working tie long. long
day for cruel masters, and then at length
gtti'ng money enough 10 buy their liberty. :
others had become FREE by means of tie /"
meanS of the good will of their ma ter. :
And there We're others who had beeo ne =
free-o their everlas ing honor saw if - D
ny the lnlensest tx, rrse of their own God. :"
gwen powers by escaping from the plant p
ANON OF Their masters, Guiding the blonI !"
thirsty patrols and senrEels so rbrk1v =,
scattered all along their pub, ouirunnin, !,
oioou hounds and horses. Swlmn ng rivers =
anu loidh9 sWamps AID rea hing at LAST "
TN ouSh Incredible ditfculie., what they r.
N Their drluson, supposed to re free soiI. !"
| tese three CLASSES were ia Oberlin. trim ~
oing alike Tor the safety, because thew ~
Wei Knew Their tate should these men-huni- ''
els get their hands on THIN. In the midi %
o' 9uch excitement, the 18th day of Sc ie'
TENDER was ushered in-a day ever to he y"
remembered, IN il.e history OF that pace
ana presume no less in the history of
ms eouri--un which those men bv Win, On
ieVlceS, Dyed into place whore tbev 10.
could get their hands on Li.n-I viii No,
say slave for | do not know that-but = n.
man, brother, who had right To hi, In -
;rty under the laws OF God. under the laws T..
y Nature, aud under the declaration of
An"tr'cah Independence. IN tile midst of -.
IL thiS excitement, the news came 10 ne 49,,
l"e d ''h OF lightning that an actual seiz A.,
ne uhder The Means of fraudulent preten. ,,I'
e. had been m de Being id nti6rJ With
nat man by color, by race, by ma,bonI o,n
s. Inra Ines such as Col has in,plantad ~,
I Us all fell it my duty 10 20 and do N
''"' eouid iowa liberding h m | had At !
i 'o"Iu' Dy my rrvolutio AIRY father and
III oy ms ho#orel associates, that the H.
''daiiiehtai d ctrne OF Il is eoy.rnmelt was ,ho
Z" az men nave right, TO life and lber. = !,
: a''i coming from The Oil Dnmi,,i,n
ouShl mo ONO these sentiments. dceilv -.
pressed upon my heart | wett to We'll
S'o'i, ana hearing from the par les Them :, y,
ives oy What authority the boy wa held -.
custody, l conceived from wha I'M. -
0"iedsr had OF law, thai they had no a"F
,ht 10 hold HIM" ~ ey
..S,,n,, and
some may say there is no dancer of the
9 persons being seized and c,rrifd ,,fr AZ,
saves. NO one need abor under surb his :,
i1iu>l'h' Or, Jour of tile eiglu pri.ona,s nj a.,
% were hrSt carried back under the nor
iooo, were afterwards proved TO be f,es m
tie mercy of the oatIl c IS "ut wholly Argu
laSt Sabbath afternoon letter came =, asst
nom gentleman in St. Louis. inf,rn,,
me mat young lady who was lormor " ~
uhuer my instructions at Coiunbns . W. q
person, Is now lying in the ij at do, re, teie
81 c'aitned as the slave of some wretcI, M,
never saw her before, and wailin,, g. tur,
lm"ny tom relatives at Cohnbn. under
'ohSii her freedom. | could stand Lar,, Spol
the hour and relate such instances 4 ~
nature OF The care they must he -
my occurring. A letter was not -
: 'ou''u on Tie person of a colnters.;,7 Al
"hen arrested, add,es>rd TO Inn, T., ii'S ma
: southern gentle zen. in which ~ eAPrti
er says Gu anohs the nj. ,y.rs. g Tue u
'eir marks and scars make rood d.. - e; ar
,io',S a'.a send to me, and I'm find ma ihe
'"r en- That is the way men mr.. 'hS'on
led la K" TO slavery. '''e many
But in view of ou.,, The p;
CT again man is seized near me all ~
'uu' 10 be carried southwark a. 81. . - ~
r any legal investigation has h. : !, ;
1 s''a'i Mold 1t 10 be my duty. as Ii.
al day, TO secure for him if ,,oSs,I.. ..'e, sr'