St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-05-01
=: 1.-THE Good Old Times.'',,

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the D,mestic Slave Trade had its chief
sent in the District Of Cclumbi.; When
Williams, Pirch, Franklin and Arn6.,d,
in arlington and Alexandra, aud amp.
bell, and Wolfolk in Baltimore, were the
great slave, dealers on the Atlantic coast
while 7he National l"'eN:yr"crr ami
The Gh,Le, which published the proceed.
ing< Of Congress and the newly male laws
j.; ot the K.publc. contained, at tie same
tune, in every issue, advertisements like
tie f llowing-wi;h !ictur,s to match:
+ IKEIY YOING NEGROES 1.-The high
/ 4 est price will he given in cash for likely
young negroes (ot bnth S. x.s) between the
ages Of Il and -, by the undersigned. who
keeps Oh hand NJ all tiurs choice 4<ser: ment
Of field hands coachmer,. house servants, etc,
ETC.. which he is prepared to dispose Of ON the
! Elost reasonable elnS.
'@ wM II. WILLIAMS.
7th st. bet. Pennsy ylvsnia and Mary land avenues
The following rec.,rd uf those ''g'od
old times when the divine ins,i: u,in
ruled with absolute sway i. t.ksn from a
series of letters written b, y. nt'eman
visiting Washington :ud published in
Pntsturg i" 1883 Nh' will not sa; that
u: nations whose laws authorized aud pr'-
t.vtcJ such scenes is rot justly = uni>lel
] in all the War and tles,lativn which are
our portion to-day? ,.,s4: *. ,: r.~
II vas aroused by the stopping Of
ethe train ,at the "KcIay %tiou>e.'--
Here. az I WAS getting "ut .ot The tar. |
saw man throw oI"n tn do>.l Of a eos: :t-
lo'kln: ba ga.c car rex. i" a1vancc say
in,: ut the sau.e time tn black b y wh"n
he .wss urging t'rwar,i.: "iumc on; hurry
away set in Then toan other. ..Get. in
qn:ck-don'i lok.;' aud ihe same t. all,
other: as they were s"coessiv';Iy brn"h
forward. Then cau'e a w,.nnn. the n"h-
e,, with baby III her ARMS. he tears
b|'ndiny her eyes, aud hr s'!s au lille
Last IT All ca,,,v the f,''er, o!|In= By
.the baud his y,u.:=esl t,sy. his asby yale
cOnnleaDce EXPRESSING n ,re of tewllicr-
NJ q itlssns ,a,sys .4il:er~5 tc.h"g he was
comfortably clad. as wcrr the cst,f the
tan'lyso& hey ali se.4tes hs;carSin front,
iyc!udins the Nhp '4ln vl,o moscI to be
iaei,a pSs ehsser . sssa 7 .
When the train start, d. the servants Of
the house, chteRy women. came to the front
door and kept bowi"x their tarewclIs till
We st out ofs'ght. AT We passed a field
=, EfHck~so,koI ks,> IA or, .t w,rk tl,..
ta.hefoff r hi A'hise = Unhappy family group cried
ont to them. "iovd bye! Go"d hyr!-/
a su< ye'smse'AA f;.nHy r:thfus -
+ I b6rfiifet b6r IL Away f:"n'S, the sce'ic. Il ,hi'k
ing if this be the svrrow ot parting. whcr),
no ties are broken, what mus, i. bc where
the ,euderest are ru'hiess!y surdered -
Thus meditat;nS. | was aycosted by my
EEenAssaiic fellow fassen. Fl, wlr<e prs
encc on the train I had not before been
aware Of; "Weli.- Mr what d" you
think Of that" ." hats "A pne>ti,n you
need hot 'ast ut1;; what 40 you thh.R Il 1t,
Mr. :: :. 41tYn q" lEttlbikgiC,s t@llal." was
his prompt reply. III is hor''1e! It's
DIABoLICAL !! and thus beginning. he
continued in The same strain dcnounc: a.,
the !nLuses, Of the. system II 'a.,yua=c tina.
would hav. d4u- po di>crelit to the col
nuns Of The LiLer"h.r Onf talk c.',-
,tinued-or .l..is rather, till We reached
Washington. .3.> g. :# ," :
| took lsM gings at private boar}ius'
; house, and lost nj time in MAXI e MY way
u tie Capitol o1'6rst We to tn. House
where | found Hr. Ada,ns making
speech, which he had besu" OIL previous
day. on ii our relations with 'MtxicO. liz.
was scoring the Adm: n,stsati"n tor its h,,s-.
| 'ile attitude toward tina, aRep,lbic, when
! he way stopr,d F,y the e7anno,,nrrnicnt that
the hour had arriv~'Efrl che "oraer # the
day" Ibis was u sal"cet"n o: a contest
+ seat in the mississippi delegation. 1t
did not iHttrest NE mich, but gave me M,
.ipfost,inity a'f hearing and seeing some
tsfshe h0tatih;ies of this brancl, Of; on
gress. Mr. Po,k, the Sleak"r, Ir'<ilt:l
With di entity aud ability. and Mr. PEN
ticsg, the fliet't .Missi%siprisn. the Whig
! coatcstant for The seat in"w, occupied : )
Gholson, made Hha, x0ull lie cyl'si,ler \
1 "a sehnifent 'iGiitical sieech. ,''fhus went
ifsthss Day s''s"''H 7>'>c !" I'"t 7dL -
The next morning. in pursuance of my
tehief objseei'f sisi'is'y the city: set uut
|forIlNIr. W'iliiams.x fstare-7ocaSy: I Was
7Idvubtful tab,,ae'iBtaniD4 tadnission, i,av-
in1 been tod thae,:to make sure Il mist list
! ielet.oD'' 'a.hutvI want Ell sr hnyn This, Of
c"trye, j. c,,uld mot a4~ ol' inquired 'f'r
Ethe place, and s~as directed TO TtGeI slt,t
iby = sco.oredIman; aad;ibyi the way, you
Eneed never be 1t sfl,sp:tD fiad tjssat place,
'whils' ,hese is bk.ih man 70 Washington
ttoiinqni,c:of.t 1t was. iat Seventh fs'reet;
t6;tussssF Fsnusylvans Ind, Aa,5ia1d ass-