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-BENJAMIN S. JONES, EDITOR. "NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS." ANN fEAltSON, PUBLISHING XfjENT.
VOL. 10. NO. 3. SALEM, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1SG0. WHOLE NO. T7f. '
The Anti-Slavery Bugle.
The Anti-Slavery Bugle. DR. LIVINGSTON'S EXPLORATIONS.
At a roconl mooting of tho geographical section
of the British Association, an interesting paper
was road from Dr. Livingntono, giving nn account
of bis discoveries in Africa, f.'uai which tho fol
lowing an extract.
'In the upper part of tho Lower Shire, in
Highlands and in tho tallies of tho Lower Shire,
mere is a eomewnai numerous population, j
generally live in villages nod in hamlets
near thorn. Each village h.1s its own chief, Bnd
the chiefs in a given territory have a head chief,
whom thoy owo some sort ornllegiunce. Tho pnr-luuthnr
mount chief of ono portion or the Upper Shire
a woman. Tho sites of their villages are select,
fr the most part, with judgmrnt and good
taste. A stream or spring is near, and pleasant
bade trees grow in and nruund the place. Near
ly every villngo is surrounded by a thick high
hedge of tho poisonous euphorbia. DuriDg the
greater pattof tho yoar tho inhabitants could
an enomy through tho hodftn, whilo ho would find
a diffioult mattor to see them. By shooting their
already poisoned arrows through the tender br.;tic!i-'
'es, they get smeared with the poisnnuiiv mi'l-y
juice, and inflict most painful if not fatul wounds.
Tho constant dripping of the juice tf the bruis-j
ed branch-s prevents tho enemy from attempting
'to forco their way through tho hedgo. ns it dos-1
troys the eyesight. Tlio huts nro largo, stronger
built, villi higher nnd more graceful roofs than
ny we bavo seen on tho Zambesi. Many of tho
men are very intelligent looking, w ith high foro
beads and well shaped heads. They eIiovv singu
lar taste in tho astonishingly varied styles
which their hair is arranged. Their bead neck
laces are really pretty specimens of work. Many
have the uppor nnd middlo as well as tho lower!
part ol the car uorcu, and liavo trart thrco to tivo
rings in each oar. Tho holo in tho Ubc of the ear
is large enough to admit one's Cngrr, and some
wear & picco of bamboo 'abuttt ah inch ldtrp; rn
Brass and iron bracelets, elaborately 'figured, are
Been ; and some of tho men sport from two
eight brass rings on each finger, and oven the
thumbs arc cot spired. They wear copper, bras
Bnd iron rings on their logs and urms ; nnd ninny
have their front teeth notched, und seine fi!o them
till they resemble the teeth of a saw. Tho uppei
lip ring of tho women givo them a rovoliing np
(pearance ; it is universally worn in tho highlands.
A puncture is mado high up in the lip and it
gradually enlarged until tho pelclo can bo in ert'
ed. Some aro very large. O.io wo measured
caused the lip to proj ect two inches beyond the
tip of tho nose ; when the lady smiled tho con
traction of tho muscled elevated it over tho eyes
'Why do tbo women wear these things?' tho ven
erable chiof ws aiked. Evidently mrpriscd
tfucb a stupid question, he replied, "For beauty!
They are the only boautiful things women have;
men have bearis, women have nono. What kind
tof a porson would bUo be w ithout the pelclo ? SI12
wculd not be a woman nt all with a uiouth like
man, but no beard,'
They seem to bo an industrious raco. Iron
dug out of the hills and every villngo has ono or
two smelting houses ; nnd from their own native
iron they make excellent hoes nxcs.spoars, knives,
arrow-heads, &D. They mako also round halo's
of various sizes, nnd earthen pots, which they
ornament with plumbago, said to be found in tho
Hill Country, though wo could not lenrn exactly
where, nor in what quantities ; the only specimen
wo obtainod was not pure. At every fishing vil
lago on the banks of tho River, Shire men were
busy spinning buuze, and making largo fishing
nets from it ; and from CLibasis to tho Uks, in
every village, almost, we saw men cleaning and
spinning cotton, while others were weaving it in
to strong cloth, in looms of tho simplost construc
tion, nil tho processes being excessively slow. This
is a great eotton-tfrowing country. Tho cotton is
of two kinds Toiiji manga,' or foreign cotton, and
'Tonji cadji,' or native cotton. Tho former is
gojd quality, with a staple of from three-quarters
to an inch in length. It is poronniul, requiring to
be replanted only once in three years. The nn-
tive cotton is planted every year in tho bigl lands,
is of short staple, and feels more Iiko wiol thuu:
cotton. Every family appoors to own a cotton
ateh, which is kept cloar of weeds and grass,
We saw the foreign growing at the lake, and in
various places, for thirty miles below tho cataracts,
on the Lower Shire. Although the native otton
requires to be planted annually, in the highlands
ibe people prefer It Leiaueo they say it makes the
stronger cloth. It was remarked to a unmber of
intelligent natives near the Shire lakelet, 'you
ebould plant plenty of cotton, and perhaps the
English will come soon and buy it.' 'Surely the
country is fu'l of cotton,' sud an elderly man, who
was a trader and travelod much, Our own obser
vations convinced us of this statement. Every.
