New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-02-22
TIE NEGRO EYTRiDITION CASE

nur lcarers may not be fully famiiarwlth
the case Of a fugitive nagro named Anderson,
who escaped from Missouri in 1853, and fled
b. Canada; and for this reason, ~ we'll as the
fact that this case promises to absorb all the
philanthropy of the British nogrophoI,sts va
shall give the details somewhat in full e r.
While anderson WAS running away from
his master. he killed man named Digg.,
who sought to apprchend him. For number
of years Anderson's whereabouts were IN
knswn but recently he WAS. discovered a nd
his rem dt;on demanded a. a fugitive from JUS
tice unoer the terms Of the dshburton Treaty.
= his trea' y .tipulates that in q cases of MUIR
der. piracy, arson, robbery, SC, the critain,.i
shall he surrendered to the country where tn.
outrage was committed Anderson has bccn
tried before three Canadian Judges, two Of
whom decided for his return to Missouri and
one dissented An appeal has be.n made to
Il full bench Of Judges to decide the momen-
tous question as to whether a slave has the
right to kill his pursuer in defense of his free
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In the meantime, til. fate of anderson has
excited the live lest interest across the Allan
| tic. Exeter Hall has u now sensation. 4 COIN.
mittee ofthe British and Foreign dnti-slavery
>eciety have taken the requisite steps to Oh.
tain by writ of hadeas co, pas the transfercnce
OF the case to the Court of Queens Bench
in England. and the Judges nave so order
ed it. They state in the most pathetic
terms tn. question to b., no less than this:
whether anderson shall be given up to those
who declare their intention to burn him at
slow fire. A London journal before US rea.
sons out the case very logically, and concludes
that Hs all men have an equal right to liberty,
| and as life is worthless without it, hence, in
order to secure liberty, it is UNSUITABLE to take
life, and that the oppressor is the ono that de-
| serves death. For this reason it claimed that
Anderson's case does not come under t. re Ash
burton Treaty, and hence, according to Eng
lish law and precedent, he canaot be given up.
Reasoning upon the preml> es that these par
ties assume, we do not see how they could
come to any different conclusion. To the
minds Of these people Anderson is white
man. They see no distinction of race
no difference in rights according to the
English idea of rights, and as it would be
INDUSTRIOUS to suppose that an Englishmam
might be made slave, without his right to
resist, why, OF course, it follows logically that
anderson has the same right Slavery does
not belong to civilized life, says the journal
from which we quote, and pure code of
morals would regard the holder ofslayes as an
enemy to the human race All the while it
will be seen it reasons on the assumption that
there is no difference between white men and
negroes, indeed seems to be utterly obliyious
of the fact that Anderson is negro.
Well, we do not see how the Republic ms
who also profess to believe ia what they call
impartial liberty can arrive at any other
conclusion than that Anderson was justified in
killing his pursuer. If tho negro has the
same natural rights as white men, then it fol
lows, unayoidably, that his condition is an op-
preston which hs is justifedin overthrowing
ut any moment. This, We know, is the opin-
ion Of large portion Of tho Republican party,
and it proceeds logically enough from gener7
Gus, but misguided and terribly deluded inn
pulse, founded on the fatal error that tho