New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-13

,rom,cred. was expelled from the Senate at the
Sreakng ont of the Rebellion. for having given
letter to man gong South, c3nmenu'ng MN -
certain persons having recently made an lnipor-
taut invention in firearms; ana theY nave Hi,"VNn
with his growth. and have strengthened WIN ms
strength. That this is so is demonstrated ny ms
sneee hes i'm Congress. remarkable only ~ examples
OF intellectual weakness and abicct snhserNleh.y
to the slave power by his efforts whlie tnolV :"
fastcr Iy bride the curse of slavery upon the tlrc
soil OF Kansas. which caused stephen A. i'"oR.HS'
IN my hearing to dcnouncc him IN the most siH!n-
ing terms of contempt ms the superaeNlNSdu1o ~
strulnent of Bright; and by his approval OF 'lc
Inurdero assault hY Brooks upon thaflcs uI,iVi'
As further illustration OF ms S'rNHS ~ iI"nt
power must refer to some thrilling lntF f,i,,5
" Inch happened in StS, and which are NOT louhu
IN any c;,skct OF "reminiscences
>LAvrRY RAMPANT ~ WASHINGTON.
Slavery had full sway in Washington in those
DAYS Al who did not fall down at lis altar and
Worship that Moloch subject TO al the h'rcc-
ness of the Shareholders wrath and tacir names
were cas-, on, as evil. There were slave pens aud
auction blocks under the verS shadow OF the tap-
tol, where mcn. women. and children were "allt
bought and sold and thCrc Was hardly Churcn
vho.e members tiId not deal in human tcSh. aud
not - minister of the Gospel who had The courage
publicly to condemn the monstrous iuiquty or even
to aIludc II il in his pray Is ior fear OF oehS Uc
nouGtcd as an Aio.it ouiSt.
rur CASH OF Tur SCHOONER rEARL.
Itwas FL this time that the schooner Pearl, com
mandcd by Drav;on and Sears. came up the foto-
mac with "a cargo of lumber from the North ana
OH her return voyage took in as ballast seventy
five persons claimed rs property bv resi- 'en', OF
Virginia Maryland, and the District OF tolnm"&
A steamer gave chase. and can~rt the f'lrl ava
took ch.I,c of her ballast. NraVtcu and S'arS
were til some dsicuity SAVE" from iAo' N"i'n'''
aud were 3D. bs-0ucntly tyic and condemned 20 I'M
priSona.,ut. The poor coloIct pcrlc, nr'. women,
ans c!nldron were purchased by ~" >laEetfadelS'
and were taken to tie cotton ieidS 81 me NnhIi'
DR.. Baily WIS Publishing here paper called me
Noiio4oi i11 an anti-slaycTY piper q hlGh prn.
c,,lc. j.. which Mrs stoves " -nce Toms CABIN
such "A r,D,l1 Al
tho Nat ns Capital. proc claiming the equal rights ol
all men. could not be tol ratrd 1t WAS regarded
rs Tho Elhtcd match IN the poWd r-house Oh
slavery. The excitement on tins occasion was IN
tense throughout the clty. Excavations against
the Aho.itonlSts were eNer%Whtrc nc% ,i4,
and posters appeared in all the public
places on the day of the recapturc OF
the slaves. denouncuc The National Ina and its
editor and calling meeting TO suppress both. DR.;
Raily's residence E-,t., opposite the general
Pest Ofice Building. and ms paper was published
on seventi-st, opposite the fa'eht once
MoBBING TIE NATIONAL ERA.
The mob assembled according to order at night in
front of the central Patent Office binding on Est.
ever two thousand strong. 1t was composed of
LAWYERS Department clerks, a few citizens of va
nous classes. and the rough and tumble ele-
xeut of the CITY, Some OF the leading
LAWYERS undertook 10 control and give
the proper direction to the Heterogeneous mass and
Ut their earnest solicitation committee was APP
pointed To wait upon the doctor and peIcmpiorly
demand of him n removal Of his from the city.
A miserable Northern "douchtdce" from Clovcl nd,
Ohie by the name of Dani>l Radcf acted IA chair
nan OF that committee. On reaching ne doctors
residence they were received cOureOuSlY. 10 the
demand made by Radclitf as spokesman on behalf of
tho NJ h. that he should remove ms press from the
district the doctor replied with hrmne~S aud
to the point that ~ no instance lad he
violated any of the laws Of the District
Oh been gully of any act which could justly subject
him u ccusure or Teproach; AID he was entitled.
sn American citizen. 20 protection under the laws
and Constitution Of ms country. and that he would
not therefore submit 10 tie dictates o. mob or re-
move hi, pres, from the ID strict.
ENGLISH ONE OF TIE MOB
The committee inmeiIa-eiv returned. Radcilfi
mounted the Fps of the Patent Office building and
proclaimed 10 the excited moh in stcntonan voice
The answer they had received. Immediately there
went ~ dcafenng veil a, If pandemonum itself
had bro1en loose Down with the building! Destroy
the id pressw and a simultaneous rush of the
whole craZy multitude was made for the building
bowling and yelling like many demons "a they
went stood near the corner OF and Scventl-sts.,
beside &" Long John Wentworth, then a member
of Congress from Chicago. and | shall never forget
his bittcr exclamation the mob made the rush TO
tear the building down. Nv Godw be cried. " if
there was only a Napoleon here with ms artillery
10 teach hose bowling devils a ieSsOnW Had his
wish been gratifcd the Democratic rarty would III
all pfoba ~. have been deprived Of thciT present
candidate fer the NIcc-PresId'ncy; Tor prominent
H. thai thloug of desperate men was ". u. English,
Jealous iG'i, ne ever mas bceD slice. 10 40 lNc
biddi y ami despicablc WORK of the slave power.
CAPTAIN Goddard. a Hercules III muscular power.
who Sill lives III tins city, ana was then the head
OF The poce force got to the buudlng VITA two or
tbrcr TcSOlufe men IN advance Of the mob. and,
planting himself in the doorway and defantly
welding his huge baton of authority, declared has
intention to make corpse Of the lIst man who
attempted to enter the building. The whole
cowar ~ gang was kept al bay ~ the indCmitable
pinCk anG imDcss OF that one man, ana they only
succeeded IN demOlishiug the windows with stones.
ENGLISH AS AN INKsTAND-HURLEB
English called subsequently with his friend Cole
at the Office OF Jacob Blgelow at Seventh and
E-sts. a wcli-known anti-slavery man. H. hated
slavery with perfect hatred. and Northern
"doughfacr" was an object to him of the most sd
preine contempt He had therefore, jnst estimate
of English and not slow express his feelings
and his opinion Of Engishs conduct to his face.
English boiling over with wrath to he thus
oensuTcd by AbolI;iOnst, seized large
glass inkstand and hurlingit at Mr. Bgelow's head
left his office in a speedy manner than ne had
entered II. &" declare said Cole when relating
the affair 10 after rs occurrence " If BIge-
low hadn't lodged the Inkstaud would havo
knocked hi, brains ont That Kind OF argument,
so prevalent witt dOuphfac-s" IN those dark days.
was he Onlq kind that anf.-slavery men Ike Bgc-
low ,yeIe M the habit 81 dOdglug.
Wat "a buIl,sque II would be upon republican
insitu ions 90 elevate such man as Inellsh nav
Ing such a record To the exalted position of Vice
President Of the United St@icsi b. les.
UGsi ira'1D, u. e., sept I. 1850.
UILLIAM H. ENGLJSH.