where we saw it. Cotton patches of from two to
three aeros were 6een abreast of the cataracts dur-
mg the first trip, when Luke famandua was dis-
covered, tuougli in tins Journey, on a different
foiko, none wore observed of moro than half an
acre. They usually contain about a quarter of an
aero eacii. 1 nere are extensive tracts on tho level
plains or both the Lower and Uprcr Shire, whore
alt exhudos from the soil. Sea inland cotton
might grow well there, as on these tho foreign
cotton bcoomes longer in the staple. The cotton
growers here never hove their crops cut off by
froits. There aro nonq. Both kinds of cotton
require but littlo labor, none of that eevore toil
requisite in the Unitod Str.tos. The pooplo are
great cultivators of the soil, nnd it repays them
Well. They grow lussaver in large quantities,
preparing ridges for it from tbreo to four feet
wide, and about a foot high. They also raise
maize, rioo, two kinds of millet, beans, sugar-cano,
sweet potatoes, yams, ground nuts, pumpkin, tu.
bacoo, and Indian hemp. Near Lake Nyassa we
aw indigo seven feet high.
Okr, uf South Carolina, it in favor of a disso
lution 6f the Union. 'Or' always was a disjunc
tive conjuuotiou,
LONDON EMANCIPATION COMMITTEE'S
ADDRESS TO DR CHEEVER.
PRESENTED BY GEORGE THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN, COPIED
FROM THE A. S. STANDARD.
the
no ( devoted the rare abilities with which it has pleas
peoplo ed tho Master whom you servo to endow you.
j Your namo familiur to us all, ns thut of a ripe
t 1 scholar, an oloquont divino, and an oooomplisbcd
has been Jong cherished as an ornament
of English litoraturo, and an honor to the Chris
it tian Church. But as a Committbo Tor the pr.VAo
ed, tion of the oauso of Negro Emancipation, we arc
promptod to offur you this tribute of our respect
; and esteem, less on account of your reputation in
1 tho wo-dd of letters, ond your distinction ns a
J pulpit orator, than becauso of ho fidelity, moral
Bcejcourago and disinterested devotion you have mani
: festcd, in licfenco (( tho moral character ond gov
it eminent of God, in tho interest of f-mr millions of
the American people held in lotulng", the cry o(
! whoso wrongs icrccs the er.rif the civilized world,
Your attachment to tbe cause of the s'avc is of
no recent growth rr development. The Chairman
' of this Committee bus boi no public und grateful
testimony to your heroic conduct in the year 1835
(a year which will bo ever memorable in tho un
in
it.
to
is
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a
ofvlncelhe Ame.iean Bjard of Commissioners for
j Foreign Missions of their complicity in tho crime
of slavery ; your enlightened, just and peucrout
defence of tho memory of that worthy descendant
from the Puritans, the Martyr-Abolitionist, John
Brown; and lastly, your nppearanco, without
compromise of your own peculiar views, upon the
platform of the American Anti Slavery Society, in
harmonious aotion against tho common enemy of
.
,
Rev. and micu esteemed Sin: We gladly cm-
I l.raco tho opportunity which your arrival mid tcia
i pornry sojourn in this city affords us, of making
known to jou, personally rind officially, ttio senti
ments of high regard with which your character
, has inspired us, and our sir.ccro admiration of the
1 exalted ond humane purposes to which you have
nnls of tho American Abolition Movement) a
year of fiery persecution, g ig law nnd mob vio
lence, when you spontaneously opened I lie place
of worship in which you then ministered, to the
Biitish ndvoeato of immediate emancipation, and
stood by him unfalteringly, till tho fury tf the
storm led him to seek tho preservation of his lifo
by departing from your
city. This fact iu your
anti-slavery history would, we vonturo to think,
nlono bo Eiifiicioi t to sccuro for you the confidence
of British Abolitionists. But your claim upon
their corifljcnco and gratitude rests also upon more
recent acts, which bavo demonstrated how deop
and unchaneeablo wore tho principles jou ospous
cd ft 'quarter of a century ago.
