, 1874-02-08

holders; and the persons ard property of tbe
obnoxious in the town made subject. nlmnEt
with the conniyance Of the citizens Of Quincy. ~
violence and destruction.
With such state of feeling existing, inertia
bly, the slaves fed acroes tho riyer-somo even
EVAN across On planka or broken timber-to flee
to their friends they heard so much about from
their masters. They did not find it necessary tn
cay, " Christian. will you send NC back5" Few
ever we're coa1ed or forced back And thas
originated ono OF tile main lines OF the
USpERGRoUSD RAILROAD
1t was the Quincy, Galesburg 4; Chicago, and
not the Chicago, Burlington L. Quincy Of tho
present day. Owen Loycioy WAS tile agent at
r1lneeton; RI ton and d. Director in general of
terminated also in Chicago, the St. Louis,
Alton = Chicago which WAS anterior to the pres
ent chicago, Alton j. St. Louis. One Of Mr..
Llncolns prominent clients wss station-master
at Springfield. No aid lad ever been offered to
get slaves to leave their masters in tho Slave
States. It had como to ba merely q question.
Shall VIC protect the fugitive who hns como foi
shelter at our own doors; or shall We turn
traitor to humanity, and deny the outcasr fool
and shelter, and ail in the hlcat laudablo OF all
pursuits,-the gaiuing Of his own liberty?
IT WAS IN 1910
that one OF these three Abolitionists happened
to he upon the west side Of the Miseissppi
RlVer. There WAS espied black man skulking
among the underbrush upon the riyer-banl, and
le besousht the student to take him across the
river. This tho student told him he could not
then safely do. But he promised that. if the
BLACK man would come, with certain others, to
the same place at time OF night agreed upon,
he would come with = boat mud fetch them acrosz,
aud place them among friends The Interview
MAS witnessed by SOHO white persons on the
watch, tue shrinking negro pumped dry, aud the
plan revealed sud . plot set on foot to cnsnare
the Abolitlonists. At the appointed hour, the
three students wera seen to move to the shore
with boat. They were drawn into the trap,
md not permitted to see Free State again for
many years, until the voice OF the world had de-
manded their release, and they, one after
another, were partioncd out and banished from
the State by the Governor. They we're taken
to Palmyra in mock-heroic procession, there
confined in JUL, i'll due time tried and convicted
and sentenced in course TO
HIrN15oNalESE FOE LIE:
During their imprisonment in the county, they
were confined in the lower cell Of a log jail
like the Apostle, their feet made fast in chains,
and. like Paul aud Silas tloy sang praises and
glorifed God In roou above them wero con-
fined horse-thieyes, forsers, and nurdcreSs, who
made mockcry of their devotion, aud jce7ed
them for their love Of ''nisgers;" and, while
tho Abolisionists prayed, the thieves played cards.
and dropped down upon their devoted heads,
bowed il prayer, the cards with which they we're
wont to pass away tho tedious hours whilo await
ing the coming Of taruy justice.
1T
Il coulo nor, ol course, oe kopI from tho ears
OF tue heroes % tnEt tno terrible 10 men whose 1eot
we're MADE last IN CHAINS IN Tue lower ecu. were
there confined because they haa oneTou a,t 10 alo
the slave TO escape from ms master. 3ney TILL
Idly, at Afst' ont more oololy a1ter"aro'
oAtnaSsp ~ ~ A. AZ sdona ., ;.i,
TO to tne he.y what tbese f. frepds 90. Of the lily
had to tei taeln. en- lhey pEeasneo TO them n;.4
pontaoa0 tt ou 80, - 1870, ti;s
o. II IVES, thAt 1hefe :as 14no u iteeuoL1 'u4s
sioe OF lhe grave; ano Nnas II "ls Sue1l aut5 ~
aeo 70 canaaa lnoy solo .ne %ne1e & IL e9u ;po 10
1ouno. 1he! gave tne11 nAsaes u i!leuus is1to
whose hands 1t would be safe to cast them
selves aId upon tue eIa1 shat naa eerTea 5ne
purpose OF tho th.eseS II saa noso 1
quarters above them, poth LOT amusement :ao
derision, having sp11t them IN sheets, thcy grew
little naps OF directions 1or 1o6islses 70 1o11o"
on 1irBt stepping thelr ieet upon tho otate -, o1
Illinois. unui they got well upon @ Inc nno a o. ahe
uuiine tne ,.,laI. 49, so-a o,,ai,,ad =, .;.,a
ta1s - 80 ~. e.oana T,a aIo,;ns from slavery
be Became canno @AA''1 0'
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