THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
KEHTUCKY REPUBLICANS AHD TUB
BEREAN EXILES.
We find lb following appended to the report
of the doings of the lata Republican State Conven
tion, held at Covington, Kj.
Tba Convention having adjourned, and the
members being about to depart, when Col. Clay
Mated that the Hot. John U. Fea desired to speak,
and requested that ha should have a hearing.
Mr. Fee thought Mr. CUy had dona him injus
tice, but not ioteatiunally, in bin speech Wednea
an; night, and proceeded to stats it heroin laving
down hie poiiiwns in accordance with speeches
nd letter previously delivered and published by
himvolf. lie aaid that he was radical in hia notion
upon bumao government, that it ie not riiilit to
enfoice an enactment contrary to 0 jJ given righla
A law confessedly ontiary to the law of God
ought not to be enforced. lie did not say resist
tuob laws by force, but he condemned the execu
tion of auch (awa as wrong. He did not speak as
a politician, but as a minister of God. lie bad
not laid he would rebel against such law, but
ha had plead that such laws should not be cxeco
ted. Mr. Fee proceeded to argue upon this point
Opon Christian principles, showing that he could
Dot obey tbe Fugitive Slave law because it is con
trary to tbe higher law of Ood but bia remarks
were designed to present both sides of the contro
versy between himself and Mr. Clay, in which he
showed substantially that while bis logical conclu
iona upon the abstract question involved were ir-
resistable admitting his premies the views of
Mr. Clay admitting his premises, were equally
aound.
Mr. Fee remarked that he considered the ques
tion in a religious point of view, for a man's reli
gion ought to be carried everywhere; for if we
may do wrong in one thing we may in another. In
his celebrated Fourth of July speech in 1856, at
Slate Springs, Rockcastle county, he said he had
spoken as a Christian and had uttered the acnti
, meats expressed above. He would say that be
bad do sympathy with John Brown in bia insur
rectionary principles. He would auQer much fr Jm
slaveholders before he would retort to such means.
He would appeal to the slaveholder to abstain
from wrung. He would represent the wrong ef
slavery to them. He would plead among nnti
slavery moo forbearance instead of going into in
surrection. He bad been mobbed by slaveholders
time and agaio, but he could boar with those men.
He pitied them, for he understood the force of edu
cation and association. Slaveholders cannot now
help their prejudices. But be thought Mr. Clay
bad done him injustice by imputing to him a rad
icalism that would lead to the conclusions devel
oped by tbe John Brown raid. He did not so re
. card the principles be advocated, lie but exer
cised the liberty of spoech, which should he gran
ted to all men. But he censuied Mr. Clay for
advising the Republicans o( Madison county not
to be implicated with Mr, Fee because he bad
expressed dangerous sentiments, and Clay him
self bad been similarly condemned. Mr. Clay
had not done this wi;h unjust motives. He is an
ardent friend of human liberty, but he Mr. Fee
thought he had erred in judgment. Mr. CUy
ought to have advised the people to sustain him
as long be Fee did not violate law. He ought
to have insisted upon giving him constitutional
rights. If be bad done so, tbe Republicans, be
Fee believed, would be a hundred fold stronger
io Kentucky to-lay.
Mr. Clay replied tbat he bad always believed
Mr, Fee a pure and conscientious man. He did
not believe Mr. Fee would willingly do him in
justice. Tbey bad often t iscossed this aubjecl.
He had always acquitted him of any intention to
exoite violence. But he (Mr. C.) thought that he
bad eorreotly stated Mr. Fee'a position according
to hia own admissions.
Slaveholders require of us to know what are
cur dootrinea and purposes. Tbey are not fools.
They are the educated intellect of the Smth.
Tbey look front data to sequences, from logio to
faota. Now see what is tbe practical result of
Mr. Fee's doctrine. If the Courts ought not to
enforce a law, citizens ought not to enforce it.
Slaveholders, with all tbe power or tbe govern
ment look to this logio of facts, and array them
selves againot Mr. Fee, on account of the conse-
qucocos of bis doctrine. The Republicans of
Kentucky therefore, are obliged to avoid untena
ble ground, and place themeolves upon the prac
tical question at Issue, Mr. Foe thought that he
bad not done right by not standing by him to pro
toot him with moral lorce. He does not intention
ally wrong me, but he does it in substance. Mr
Clay said tbat be had exercised bia moral force in
protecting Mr. Fee and his associates, in bis
Frankfoit speech, by protesting against bis expul
aioc. As an hone6t man, be was bound to say
tbat he did not believe Mr. Fee's doctrines could
be maintained in a southern State, and as an hon
est man, ha waa bound to say to bia friends not
auataio him with physical force because tbey
would sacrifice their lives. Ha admitted that hi
withdrawing bis friends from tbe support of Mr,
Fee did weaken him, but be, Mr. Clay, felt
necessary to tbe promotion of a higher interest,
caor a be thought Mr. Fee a position untenable,
waa not tbe position upon which tbe mob bad been
met and conquered, previously, when be (Mr. C.