Ten yenrs ngi you occupied tho position of min
ister over oue of tho most numerous, wealthy nnd
influential congregations in tho city of New Y'ork,
and nothing was required of you but that your
visws on tho su'jcct of slavery should bo in har
mony with those of tho ministers of religion gen-
orally in tho United Slates; or that jou should ut-
'cr ljut occnsional nnd qualiucd expressions of
your anti-slavery convictions. A crisis camo, nnd,
truo to your antecedents, you 'conferred not with
tl ish and blood,' but stood forth, 'faithful amongst
the faithless found,' tho infloxiblo vindicator of the
iinniutallo obligations of tho Divino law, in oppo
sition to a nation that, for a timo allowed n human
Ntntute to snpertedo tho positivo uianlatesof the
M.nt l?i-h 'God.
On tho pnspagc of the Fugitive Slavo bill in
1W0, when to majority ol tho clergymen of the
United States sopportcd that most infamous enact
ment, and preached obedience to its diabolical
provision, jou, faithful to your high office, did
nut coaso lo 'cry aloud,' denouncing it from the
Word of God as an outrngo upon natural rights,
and subversive of iho fundamental principles of
morality n id religion.
Again, in 1855, wheo tho Government, tho Con
gross nnd the Slave Power combined, bad tram
pled upon a solemn national compact, and bad
thrown down the barrier to the extension of slave
ry over the vast unpeoplod territories of the Wost
a measure which led to the horrors and blood
shed perpetrated by 'Border Ruffianism' ia Kansas,
you came forth as the esposcr of a perfidious
breach of faith, as tho defender of God's violuted
law, and as the denouncer of tho machinations of
a guilty confederacy.
We have present to our minds.nlso, your equal,
ly unflinching condcnuintiou of tho barbarous
Died Scott dceisiou j your powerful efforts to con-
the rights of God and man, with tho illustrious
pionoer and champion of the Auti-Slavcry move
ment, ilham Lloyd Garrison
In tbie career of holy obedience to, and earnest
zeal for, the honor of our common Savior, and
the freedom from personal bonds of thoso for whom
He died, yoa have been requirod to 'endure bard
ship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ,' and you
have approved yourself as one.
Tou have been called to witness disagreements
and divisions in your Church, ai d to suffer criev
nn8lv from defection, dosertir.n. miai-nnrranntatinn
calumny and conspiracy. You have stood unmov
ed ; and now, with a diminished, but united, pur!.
fied and dovotod people, who, for a time, have oon
scnted to part with you, yoti come amongst us.ao
coropaniod by their prayers, and heralded by com
mendations to our hearts from the best and truest
friends ot the down-troddon slave, by whatever
name they may be known. Wo bail your advent
on our shore, with iov. W eniv ,, . n.
confidence. Bnj offer ,ou our oarnest nn.nn,tinn
1 -. . r
in tho prosecution of any mission you may havo
in oonneotion with tho downfall of slavery. You
may render a much noedod service to that oause in
this country. It is required that the eyes of tho
Christian publio of Great Britain should be oponc i
to the extent and guilt of the connection of tho
American Cburcbos with elavery ; to ibe torribli
corruption of the Word of God, and prostitution of
tho precepts of Christianity, which bavo rosulled
from the growth ond prevalence of slavery j and
to the solemn duties of the Christian bodies of this
country to cease from eommunion with those in
America, who, in any relation, aro accomplices
with 'mcnstoalert.'
Accept this imperfect expression of our un
fcignod gratitude fur tho labors you havo aocom-
plished in tho cause of truth nnd justice Bo a
surcd wo shall follow you in all your fiituro steps
with the doopcM Bolicitudo for your welfare and
success, and with devout wishes that, after a pe
riod at once of recreation nnd usefulness, you, and
the endeared partner of your benevolent labots,
may uo siiciy restored to Unit city in which you
have so lung nnd so faithfully declared 'tho whole
counsel of God,' nnd which, when slavery shall bo
known no moro, will honor and consecrate the
name of George B. Cheover.
