The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-31

Brown"
Brown-"I am not, sir"
Jacobs-"Were you not named otter
John Brown-for / have heard that num-
Der of colored persons whom he conveyed
to Canada had adopted his name 7"
Brown-"I cannot say whether was
named before or after him. My name is
John NJ. Brown"
Jacobs-"Can you read and write 7"
Brown-"I can"
Jacobs g You read the Bible, | supposed
| have read it through three times"
Brown-'I do, and have read it through
many more times than that"
Jacobs-"You are minister of the Cos
pel?"
Brownies, sir"
Jacobs-"So am /, and have been for
twenty years. You ought to try to do
your colored friends all the good you can
Instil into their minds the spirit of the Cos
pei, which, among other things, teaches
that servants must be obedient to their
masters, faithful and true in all things,
and that masters must give unto their SER
wants that which is just and equal, know
ing that they also have master in hea-
ven.'"
After this conversation, which was con-
Quoted very pleasantly ON both sides, Hack
EFT was introduced, who proceeded to say:
II am happy, Mr.. Jacobs, in being SO
politely invited by you to have a confer
ence on the merits of your favorite bill
Y ou requested in your note to have pri-
vate interview, in your private room, and,
sir, am here with my friend and pastor
to meet you"
Mr. Jacobs then invited the parties, with
few friends, to- his room, the foregoing
colloquy having taken place in the public
saloon.
After reaching the room, and the CON-
pany quieted, Mr. Jacobs stated to Hack
EFT that he desired this interview for the
purpose of seeing him and conversing on
the subject of his bill. He had frequent
ly heard of him in Annapolis, and would
ask him some questions.
Hackett said he would cheerfully ans
wer any questions, and begged that he too
might be permitted to ask The gentleman
few.
Jacobs-"Are you free mani"
Hackett-"I am, sir, though paid for
it before | was 2 years old"
He then proceeded to give some account
of his history, stating that he was two and
half years in the Constitution with Com.
Claxton, and after the death of that officer
he established a livery stable in Baltimore,
when he employed white men, and his
book-keeper, to whom he paid S25 month,
was now a very prominent gentleman,
holding Office and highly respected.
This account appeared to interest Mr..
Jacobs, and when it was over he remarked
that he was the real friend of the colored
man; that he would do nothing to injure
them in their rights, their persons, or their
property; that if his bill had passed he
thought the negro would be much better
provided for than he is now; that he held
a large number Of slaves himself, and if it
was right for these men and women to be
his slaves, then it was equally right that
all the negros in Maryland should also be
slaves, if they remained here; that he was
a minister of the gospel, and had read the
scriptures through several times. MIR. j.
made quotations to prove that all the col
ored race should be slaves. He also said
a good deal more, and sometimes was much
excited, but his remarks were generally
made in kind though earnest and sincere
manner.
Hackett went on to respond, in which he
evinced much shrewdness and ingenuity,
and which sometimes nettled the gentle
man addressed He asked Mr.. Jacobs to
point out any passage from Genesis to Rev
elation, where God said at any time that
he had created a black slave or white
: one. In his opinion, all were created in the
r image and after the likeness of God, and
were pronounced good. He said slaves
exist in other countries by capture; so
here they exist by capture-black to be
sure; but in Europe the slaves are white,
and tie serfs in Russia are bought and sold
with the estates on which they serve.
, Hackett went on to say that he was a
representative of 10000 freemen, who were
recognized by the laws of God and man as
being free, and that Mr.. Jacobs bill was
intended to enslave them; that God is the
father of us all, and that he did not think
it right to Cypress the free colored man.
1t was true bis sympathies were all with
the Southern side of the slavery question,
for he had nothing to do with the North,
and never had; and while he would not in
terfere with the rights of owners of slaves,
he felt that he too, as the individual Geo
A. Hackett, and also the representative of
10000 free men of color, had his cOnstitu-
tiOnal and legal rights, which he believed
We're assaulted in that bill, and he was most
happy to be so kindly permitted to meet
its author, and in this friendly way express
his sentiments and urge his objections to
said bill. He concluded by saying that
he was a specimen of his party; that they,
as general thing, were honest and indus
trious, and many of them had accumulated
considerable property, and if Mr.. Jacobs
bill had passed, it would have resulted in
great wrong and injustice to them as a
body.
The interview lasted nearly an hour, and
| wa bava oivan hut this brief account of it