ad Fee bad operated together in good faith, upo
craetioal basia. An armed attitude, to which
Mr. Fee'a principles lead, cannot be aupported
Mr. Fee baa set tba ball in motion, contrary
toy protestations, aaid Mr. Clay, and do man
tell wbera the end will be. If there is any groun
for complaint in tbe premises, it is against Mr
Fee, because be departed from tbe principles
on which be bad been iovited to take op bia resi
decce in Madison county. Mr. Clay concluded
by expressing bis sincere rertooal regard for
Fee.
Mr. Fee explained again, that he did not
Madison county, aeek fur Mr, Clay'a physical
foroa, to protect him, but be desired bia moral
support. He desired the force of numbers socio'
Dower. Mobs do not like to attack and drive
whole communities of atabla men. Thia protec
tion wa (Fee and friends) . bad. He blamed M
Claj for ealliug upon thaae men to atand aloof
from them, there being no crime committed. Tb
snob care not for radical more than Republican
iewa. Detached, hia party were a temptation
so aeej price. United, all would have been etron-
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COT UO atao laougui ur, viay suuutu nave
tie influence to have tba civil authorities to
bias troectio.
Tbe controversy, wbiel ended here, wa oondu
ted in tbe moat friendly rtaiper, and tbe audience
-m.liided that tbe two fentlomeo had viewed
question from totally variant stand point.
Mr. Hanson, on of tba Berean exile, made
few remarks, airsigniog Mr, Clay for sacrificing
principle, iu adviaiog bia frienda to withdraw
tupport from bias, but tb audirno seemed to
hi position a one of complaint, nature!
bia ituation, but not just t Mr. CUy.
TALK IN THE SOUTH.
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The Charleston correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, thus relate a portion of bia expe
rience while in attendance upon th Democratic
Convemion
I had a long conversation with an Alabama fire-
eater, a very good humored, siacere sort of gentle
man. He gave a good deal of information as to
'the duty of the North in the present alarming
crisis,' The South, he said, was upon its kneca,
begging the North for God Almighty's sake to let
her alor.e, but could nut occupy that posture
much lunger, 1 ventured tho suggestion that tl
was news to me if the Suutb was in a very bumil
latiog aiiituao, i naj tnougnt sue was standing
so perpendicularly tbat she loaned the other way
Then he explained to me tbe condition of things,
and his heart seemed to ache with emotion when
oommunicatipg the dreadful wronjs which the
Sou'.h had so lung and patiently borno, and which
she could not by any possibility upon God's earth
continue to endure any more forover. He almost
excited my sympathies by tbe overwhelming pio-
ture of the distress and forbearance of the South,
under the iusults and aggressions of the domineer
ing North. You men of the North must stand up
together. They must stand up for the etjual
rights of the South, They must throttle the mon
ster of fanaticism at home. I stated tbat I believ
ed in letting the question of Slavery in the States
severely alone; of allowing tbe people of the Ter
ritories to settle the Slavery question for them
selves, withont Congressional interference. Tbat
I was in favor of obeying a Fugitive Slave law,
and carrying out, as I understood them, the com
promises of tbe Constitution. I was in favor also
of a better understanding belween the peoplo o(
tbe North and the South perfectly free trado and
freedom of intercourse between them. I believed
in law and pence, and was against the follies of
impracticable agitation. Now what was I, as a
citizen of Ohio, holding thoso conservative views to
do T My interlocutor said I niurt aid in casting
out fanaticism, and to do that I must huld no inter
course with Nigger thieves, give them no counten-
ance socially or politically, and rally the conserva
tive forces of the country against tLcm. Stealing
was stealing; nigger stealing was tbe worst soit
of stealing. It was a great deal worse than horse
etouling. Now, Southern gentlemen did not as
sociate with horse thieves; Northern men must
not associate with nigger thieves. There was the
question in a out-Bbell. But tbe nigger thieves, 1
remarked, comprised a very small proportion of tbe
population of tbe North. His remark would indi
cate that he believed them to be in tbe majority.
