, 1860-06-09
39reas & Trih1tt1e<


Democratic party in rsfusing admiration to
new State because she Is FREE Look al Knnsas.
The suticiency ct her population il proved.
The regularity Of her application is admitted.
The Republican character Of her Constitution
no ons denies. But she comes without shacklos
on her limbs, and without slave whip in her
hand. Will she be admitted?' Ask the Sen.
ate, or tha: insolent majority thereof that is
debating UPON her request. No, it has been
agreed in party CAUCUS that aomo miserable
pretext Of objection shall he raised as to
boundary line, whereby the true cause Of re"
fusal may be concealed, aud that her applies
tion shall be denied. The mtn who will rote
to keep her out Of the Uuion because she is tree,
arc the very scoundrels who hare barled
themselves hoarse in denuncIations Of Repnb.
licaus, alleging that they would grant no ad'
mission 10 State because she was slare1
No mere human impudeace could so further!
i: rLAcRANr CASE OF KlDNAP-
The beauties Of kidnapping arc not mo.
nopthy .. Illinois. Tue del'rIum tremens iiav:
inc carried of tho two ritgleaders IN Union
county, in this Stale, their immortal parts
sssm to have been trapsmigrated to tho earthly
tabcruacles Of pair Of incredible scoundrels
il Ohio. In Justice to that common wealth,
however, wc must say that Ohio is not 1espon-
eible in any degree for their birth or education.
They came from Virginia, and having stolen !.
free nan, born and brought up in OHIO, they
hurried over 10 Kentucky, aud with the conni-
vance and help Of the Mayor Of Newport, std
him into slavery.
The ia::s are substantially these: James
W4ggoucr, the person K dnapped, was brrn in
OH, abnut tue rear 1896. His father had
be=n slave in Wyshe county, Virginia, but
WAS enanc;pated by the will Of A's master, il
1898. lie removed 10 Ohio in 1881. In ls43,
ssve:al years after tile birth of James, the will
Of the Virginia master was, hy Soma means,
c.tceled by order Of court in Wythe county.
But that circumstance had nothing to do with
the ca.e, as it was cot contended that the rul-
ipgs Of prohata judge in Virginia could affect
tie liberty OF a person born in Ohio. These
facts were sworn TO before tie Mayor Of New
PIT, by three comPetett witnesses from Cir
cipuat, aud attested BY the aifidavits Of olher
responsible parties. A brace Of kidnappers,
named Stewart and Weaver, came over from
Virginia in search Of fugitive slave, for WHO'S
arrest they were to receive SIS. Not finding
the chatttl they sought, they seized young
Wa:gones, carried him over the river, and
lodgsd linn in the Newport Jail. This was
done six moths ago-the lidnappers in tile
interim seeking 10 vain for his owner. The
t4cts having CONS to the knowledge Of somo
benevolent persons in Newport, just before
ths man was to be sold for jail fc:s, writ q
Aubeas corpus was procured, on which Wag.
goner was brought before the Mayor Of the
city for an investigation Of his claim to free.
dom. Tho only evidence adduccd TO establish
the pEetenee thut be was slave, was the an
nullnent Of the will, in 1s43, and the state.
ment Of single witness that Waggoner re-
sen,bled slave who had run away fire years
05V~kISEI kNV tsCkNsf ~ H1tAAUN VI Cb lACltt
referring, Of Curse, to two different persons
Af.er hear'ng the testimony, The Mayer
sated that be had had no doubt from tie frs,
tha: James Waggoncr WAS a slarc, md had
heard nothing to disprovc linn such; there
fore, he remanded Lin 10 jail. Hardly Ind
be reachtd it, when he was hastened into q
buggy and driven off to Alexandria to tie
aact,on block. An injunction, however, which
had bcea sued out, WIS Immediately dispatched,
but the party having tho negro in Charge, were
few minutes ahead. Az the party nearel
Alexandria, one Col. Smalley, who appears tt
hare been in the kidnapping intercs', drovt
up, passed The pursuers aud reached the She1
it's party, iut3rmed them Of the Injunction OH
the way. took the negro into his buggy and
reached Alex sndria first No enc in tha,
pla:e eilher saw or heard Of the sale, and
when the Injunction party reached it they
heard that tho negro was purchased by DR.
J. @. l. Foster, Of Newport, for 500 on bis
note inao.sed by man named Nelson, wins
pecunari'y irresponsible; but the negro hatl
been spirited away, nor could lie be found OF
heard Of after the strictest Eearch and Inquiry.
T. has sincs traospired that when the injunc-
ton party reached Alexandria and notified tEo
Sasr 4 Of tho nature Of their errand, exhibit
ing the mandate Of lie Court which forbado
him and al other persons to sell or remoyo
the captirs, Nasgoner WAS locked up in the
oslce Of Foster not more than fifty toet from
the place where tho Sheriff stood. Yet the
latter functionary repeatedly and stoutly de-
the town. and while the SLer.F was MAXIM;
these answers to the parties who held the i1l.
Junction, Foster and Nelson werc making GU:
the necessary papers to give color to the salr
The recent exposition Of these facts natural
" created great excisen mt and indignation il.
both Cincinnati ond Newport. We leave tho
characterization Of the crime to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, the leading pro.slavery organ ci
ONO, which uses Tue following language:
"The caac il hard one-indeed, 20 unjust
as to rhock every sense Of right. A colored
boy. under the charge that he was slave and
A4AA N9NAptA i1b4 AaS y" u AAAtl 10 men
tueky, and il imprisoned till his owner calls ior
and tskes him away. No owner can be found
for hin; none calls 10 claim him, even at the
Ind Of months Of inprlBoument. Every Pre-
sumption was in favor Of lis innocence. In.
deed. he is proved to bare been born free In
have been, and returned to Ohio, he is still lnne
or detained 10 prison. until he pays the cost Of
his keeping for the rreylous months. he bad
no means Whes tuken tn prison on the charge
Of being runaway slav', and while in contine.
ment be Ind no opportunity Of earning what
would pay bis board in jail, or even court and
jail fees- In fine, he Was worse off pecuniariiy,
at the end Of s,x months, than be was at The
commencement be had cot been imprisoned
and kept IN confinement FIR any violation ofthe
laws Of Kentucky, not even for ragrancy. he
was taken int, tbs Stare against bis will. and
imprisoned on suspicion that be was the slary
Of ZONE person or persons in Virginia. The
laws Of kentocky, lustead Of making The party
who had The buy imp'i .oned pay all the e1 pen
ses attending the Imprisonment, as right md
justice would plainly dictate, they require tt.e
innocent party not only to undergo the impris
cArcerasion, und If be fails top pay, be is sold III
to perpetual slavery. Can my case be harde'
The concluding interrogatory Of the En-
quirer should be answered while its 7e
moraefnl st is OF There is one case ever
harder than that. II is the case Of him whe
knowingly contributes all his time and talent.
and energy to the spread and perpe,uation .
that system to which kidnapping is neces
ssry ajjunct, Mr. Douglas recently boastet
in the Senate that his Squatter sovereignt,
dogma had given to slavery one and a hal
dsgrtes Of latitude, from the Rio Grande Il
California, more than the propagandists hat
ever cla.med before the Missouri restriction