Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-06

J "gte,nItlemen, what's thislo said the poor mop
Are you not the property Of Mr.. D o
Seorgial' said the officer '
leentemen' I've been free, hard d.workin,
man these ten years.
as bis slave VI MI d"
shall we describe the leave.takinp--tbe sor
r9Wiul wife, the dismayed children, the tears
lhe anguish, that simple, honest, kindly home
W moment 50 des0lated An, yc who defend
.els because i is law, think for ono hour, what
II ~ thls mat happens 70 your poor brother should
II was a crowded courtroom, and the man
stood there TO be tried-for I(el No. Int for
the life of life-for libertyl
Lawyers hurried to and fro. bpzzipo oon
Sultng, bringing authorities anxious, zeai.
ouf, engaged-for whati To save fellow-
man from bondage ! No anxious, Jealous
lest ne might escape fuL Of zeal to deliver
MN over TO slavery. The poor mans anxious
eyes follow vainly the busy coufse of aTaira
lrom which he dmly learns that he IL "a be
saeIheed-on the altar oi the Union. and that
nus learl- break and anguish, and the tears of
ms wife, and the desolation Of his children are.
Beat saorce, 5oaa4 aii ttl to l6d gs4abgg gP q Be
glorious American altar
Again il is bright day. and business walks
brisk IN this market. Senator aud statesmen.
the learned AID patriotic, are out, this dav. to
give their countenance to an edifyinp, and i'm.
pressive, and truly American spectacle-tbe
sale OF man All the preliminaries of the
scene are there; dusky browed mothers, looking
WIN sad eyes while spectators are turning
round their children, looking at their teeth, and
leelng OF lheir arms; poor, old trembling wo-
man, helpless, half blind, whose last child is to
oe sold holds on 70 Der bright boy with trenb.
hng hands Husbands and wives, sisters aud
friends, all soon to be scattered like the chaf of
the thTeshing floor, look sadly on each other
with poor natures last teare; and among them
walk brlskly, glib, oily politicians, and thriving
men OF law, letters, and religion, exceedingly
spnghtly, and in good spints-for whyi-it
lsn hey that are going to be sold; it its only
somebody else. And 50 they are very comfor-
iort'ble. and look on the whole thing as quite
matter OF course affair, and, as il is to be con.
Quoted to day, decidedly valuable and Judi
cious exhibition ai
and now, after so many hearts aud souls have
been knocked aud thumped this way and that
way ny the auuoneer's hammer, comes the in
sf'uetpe part of the whole and the husband
nm i''tU'' Nhoh we saw ~ MS simple home,
reading and praying with his children, and re.
Jplcing IN the JOY of his poor, ignorant heart
that he lived in free country, is now set up
TO be admoRished Of his mistake
Now there is great excitement, aud pressing
TO sec, aud exultaton and appreciation; for it is
important and interesting to see man put
down that has tried TO be FREQ man
That's he, is it, Couldn't come It, could
he !" say one. ..i.
"No; and he will never come It, that's more"
says another. triumphantly
"a don't generally take much interest ia
scenes OF this nature, says grave RepresoI-
taliye; "but came here to-day lor the sake Of
the Prineiplem
'Genllemen,' says the auctioneer, ''we'vo
got a specimen here that some of Your north
en Rbolitionists would give any price for; but
they snRn't have him! no! we've looked out for
that. The man that buys him must give bends
never 70 sell him to 90 North againl"
"Go it, shout the crowd, good! good hur-
rah!' IAN impressive idea'" says a Senator;
"a noble maintaining of fprinciple!' and the man
is bid off, and the hammer falls with last
crash ON his heart, his hopes, his manhood, and
he lies bleeding wreck on the altar of Liberty!
Such was the altar in l77Gl such is the al
tar in 1881