Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-02
ANTHONY BURNS RIOT
The Last Fugitive Slave Ex-
tradited from Boston.
MEETING AT OLD FANEUlL.
In the Court House Attack Deputy
Marshal Batcheller Was Killed.
SLAVE OWNER M'DANIHL A HERO.
with Drawn Pistol Ito Defended shs
Famous Fusiusc at the rerii
of His own Life.

Time tcmporR Judgment and rlnena
wisdom. Time hoaln tho wounds left
by grim war Men who Thirty years
ago offered up their lives and fortunes
TO sustain the cause OF the North or
the South--who fought with the cour-
age that ~ born OF aatrlotlam-now
meet with friendly handolaap and fra
lernal greeting Here and there n
stridcnt discord mara the harmony Of
a perfect reunion, but the false note
is soon lost In tho grand chorus OF
brcthcrly love.
In the heat OF battle mems motives
AFRO often miRoonstrued and their ac-
tlons uninterrupted. FIFTY yearn ago
tho name abolitlpnist was passport
to sure condemnation In the southland
tho term slave owner invited an out
pouring OF wrath from tho men OF tho
North, slavery has been dead for
over thirty years, and those OF the
newer generation, weighing tho -eo-
orda OF history with dlspuHaionate
Judgment freely admit that the slave
owner claimed only those rights
which were legally his, aud that the
Ubulitionist wna aotuhtod 10y honest be-
lief In the justice OF the principles ho
advocated,
In the war between the nbolitlonistB
and the ulnve owners quarter was
neither asked nor given, The men
below the line were "a earnest In their
defence OF an institution that bore
the stamp Of legality and the sanction
OF law Us were tho nntl-nluNcry men
Of the North IN their efforts 60 secure
munumleaion for the black man.
with the passage OF the Fugitive
al
struggle was intensified, and the tx
| tradition OF runaway slaves wnS
| fought pro aud con with the Ardor
| Inherent In mon who believed thht
victory Tor their cause meant o tri-
umph OF right
There wore many caeeH under INC
now law that culistcd tho HervirrH Vt
able advocntcgand the Hymputhiea % the
high cuntouding pnrtiuH. but the extra
dltlon OF Anthony Burns furnished
cause crlcbro.
burns was owned by Colonel Charles
r. Suite Of Richmond Va, aud lie Of
| f0ctrd his escape In March. 1854 lie
| concealed himB"lf ON a trading schuon'
err bound Tor northern ports and, after
| suffering great hnrdshipa from lack u
| fnod and acunty clothing. escaped frcm
the vessel when she touched AZ Hos
ton, In short time, aided by LOWS
| d.. Hayden an cN-slavc, famous be
Il 'fhNN hi Ilh fNNA.NN 81 tNAlNNNN'NAt NV
| other fugitive slave, IN lNO2 he re-
cured employment from "A col1red man
| who owned u small clothing store
on nrattle street All went smooth
| ~ with BurnH unit Ion the even
| ing ~ "Wednesday May -, whilo walk
| Ing humpwurd he was arrested on q
warrant issued by United states Com.
missioner L0rlug The otiicCt told him
! the ohnrge WAS theft Tho negro. &C n
ndent Of MS ability 10 provo his In
| nocrnoc, went quietly with his cnptnf
tp the lnil while confined here one ~
/ the Keepers told him the real cause OF
| his arrest and Burns was well nigh
crushed by tho truth. Hts oHptorH had
| managed tho affair with such rare dis
| erection that mono uf Tho newspapers
| received the Intelligence until The fol-
| lowing day. when the arrest was made
| public the vigilance committee, which
had been organized ~ night tile en-
forcomcnt OF the fugitive slave law,
/ called mGeting 10 discuFs ways aud
means 10 prevent Burns return 60 hiH
| master There were some turbulent
spirits on Tits committee They ad-
vnontsd an immediate assault on the
! jail, WiHor counsel prevailed. and II
| was decided 10 cnll monster indigna-
ton meeting In old lfaneuil Halt apyon
| inmbcrn Of the committee, among
whom was I.Vwia Hayden, resolved "a
adopt more decisive measures and
| NltuHtl illifnhNlNfh IN WilAlHk 70 rescue
Burna. cost what II might.
The preparations Tor the maHs.meet-
Ing went on and the seven advocates
az violent rescue, led by Hayden. who
! was deaf 10 the eplrontioB vi the cons
aorvatlvcH, were likewise bnsy, Each
OF the seven pledged himself to
muster IN six recruits, Their project
was BuocoosBful and hey awaited ia
yorablo opportunity 10 put their plans
for the rvscue into execution,
On Friday evening, May 20, the great
meeting Ia FRnnull Hal took place.
The uaRcmblngo was called TO order
ny Samuel Bewail. a distinguished clll-
Yen Of Boston IGN-Mayor Russell Of
Rnxbnry was made chairman He In
troduced NJ the nrHt speaker John l..
swift. who died a few monlbn ago. and
hia rugged eloquenee ana hcart-stlrrlng
appeals moved the audience 10 fierce
enthusiasm iio was followed by the
master. Wendell Phillips. whose biting
sarcasm ana logical reasoning added
fuel 10 the flames. when Theodore
Parkor arose 10 speak tho audience was
thoroughly aroused, and az ha thun-
dered forth bitter denunoiatlonB OF the
Fugitive slave act tho vast crowd
gave way 10 frenzy An he finished
his great speech the enthusiasm was