New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
AnglO-AmeriCan Memories
Copyright, 1909. by Gearse " sanarey)
y .nnSsu February L.


Gar story q his so-caled trial and Of the sur
render - Burns - Colonel Suite. also Of NjT-
-in5a Tho actual military rank held bv Suite
: g. not know. but ! call him Colonel ou gen
r-sl principles. or ou the principle announced
rv the late Max O'ReH in MS book on America:
with its population oT sixty millions ia niupart
,fas roEonals.- But ] viii 10U what saw. and
what sort % Impression the event made at the
-frra upou AZ eye o-itncss who belonged 70 the
dominant and most conservative party in the
e+ate- she Wing party
The arrest # Burns made s:f- IN the Did
.-,ra-nor0esItlp comparable 10 none other - 7ioH
rei occurred down 70 that time. From Worces-
fer. T here 7 was then reading more or less Ia1
-if4 NJ Fcsr Z went Jn Boston 70 look on at
hes, proceedings 7 went from no particular
feeling of sympathy Nth Burns. nor Yet mainly
from alaorronoe of that subservience 20 slave
holders 7u which until after Wehstcrs Ith Of
March sraach IN 1850. Massachusetts had been
STEPPED vent from curiosity. ! wanted Z"
4ae how the legal siaa Of it was managed. For
though tho popular dislike of such proceedings
-s-rsch neither the Shadrach nor the Sims case
had fully reused. was then siurlha7iuS, the state
had so long ago as 1913 passed law forbid
ding anv fudg~ or other officer holding = COM
mission from the state 20 take any part in the
rendition = any person claimed as fugitive
slave urd7r the old Act ot Congress Of 1873
u, r-~a was "a Massachusetts, Judge "f Probate
sitting a= United states commissioner and
6oiuz :l- work 1n-ch iu the South itself vas
done b- h1oodGounds. and hy III" hasosf Of man
I-fua thought 7 should Ike - sec ho" such
- --o,.ss --bf1a engaged ,,7on that task.
,, ,7ss-.,,..,,,-7-+s
,-..-. -, ~ a., .-4-r d, f,,e+,t,-~ slave
VAS - have ON Massachusetts soil
Pu--S was seized on WEDNESDAY *I-onl'E.
- o.-r- He a-rearaa before judge Lo~jng AZ
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- =, - ,s,-:o,,e1,, intend
- ~. ., .--+..1-- sr-,r,,6 -,eci., and end that
'l '''' ' 10 -, -, -, saa
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as counsel h" az 0"''"N ''7i'' ana aS>5' INC
rra hearing n p@sfp"iea 1''" '0' '"
allowed 90 consult friends and HouI'se. '''s
Mack man sat ther" "stuDe7ed and 'HTFlfeo. -
Tsra aid. iHrapah.9 OF ThougHt or asn'"-
tft-- -cleatad protests hT ba''a 7iio '-a-S' ~
1"ri0c ul- of@ Tho hearing ia Se1afua>- ''-
Burns vas stiH kept IN secret confinement
when Wcnde' Phillips asked 70 sec MN 70 al
-zng~ that re Should have counsel, the tinted
states Marshal refused phillips went 10 cam
r-55-e - sec Judge 1.o-fng and Judge Loring
gave hin, an order of admission - the cell
rs,r- he said To PhiIifps.-this Judge-COTmis-
..--. es,5 or +r,a cause he MAS about 70 Try ju-
,...r-,
NJ Fbf7rt-S the case is 50 clear that do
80. ..,i1 --, will he justified in placing any OBJ
.,r -, ,7 ,,-sz- -r ffs mans going rs h prob
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,-...,-,,saf,s 55.-f.Y-,97oncr. hich. before and
-. -.-, ~, -,.,,.,,,-a7,1, r-ra-~n for
-, .--,-..~+fs7f---
-. = ---- "a +,e ,,ar,-f House on the Sat
-. g. Sol 7,eoo--a 2 fortress There were
- ,-s+.7s and +17ef~ deputies
- =, ---,- ,7-,r-7t,a-e and United States ma
- -. ,-F,s+,, 1,.s not then been hung about
N - - 30 chief Iustfce shaw then
- ,.-,-.a-,, = 7 MS allowed to enter the
- - =, , ,,,,s-sf-s to the corridor On
.-z g. ,--+ ,r which oreDed the door
. -, ,,---r,,,,, --77ora 3u-ns vas being tried.
- - - 7,re h-7r for freedom which was more
-. 80. r,e,, VAS s-oDDed The police Of
-. a. ,-o,,75 listen 10 nothing The
.- So. h. Iazr and hv custom 70 all
- - ..r,za7 ~ order. as I understood.
-. ,f -7,e Commissioner -zho vas holding his
-. -,,,-- b7,+ nv the United States Marshal
-.-.--ef,.7a for the custody Of Burns
eu6 alarmed by the state Of pubic "Ihhlou,
-7,,re argued with the police. there came up
: smart Young officer Of United states marines
fze sslzed What It was all about. ] said was
Ia s+ndert and wished to enter Admit him"
saf5 the officer Of United states marines Iie
-,.--Ad fill ha saw his order obeved and the
IL. .+a-5 aside from the door, then bowed TO
20 aud vyan- his vav. 50 i happened that il
IS % an officer Of an armed force Of the
T-,5+a5 states that was indebted for the privi-