Mr. Thompson again aroso aud said: Dr. Cheo
ver, with emotions which impair my powers ol
uttorotice, I now place this address in your hands
At present.our thoughts are expressed upon paper,
but should you vnluo i' in any degreo proportion
ate to tho esteem wo cherish towarda yourself, and
should you wish to possess it in a form more dura
ble, wo will tdfeo cnVo that before you quit our
shores it shall assume a form in which you may
transmit it to thoso who shall come after you, that
they may know tho footings which your labors for
the oppressed, nnd for the vindication of God's
truth, have inspired in the hearts of the members
of tho London Emancipation Committoo, of which
I bavo the honor to bo chairman (cheers.) For
myself, allow mo to say that tho sentiments con
tained in this address are no mere ebulitiun of
recently nwakened ndmiration of ycur character,
.My knowlcdgo of tho cteadfaetucss with which
you adhere t i the principles which you early deri-
vsd fri r.i tho oid uf God, is founded upon the
uniform career yr.u have pursued for fivo nnd twen
ty yenrs. In when you were a minister of
tho gospel in S.,lem, Massachueetss, nnd I wns a
missionary in tho cause of negro cmnncipntion in
tho L'nrod States, in that yoar of darkness and of
danger, when ho who avowed himself tho fribhd
of 'the abolition incndiai y, George Thompscn,'
was exposed to tho fury of pro-tlavcry mobs in
that year of rioting', and burnings, and lynch law,
you, already un intrepid champion of freo speech,
received mo to yourhvmo, your pulpit nnd your
heart, nnd 'mado yourself of no reputation,' nnv,
risked life itself rathor than yield to tho behest of
an infurintcd multitude (loud cheers.) Tho for
eigner whom you befriended then, welcomes you
with joy and gratitude to tho metropolis of bis
nativo laud the moro so, that you have given mo
the crowning proof of your anti-slavery sincerity
and nobleness of character, by appearing on the
snmo platform in the city of New York, nnd ngain
in Boston, with my cherished friends William
Lloyd Girrison, Wendell Phillips, and their dovo
ted coadjutors.
I might cnumcrato many claims which you pos
sess to tho respect, admiration, gratitude, tove and
support of tho Protestant oommunity in these
islands, besides that which is fuunded upon your
unti-slavery fidelity; but, ns uu Emancipation
Committee, wo havo confined ourselves to your
merits in connection with tho cause in which wo
are engage 1, not doubting '.hat your other services
in tho cause of humanity and truth will bo duly
and gratefully recognized. Ladies and gentlemen,
I feci nssured I may convey to Dr. Cheover, and to
Mrs. Chccver, a warm congratulation, on jour be.
halt, on their arrival on our shores, nnd express
for you, as woll as for ourselves, a fervent hope
that their visit may provo to them full of comfort
and encouragemont, and that tho gracious Provi-
denco that has brought them in safety to our shor;s'
conduct them in health ai.d strength, when'tite,
their e jjurn cmongst us shall rnnnate, in like
safety to their nativo country, ,.nd crown their
futuro lives w iih the richost blessings acd the most
abundant success (loud applause.)
Dr. Ciieever, who, on rising appeared much
affected by the warmth of the sympathy which
had been displayed, said: May God bless you, my
dear friends, and also this kind Committco, for
jour nnd their goodness to me; not fur thy sake
only, but for the ettUoof that cause winch wo are
all endeavoring to keep near our hearts. Sir, this
addrose to mo, recalls the most deeply interesting
and thrilling period of my life the scenes and
dangers through which we mutually passed, when
you wcro in hourly peril of your lifo, and when
thero wero but few fricuds ol tho 6luve to gather
around you. I thank God now, that I had tho
privilege, to tho best of ability, to stand Iiy you
at that time. Aud noir, I ennnot express the
emotions of my heart in reference to this very
kind reception, or respecting tho value of it in con
nection with the Church of w hich I am the pastor.
Most highly do wo appreciate such nets of syinpa
thy as those wo bavo received froni tho Churches
of Great Britian. Our Church, I trust, will, by
the blessing of God, bo maintained in its present
position. Be assured wo shall do nothing to for
feit your respect. Heed not the calumnies which
have been put in print, oven on the very eve of our
departure for thoso shores, so that I could not an
swer them on the spot, Thoy have been sent forth
to forestall and injure my reoeption among you
and prevent the accomplishment of the objeots for
whiobitis known I left my native land. Once
moro, dear brethren and beloved friends, members
of the Committee, accept my heartfelt thanks for
this your great kindness to me. chebra.j
!
