Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-12-17

up oVOAo, vino, having caught nIA,
grasps him by the throat, agreeabiy
diversity the pleasant text. The
leading article protests against "that
abominable and hellish doctrine OF
abolition which is repuguant alike to
every law Of Sod and nature The
delicate mamma who smiles her ac~
I quiesceuce in this sprightly writing
as she reads the papeg in her cool
4 piazza, qulets her youngest child who
clings about her skirts by promising
the boy a whip to beat the little
niggers with But the negroes, lit>
tie and big, are protected by public
opinion.
Let rs try this public opinion by
another test, which is important III
three points OF view: first, as show
ing how desperately timid Of the
pubic opinion slave-owners are, in
their delicate descriptions OF fugitive
slaves in widely circulated newspa>
pers; secondly rs showing how perfect
! " contcnted the slaves are and how
very seldom thy run away thirdly,
aSexhibiting their entire freedom from
scar or blemish, or any mark Of cruel
iufiction, as their pictures are drawn,
rot by lying aboitionists, out by their
own truthful masters.
The following are few specimens
Of the advertisements in the public
papers. II is only four years since
The oldest among them appeared /;
and others OF tho same nature con-
tinue to be published every day in
| >hoes
Ran away, Negress Caroline
Had on collar with one prong turns
cd down"
Ran away, black woman Betsy
had an iron bar on her right leg
Ran away, the negro Manuel
/ Much marked with irons"
Ran away, the negress Fanny
Had on an iron band about her neck. >
Ran away, a negro boy about u
years old, Had around his neck a
chain dog collar with De Lambert
Engraved on it,"
Ran away, the negro Hown.-
Has ring Of iron on the left foot
Also, Grise, his rife, having a ring
and chain on the left leg
IRAN away, negro boy named
James. Said boy was ironed when
he left me"
Committed to jail man who
calls himself John. He has clog of
iron on his right foot which will
weigh four or five pounds.
detained at the police jail, the
! negro wench Myra. Has several
marks OF LAsHING, and has irons on
her feet"
"Ran away, negro women and
two children. A few days before she
went off, l burnt her with a hot iron
on the left side OF her face. | tried
to make tho letter NJ"
Ran away, q negro man Henry
his left eye out some scars from dirk
on and under his left arm, and much
scared with the whip"
cone hundred dollars reward, for
a negro fellow, Pompy, 40 years cid.
He is branded on the left jaw"
COMMITTED to jail, a negro man.
Has no toes on the left foot"
Ran away, a negro women nam
ed Rachael Has lost all her toes ex.
cept the large one"
Ran away, Sam. He was shot a
short time since through the hand.
and has several shots through the
left arm and side"
Gran away, my negro man Den
mis-. Said negro has been shot be-
tween the shoulder al elbow, which
has paralyzcd the left hand"
Ran away, my negro man named
Simon. He has been shot badly in
his right arm and back"
But again, this class, together with
that last have named The miserable
aristocracy spawned Ut "A false repub-
lie, lift up their voices and exclaim,
Public opinion is allsu;ficient to pre-
vent such cruelty as you denounco.'
Public opinion Why, public opin-
ion IL the slave States IS slavery, is it
not? Public opinion in the Slave
S ates has delivered the slaves over
to the gentle mercies of their mas
ters. Public opinion has made the
laws, and denied tie slaves Iegisa-
tive protection Public opinion las
knotted the lash, heated the brand
ing iron, loaded the rifle, and shield
CO the murderer. Public opinion
threatens the abolitionist with death
if be ventures to the South and
drags him with rope about his mid
die, in broad unblushing noon, thro'
the first city in the East. Public
opinion has, within few years, burn
ed slave at slow fire in the city OF
st. Louis and public opinion has
to this day maintained upon the
bench that estimable judge who
charged the jury empanelled there to
try his murders. that the most hor-
rid deed was an act Of public opin>
ion, and, being so, must not be pun
ished by the laws the public senti
ment had made, Public opinion hail
ed this doctrine with a howl Of wild
} applause, and set the prisoners free
to walk the city, men Of mark and
influence and station as they had
been before.
Public opinion what class Of men
have an immense preponderance over
the rest of the community, in their
power OF representing public opinion
in the legislature ? The slave own
ers They send from Their twelve
States one hundred members. while
, the fourteen Free States, with {
population nearly double, return but
hundred and forty>two Before
whom do the presidential candidate:
bow down the most humbly, OF
whom do they tawa the most fondly
and for whose tastes do they eater
the most assiduously, in their servile
protesta.ions The slave-owner.
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