St. Mary's beacon., 1862-06-05

A ulTTY.

(For the Reacon.i
A DlTTY.
Ak.;,s, the recent "Marshal imhroeiio" under
he Fugitive Slave Act in TIE DSst risir
irl tell YOU about the late .Marshal inbrogiio.
Whrh stirrH up the folks an our news
lnngry City,
And N 'us net enough stuff for folio.
III marrow u down to the size Of Dirty.
So Commissioners three, by our Judges
selected.
To &C. in the farce. cail'd "The Fugitive
Slave Law"
A s.mittimus' strong TO Tailor Fillburn directed
To take charge Of Fugitive" into his Craze
paw.
So 'the Fugitive" duly was locked NJ in jail.
And the owner could dream OF getting back
his black chatiel:
The President willing the Law should prevail
For awhile, until Government win the next
battle.
Blu, General Smallworth, or the "Provost"
calla "Aiarshal,"
Being Of opinion that IN var times, the Law
Is but =, the hes, shield very Partial.
To sheaier the weak from the strong sons Of
War,
Sent squad Of strong soldiers to join in the
play,
And show tina. the Code. by Old Fogies calla
..civil,"
In the presence O: Mars and his Sons, must
make way,
As pop-sun would have 70 give way TO
swi,il
The doughty Lieutenant then ask d the stou,
Jailer
To give up the Fugitive under duress.
But tina, othcer s~ere that it would not avail
However they might try to coax Or oppress
But those soldiers, accustomed their law to obey,
Arrested stout Fiilburn. and by force took
And then took the Fugitive woman away,
Tha, the owner might not have chance al
oppression.
Then one Of the Lights of the Washington BAR,
Who thought 1t his duty to prevent this
wrong dong,
Appear.d OF the scene, and the rough Son Of
War
lie, him ia. bu, not out, spite his threats and
his suing.
Then the Tailor, thus jugg'd, being not well
To give up his keys and submit to such Law,
Sen. for sub Marshal Dil,p., who himself SOON
Ts try which was urrermos,, man Of Peace
or Of War.
So you see that the Plot wakes thicker and
The belserents growing still warmer and
warmer
You may !orn some idea how the combatants
beker
When in Drama SO serious e>eh's a serious
performer.
Then the Deruty forthwith proceeded to act
HIS Part IN the play, and calld Gut "Comi-
taius,'
A counsellor true. now attorney in fact.
And together they went TO examine the
''S,,tus."
But asar the nrm'd squad. who kept hold Of
the JnIk,r,
After good cecil ralaver, let the new Corners
enter,
Blu, once in, despite "llabeas Corpus" or
'Bai-er,'
Said. "rry to &c, out, and we'll try proven
ter"
Then they march d Deputy and Tailor of to
the Guard House,
To show them they were by "Law Mar
tai arrested.
And the Prisoners discover that place was a
hard house,
As. when i ;hs e, got OUT ! ana sure they *a-
What muss what bother! what rumpus
is here!
Did ever mortal see such an "lmbroglo ?"
A Jailor. sub-Marshai, TWO Couns Tors, ''sans "
fear,
shu. up in jail. like rash aies in folio!
But assistance is near-Marshal Hammond
and He,
The Chief Of Police, with henehmen. are
coming,
Aud n very queer turning Of tables well see
10 punish these who have been 50 pre-
sunng
BY n strstagem, worthy that cute man Ulysses.
The Marshal and Chief have got in. and
succeed
In bagging the gnme-,hen the Marshal dis
misses
The CounselIofs,-bo,h of them glad to be
freed.
But the rats, who are thus in their own rat
trap caughi,
The Marshal keeps well, lock and WINDOWS
well barring,
And hopes Provost Marshal will be 6Eally
taught
To keep himself on. Of such squabb'es and
Earring.
Then the tables, thus turn'd, the 'Dramatis
Persona,
At last all resume the "statu quo" situa-
ton,
Except the originas "causa belli, who alonet.ey,
The soldiers, have protected against res.or.
alton.
We have got to discover, and as Poet impair
tial,
III sing the result, whatsoever il be-
Whether Law Military" OF civil" we'll see
The fate Of the Stare, or the right VI tie
free.
MORDAX.
May 9th. 1861.
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