He insisted upon it, that the Northern people gen
e rally sympathized with the thieves. A young
Southerner from South Carolina, 'as ardent as a
Southern sun could make him,' endorsed every
remark of my friend witb emphasis, and was im
mensely gratified with tbe success of the analo
gies drawn between horsestealing and nigger
stealing. Ha considered that irresistible, and one
of tbe most admirably clear and compact argu
ments eror mude. I assented to tbe iurce with
which the case was put, but presumed to indicate
the possibility of the existence of honest men, who
did not believe slavery the best thing tbat the
contact of the races of men had produced. People
I might believe slavery to be wrong, and yet not be
radical. It was very difficult to obtain even
ualified assent to this proposition. Un loquiry
as to what was the test of Northern soundness ol
linciple on tbe slavery question, I discovered it
to be an eagerness to return runaway slaves to
their masters, a solicitude ou the subject of catch
ing negroes, aud a willingness to give the exten
eion of slavery over the territories and lands je
to be conquered, all tbe aid and comfort to be de
sired from a Government active in tbe aervioe, and
an acquiescing publio sentiment. Slavery must
ave free couise to run and be glorified; and all
who placed strawa in ita way, were guilty of
constructive treason and should sutler. 1 said
that from tbe best information I could obtain
uch a line of distinction aa this doctrine would
raw between aound and unsound men, would
place a vast majority of tbe Democratic party of
tbe North on tbe unsound aide, and herd tbem
with tbe Freesoilors. I was now subjected to the
process of proving that a Democrat could not be
Freesoilor. Tbe thing was impossible and absurd
Why, God bless your soul what is Governmen
for T To protect propertv to be sure. Protection
property is tbe end of Government. Great
heavens, tax property and then not protect
Slaves were property, and the slaveholders mui
have the protection ol Government. The Demo-
uratic party was based upon the idea of curryin
out the fundamental principles of Government.
Its seminal idea was affjrdiDg protection to prop
ertv. Consequently a democrat could not Le
Freesoiler, for a Frceeoilcr was against the pro
tection of property by Government. I was obi
ged to suggest tbat I had understood that tbe idea
of a Democratic Government waa the protection
bumao rights tbe vindication of. the righla
man, and that the protection of property waa see
ondary to this. I was getting upon delicate
ground here, however, and being somewhat sharp
ly interrogated tbe phrase 'rights of man bavin
a treasonable sound I disposed of Ibis part of
subject by a glittering generality or two, capable
like all the National Demojratio platforms, of
ing oonstrued'two or three ways. Tbe conversa
tion turned on tbe growth of the Soutborn States,
and the question of intercourse between the North
and South. I inquired what my intetlocutors
thought would be tba effect upon Missouri, Ken
lucky, Maryland, and tbe other Northern slave
States, if they should beoome free States. Leave
out the question of the justice of slavery,
take a look at it from the dollar and cent point
view. The response was tbat those States, Ken
tucky A Co., would increase io material wealth,
but that the effeot would be disastrous opon
North. She would suffer terrible losses from
emigration of small farmera and mechanioa.
I asked, why not by a liberal policy toward Nor
thern mechanics, draw tbis emigration, and
the power and wealth it would give to the excel
leoey of the peculiar institution f Why did
the whole South do tbis f Why suffer tbe South
by a restrictive policy, to fall behind the North
material developement, when it could obtain
full abare of tbe European emigration; which
now adding faster to the wealth of tbe North,
the African slave trade, if reopened, could do
tbat of the South. A young Georgian, wbo
sitting near, and who bad not joiued in the con
versation up to tbis time, turbed about and aaid
'Wa don't want tbe immigration from tba North
wa don't want the Northern mechanic and labor
er coming among ua ; G d them, they
ouC slaves. They bave' no aeoae. Tbey
all pouring in upod u now, and gathering
us like a deadly nigbt-abade. Tbey will corrupt
alavea. We can't teach them better. Wa
done all w could to teach tbeiu their place,
they won't stay iu it, We whip tlitoi, aid
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I auggested tbat whipping white men might not I to
be the be the beet way to convince them of their
Even the most bumble Northern mechso- fiant.
ics and laborere would bave aarious, and probably ma
daogeroua oljeotione te that ptocess of conviction, away
The Georgian aaid t 'You can't get anything
into the heada of such people. You bave to put and
through their backa. Wa think a damn eight in
more of our niggers, air, than e do of those He
We want to be an agricultural people,
and don't want their tervicea. We can attend to bim,
our own business, and make our own prosperity.' run,
He stated that there never bad been such an im- He
migration of Northern mechanics to the South as and
just sow. About a hundred infernal Yankee got
shoemakers had appearod in Millidgeville. The
South wanted to conlinui to bo an agricultural have
coun'ry. Ibe proper course waa, to simplify la-
bor, and depend upon slaves. It was against ber
interest to have an infusion of Northern labor,
and bave northern manufactonea introduced. 1
inquired way ti would not tie tbe better plan to have
teach slave to spin cotton. The reply was; beosuse
it was more profitable to grow than toapin cotton,
At the same time the South could bankrupt the ing
North by withdrawing ber trade. The South
could beggar New York city by withdrawing her that
trade. I did not undertake to make application
to the South, in this oonneotion, of tbe immutable waa
laws of political economy which are written in able
letters of light in all history. I did not under-
take even to show that the South, in beggnriog the
the North, might sutler some slight inoonvenience.