The Missouri Domocrat has a notice of a Dou
glas demonstration in St. Joseph. It says that
banners wero carried io the procession bearing the
following devices:
'Old Abe cut his tow so, when ho split that last
rule, ho kan't run fast enough to keep sight of the
little Giant!'
'for Prisodont A. S. Dougnss. For vice Prosi
dan, II. V. Jobnsing, all Right!'
'Douglas forever, nover Boet jit.'
'Doth to all isms.'
'Digital for Lincoln!'
Hard on J. B. It is tho custom of the Long
Island Republicans to open their meetings with
prayer. A voncrablo clergyman, called upon to
perform this Borvico at the dedication of the wig
wam at , a few evenings tine, etubraood in bis
fervent petition the following by no means compli
mentary allusion ta the present Administration:
'O Lord! thou know est that sometimes the vilest
of the vilo attain the high places of power, and
that we, as a pooplo, are now o'ndergoiog a hitler
experience in this respect.'
in
Late advices from F.tigland givo tho following
account of a mooting in aid of fugitivo slave"")
ENGLISH AID FOR FUGITIVE SLAVES.
A meeting was hold in Liverpool to raiso funds
for the support of fugitive slavos in Canada.
Amongst thoso present wero the Rev. Dr. Burns,
Professor of the Theological Collcgo, Toronto;
the Rev, Wm. Kinu, formerly a slavo-owncr in
Louisiana; ond Mr. John Cropper. Thero was
a numorous attendnuco. After a brief introduc
tion by the chairman, the Rov. Dr. Bi-rns pro
ceeded to explain tho operations of the Buxton
Institute for the aid of tho emancipated slaves.
He said the Institute bad given allotments of land
to the slaves, nnd so far the scheme bad proved
eminently successful.
The reverend gentleman next addrcsted himself
to a demonstration of tho capability of the black
man not only to maintain himself and family ns a
laborer, but to become, himself, a proprietor and
to raise himself in the social scalo, soon placing
himself in the position of the freeholder, giving
his vote for tho choico of a member of Parliament,
becoming a councillor of state, charged with the
dischargo of important publio dutios. What a
contrast, the reverend gentleman asked, did the
slave in this condition present to tho slave in the
Union of America, which bonstcd of its freodom.
In theiSiato of Toronto they had black councillors,
elders of churches, engaged in nil tho variable
pursuits of industry, attending at meetings of
counties, and voting liko the highest of his white
btothren.
All this had been brought about within tho last
ten years, and at tho last election tho votes of tho
blacks turned tho scalo. Tho Rov. Mr. Kino,
who would uext address thcin, had been seven
years a slaveholder, nianumittirg his own sluves
without gaining a penny; ho brought them 1500
miles ti the shores of Canada at bis own expense.
Tho Hev. W. King next addressed the meeting,
fketching t!io riso and satisfactory progress of tho
Buxton Institute, and stating that the prosent dp
poal was now being mado to tho friends of tho
slave in England fur the purpose of raising funds
to carry out a scheme of educating tho ohildrcrt of
the slave in Toronto. A colluction having been
made in aid of the funds cf the Institute, the pro
ceedings terminated.
THE OFFICE HUNTER.
co or opium or brandy, producing a morbid ppo
may and wo need, all through the nation, a sew
society of reform. There should be a plodge cir-
If a roan lo a man, lot him thank bis stars that
he is'not a justice of the peace. Of all the appe
tites that cti'rsc young men, the nppotilo for office
seems to be tho sulicst and the meanest. There
is nothing which fills mo with groator disgust that
to see a young man eager fur distnetion which office
affords. An office seeker for the sake of honor is
constitutionally and necessarily mean, I have'
seen men begin at twenty-ono as prudential com
mittees in small school districts, jnd stick to offico
till evorybody was sick of them. Whether it ruin
ed porridgo or potatoes, paving stones or poarls,
their dish was always out. They and their fami
lies always had to bo carod for. Oflioo ahvay8
brings obligation nnd a certain kind of elavery.
It brings something moro than this it brings in
sanity. A voting man who allows himself to get
a taste of it very rarely recovers. It U like tobne-
culated, and every where Bigned,
promising total
To this every
abstinence from office seeking.
young man should put bis name. There are chron
io cases that may bo considered hopeless, but the
young man can bo saved. Timothy Titcomb.
NEGRO LIFE IN THE TROPICS.
Trollope in his new work on Jamaica says of
tbo emancipated negro :
'Ho lies under the mango tree, and oats the
lucious fruit in the sun; he sends his black urchin
up for a bread fruit, and behold 1 the family tablo
is spread. He pierces a cocoanut, and lo 1 thero
is, his beverage. He lies upon the grass, surround
ed by oranges, bananas and pine apples.'
