The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-07-08

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man who went to him to discuss the
justice of slavery. O'Connell replied:
"Discuss anything under this roof, but
before you discuss the justice OF one
man owning another, let me lock up my
silver"
Tie speaker next referred feelingly
to the mat tyrs of the anti-slavrry
cause and to the sufferings Of the early
abolitionists. ''Will you. my youth:
Yul friends" " said he, "be!ieve that I
SAW minister OF Christ, Elijah p.
I.ovejoy. b:utally murdered in the
streets If Alton by q pr0-slavery mob,
in the free state Of Illinois, because he
dared TO publish a newspaper In the
interest of religion. humanity and uni
versal freedom, and 10 man WAS ever
punished Tor that brutal murder"
MINNESOTA AS 4 LEADER.
The following portion Of Mr.. Tai.
bots address is so new and interesting
to most Niuresoti,ns that we give it
In his own words:
TO Minnesota belongs the high hon
or of having ut An enrly day in her his
tory executed the laws and admins
tered justice in 4 way that no state in
this union had ever done before.
In 1850, Col. Christmas. 4 planter
from South Carolina, visited Mime
apolis with his family and y slave ser.
want. She was black, bright and at
tractive. The ladies Of that city, some
Of them more than half lawyers, (thelr
husbands were practicing attorneys)
n,1Ic k., El:1o 10 f~ooI1no Che 1,o1 n -
aspirations in that direction. She was
born a slave and expected to live AID
die one. Col. Christmas was a kind
master, but Eliza we'll understood that
were he to die or adversity overtake
him, she might be sold on the auction
block with his horses, sold, perchance,
to one Of the greatest tyrants that ev.
ct welded the iron.pronged collar, that
hateful instrument Of torture, on the
necks Of his own children.
Freedom! O, how Eliza wept and
trembled as those Minneapolis angels
con:rasted freedom with lifelong
bondage. All the details of that Min
neapolis struggle for Eliza's freedom
need not be given here. Suffice to say
she was spirited away and hidden in
the country. Search warrants were is
sued, the slave catchers went on her
trail, she was arrested and taken into
court, the best legal talent in the city
was there to defend her rights. Col.
Christmas had also able counsel to ex-
pose the reckless conduct. the illegal
proceedings of the ''she kidnappers', of
Minnesota. After several days: liti.
CATION Eliza was declared by the court
to be n free woman. She was not a
fugitive slave. She was brought into
free territory by her own, master and
the tyrannical fugitive slave law could
not lie made to operate III her case.
When justice was done in that court,
when the chains fell from Eliza's
limbs. cheers rent the air and for a
time the Falls Of st. Anthony were
unheard in that city. Col. Christmas
handed Eliza 500 and said, ELIZA,
when your Northern friends desert
you, this sum i'll enable you to return
to South Carolina" But Eliza never
returned to bondage.
Col. VIM. King, Mr.. Joel Bassett,
and that good old Quaker, Father
Wales, Of the bookstore. were amongst
the most active Of E!iza's ennncipa-
tors.
Mr.. Talbot then alluded to the fact
that he was soldier more than fifty
years ago, that lie WIS active over a
quarter OF y century ago in defending
the frontier Of Minnesota. He quoted
from the song. "We'ye drunk from the
same canteen," and taking up a can.
teen he drank from it, handed it to
Sheriff Miller, who also took Il drink.
and the two shook hands over the
canteen relic Of the war.
This closed the address and brought
down the house, or the whole camp
meeting, and three rousing cheers
were given for the "old war veteran
Freeman Talbot.
The people then united in singing
America and the exercises ended
Groups gathered around the park and
ate picnic dinners and expectation
then rose On tiptoe for the Calathump'
ian parade.
THE FUNNY PROCESSION.
Att O'Clock the Calathu,npian, Mar
di Gras. Momus parade formed and
twice pavaded the principal streets
The order of the parade was as follows
Lord High Executioner.
Brass Band, led by our own Drum
Major.
City Dads.
Uncle Isaac.
Signor Danti's Exhibition Of Wild
Westward Ho.
Sweden Afoat-"Skepp Ohoj."
Grover and frankie.
Three Little Maids from School.
The Largest Confederate Gun Cap
tured.
The Queens Band, led by Prof. Ko Ko
Shermau's Bummers- Come
and See.
Mobiles County Giant and Giantess
weight 1.5OO pounds.
Liberty Enlightening the World.
Beauty and the Beast.
Italian Rear Act.
A Fierce Giasticutus and Trainer.
Music Box-13 tunes.
Cavalcade of knights, Demons, In
dians, Clowns, etc.
The subjects themselves, the cos
tunes and the behavior generally O
the participants we've enthusiasticall!
commended. This was altogether th'
best parade of the kind ever seen il
Worthington and a gentleman inform
ed US that it beat the Lord Mayor
procession in London in everything
except numbers and extent, and he ha
seen the Lord Mayors procession sew
eral times.
After the parade came variety o
amusements. The band of coloret
minstrels held a crowd most of tn
| afternoon as they sang their darke,
! pieces from the pagoda.
| Following is a record of the races OF
1Oth.st. in front of the park:
| FOOT RACE.
A. Darling. Fred Lane, - Fyfee
s Cover First money tn Lane sec