I bad a full hand, but 'passed.' I read the
Charleston Courier, containing tbe proceedings of
the South Carolina Convention, at Columbia, and
called attention to the platform. The point waa, ger
an express declaration that tbe people of a ter- him
ritory cannot, while in a territorial condition, get
rid of slavery. Aod yet, down here, tbie it oon-
sidered excessively modest. My friend thought
tbe platform good aa far aa it went, but it was
miserably deficient and wanting in spirit. It did as
not declare the remedy for the continuance of he
northern aggression. What might tbat remedy a
be? What I why tbe dissolution of tbe Union!
How would tbat help tne matter! Would not it bis
simply remove the bond of security for the fugi- be
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irnnlit at nnta. an tar Ititn (rant V In return nil run- In
awayniKirere. The North would line the Ohio
ith police to keep off the negroes. The North
would only be too glad to send back tbe fugitives,
change would come over the spirit of her
reams, satisfied on this point, I steered into a
ew field, remarking, Well, you will have to get
p another platform with a double meaning.
No', said Alabama, 'I'll be damned if we do.'
But you can't help it,' aaid I. 'Don't you see the
Douglas delegates don't agree with you, and can't
and won't agree with you ? Do you not know that
tbey went borne to make a fight on tbe platform
you insist they kball place themselves upon, tbey
ould be beaten in every Northern State and eve-
ry Northern Township, and that the majority
against them in all the Northern Slates would only
be counted by tens of thousands ?'
No, he did not know any auch thing. Mayor
Wood waB a -sound man,' and had carried the city ,
1 JNew lorlc. llo was as aound aa any seuthern
man. Uonnectiout would bave been carried oy
tbe Democracy if there had not been so much pan-
dering to Douglasism. The way to fight a battle
was to ogbt in on principle. If the North was
not williog to stand squaroly up for tbe Constitu-
tion with the Soutb, it was high time tbe fact
wore known. This campaign was tbe test cam-
paign. It must be fought on principle. There
must be no Douglass dodges no double construe-
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fur, if it waa not for the vindication of the great
constitutional principles upon which our govern
mental fabriu rests T I stated that I had for some
time strongly suspected that tbe Democratio party
was an organization for Ibe purpose of obtaining
federal offices in other words, a political onipura
tion like a great lottery company, for the distri
bution of the spoils. I thorght that I could safely
speak for the party in tbe North, in that respect
He repudiated with indignation obviously sin
cere, too all idea of the spoils. He was for Sou
thorn principles ; and if the Domocratio party was
not for them it was against them ; and if it was a
spoils party, tbe sooner it was destroyed aod sent
to the devil, the better. As for tbe popular eov
ereienty doctrine, it was as bad as Sevtardism : it
was the real practical Bluck Republicanism duo
trine ; it was tbe veritable 'short cut' as Gov.
Wise said in his Donnelly letter 'to all tbe ends
of Black Republicanism.'
If the Republican party leaders had half sense,
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the, would adopt th. Squatter Sovereignty ptat-
t,. w, rva o t riii.iliin It aaaa IK P una nn tint lh
form at Chicago. It waa the Ciiioago, not tbe
Charleston card. I thought ao too, but Iba diffi
culty was, tbe Republican leadera bado'l half acnae
and couldn't aee their game. Hia confidence in
their political sagacity waa far greater than mine
Tbe cbancee of Mr. Douglae for Ibe Charleston
nomination, were next in order. I apoke of the
great pressure that would be brought to bear from
tbe North, for Dougiae. I ton bim that in pro
portion to their numbers, the Douglas men were
the most noisy in the world, aod that he must
expect to be deafened. He said the nomination of
Douglas waa not a possibility. Ha put Iba case in
this way : Tbe North has had two Presidents.
Tbe Soutb is willing, ao far aa aba ia concerned,
tbat aha shall have another one. But tbe Soutb
will not allow the Northern man, who, of all man
claiming to belong to the Democratio party, ia
most obnoxious, to be the candidate. Tba Soutb
baa to perform the principal part in Iba election of
the President; and ber feelings must be respected.
The nomination of Douglaa would be an insult to
her, which she must resent by defeating bim at
all hazards. And here our conversation subaided
into observatiooa concerning cypreaa swamps, tbe
inky Edisto river a ditob fifty yarda wide, filled
with black water tbe lofty cypress trees, tbe yel
low pinea, the live oaka, tba Spanish mosa making
the wilderneaa venerable, tba white aand, the red
clay, Ac., Ao.
