Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-05-01
The Return Of Sims.

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Most of our readers of course remember
the . Sims case \" in Boston, some twelve
years ago, and how Boston Court House
was chained up to hold him, and how old
bunker politicians and aunkeysm generally,
got down on their marrow bones TO appease
the South. In fact throughout the North
ct that time there was a race between the
WING and Democratic parties to see which
should do most towards carrying out
our constitutional Obligations by be coming
the catchpoles of shareholders. On we went,
and an overwhelming majority of the North
apparently sanctioned this system of negro
catching, by the election Of Frank Pierce
to the Presidency in 1852, who carried all
the States but four. The Wing platform
had the same negro-hunting plank, so that
there were almost three millions votes cast
endorsing this same iniquity, while there
were but 15S,l23 votes cast against it.
Thus matters stood at the end of the year
1853. Nor did our efforts TO placate the
South cease here. We continued to hunt
for slaves, and in spite of public sentiment
against it, we caught a number in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, and other places, at an enor-
nous expense, and sent them back to bond
age. We futher passed the Nebraska bill.
and ripped up the old Missouri Comprom-
Use, made by the Shareholders themselves,
and all this was vainly done TO +" save the
Union" and now these same shareholders,
after having degraded US 10 the level of
boodhounds in chasing their negroes, and
any amount of pro-slavery legislation for
their benefit, are now in armed rebellion to
destroy the very government and power
which protected their slavery and enforced
enactments obnoxious to the people Of the
free States! Who now says that slavery
and traitors ought not to be destroyed and
both buried together in common grave?
But to return to Sims. He has again got
back to Boston, as will be seen by the &C.
count in another column, but how different
the circumstances Our object, however
in this notice Of his return, is to bring GER
tain matter to view. When Sims was deliv.
cred to his owner, the bunker and pro-sla.
very politicians of the North, land few O
The same sort are still left, for whose benef
we are speaking,) claimed that Sims die
not care for his liberty, that as soon as he
was out of tae reach of the influence of Alb
olitionisis, he was entirely satisfied will
the result, and in short, after brief tria
offreelom, he preferred slavery! OF cours,
Sims could not contradict these statements
If he would.
a Now see how all these pretensions hav,
been set dt naugbt, and how the olo hunk
ers lied and deceived the people when the,
thought their iniquty was beyond exposi
ton. Like the ghost Of Banquo, Sims no,
rises up swift witness against them :
Serving again IN slavery for eleven years
for the second time he seizes the first shad
ow OF an opportunity TO gain his liberty
Having once tasted freedom, he knows it
value, and now, mark it, we copperhead,
he takes more risks braves more danger
and more perils and this time secures tn
freedom of his family, besides himself, an
resolves to 6ght his way 10 our army. if h
should meet win, opposition. Sims ev
IDENTIFY has not that reverence for the " p,
cuhsr institution attributed to him by hi
bunker representatives.
Now that opr hand is in about SLAYER
one thing more. 1t is constantly said ar
iterafed by the copperhead press, that Il
negroes, if set free, win come up he
among the free States, and thus cheap,
labor, and bring it into competition with Il
labor Of white men and this is one of Il
stupendons cheats and standing lies wi
which the pro-slavery press have delud,
many Of the less intelligent class The e
act reverse Of this is true. II is slave
that drives the negroes North. What is
that has settled twenty-five thousand fu.
tiyes from the South in Canada? And '
y how many honest laboring Irishmen ha
been led 10 believe that il slavery was alb,
ished, the negroes would all flock North. a
Come IN direct competition with them as