Is it strango that he should be inactive and la
zy T Is it surprising that arguments about the
blessedness of labor, of providence, of thrift,
should fall dead upon Irs ears ? How many of
us would work, if we were not obliged to ? How
many of our fasbionublo idlers are there whoso
lives really amount to nothing more or hotter than
the drowsy indo'ence of tbeso tropical negroes?
llow much better is it to lull about Newport and
Saratiga ia the summer, and the saloons of New
York ia the winter, doing nothing but vegetate,
than it is to roll arodnd under the mango trees,
and eat coooanuts and bread fruit all the day long?
We think that Trollope's statements need some
modification ; but granting tham to be true, there
is S larga class of Amerioans who cannot witb
much justice criticize the duke far niente life of tbe
negro of Jamaica. Of how many men even bere
in this bustling land inigbi it truly be said that
they exist, but da not live. Providence Journal.
Whittier's Poetry in Giottaii Many of Whit-
tier's grand poems are circulated at tbe South
without bis name, and some of the verses are sub
jected to 'emendations' to suit that market. Tbe
Alexandria (Georgia) Gazotte, in an able article
in favor of Boll and Everett, uses a quotation from
the Quaker poet's 'Prisoner for Debt,' but substi
tutes the word 'Union' for 'F.ecdom', as will be
seen in theoopy we make from that paper :
Go ring tho bells and fire the guns t
And il;ug the starry banner out ;
Shout 'Union' till your lisping ones
Give back their cradle shout.
Tub reason wuy. Mr. Lafayette Ilulbert, of
Jorsoy City, in the Tribuno of Aug. 1st, 'renounc
es Douglas for Lincoln.' Among the faults of the
Demooratio party, discovered by Mr. II., one is,
that it opposes the whito man's interest, in its zoul
for the negro.' So Mr. II. has decided to vote
fur the while man's candidate for tbe Presidency,
good old AbraLam Linooln, believing him sound
Jacksonian priuoiplea'-euiicently conservative.'
io, Prinuipia',
LINCOLN'S GRADUAL ABOLITION AND
FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL.
'Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate nnd House
of Representatives of tho L'uitod States of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled, That no person not
now within tho District of Columbia, nor now1
owned by any person or persons now reeidont
within it, nor hereafter born within it, shall over
be bold in slavery within said District.
'Sec. 2. That no person now within said District
or now owned by any person or persons now resi
dent within tbo same, or hereafter born within it,
shall ever be held in slavery without the limits of
said district : Provided, That officers of the gov
ernment of the United Stntcs.bcing citizens of the
slaveholding States, coming into said District 00
public business, and remaining only so long; ns
may be reasonably nocossary for the object, may
bo attended in and out of said District,nnd while
there by the ne'ceoir.ry f'ervants of tlicmselves and
their families, without tbeir right to hold such scr.
vants in service being thereby impaired.
'Sec. 3. That nil children born of elavo Mothers,
witbin edid Liet rict, oil or after the first day of
January, in tho year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, shall bo free, tut shall be
reasonably snpportod and educated by the respec'
tive owners of their mothers, or by their belrs or
representatives, and shall servo reasonable scrvic
es, as apprentice, to such owners, heirs, and rep
resentatives, until they respectively arrive at the
age of years, when they shall be entirely
freo. And tho municipal authorities of Washing
ton nndGeorgetown, within their rcspcctivejurisdic
tional limits, nro boreby empowered ond required
to make all suitable and necessary provisions for
enforcing obedience to this section, on iho part of
both mastor nnd apprentices.
'Sec. 4. That all persons now within sail Dis
trict lawfully held as slaves, or now ownod by any
persons now residing within said District, shall ro
maia such at tho will of their respective owners,
their heirs and legal representatives : Provided,
That any bucIi owner, or bis legal representative,
may at any time receive from the treasury of the
United States tbo full value of his or her slave of
the class in this section mentioned ; upon which
such slave eiiall bo forthwith and forever I'rc'p,
Sec. 5. Thai Ibe municipal authorities of Wash
ington or Georgetown, witbin their respective jur
isdictional limits, tire horeby empowered and re
quired to provido acttvo and efficient means to ar
rest and deliver up to their ownors all fugitive
slaves osaping into said District.
