Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-01-11

hall OF the Legislatures: many members
were on the s,eps-among them the speak
er-who looked on. some of them laugh
ing He was led three miles to the rail
road junction. There were thousand'
present-he thinks about half the popula
tion Of the town must have been there
Troops of horse, and men armed in various
ways, were there Some cried "Spikt
himl' "Shoot himi'' s'Hang bimi" &C.
He was stripped to the ankles, and ne
gro, under threats of being lashed himself
gave him thirty mime lashes. The blood
flowed, and the marks of-this yet remain
The contents of ar-bucket were then
appliek to his head and his bsdy down
70 the waist. He suffered awful pangs,
which were the subject of derision.
The train during all this was stopped,
and the engineer celebrated the event by
sounding the whistle freely. Power was.
after an interval of nearly three hours, put
on the train. in car full Of negroes. and
taken towards Charleston.
After be had travelled he supposed fifty
miles, master mechanic Of Charleston, +,
plying his sufferings and exhaustion. gave
him q cup OF coffee and biscuit; where
upon the mob around the station threaten
ed that person.. swearing also death TO
himself. Some came into the ear and seiz-
ed him by The hair, saying. ":Let's look at
you. you God damned abolition soh OF a
b-h." Some desired to give him a
fresh coat oftar and feathers, but. not able
TO find any Of those staples. they applied
cotton To the tar already on him. The
mob were Likewise of opinion that there
were whole lot OF abolitioDists in the
csrs " no ought To be hanged. He arrived
at Charleston and was put in prison
He had been kindly counsrled to make
no complaints or he would get l30 lashes
mere A physician who attended him
told him he escaped easily for there were
seven men, accused Of beng Northern
pickpoekets, arrested at the Agricultural
State Far. and committed to jail. One oi
ihrm had received 500 la.hes. another
less numb, ;tbai the man who received the
500 was mar dyi ing Power bad not read
Uf any trial of these men 30 accused and
punished. j Oil aud water were given him
TO cleanse himself. Silence was enjoined
on him. lest the mob should get hold OF
him. He paid his own passage monry
from Columbia to Charleston. the negro
taking out SIS from his pocket hook. He
heard thst il was published that the ne-
groes of Columbia bad made subserip
ton to pay his passage. On Saturday
last, al Z in the morning, he was put on
steamer for New York. -..a
When the Christmas festivities were at
their hight on Monday. this " poor Exile OF
Erin" with the bloodlash marks on his
body--iDficsed under the agis Of the CON
stitution and laws, for sope a audlin words
or childish talk in Columbia, Sonth Car
oliua-arrived at this great metropolis.
He 10 reduced in flesh, but is sturdy in
spirit. He asks work, not slms.--N. Y.
Tribune. va .f, ,rs
What do our Irish fellow-citizens think
of thi.s What do you think of an institu
ton that shut, the mouth Of free mau.
strangles free speech, and applies the lash
aud tar and feathers to the back Of an hon
est laborers What do you think of this
ccrse Of slavery, winch 70 crushrs out the
right of an American cuiz-n.
and makes in truth aud in fact honest la
Dor disreputable Look at it. think Of it,
We honest men Of the North-ye who ear.
your bread by the sweat Of your brows.-
How do you like this peculiar 10 stitutionf
Are you for it. or against it?
II is an institution that is upheld iD all
these blessed effects by James Buchanan
encouraged by the Supreme Court of the
United States--and is now sought TO be
advanced into free Territory by Democrat
ic politicians aud Democratic editors
throughout the entire country. 1t is the
pet institution of every Democrat, from
Buchanan down to Cookery, and unless
checked in its onward advance by the
strong bulwark Of popular opinion, it
will crawl like poison serpent over free
soil, leaving in its track a mesmeric infiu-
ence more paralyzing to all human pro-
gress, than was ever exhaled from the poi
SOP Upas. Think of this, native and for
cign born citizens, and then say if you are
in favor of extending an institution tba,
treats honest labor and freedom Of speech
10 the lash and to tar and feathers.