Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-02-23

th. Courthouse in Cincinnati, at ten
A. M, fourteen adult persons, 'v'th
an unknown number q infants! Mr
Pratt and myself were punctuaIly
present according to the summons,
but our 'slapes' did not 60 up; and
we were there only to inform oul
rhilanthropic friends that they had
walked up the wrong passenger:
i got to see Esq Joliffe long enough
to ask by what authority he be had
.molested me in this manner! Hs
said he had been informed that !
was sregugqr Shareholder, and had
a number of slares locked ap at the
.cnencer House2 / commenced
reading him a somewhat pointed
lecture but be aed unceremopiously.
The es.imable Judge S, the May
or of the city, the Sheriff. ali, as any
honest, sensible men would have DONE
stroye to dissuade Joliffe and his
satellites from this ridiculous move
ment. assuring them that it was Inn.
possible that a fact so absurd could
exist in Cincinnati, but all to no pur-
pose. One Coifman, watchman.
switcbman, or some other officer on
the Underground Railroad, said he
was satisfied be was not deceived;
that he never moved in such cases
until be was well assured that be was
right.
Will | not be pardoned, Mr.. Ed.
itor. for saving to Mr. Joiiffe that he
and bis adherents must be fools or
kuayes. or both? Where are the
words in the English lexicops, OF
auy other lexicons, that describe
them so we'll?
If they sincerely believed tina:
n REGULAR sluce-dealer would, with bis
slaves. cross the Ohio river at
Louisville in open daylight, amid
mingled hundreds of all classes ol
people, bring them by railway to
Cincinnati, stop at one OF the most
popular hotels in the city, stay there
iorty hours, with his slaves ex-
posed to the gaze Of all who wished
to. see them, their doors lot locked,
unless they did it themseives-a'i Of
which are facts known to hundreds
of others as well as myselt-it, !
saw, these men are sincere IN such a
belief, then they must be fools. But
! ,f they wero impeIled by selfish.
sordid motives -wMch I deroatty
5elieye TO be the truth in the CASE
then they are knaves. In any just
view of the case, the man who swore
out that writ is guilty; and that, too
in the face of the most palpable Facts
TO the contrary Of his deposition
and despite the earnest remonstran'
ces of The officers of the law. They
were actuated solely by motives o.
gain and notoriety. This is my
honest. deliberate opinion of all the
ultra Abolition school. l do moi
believe there is an honest sincere
man among them. ] came to thi'
conclusion by facts of which an
personally coguizant, and from 9th
ers which have been communicated
to me by gentlemen in this city sn'
in various portions Of this ard othe
Northern States. On these fact
I could write volume as larg'
as Helpers (alias Heters Impend
/ ina Crisis. Gerrit Smiths world
renowned charities for the down
troddsn slaves we're collected ,frou
a deluded, abused public by fou
bundled hired Abolition lecturers
who, after paying their own expense
, and salaries, poured a heavy Incom
5 upon him. Such is my information
from an honorable source here ]
Cincinnati. !.
. Cheeyer, the pastor OF a church J
D New York city. whose church proE
ortv i worth 800. 900, sent We
/. imam to London to beg for him, unde
r the lying pretense Of the sole con
panionship Of, and almost martyrdoi
to. the cause Of negro liberty in th
: United States; anG when his perfid
!. in the affair became public, denle
5 lit,througb his friends,tilf a letter iIol
|. the Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon, OF Londo'
( positively established it upon b hln
e / have the very best authority iro'
4 gentlemen in this and the adloinlr
!, States for saying that, in rePeate
! instances known to them, the'
j negro stealers, when they had a
+ com plished their malicious theft az
! robbery Of the master, proved q
!. uoustratively that all the iurth