'Sec. C. That tlio election officers within said
District of Columbia aro hereby empowered and
required to open polls at all the usual places cf
holding- elections on the first Monday of April
next, and receive the vote of every free white male
citizen nbovo the ngo of twenty-ono years, having
resided witbin said District for tho period of one
year or moro nest preceeding the time of such vot
ing for or against this uct.to proceed in taking said
votes in nil respects n?t herein specified, as at the
elections under the municipal laws,' and with as
littlo deley as possible to transmit corroct stato
ments of tho votes so cast to tho President of the
United Stntes ; nnd it shall be the duty of the
President to canvass said votes immediately, and
if a majority of them bo found tu be for this act,
to forthwith issue his proclamation giving notico
of the fact ; and this act shall only be in full force
nnd effect on and after the day of such proclamation.
LETTER FROM PROF. DANIELS.
U. S. Custom House, 1
Milwaukee, Aug. 17, 1800, J
io me manors oj vie tree Democrat; 1 was
surprised on taking up tbe Rr'w's thjs morning, to
see the following statement: 'Mr. Rogors informs
us that while in Fund du L 10 yesterday, on his
way to Ripon, be saw Dauiols upon tbe street,
and walking down to him, told him that he bad a
warrant for his arrest, and invited him to walk
down to the Lewis House, Daniels replied, that
be did not know whether ho would or not. Mr,
Rogers immediately iLformcd him that bo would,
&o., &o.
This statement is unqualifiedly false, it conveys
the impression that I was unwilling to be arrested,
but was afraid to resist. I recoived notice from
Mr. Rogers of Janesville, that be bad a warrant
for me, asked to see it, read it, and returned it to
bim, quietly remarking, without a moments hesi
tation, that I would go with him. I then reques
ted bim, if consistent with bis dutios, to go witb
ma by Ripon, tbat I might ceo my family, and
arrange for my absence. On consultation, it was
thought that ho could not legally do so, and I
came without injection to this city. I was at
Fond du L10 examining tbo artesian wells in the
prosecution of the Geological survey had not so
much as a pocket knife about me, and had,' every
where, exposed myself as usual, saying to all who
asked, tbat I should not resist an arrest. I had
thus written' and stated verbally to Deputy McCar
ty, who was with Mr. Rogers at the time. It will'
scarcely bb possible to extract much glory out of
this performance in a military poiqt of view,
though the odds agaiust the Marshals were cer
tainly vory great. Some half dozen of them hav
ing secured one unarmed man, Vho had previous
ly given them assurapce by his oooduct of poacea
ble submission to process. May their laurels
nover fade!
I neither desired nor expected any rescue either
bere or elsewhere. What I might or might not
have done is a matter of no consequence to state
I am quite willing to leave boasts of couruge and
martial prowess to those whu like to do business
on thai kind of capital, oontcnt i( when duty
requires me to face danger, I shall not be found
falso to my manhood and the memories of ac
horoia anocstry. I bave no desire to reflect upon
the officers who arrested me, but only to correct a
statement which places mo in a false, position. I
take pleasure in acknowledging that my treatment
at tbe hands of the U. S. Officers has been kind
and considerate since my arrest.
My oonuection with this affair is based upon
considerations which commend themselves to my
consoienre and judgment. My motives will be
uudoiktood and accepted iu vindication uf tho roc-
tit u Jo of my Intentions by all those whoso gopd
will is of any valuo to me. As I have scught
neither famo nor emolument nor personal advanta
ges of any kind in this direction, so the loss of all
theso will not disappointment me, nnd, whatever
consequences couio, I hope to bo able to meet them
without repining. I enn very well afford to bear
the taunts, both of political opponents and of thoso
foeb'.o timid brethren in my own party, whose
watery blood nover warmed nor quicuonpd its flow
beneath a generous. impulsj, and whu. see in tho
quiot liberation of Booth, a second John Brown
cotno to d .'feat tbe Republican party and dissipate
into thin air their gorgeous visions of.Fedcral pat
ronage. I commend this latter class to the conso
lations of my friend D. A. J. I'pham, U. S. Dis
trict Attorney, who lias just given bis official opin
ion 'that nothing can prevent tbo election of Lin
coln.' 1 know well that there are brave and food
men in both parties, who differing widely from mo
in opinion, will give me credit for bonesty of pur
pose. And this, with the sympathy of large and
loviug hearts among the uncorruptod masses of
the people, and a cense of the approval of that
Being who has said, 'Remembor those that are in
bonds, as boing bound with them' will be my ex
ceeding great reward.
