, 1860-07-10
nss mnun KIDNAPPING.

The case is thl3:-.A party u Aiuu"Ff
at Clifton, station oo the lower DIVISION o.
the illinois Central Ra7:oad, seize three negro
men. without warra5t, officer Of anT prosesso' o'
l.w. who with the alleged eounivance and coa-
sent Of Conductor running train On 1na1
road. are carried cn, By tcrce Of arms, INTO
s7arerr. On tie return Of that Conductor, he
!. repropcned for bis share in that illegal anu
thoroughly i;,i infamous transaction, and replies,
"tbe id niggers. ought to be carried OH
iute Slavery any how, and that The Cd
Black Republicans deserve Fate but Lille II
II We have heretofore failed to say anything
in rep.obation Of the conduct Of this COD
ductor. our silence Ens bsen caused By TIC
sun, o.i.ion that the responsible gentlemen
who are managing that great road for the Dell"
eff of its stockholders and Tue public, would
not fail as son as the knowledge Of t'ls
transaction came to their ears, to remove the
c,nilty man and eutrust lis train to some one
who has less Of the zeal Of tho Eldnapper IN
his nature. But hearing that lie is still in hla
rlace and that no notice has been taken II
his employers Of his violation Of Ito statutes
Of the State OF Of his wauton aud cnpro'okco
insult to a majority Of the people Of 1nno's'
ne are compelled to ask if lis retention is 10
I've considered rs IN evidence Of tho Compa-
uys appreciation Of his conduct, and as an alus'
t,a.ion Of tue political bins Of that great cor
poratiou? We want to t1aye the question dts
.inct a1swtred-is tho Illinois Central at
the service Of any company OF Hto-
naprc.s who may Choose to use its cars,
and its conductors Cor tue accomplishment OF
their neiarious purposes? Is it to 10 under
stood flat, without tic authority Of court or
the command Of officer, the road becomes Il
part Of the kidnapping machinery which is
kept in full p!ay in Southern Illinois? The
frequency Of tho outrages on the lower dlvls-
ion Of that work, which could not have har-
pened without the counirance Of these in Gu
thority, compeis us 10 put these questions
plainly and to demand explicit replies. We
know that the people Of this st' e-that the
ABlack Republican" majority upon whose
friendly disposition and good Offices SO much
Of the prosperity Of the road depends
not be content with any cvaslve answers.
This outrage Of which, VIC speak is the last
featller on the csmcl's hack; aud now the
time has comc fer the managers to disarow
these Illegal proceedings and punish their per-
pstrasors-or to meet the consequences.
We expect tie road to carry iugltives from
"labor or Justice 1t cannot do otherwise.
But at tile came time VIC demand that the kid
nspp:rs in It's servics shall be restrained or
discharged, and that tho public sense Of jus
tice and security shall be no more outraged hy
scenes like those in which some Of its agents
hare so long and so openly assisted Illinois
is q free State; and the corporation or iudiyid'
ual that attempts here tho practises which
slavery sanctions or winks at may anticipate
tempest We do not threnten--wc only
e1postulate, and VIC entrcat' the Directory to
heat.
As for that conductor against whom public
Indignation is Low; directed, we hare
aot u word to say The. ignorance or
lack OF conscience which impelled
him, in defiance Of the law, Of COM
mon sense and COMMON humanity, to become a
party to scheme for hurrying three peacea'
bic. industrious and blamelcss men into life
Of bondage, is inseusble to newspaper re-
proof 0nly by educating Lis moral sense and
instructing his understanding AS to the nature
and extent Of otbe.s rights and lis Duties, csn
he be made 10 feel thu. lie has been guilty o.
hagrant outrage. VIII not some good mis-
sioua-y or Sunday school teacher take him IL
hand?