Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-03-17

Jehovah, which said, " Thou saa't not reIufn 10
his master the servant that e capeth uoto thee"
Not 20 said the guest OF the Lord Mayor. What
he said was, that he who did not hunt down the
escaped slave, and send him back, should he i'm
pris0ned for six months, and fued 81 1000, God
to the contrary, Notwithstanding. A voice from
the gallery st Paul sent back fugitive
slave."1 TCres of " Turn him OUT The 0Hus
Brobandl was with the nterruptor to prove that
OHssimus, whom st. Paul sent back u Philemon,
was u slave. But when st. Paul sent him back,
he said he did so not as a servant, but as q
brother in love- Cheers. and so Philemon
was directed to receive him The speaker from
the gallery attempted to anawer this, but was
not permitted. the determined cries from the
body Of the meeting of =" Turn him out" being
responded to by practical response from those
who were in the immediate neglborhood OF the
interruption by passing him from one to another
until be arrived at the door, when he was igno-
iliniOusly expelled
Mr.. Thompson proceeded with scme further
remarks, expressing his abhorrence Of the author
of the Fugitive Slave law, and OF the Lord
Mayor, who by receiving him at his table at the
Mansion House, became sympathizer and par
ticipator in his crimes. lie denied altogether
the assertion Of Mr.. Mason that he had been Il
welcome aud au hotored guest in every clnss oi
society. and be (Alr. rhompsou) did not hesitate
to say that by whai hnd taken place Mt the Man
sion House, the City of London WIGS disgraoed
and the people OF England kelied and till u
Lafd Mayor who better represented the true fee
lings Of the City of London and Of England,
filled the civic chair, let " lchabod' he written
over the Mansion House door, aud let no iuan
who valued his reputation enter thsfein- [Cheersl
referring to the records of the Court OF Common
Council he quoted the resolutions passed in hon
or of Granville Sharpe who had obtained Lord
Nlansheld's Judgment, declaring every person.
white or black who touched British soil free !;
aud OF Cnrkson, for his successful efforts 10 pro-
noting emancipation Ia our avn colonies.
lie asked how it could be said that the pre-
sent Lord Mayor represented the feelings OF the
citiz.ns Of London. But the City Of Londdn
would be under n stigma which he was sure il
dill not deserve uni IN Common Council assem-
bl,d il resented the insult which the Lord Mayor
Ind put upon it Loui cheers. He cunclu led
by moving the following respluuon That the
Lord Mayor, by inviting aud receiving at The
Mansion House, Mi. Mason, the author Of the
iniqutoua Fugitive slave Law, Rs the represen-
tatiye of those Southern Confederate States in
America whose independence the British Govern
mcht has hitherto refused to recognize has offered
u wanton insult to the Government, to the cit
zeos Of London, aud to the whole British nation;
aud has s.raced the annals # corporation
NOT more renowned for its antiquity than for its
great ard continuous services IN the cause vi
| freedom, and the honois II has rejliced and been
proud To render to men distinguished by their
Christian aud plnlanibropic labors aud sacrifcts
for the libirtes and welfare of mankind"