Another conversation bad with a Georgian may
interest thoae wbo ar aeekiog information on tba
aubjeot of tba peooliar institution. This Georgian
waa a very young man, with whom I bad roomed
tbe night before at Augusta, and who bad display
ed the latest edition ef pocket pistol for my deno
tation. I remarked of tbe black Zenobia wbo of
ficiated on the train with ioa cream, oigara aod wa
ter tbat if I were a elavebolder I abould be afraid
of auch a epeoimen aa that, Th idea of being
afraid of a negro wa amusing to my friebd. lie
bad a negro at bom tbat wa on of tba worst be
ever aaw, and wbo bad to bt watobed, but be wa
out afraid of bim. II bad relumed one evening
a drive with a horsa and buggy, and told the
to put op the hora. Tbe negro waa going
s wedding and would not doit waa impertinent
when threatened with chastisement ha was de
error. My young friend aaid t 'The nigger gave
ea muoh of hia impertinenoe tbat I whaled
at him and bit him over tba bead with my
buggy whip. He then caught me by the wrists,
aa he waa a very atoul man ha bald roe aa if
a vice. I could not move or stir, by George I
bad an awful grip. My father beard the die
cattle. turbance and came out ; when the nigger aaw
ha made for the wood aa bard aa be could
and 1 after bim. I knew what be wanted.
wanted to get me to follow bim into the wooda,
then to kill me. So I turned back before be
tbat far.
'You do not think, eaid I, 'that be really would
killed yon if ba bad got you into tbe
woods, do you I
'Yea I do. By George, I know be would bave
killed mefor he bad bell in bim aa big aa a
horse, lie would bave atrangled me line coutaeb
got me out or eight oi my tamer.-
-well, bow did it turn out r
-un, became along oacK alter while, ana noto-
waa aaid about it. Tbinga went on two or I
three weeks, when be thought be bad got out of
acrape all nice and pretty. But we had n'
jerked up and taken off to tbe calaboose, where ne
dressed off decently ; and be baa been aa bid-
a nigger ever since aa you evoraaw.
I admitted tbat I would by no roeana wisn io db
owner of auch a pieoe of property aa mat, ana
inquired : "Don t you have to watcb bim yet r
Well, ye. Tbe young man aaid ba did nave to
keep an eye upon bim. When out alone with bim
anywhere he kept a eharp lookout, and if the nig-
should make any demonstration be would snoot
in an instant. I asked whether tbero were
many auch nigger, and the reply waa that there
was a smart sprinkling of such chaps, -there was
another one on tbe next farm to bia. Ibis other
nigger bad sauced him sometimes. 11a waa aaucy
Ibe devil. When be waa on hia master'a land
master'a land
felt bigger tban anybody else, and would dare
man who spoke short to him to touch him. The
nigger thought be waa hell aa long aa be waa on
master's plantation. Get bim on ot tbat, and
waa submissive enough, ibe southern PPle
whn .it ,t cnaa.,1 nABtntl Within HIV hftnrini Oil fin
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tlam than natrvnaa arfl in the hftrjlt Ot DOlOff
spoken to in Cincinnati. Thera waa, aa a general
tule, kindness of demeanor on the part of the
whites, and the greatest deference and perfect sub-
mission on the part of tbe black. Tbat intenee
horror of a nigger because be is a nigger, which
we see in the North, does not exist here. A 'boy'
they call all the six foot darkiea down here, grey
beaded or not, 'boys' waa very polite to a gentle-
man and lady at one of the South Carolina ata-
tions. The 'boy' was going down to Charleston,
Tbe gentleman said to him. "You're very polite
and thoughtful to-day.' The 'boy' amiled with in-
tonse pleasure, and replied t
O, yes, masser, I alius polite, aa, I allua polite,'
'That's right,' aaid the gentleman, 'you'r a good
fellorr." And the bow of tbe boy, if made by
one of our eham negro minstrels, would brng
down the house. Aa the lady waa turning away,
he stopped and aaid to the 'boy,' whoae eye and
ivory flashed white aa ate did BO 'William, neat
good boy in Charleston ; don t lei any ot me Daa
fellows lead you into temptation there.' These
re her very words, and the manner in which
they were uttered, mode them genome. 'William'
repeated bie bow, and if an Ethiopian statue rep-
resenting perfect fecility were wanted, he would
have answered excellent well then to etand lor
model
S.. .. OF . SusPaCTIO SlATXB AT TBI PORT
ExA1,IN.II0H or Ta Vessel-America Cap-Liu.
