, 1860-10-08

C;.i=tns Of C1oE County From your own
iai1. erected fer the 50 9 keeping Of cr1mirase,
t.ke the liberty OF addre sing Jou word. l
find myself surrounced By .atls and bars, acd
associated with men charged Or convicted Of
orsu,es aga:nat the peace Of soeiaty, sha lie or
citizens of the Ssa'c OF lliaoisshould erect inch
4 place as this aod give me place in II? l nn
q nati7e Of the free hills Of Scotland In an
esrly day sought your beautiful prairies, 4nd
with the blessing cf God upon ths iaoors Ut mr
hards, made i homo fsr my family. When your
nobl= c&ty, noble in its youthful vigoE, more &c.
b!e in its {utnre, whEu It becomes the western
t.rml1us OF or direct European trade, aud the
grea. western ahipp;ng port for the garten Of
the North American continent; yes, ! may say
your noble city, Wten j: way small El1lags,
mere trading post, when there wcs nel!heE
railroad or canal leading to it, here exchanged
mr. grain for supplies for my Iamiiy; AlIca shat
your ea7l and uytr It have sent mill:o1s OF
bushe.s Of grain 10 your city, and hare taken
from it many millions Of feet OF lumber. In II
oFtbis time have endeavored to llve peaceabiy
with MI meg, aud TO provide things honest in
the right Of ILL Conscious as I am Of many
fs,liu9s and imperfecaions, / sm conscious Of
no ona act in ali this tine, where ioteaded TO
iriurs the persou or properly Of one Of ny fe'-
lou mea. and know nos one man IN tho Stale
Of Illinois, yea, in the whole world, that would
do ought out good TO. If 1t wss il ny po!er..
Friends a1d ue'ghbotz, knor II at nothing hu:
nv peculiar circumstances Wnul1 j:ad ne 10
write thus IN reference to myself. Fellow eitl-
xers. you build jails aud opsa their doors TO IN"
necent men, and tender the services OF your
S.erida and ja;lers 10 the 0Agarehy Of tho South
to held such men as ysclt- What i1juIy hsTe
co:e to Cook county that she should open her
and robbers, Las: autumn tetl,v MAD, it WAS
csined, escaped from the house Of boldsge.
That Providence that orders tie steps Of all
meo, directed lin near 10 ny door. | SAW
what thought WAS a conspiracy of the Judge,
mayor, and attorneys, N a1anals md Stare hunt
ers, to reduce iha. TO slavery, in viol .s:on
Of the Constitution Of the couuary. In tia.
emergency aiupiy tried 70 do my duty to jim
GRAY. ! did Just Whit 6honit do asaln IT l
should find you or ooe OF Jour sons in the s2n1e
eir:umstaueea-.heir Hts:ty exposed and tr1aa
by jury denied them 1 know not tha. hare
II Missouri has the power to hold ela1es aud
you cannot Interfere, hxrs you not the right
to be free from slaveryr Does the Law Of this
State teiz, upon the pnbic properly Of the
count es o1d p1ats it in the hands Of slave hunt
ers7 Does the Law Of this stato take your
servants, the Sher,1s and Jailors, and b,nd them
over to b supple tools OF the oligarchy that
tresds upon the recks Of four millions Of hu.
nan beings at home, and, then claim the right
to tramp!e upon you! Are you compelled 70
DO this By The law Of The stats, CT do you
volunteer your jsiis aud sheriff, that innocent
men have place with the guilsy3 lit IL thu
law Of Illinois that oqeua Cook county jul to
me a. = felon, for shat true aud good men over
she world will say Is no crime, ought not that
law to b repealede II it is Coak county that
opens her ills 10 receive mea for acts. which,
it dono in behalf OF white nen, would be az
tolled everywhere, ought you nos to azise aud
nd ayourselvea Of all responsibility in enslavipg
colored men, and all responsibility in ,mpri1-
oniug homes: man Of your own S.a:e7 Gladly
woul:: l4y in this prison fit wonil arouse ths
reopfe OF this State to control shsir ona ia,le.
sherids and jailors. and decree an eternal di.
vorce bstreen them and the despotism tbs:
wields tbs General Government, that bights