New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-22


get Canada protect that shall be
country, and It's laws will obey But any tries to stop ne let him
taso desperate I'll fgt for liberty the last breath
breathe You sy your her did H. If right for ih It right
for
T. s7eh delivered partly willie rg ishls and partly walk
Ing Up down TIE roon3lycr VITA tears an flashing eyes and
departing es,levas altogether TOO ~ the goodruTed old
body ade who bad rael oat greet yellow dix
roclci,olsoef nc7ps Up bis fec Will great energy
Bias; all be suddenly broke out haven't always said co. tho
Internal hope | snt swearing, now. Welu 50 ahead
George 20 ahead bet he esrc y toyi d shoot anyody George
uness-Ncyoul De- n not shoot reckOo at least Woah h'
ANYBODY yor tnov now George how ons are yon going %
trav this vsyi ar OF long hope It's well eired on Ul'
Joldl Dinge1os yeIg dangerous fll TIE OIL Aal
George drew hrse'i ~ and smiled disl'inially'
ss, e. el him from lead foot With sort OF innocent
wonder.
oGee ort,g h., trcrlt you cut wonderfully. You bold up
yonr heal and SPEAK Ike another man said Mr. wilson
Because IeRaH said George PROUDLY le sn' We M
Mssr FOR The last time any nsn ImyffeF
"Tale earei you ere no; sure YOa nay be iaken
"An men arc f.eo and equal in The gave IL eoie' 70 ' M
Viso, s,ia Geo-ye "Wel, ny good ST. coluhuu
Georye aar E moments silence" you Knew me- thought
I'd lust have this talk With you lest Jour surprised l1os 'ho7l onls
me ont IIeave carly TO morrow morning. before daylight by to"o''
row tsht hope to sic safe Ohio shau r1Ve y dhynsh p
at tie bs, hotels 20 dirur tables with 'ae iol Of ae @
bye Sir II you hear taken, may know that I'm
deadlh
George stood up oes and put ont bis hand Win the OF OF
Prince The hriy Ite old shook heartily ana ai'et nus
cation be TOOK his umbrella snl iuOo' A @' O ~
Tjsis the substance Of that interview which holds
sucb mn iuortant Mace in Uncle Toms Cabin" III Is
founded on these chapters in the life OF LOWS ClaIAo'
The first OF trse chapters Is made UP OF inc oiVui'
stance that just before his departure rom slavery, IN
ls4i he had conc0ctcd the plan Of going OIL as gehe
man. taking With lim as servant Iaac slave OF MITE
Ross and known on the place as Rosss Isaac mus they
started but neither Of them could read they dd not
know the roads and fearful That gentleman travelling
with servant neither OF whom could read tho guide
boards would excite suspicion, he and Rosss Isaac
returned before their absence had been discovered Inc
second chapter comprises conversations when the goou
Nixon Palmer Of GaTrard County frequently had win
him. ad ysing linn TO leave masters who were darker
Skinned than himself and who treated him than
they d their stock The third Of these chapters comes
OF his meeting during his flight Mr.. Steen, at Ken
tuc,v tavern in the sugar Creek HIS south OF Hxng-
ton who knew him. and with whom the greater part OF
the conve rsation recorded held. Tho encourage
ment Of Nixon Palmer before he started, the friendly
protest Of ,Ir seen while he was on the way ana the
project of leaving Kentucky as a gentlemen with q
servant which was actually undertaken, combine,
Therefore TO give this celebrated solid founda-
lion on fact Ihe project Of leaving Kentucky as gem
tleman with q servant not wild orc. LOWS
Clarke pa ssed as white everywhere except with
those who knew him slave. The pass he carried as
a seed pcddler lie had need to use in his hight lie
CyeryNIcIe a Nllte man. NIOu uc 4tIb iAOhtN'A
he wore Undermined fur hat and other garments Ike
those of the Southern gentleman Of the day. When he
reached tavern he boldly walked in as others did, and
IT was during ore Of these calls that he encountered Mr.
steen On his return for his brother Cyrus, he went as
white man, placed pair Of goggles over his eyes to
prevent accident in he upon acquaintance
who might not be friendly TO his schemes as Mt.
steen had been.
OTHER cUArAcTERs OF TIE STORY.
10, 3Io ovfrf fI11 ma
ing brought Cyrus to Oborlin him to Canada in
short time being yet fearful that uniucy accident
might arise to him again TO slavery in Kentucky
L. T. Gillette, esq merchant Of Oberlin but now OF
Milwaukee forwarded Lewis to Newlork City In charge
OF Lewis ppan who received hin in good order, and
passed him along 10 Salem, Mass. Al Salem, he reported
to VIM b. Dodge, agent Of the Massachusetts, Anti
Slavery Society who put im Ut work on the platform at
his meetings 10 "tcl the story Of his thral
dom" From that day to this observation-disclosures
Lewis Clarkc-has BEEN il one capacity or anOtnci a
public man, engaged in the great work of fighting
Slavery or caring its victims they escaped For
the ten years following his arrival Nj Dodges in the
Autumn OF ls3, he did little else than lecture against
Slavery aud thai time he made 200 addresses
principally in New En gland, It may be Of interest to
hear the story Of lis first speech before an audience 1t
was at Oberlin while he living in tho family OF Mr.
Eels that that gentleman asked him to visit the meeting
Of his Ansavery Society some time, and tell his story
agreed 10 repeat while MT Eels wrote 1t down TO read
himself at the meeting This not at all to the pur-
pose and finally after much urging, he consented IA
speak and the day set. When the time arrived,
Lewis was terrified at the crowd which had gathered,
and he refused TO enter the hail but Mr. Eels On one
side ard another friend the opposite armurred him
in through the crowd, to the PLATFORM and placed him
there facing the audience AS he entered the room he
was greeted with uproaIious cheers, which continued
until he mounted the platform when the applause was
redoubled. This increased his terror. Confused and
abashed he knew not what to do say He speech
less from stage fright when Prof Morgan then and now
Of the University, introduced him. AT last Mr.. Eels
cried out, "Lewis, where were you born y That was
easily answered and the reply Jeanne quickly" Madison
County Kentucky" Mr. Eels followed with other
questions" Who was your fatherp "Your motherf'
"Who owned heri" and forth, until, before lie was
aware of it, almost, he striking out alone in his
story, and he never suffered a similar embarrassment
afterward On this occasion he so warmed up to his
work that he spoke two hours and at the close Of his
address, the Society voted to give him money with which
TO return for his brother Cyrus This the first speech
ever made in the United States by runaway slave
pleading for his enslaved fellow-men. He antedates
Frederick Douglass in this well asn entering copy
right for his book published In 1876, giving an account
of his captivity-the first book copyrighted by
slave. He the first slave who ever stood up in
public assembly and argued the question Of Slavery with
STAKEHOLDER from the South He took part, during his
career as speaker, In the great Ndx Hampshire con-
test when John p Hale, then Democratic Senator OF
the United States was returned TO that body for a
second time, by way Of defiance to the Southern
Democracy, who directed that for certain OF his Con-
gresonal acts the several questions Of Slavery as
they came up must be thrown overheard by the New
Hampshire Democracy, and Oh account DO sent again
to Washington.
The occasion when he met STAKEHOLDER in debate as
an eGua was at the great Boston Convention of Northern
and Eastern Aboonsts in ls7 Whereabouts. 1t was
held at the old fremont Temple and crowded by
audience of thousands. Louis Tappan OF NewYork pre-
sided. On the day in question, Lewis Clarke occupied
seat in the gallery at the side of the platform.
When the address to the people Of the United