, AND OwrtERS.-loformation was received
the DistriotrAttorny'. office on Tuesday, that the
bark Charlotte E. Tay, an American vessel, ly-
ing at tbe foot of Tenth atreet. North River, waa
being fitted out at thia port aa a alaver. The ves-
sel bad already oleared at tbe Coustom House
tbe port of Puota Da Lnha, about thirty miles
up tbe Congo River, Africa, and she wa to have
sailed on Tuesday evening. Upon tbe application
of the United States District-Attorney, a monition
was issued by tbe Distriot Court, and tbe vesset
was seized tbe same evening. At the time of
king possession, the crew were all on board wait-
ing for tbe arrival of Capt. Trainor tbe master
the vessel, who is a resident of this city.
first and second mates are also residents of
city. On Wednesday morning air. James
Dwight, tba Assistant District-Attorney, visited
tbe vessel. She ia a beautiful bark o 200 tuns,
and waa built at Wilmington, Del., in 1852.
waa found to be newly painted and coppered,
waa provided with a larger quantity of aail
ia uaual lor vessels ot oer tunnage. ine masts
IB USUBl lor VOOODta I uor lUUUBjo, aue uniu
L , ,0 riMed aa to be well calculated
I
to insure apeed in tbe vessel. Ou board were
000 gallons of water, a large number of water
casks, and a large quantity of rice but there
no article on the manifest which waa adapted
for eale or trade. On muateriog tbe crew it
found that tbey did not correspond with tbe
sel's crew-list. Tbe equipments of the vessel
throughout gave rise to the auapioion tbat she
fitting out for the slave-trade.
By the Custom-Hoose register it appear
Mr. John W. Berry of thi city, ia tbe owner of
vessel. Messrs. Beebe, Dean and Donobue,
pear in opposition to tbe libel in his behalf.
I. Tribune,
"THE INSTITUTION."
A correspondent ol tbe Chicago Daily
writing from Cincinnati, detail a scene of
workioga of our "peculiar institution" aa
lows t
Years of talk about tbe wiokedoea of alavery,
ill not so stir the sluggish blood, as a single
oident occurring in a moment. On the cara
other day we noticed a beautiful woman one
tbe finest forma, and aweeteat lady-like countenan
cea we bave aeen for many a day attracted
attention. On tbe seat back of ber waa a gentle-
manly looking man, whose feature the lady's
much resembled.
Before tbe car started, another well-dressed
gentleman came in, and reoognixing th first,
a seat by tba aid of bim.
'Ie that a elava t" asked th aeooad gentleman,
pointing to tbe lady in front.
Yea.'
W were astonished, for tba lady bad
blue eye, straight beautiful bair, and a
blooming complexion.
Yours V
Yea.'
For sal V
'She is.
What do jou ask 7'
'Twelve hundred.'
Th trader for ao I deemed htm walked out
in front of tb woman, examined her hands, tried
her arma and jointa, and then aa If examining
a baef, with both bands, examined bor
bosom, abdomen aod bipe, In th meantime ask
ing the shrinking creature a aerie of questions
suoh aa we hope never again to bear put to one
of the aex of our mother
'I'll take her ; and pay th money when the
train reaches
Tba blue-eyed, flaxen haired chattel, goes to
New Orleans, and to a fate worse than death.
Such ie the "divine institution 1"
Wore Northern batcra of slavery responsible
for the bleaching of that chattel f
hold
did
are
the
the
tbat
an
any
elebt
REV. DANIEL WORTH.
arced with the 'crime' of circulating- Ilolner's
'Impending Criaia.' Two or three young lawyera,
who wished to distinguish themselves, volunteered
t0 assist the prosecution, and made atrenuoua ef-
foria to obtain a convi etion .Two of the ablest at
Uorniea jD that part of the State were amnio ved bv
Mr. Worth, at an expenee of five hundred dollars.
,0 d.ferJd utm Thev exerted themselves nower-
(aj, Jbe Judge appears to have oonduoted with
much impartiality. Tbe Jury, composed half of
slaveholders and half of nonelaveholdora (though
Dol designedly,) were out from 4 o'clock until mid
night, when they rendered a verdict of ouiltv.
The Judge did cot sentence Mr. Worth to tbe ex
teD 0 tbe law. Tbe sentence was a year's im
prisonment. An appeal waa taken to tbe Su-
preme Court.
jjr Worth was remanded to tail. Tbe jailor
nM plft0Bj bim in a better room than the one he
at grgt 0C0Upje(i fQa present one looks into the
I gtreet, ao that frienda may converse with Lim out
6;j9 ibe building. He ia to be tried io two other
counties on a aimiliar obarge. We hope the
Our beloved brother and faithful missionary waa
waa tried in Randolph county, North .Carolina,
oiaron dutu. Uno whole day and nearly one
whole night were consumed by the trial. He was
frjen(jg f this devoted missionary will oontinue
0 remit funds for the support of bis family, and
ror oomoensation to couooil : aniHbat tbev will
bear jn mind tbe following passage from the Book
0f Acta :
. 4T,.f. .. !., -.. . J,,, .,
V " f
Ka made without ceasing of the church unto God
Wor '
Tb marginal reading is 'instaut and earnest
prayer waa made.' So let it be in tbie case.
