, 1860-01-14
Slavery in Illinois.

Our readers viii remember !tat in Mr. Farms
worth's late speech in the House Of Representa-
tires, reference was lnaa: to the practice pre-.
va;ins in '' Egypt" uf kidnapping co}crcd men
mud advertising for owners as was done III the
case Of the negro Jim, who was last seen ut
Ottawa 1t will be remembered. also. that Mr..
J"hn Logan, Of dirty work" celebrity, replied
to Ns. Farnsworth that whoever asserts that
''tLe peuple u Egypt arc i'll the habit Of dcal-
ling with pcgrncs contrary to lax, *ays Eclat "a
"sohouy jdhs." IN subsequent portion Of the
debate, Mr.. Logan, D. ", said:
II understand tLut two negroes were arrested
near tue town ol Joncsboro, fur!y miles distant
from where reside; and in order 10 prevent
their rescue by tic Republicans, they wr.c dc
tanned unit! their masters were notified aud
can'c for them. I e"dorxt 1a1t act. ! think
They were right in SO notifying their masters
and delivering them up; und our people will
still continue to DO So
Mr, rA:sswonrn-Y on endorse tl.cm, d. you:
Mr. 1.ooAS-ies. sir; do"
Since The date Of that discussion Mr. Farms
worth has received a letter from citizen Of
Union County. Illinois, which will probably
cluse tile mouth Of Mr. Loga,', u. ", though it
nuy uot nsukc lin, ashamed Of hilnsclC II is rs
follows: =
ANNA. Cnisu Cn. ILL.,, jan. 9. ls69.
Hon. J. F. FARxswo a1u-SlR ~. write you
this letter that you may be ab!c to learn from
Mr. JOHN 4. Logan, the Representative from
this district. whether the following mode Of
dealing with colotcd men is the t'3 Of Egypt
Illinois, md in nccorduucc with democratic
duty, and q, tue sau,e time, necessary to save
the Union.
CASE No. l.-Shortly n!tcr the Uttan'n rescue
scrare, J. u, Joncs, j. ksrtlcy, and Alex Nc
Keency went aboard tic cars Of the Illinois
Central Road mud Kidnapped negro, and kept
lim confined in .Joan' owa houss for several
days. ly und by, thinking tlat IN owner could
in Anna, kirtlcy, one of the gung. las am in.
formed by reliable 1nan Of cur to NJ got OH
board tue cars ouc morning tefo1e daylight
with tile black in question, and started
South. Whether he had to 80 ul the way 10
New Orleans 10 find III owner is not known,
thougl. hc was gone some weeks And whc he
returned to Annu there was no nes:o with lin.
How much he got for "Indingau owner" he has
nut told publicly, but suppose 81 900 is abuut
NAs1 aue klahaIleo ahnu Hoa 'bE.
CASE, No. e.-;eo. Elcms aud Dan Bartlett
committed un assault mud battery Oh negro,
by the name Of George, By lnucking him IN
the head with stone; they then tied lin. aud
brought him into town and imprisoned him in
the hack room Of Jascph Stones whisky sllop,
and kept him there from Tuesday night until
Thursday week ttlercaftcr-cxccrt such portion
Of thc time rs they had lin, Ut work OIL the
streets. AT the "uj Of ten days Elcms sold out
his right, title And interest in the man 10 Jones
for one yoke Of oxen and wagon. Jones
agreed also 10 pay half the expenses which
Bartlett aul El1ms had been nj in catching md
keeping thu cssray. 1sut Jones now refuses to
pay my portion Of tie expenses. So Elm
brought suik against him to rtco@r tie money
according to tier contracf in Tie purchase ard
SAID Of tie ntaro. jones employed John
Douglcrty to attend to tho cnsc for him.
DoughertF went " Eleina and threatencd "tc
put the law in force aEuinst him" unl.ss lie re.
lnquis1'ed the suit; that il he {EIe.ns) made
Jones' pay tile money lie (Dougherty) wouit
hnre both OF them (E!elns and 1Iartictt) arrested
for The unlawful seizure and detention Of tht
black man, which was a rcn::cntiary efIense
Eicms and NartIett inding thut they werc gct
ting themselves into a bad scrapc with the
slave trading speculation. preferred to withdraw
the suit, lose their damages, pay half The cost
Of tue suit and quit eycn-keeping the oxe,
and wagon, however, for their share in th
sale Of the negro, rather Than run the risk q
getting into the penitentiary at Alton.
The foregoing facts can be established ly un
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