Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-23

Hp' AhhALD '-beIore leaving Cleveland for
home, we feel tia duty to the citizens of Clevo-
land, as well as ourselves, 10 express our u~nfeisp.
cd gratitude for the uniform kindness with which
We have been treated. Nothing but courtesy b.a
been shown to US by all of your citizens. who bave
even shielded US from the insults of your oolorsd
population-as an instance Of which we will "a.
fer to an incident which occurred this morning al
the breakfast table of the Weddell House. A re.
gro waiter refused to serve US, and upon the fact
being made known to Col. Ross, the proprietor OF
the House. the waiter was promptly discharged.
and ordered to leave the house.
We ags'n thank you all.
JNo. GosHoRN.
WM. S. GosnoRS.
woado, IT,. Wheeling, Va.
FREE SPEECH DENIED IN cIEyrt.Nn
II 10 important to observe tha. the friend. Of
i'eeuo"' proposed q Convention in the City I'd
protest against Slave-bunting, as we'll under Re:
puolcan as Democratic prestige; and to exno,o
particularly this last, and in many respects. mos,
shameful outrage on Humanity, Justice, and thu
sacred Rights OF Man, ever perpetrated in Amer;c,
But for reasons best known to tbemssI1os
though easily guessed, the propriotors of tho Halls
ana houses used for similar GATHERINGS. bsvs nSt.
e~mptorily declined to allow such a use If ,boa
this time in justice to some of them. i, mich,
oo said' pre-engagements have prevented their
use ior an ADti-Slavery Convention at the time de-
sireu. But it is very doubtful whether even tbeke
would have been opened had they been at liberty.
MS certainly hopeful, whom even shame or
mortlhcation will Undue. a city or communitv to
hide as lar as possible its deeds of oppression and
cruelty, from the public gaze.
AN INSULT TO CLEVELAND.
lne spiri. of this whole atrocity, is revealed IN
the following Editorial art. Jle from the L.odorot
the 22nd. Jan.
Inc appointment of the corps of special depu-
heS' whom Marshal johnson yesterday swore
into ONCE wos q gross insult to Cleveland, and ID
so considered by all the better portion of our c;,;-
zens' They do not feel aggrieved that 6tv-6vo
men were appointed to preserve the neacs hn,
'hat ni'y-hve men were appointed and ipvest.d
with Office, q majority of whom had no mora ,aEa
OF the duties pertaining to their post than 70
"i"s Gu ana knock down every colored man
'noJ oou'a nnu' ii deputies we're to be appointed.
""J' IL 'he name OF all that is decent, could not
men be called who had some respect for them.
serves and Tor the honor of the city, as we'll as for
the strict enforcement Of the law2 If the eoll had
been made. f:tyj or one hundred, or one hundred
ana NIFTY business men could have been found who
"oulu guarantee to preserve the peace; and who
would not have been themselves disturbers of tho
peace.
instead OF this. what WAS done yesterda,2 Ons
OF these deputies etru,k q negro. mot two foo,
distant from him, not with his fist, but w;tbF a
Sung shot. Another of these deputies knocked m
unonend'ng negro down, and was in the act NJ
striking hin again with a club, when one of this
CITY ponce stopped the blow. Others of tho den-
u"es, whose chief delight is to get into a fight
couiu not miss the GLORIOUS opportunities" thew.
therefore, would surround q quiet, unoffendipe
negro Jeer, push and hustle him until be was
lofoea to defend himself, when they would knock
MIN down and arrest him. One party TINS sur.
rounded q colored man who was looking on this
crowd, and hustled him until an officer arre.ted
him mot tbom), and took him off to jail. We saw.
ourselves, q deputy knock a man down with a
club, tthe man was running, with the rest of ,be
crowd away from the officers and then hit him
another heavy and ~cowardly blow after he was
down. A Democrat who was a witness of the
scene, tells us that a party surrounded q colored
woman, and leased and pushed her until she pull
ed a handful of snuff out of her pocket and threw
It at them; instantly o score Of deputies bounced
upon her as if she was a wild beast, and bore her
off to Jail.
'Such are some Of the official actions OF tbesa
oGfcers. In heavens name, if we are to have an
infamous law forced upon US, let it be done in &
christian manner, and not by rogues who will
cram it down our Threats as they would a brother
fighters teeth. Some of these men have been in
mates of our jails and prisons"
COMMENT ON TIE ABOVE.
So it seems the emisaries OF Slavery appreciated
their own work, and chose :heir tools accordipUlv.
But why 30 indignant at the poor miscreants
who were promoted to the honor Of Policemen for
the occasion! 1t was very natural that the col.
ored people, seeing what was done and doing to
one OF their own sisters, should show resentment.
and even resistance. And it surely was not less
natural that the newly commission ed officials
should seek 20 magnify their honorable position,
by knocking down colored men with their fsts.
with "clubs, and slung shot" and knocking them
after they were down." and teasing aud pushing
colored women" till they too resented, and then
'pouncing upon them, and bearing them Oh TO
jail!" All this should have been expected.
But these Appointments" were no "LnsuU 10
Cleveland" No indeed The presence of the kid
nappers there at all, would have been q horrible
Insult to Cleveland" had not SO many officials,
high and low aud citizens Of all classes and parties
accepted them as gentlemen" and worthy compa-
ny for themselves, as well as Hotel guests.
What was the knocking down of a few coIored
men, or temporarily imprisOning a few women,
compared to the more awful outrage Of consigning
to dreary, interminable bondage, a poor, friend
less, unfortunate young creature, under the pal
try pretext of paying homage to constitutional
LawP' as witness the reported Proceedings follow
ing.
JUDGE sPAULDING PHOSPHATE.
Judge Spa uldiug said,
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