Meantime, let every truo man take his reckon
nj- nn J see iato ti!m shiroljis scat of despotism
we aro drifting, when the exercise of the best
Christian charities aro crimes in Wisconsin.
EDWARD DANIELS.
From the Free Democrat.
ARREST OF DANIELS.
As we supposed would bo the caso, E. Daniuls
was yesterday arrested by tho United States au
thorities for uiding in tho roscue of Booth, and
locked up in tho U. S. Bastile. Whilo we write,
this morning, the preliminaries for his examina
tion are boing mado. We presume bis counsel
will wave an ssamitiation nnd produco any amount
of bail which tho Court may demand, and that for
the present Mr. Daniels will soon be free again
That be will be convicted, provided the trial comes
off before election, can scarcoly be doubted, and
then be will be set freo, .oitiior by our Supremo
Court or by tbe people. We hope the people will
moke up their minds fully to this. This infernal
despotism carried on under protenco of Maw and
order,' and paid for out of tho Unitod States Treas
ury ought to come to an end bofore a great
while.
No man ought to be permitted, 00 the broad
prairies and undor the heavens of Wisoonsin, io
suffer pains and penalties for the practice of plain
Christian virtues. Such despotism is subversive
of all law and all order, and the Iqngor it contin
ues, of course the more danger there is of the des
truction of all our valuablo institutions. As we
view it, however, unless the Supreme Court rever
ses its position, if tho charge against Mr. Daniels
is the furciblo rescue of a prisoner, he must bs
set free by the Court, for in ttic eye of the court
.Mr. iiootn could not nave nccn a legal prisoner.
JfeTtiE Rescue Case or Prof. Daniels.
Epwaro Daniels, who was. arrested , at Fond du.
Lao, by Deputy Marshal Rodgors. of Jaceoville,
and Stryker of this oity, aqd lodged in th9 U. S.
Bastile, came into Court and waiving an examina
tion was required to rccognizo in the, sum of $2,000
bail. Tho case was held open for tho purpose of
obtaining tbe. necessary bail. Gen. Jas, II. Pains
appeared as counsel for tho accused. We under
stand Judge A..D., .Smith bai also been retained
as counsel for Mr. Daniels,
Later. Just as we go to press we learn that Mr
b'ancis has been released on bonds given by C. C.
Sholes ond Levi J. Burnell.
Can tub Neuro be Taught. In Lexington,
Ky., livos a dcfoimed slave, twenty one years of
age, three feet six inches high, and dragging him
self about on crutches, who exhibits a strunge ac
tivity nnd power of intellect. A letter from si resi
dent of Lexington scya that bo 'has taught him
self to road, writo and cipher, and has thoroughly
learned algebra by himself. A kind friend assist
ed him in trigonometry and calculation of eclipses.
and now bo thirsts after knowledge. He now do
sires to study Browsters Optics, to mako himself
a telescope, and know how to grind his own glass
es, and no doubt will succeed if perseverance will
acoomplish anything.' Free Democrat
'I -. j ..)..,,!
Can t be Trusted on tue Plantation. One of
the best things that has been uttered this cam
paign was said by Senator Chase in a speech a
few days since at Ypsilanti, Michigan. Said he :
Tbev (Northern friends of Duuirlas) say. toi.
that Douglas has been crucified by the sJaveKo
ers. I know that hq pus been rejected by the
slaveholders. lis has done as much as any other
mn for the slave power. But tbe Southern men
say to bim that he bus., ventured to differ with'
them on one point, and thev can't trusf bim an j
longer. And the Douglas men are injignant. (
I don't wonder that they are indignant. After
serving them so long, I should bo indignant, too,'
at being turned off at last with such misorable
wages. But Mr. Douglas should remember, tljat
when the servant questions the autbprity of his
master and claims wages, he caiinot be trusted on
the plantation,'
INCENDIARY TALK OF THE HON. EMERSON
ETHERIDGE IN TENNESSEE.
The following is a sketch of a speech of tbe
Hon. Emerson Etboridge, delivered the otSer day1
in Tennesse.
Mr. Etberidgs said in general review of slavery
throughout (he world, that it baJ been swept from
Asia and Europe, and now found a loonlity only in
the cotton and tobacco S'ates ol the Am'criian
oontiuent; that Jesus Christ preaohed to' slavehold
ers there, and that they had given up tbeir slaves;
and wherever slavery bad beon abolished, it bad
been on account of the popular voice against it.
lie said that the South' bad always got her rights.
She bad' always got what she asked for, and mors
too. Ho read the Buck Republican Platform,'
