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hol'lera; and tho persons and property Of TIM
obnoxious In the town made sub]oct, almost


With atroh etato Of feoling existing, incyta-
bly, tho slavoa fed aorots tho rtvor--Bomo oven
owa,n actoss on plankH or brokon tltnbor-to fec
to their fdonds they heard 80 mitch about from
Say, Christian, will you sond mo back?" Fow
over wore coaxcd or forced bnok. And tha1
originated ono Of tho main lfnoa OF tho
UNDERGROUND nA1LHuAD,-
1t was the Quincy, delesbnrg l. Chicago, and
not tho .; ohicsgo nqrlinsto. s Quincy Of te
liz res No had 1estsf snone4 n ao thst
Terminated also IN Chicago, tho st., Louis,
Alton Chicago, WHICH =. wss anterior to tho pres
Lancoln'g prominent olionta wns station-master
at Springfield, No Md Ind ever boon offered to
got elayos to 1cavc thoir mnstcrs In tho Slave
etatos. 1t had como to DO merely question,
shelter ct our own doora.; or shall NO turn
traitor TO humanity, and deny tho outcast food
pursuita,-the gaining Of his own liberty?
that ono Of these thrae Aboonsts naa happened
10 DO upon tho west aide Of tho Etissisai{pi
River. There was ospicd black man skulking
among tho undorbrush upon tho rlyer-bank, and
hc boaonEht the student to tasko him across tho
river. This tho atudont told him he could not
thon safely do. hut he promised that. II tho
black man would como, with certain others, to
tho nalnn plato At q timo OF night agreed upon,
ho would como with boat and foteh them across,
and place them among friends. Tho Interview
watch. the. slrining negro pumped dry, and the
plau rovonles', ai'd plot got on foot TO enHnnro
throo atudenta were seen to lnovo to the shore
With boat. They were drawn into the trap,
many years, until the voice Of the world had de-
manded their roloase, and they, one after
another, were pardonod out and banishcd from
tho State by tile Governor. They werc taken
to Palmyra in = mook'heroic procession, there
confined in JAIL in duo time triod and convicted,
aud sentenced In course to
fafpnIaoNaEsr FOR LIFE.
During tleir Imprisonment In Tho county, they
woro confined in tho lowor cell OF log JAIL
and, 1iko Paul aud sllns, they sang praises md
glorifcd God. III room aboyo thom were con-
fined horso- thieves, forgora, and murdererB, who
made mochery Of their devotion. aud jcercd
them for their love Of "niggers;" aud, while
the Abotionista prayed, the tLiovos played cards.
and dropped down upon. their devoted heads,
bowed in prayer, tho cards with which thsy were
wont to pass away the tedious hours while await
ing tho coming Of tardy Justice.
Il could not, Of course, bo kept from tho ears
Of tho negroes that tho terrible mon whose feet
wero made fast in chains in tho lower cell, we're
there coulnad because tAoy lad oEforsd to aid
the slave to eacapo from his master. They tim
idly, ut 0rst, hut moro boldly afserward,
hAT4EnED AT Nl6aE
to tho grated window at the rear Of tho 1og jail,
to boar what these friends of tho "niggors'
profitable and good abolition gospel, and tho gist
Of it was, that there was land Of freedom this
tloe to Canada. They told them whore it could DO
found they gave them names 'of friends into
whose hands 1t would be safe to cast tliom-
selyea; and upon tho cards That had served tho
purpose Of tho thieves in the moro comfortable
nk1S1 haiti, fnua
dorision, having Bplis thom in sleets they drew
little maps Of directions for fugitiyos to follow
on first stepping thoir feot upon tho State OF
Illinois, until they got we'll upon tho limo Of the
Underground Railroads, In tlls way, hundreds,
during their coufuemont, reserved tho necessary
instructions by which they wore enabled in timo
to make tltir escape. Tho exodus from slavery
became
MORE AND MORE GENERAL;
tho railroad largely increased Its business and,
ut this end of tho line, Dr.. Dyor and philo Car
ponter had moro to attend to than had boon
originally contracted for aud it had to DO shared
with Dr.. kennicott, Dan Davidson. Deacon
johnson, and others too numerous to mention.
But long story must be shortened. The
| three Abo1ltionsts went to Jefferson peniten-
tiary, of course. thcro to break their teeth in
muncEing tho hard corn Of Missouri Burr to
crush his arm In tho macliuery for making hemp
cloth tho trio to labor for The State. and to
preach Abolition,Bm by example and procept
to endure hardnoas with noble pluck; to hold
tho authority Of The Slnto Of Missouri vicious
compact with the powers Of darkness. aud to
wound the heart and conscience OF every por-
tion of Its dcconcy, until the world pointed to
the example to Inquire,
ARE THESE a1Es CRIMINALS?
The better Of you, you have put inside your
prison walls! And, from nero shame, they
opened tho prison. doors, first to Work, to
20 to the care Of his family; then to Burr.
to 80 out to ehenlo still more the State
by tho exhibition of his shattered haud, and the
exposition Of his prison-iifo; no1t reluctantly
md slowly, but ut laRt tho most turbulent spirit
Of them all, George Thompson. was BOT FREQ.
sionary to Africa, to proach, as he ie
now doing, to tho lumbermon in tho north Of
Michigan. Missouri never Hcnt moro faithful
missionary to henthen or Christian than she
then sent from her prison-walls.. a son ol
Work composes tho songs that thrill tho heart
md neryo tho arm that at Inst
STRIKES SLAVERY DEAD.
The incorporating Moses Hunter. who
trained these men to tho rare, inilo1'blo intog.
rty Of John Brown, whilo tho AboltionlBts were
yott in tho grasp Of Missouri justice, came tc
| Chicago in foehle health, and with but few
friends to sympnthizo aud aid him (for Christian
! friends then were scarce). iie died and wat
/ buried in tho Chicago cemetery: A monumon
was TALKED OF to be raised above his head; bnl
not Btone marks the place of his rest Only
| DR.. Dyer can now toll whore his bones lie. Il
nut already covered in the greedy hhste to make
this sacrod repository Of the dead y pleasure
park for tho unro1ecting living, then, in tht
uamo Of decencyi
I LET THEM BE REMOVED,
and placed whero 4 few who have heard Of hin
may know where to look for them. Are not the
| honoB even, OF such q lnnn worth preserving
Hore is q hint for DR.. Dyer to point out til:
| spot, and to our reconstructed 'brotAot-m an
to do the more nobie thing OF erecting suitable
monument to his memory. Have they yet In
vestcd anywhore in such Btock of gratitude
Did Missouri find it q more profitable job tt
imprlaon these three Aboltionists than Yirglnil
found it to hang John Brown7 z. EAsrMAN.
| {suntnve DOrcs
| Edmund about IN tho London Afhenmts,n.
| LEspagno Of Baron Ch. Dayiler is the worth,
Tho book of III. Davllller is enriched by 30