, 1862-06-04

XEAL.
.Humi]iating as is the spectacle, mas |
much as ne believe its effects will be salu- !
tary, We welcome, with all hcartiness the |
aspect now presented at the National Capt. !
tai, where negro-hunting holds high rcvel |
In and out Of all the purlieus and hiding
places Of Washington the masters arc
tracking their slaves, and the noise Of their
bayiDg for fugitive men and women, just
nov rises prominently above all other
sounds from that quarter. Busiest among
Marsbals, not to write the most willing Of
all the tools Of the slave-driyers, Marshal
Iamon has lis hands full and keeps busy
d liberal pack Of just such two-legged
hounds as money will always buy, TO scent
out and run down the lively cl,attels, who
hearing Of the Emancipation in the
District Of Columbia, have come
over to share it. They have poured
in from the adjoining counties of
Maryland and Virginia, giving lie to all
those pleasant old Border-State fctions,
that nigger is best pleased TO have some
body own lin and his children. They
have gotten up hegira like that out Of
Egypt, with the part Of Moses omitted,
and have "spolled'' their masters each to
Tie tune Of the low price slave property
now brings on the falling market, that is
heavily beared'' by the Presidents mes
sageE and other tokens Of an emanc1pa-
tive character. It is Interesting to
observe how kindly the African race
take to freedom-not, as Of gore,
in single instances Of disorderly and unre-
Liable blacks, with SCARED backs and marks
Of 1eg.irons, making for the North Star,
leaving an un1ragrant reputation for docil-
ity behind them. This age Of ours has
transformed whole communities Of the pa
Gent black animals, for generations pas.
above the suspicion of yearning for more
than the daily hog and hominy, into men
and women, huDgering and thirsing fol
Freedom.
And so they are pouring into Washing
tor Until the capital swarnls with the fugi
tiycs, stretching up their meek hand:
toward the seat aud fountain head Of na
tional law, praying that they may be mad,
to share what has been visited upon thci
brethren in the District of Columbia, til
blessings Of Freedom. One thing furthe
is to Le remarked Of many Of these black
There are hundreds Of them who were sol
cut Of Washington and uut from under Til
Emancipation. Shall VIC charge it upon ou
representatives that Lelay Was given IS til
passage Of the act for this very purpose
SO that when it took effect the Governmc1
should only pay for tic refuse lot Of huma
cha!telism, the aged, lame, halt and blin
in sonle instances bought on speculation
adjoining counties and brought into Was]
ington on & venture? Thank God neyc
theless for every freeman for age and d
crcptitude arc bad enough without SLAYER
but marvel athuman scltlshncss and grcc
And these blacks, sold as they were at Il
Tey dawn of liberty, have come back |
scores and hundreds if peradyenturc tht
may still share It's blessings. Do you ma
vel at it, men and women Of the Nortl
God help us as a nation in that terrible
ture TO Which We are hastening, If all I
have passed through as 3 people do +
even now enahle us to look at these thin
justly. And SO these poor blacks pour il
Washington.
Well, and who are they that foIl'
them ard rub the palms Of Lamo
hounds with, gold to expedite the catchi
process? Time was wheu the natiol
capital was in danger. Don't you 1cmc
bcr the dark days Of April, 1861? L
Whcr the people we're rising as one man
send succor and oppose the threaten
furge Of rebellion; how many men, tlli
you, from Prince Charles, Ann Aruni
Montgomery, Fairfax and Prince Will
counties turned out to avert that natio
peril? Not they. Not a man Of III
moved unless in the, direction Of Beat
CARDS lines, while the majority OF til
sat closely on the top Of the fence II
thelr skirts tucked closely about tn
thclr only Cniolism a willingness to
1hen stuff for humping price to
nearest Federal commissary, and 20
ct the Proceeds In gold. Of such "
these Maryland and yirglnia coun
then, and now. Nothing could h
called them to Washington; not
peril Of the country; not the th1eatc
ruin Of all American. should hold d,
not to avert the destruction Of the nu
buildings, and the desecra.ion Of the \
sacred fanes Of public Justice; not +
for all this would any one Of these c
airy have mo1ed, NOT have been seen
Pennsylvania avenue On any patriotic
rand but turn their niger loose and
The wa1m scent cling along the road
tween them and the capital Here
Dick, Harry, anybody, saddle the ]
quick and tie strong rope to the cru
and the whole hungry pack come clattE
up under the windows Of Congress |
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