, 1860-05-28

1EsoA Ac -. So3tEH tAn} r es UeMocf1f, 19ta,1
One of those strange. but NOT very unfrequent,
cullar institution" happened in our city On list
Saturday. Upon tile evidence Of two very re-.
spec able sud disintercsted gentlemen ~ resi.
dents of our city, girl about eighteen CT twen-
y years OF ogt. AID whor, our nsi2hboss Of ,hs
Gd-efte sas tho best Of judges might nistake
slave. What seems'to he 4 little strange in the
case, is the fact Of her harin;; ived in our citT
fora number Of months in q prominent ci,jzen;s
family, as free aud white servant girl. aud no
one ever suspect'ng o: possibly thioking her
fugitive from toudsEe. and 5el remaining in a
to her arrest she had resided in Bellemopt
kansas, vi ere else was taken for white wo-
niap, anu treated VITA that same defcreuce
shown to all other nhic women br civilized
people, u"w.ver, upon the niidavits Of thes9
Two WORTHLESS, who. it SEEMS, were acquainted
Eitl her in LeA1ngtoc, where, it is alleged, she
belonged to one Tntr, The olficrrs of or CITY
proceeded to nuke TIE arrest. Upon seeing the
girl mud questioning her, they could not per
suade themselves that she was RIaye. and re-
fused to mike the arrest, and sent tor 1be Mar
shal. lie, to-ced by his duty, performed tho
painful aud Illuminating act. We understand
that she was tnksn into safe keeping. and Sir.
Tut te'egrsplei fur, wLo Of course cane.
claimed her as l's property, paid the dis,nter-
estel worthless who showed snch disiuterested
kindness, aad took her away quietly. Of fcourse
1t IS Ill right. and even if the girl is a. whf,e
intelligent and pretty Us most ef young lad1es.
md even claimed to be from Illinois. and could
give references .lcuvinE e4er being slave. that
right has she To b heard when two respectable.
worthy pra s,artrg men say they kuow her TO
be slave? 0fcourse cur Justice must remand
her tn bondage and doom worse than death.
because, forsooih, the slave oligaEchy dem nd it.
Whether Sue is slave or Mt re do not know.
but taking it Tor granted that she IL, NE look
upon it as an outrage upon the feelings Of bu.
nauity and char aracterstc only Ct q barbarous
age, and Of more bashzrous people. Bat the
circumstance gives us Ii v:ew Of The LeautnLs
systematic peculiar Institution, ,''-vhlch va
l8yc never seen before, and is that which piyes
mea the privilege OF parderlug in the traffic of
human 0esh and blood tina. stands pre- eminent
to their own ia every respect in color, in intel.
iRs1ce, in humanity, sH-soss@.-This Is one in.
stance OF thousands That occur iQ our country.
but il is sufficient itself, when caudidlg view.
cd, to make the soul sick with the low denraxed
condition to which &tis cursed system Of On.
press,on sinks the human beios y ho engages IN
it,. We should like to know the difference be-
tween taking a free ~Eile girl from fHanotf.
scAert this t,1inatd ia be from, aud doubtless
was, aud consiEn!ug Eer to slavery upon The
say Of s~o or thousand men, aud The ciyinu
up Of this one, in 4 moral point Of REV. OF
course the laws Of slavery make it right: the
laws Of Guc and conscience tell rs it is wrong.
We refer to this merely Is an ius,ance showing
up the disgusting qualities of this .inetitudon.
which, we contend, IL q cs,rae to Us and ot,r
country, scei.llr, poltica II, morally. and ia
this State, most ertainly, ecuuieriy..