Brother Worth bas done nothing worthy of death
lor of bonds, North Carolineana themselves being
I judges. There lies before us a pamphlet entitled
'An Address to the People of North Carolina on
the Evils of Slavery,' that waa printed in tbat
State, and in the same county where Mr. Worth
was imprisoned, in the year 1830, by the Board
of Managers of tbe 'Manumission Society of North
Carolina, which a newspaper now published in
that State baa recently doclared to be ten timea
worse on tbe subject of slavery tban Helper's
I Crisis
Tbe following propositions are maintained with
great ability and force in thia publication.
Our alave avatem is radioallv evil
jj Qat ..teol 0f alavery ia founded in injustioe
and cruelty.
jit Absolute elavery is a fruitful aouroe of
Dride idleness and tvrannv
jy Absolute slavery increases depravity in the
human heart and nourishes a train of dark and
a
brutal passions and lusts, disgraceful to human
nature and destructive of tbe general welfare.
Y. Slavery absolute and unconditional, ia no less
contrary to tbe christian religion tban to tbe
dictates of justice and humanity.
TTnlnar'a ffrtaia iIaaii not. litre tha Arllfoaafl. difl-
the moral aspect of slavery, but it, eeoao-
at rojCal beariugs, yet the former wae prmted and
circulated in the State in 1830, w bile the lot-
ter is prosecuted, ite author made an outlaw, and
citizens of N. 0. (Mr. Worth is a native eitixen
0f N, c.,) who circulate it are tried and convicted
for as felons in 18C0. Will tbe people of N. C, long
continue to be ao inconsistent, cruel, suicidal?
But inconsistency eeema to be tbe order of tbe
I day, for while the bead of the Catholio Church
p0pe Leo X., declared long since that 'not only
tbo Cbriaf'an religion, but nature itself cried out
ta- against tbe state of Slavery,' tbe New York
Counsellor at Law, Cbarles O'Conor, a professed
of Roman Catholio, avows in thia year of grace, tbat
Tbe it is a normal state, justified by natural law and
this the law of God 1 But truth ia mighty and will
r . prevail. God will break tbe rod of the oppressor
and et tbe oppressed go free. Let us confide in
Him. Tbe wrath of man will be made to praise
She Hjm and tbe remainder He will restrain. What we
aodtnow not now we shall know hereafter.
1850
juat
bave
held
and
be
to
of
ono
to
of
is
tban
"God move in a mysterioua way,
Hia wondera to perform ;
lie planta bia foot-atepe in tba tea,
And ridea upon the storm.
Hia purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But aweet will be tbe flower."
American Missionary.
15,
was
waa
ves
was
tbat
the "Providence dab made me ah ACTOR, and
ap- Slavery am OUTLAW." JoAn Brown ofOiawaio-
N. mie
$l)c Vnti-Slaccra fiugle.
SALEM, OHIO, MAY 5, I860.
JUST SO.
the
fol
A writer in the Cincinnati Commercial finds
fault with the action of tbe Republican leaders,
and draw tbe following contrast between tbe old
Liberty party aod itr present transmogrification.
in- "Tbe Republicana are very unlike the Liberty
the party. In tbe daye of that party they labored
of unceasingly for tbe triumph of their principles.
In one year, fifty conventiona were beld in Ohio,
our and tbe doctrinaa of anti-slavery were proclaimed
throughout tbe State io every hamlet, city and
wry town. Tba church tbat sold God' image in obain
wa beld up a a wioked organisation, and tbe
preaober who quoted acriptorefor Ibe "sum of all
look villainy," wae riddled for bia "damnable bereay,
Our motto was then, "Fight on, fight ever." But
Republicana figbt but feur montba in four years.
land it may b aaid tbat a part or them are ruled
off tbeatump because they are "irrepressible oon-
deep Ifiiot men," or bava belonged to tb Liberty
clear, Free Soil tarty. Tbat polioy ia to ba adopted
I tbie year t for tba Gazette takea the position tbat,
but for tb conservatism of Tom Corwin and Stan-
too, who stumped Connecticut, that State would
bar been lost. It i my opinion tbat a few more
auob atumpera would siuk tbe cation.
