Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-08-09

Years less thai haif century aso. wm
lloyd Garrison was pubficiy dragged
through the streets OF Boston wifh q rope
around his neck. by the people orsanized
into = lA~less mob. AMI only sawed rs If,
BY escaping and hiding himseE a<av bs-
meath Tie Rubbish Of carpenters si,op.
HIS erInos consisted al declaring Afriean
slavery ~ shis oOah'ry morally AM E-olIiie-
ally wrong. an4 that 1t ought 10 be abolish-
ed A Little more ihaa thsrty years Ago.
Loseloy had three printing presses seszel
BY mob. snd throsn INTO tie Asssis,ippi
river, and because BE- undertook % defend
his property. As be lad perfect night 70 DO
under the Constitution and abe Laws. BE vas
shot down. IA Las Own hired bsildiag. His
crime. lIkC GaIrisOa's. consisted IN src.king
and wlItIng against slavery. Lovejoy was
Pious. devoted n.inister offLe gospel. vi
strange as !; nav nov seem--rninisieTs. ara-
cons. and church menbers. AZ that iiase.
were found all over the North. Who saia he
mob served hIm igLi- Amos Kenslall. whra
he VAS Postmaster Gen. allO4sa th~ nal,
Postmastcrs. anl al abolition doc1-
ments--As tbey tben ierIsed Everything
written against slayeTy-sO be SEIZED. tax
En- ont aud bgTned- Tbs aEless. high
banded outrage We uBder abe aGniuistr4-
ton q Gen- Jaeksoa. Pabhc meetings
weFe bed in Portland. Augusta and Ban
gor approving Of tbs infamous aduinistra-
ton Of The postal las The anti slavery
men - their early History we're Subjected
60 the grosSesi indigniiics-thcy ~cre hunt
ed down Ike Wild beasts, their a.oetings
broken Up BY la~lcss. drgnken nobs. and
that. too. iu lav loving AMI az abidinc
New EEglAnd- We ~cu remember Tat in
lsSs we happened 10 Portland. aud cut q
curiosity Nc s'epped into he city hall.
where The citizens Of Portiaad Ecre holding
a pablic meeting. 10 consider ~heiher tbc
kail should be used for an abolition lecture
when q wAs voted almost unaniluousiy that
they should not have TIE same. Thai even
ing. the lecturer Attempted TO speak IN The
old Quaker meeting-hOuse. e. a meeting
presided over BY Cen. Fcssenden. The
house vas peltsd Witb stones ADD brickbat..
from wisbouf. breaking the -iudo~s. and
defscing fbs house. The speaker Lad ard
~ eomroeno-1 before tie mob broke open
The door. and rushed %. ho-ling like mad
men Rotten eggs we're pienfsuiiy hurried
a. TIE sPeAksr. ard q iargs stone tbr0-n
WITH great violence. cane wifhin q hairs
brea'ith 81 STRIKING Gen. Fcssenden in ti,c
bead 20 meeting "a. broken %. and
the lecturer escaped ouiy 18th he lite. going
out between too ladies. -ith IA. co.t
striped from bis bach. With tbs asdit.on
Of several wounds AMI bruises uron his r.r.
son. Add vhst vas his oHenceY Merely
s'teursinE 20 sreak Bpon the eHects %
slsvery upon the free isborers 81 the North.
And 10 che disrrsce q Portland. b. it
sad there -ss ouly one nesspapcr press ~
the city ~ that tiac. thst had the courage
- cone cot. and SPEAK IN terms 81 nsniy
censare Of her sitrocious p-ooeeairr..
an hat vss The BE- America. t6so edifed
~ BeujanIn kingsbsry. Jr no- isaxe n
a. MuniciPal Court q Portland "a.
Psek Of this occurrencc. not a. A., ,sol,,.s
49,, but only one u The many Of TIE an.
'hsrsctsr. that disgraccd tbe people o. tbs
BE States IN tbcse days Of moral darEsess
spoa shis great question Of slavery. job
- X. Giddiugs vas eight years IN Con