Tba Cincinnati Ga.ett lays, "tb republicans
to the not prinoiplet which tba Whiga and
Democrats bald in 1850." Thia ia true; but what
those parties bold in 1852 f ' Tbey took tba
ground of "expediency," baoked down aa they
now doing, aod opposed the agitation of tba
Slavery question, "in and obt of Congrea." Ibesa
political lergivarsatiooa have ever cbaraoteriied
Oaiette, Tribune, and other "blind leader of
blind." I do not wish to ba nnreaaonable, of
uncharitable, but I cannot restrain the conviction;
the old Whigs bave come on to Fret Soil
groun 1 to displace our leaders, and destroy our
party, then take our united strength, and take up
old Whig wbo has never disgraced himself by
part taken in the "irrepressible conflict," and
bim, and then congratulate themselves in
ways, and especially on having been very
expedient." ,
Is not the Old Liberty Guard as it calls itself
greatly responsible for such a state of things? Ita
member opposed the Whig and Demoorats in
because tbey were so pro-slavery that no in
telligent man wbo pretended to be humane and
could austain them; but now, in 1860, tbey
with but few exceptiona beoome thorough
ly identified with tbe Republicans, who "hold tba
prinoiplee wbiob the Wbigs and Democrat
in 1850." Their backbone were readily bent,
their consciences found to be ao elastic aa to
capable of almost any degree of elongation.
Hence, scheming politicians finding them ao ready
yield in order to aeoure success, have compelled
them to bow lower and le-wer, ami if having got
down to tbe old Whig aad Xtomoarati platform
1850, they are prepared' for another descent in
order to atand by the-aide of the Chioago nominee.
FREE SPEECH IN KENTUCKY.
Tbe Republican of Kentucky take a somewhat
aided view of tbe light of free apeecb. Tba
action of tbe late State Convention there appears
bave beeojoooduoted in tbie particular vary
much after the fashion of the man who prayed
"Bless me and my wire,
My son John and hia wife;
We four and no more."
Tbe foroible expulsion of the Bereana, and tba
unwillingness or inability of Gov. Magoffin Io pro
toot them iu the enjoyment of their rights, would
cem to be proper autjocta for the notice of the
Convention, and io fact demanding an expraeaion
publio opinion in relation to tbe outrage. It
possible that something, was said and done in
reference to the matter, though we are unable to
find any reoord of it in the published reporta of
the meeting, except thut Ibe following resolutions;
offered by Mr. Sanford, were laid on the table.
Resolved, That the tight of free thought and
free speech ie necessary to tba maintenance of free-
institutions.
Resolved, That tbe forcible expulsion of tba
Rev. John G. Fee, J. 6. Hanson and others from,
Madison county, waa an outrage on the eaoredi
righta of citizenship tbat attaobea to u all, aa
outrage on tbe Constitution aod lawe, and a dis
grace to Kentucky.
Resolved. The the refusal of Gov. Magoffin' to-
afford protection, to these men, whon fne saine-wa)
rightfully densaaded of biro, deserves the severest
censure beeauae it ia the business of the- &over
ernor, as chief executive officer of tbe State, to sea
to it tbat tbe majesty of tbe laws be maintahiedi
tbat the Commonwealth be not disgraced1 by
any citizen's rights-being lulhlesely tiampled un
der foot.
Resolved, That we expend onto Mesre. Fee,
Hanson and their associates io exile, ou- warmest
sympathies; and that we hope the dtij ia But dis
tant when a decided majority of tbe people of Kea-'
tucky, ehall weleome tbem back.
The Convention, however, waa ready, and wil
ling, and anxious to atand by the right of free
speech with Republican limiiationa the right of
free epeecb for tbe Republican party of Kentucky;
for it was unanimously
Resolved, Ry tbe Republican patty of tbe Com
mon rteallh. et Kentucky in State Convention aa
aembleii, ITratt enscioue ol their patrlxianx aal
loyalty to. the Cornitntiorj aod, the laws, tbey claion
the same priviligea and. immunities, as oilizcus ol
the Union, Domooratio or other parties; the liberty
of speech, of tbe presa, and tbe ballot, and ia
their defease againet aggression frum. whatever
sources, tbey will stake a common cause ani
stand by. each other to "the uttermost."
That is what might be called the- advocacy of
free epeecb with a nice discrimination, free speech
far Cassius M. Clay aod hia political frienda, but
not for John G. Fee aod bie defenders. Tbe Re
publican probably thought it inexpedient to
claim too much, that half a loai waa better than
no bread, io., io., &u.
We bave received a request to express our view
at length on tbe relation of Slavery to tbe Con
stitution of the United Statea. We must decline
doing ao because it ia unnecessary. We, ia com
mon with nearly or quite all Free Presbyterians
bold tbat the Constitution, interpreted rightly by
(he Declaration of Independence which ie a part
of tbe Constitutional Law. ie an anti-alavery docu
ment, thus designed by th Fathers. Wa refer
our correspondent to Spooner'e argumeat on lha
subject, and to tbe opinion of Hon. A. G. Brown,
U. S. Senator from Mississippi, of it tbat if
Spoooer' "premises are admitted, I ebould say at
once, it would ba a herculean taak to overturn
bia argument." Tbe premises assumed are simply
those self-evident truths admitted by all exoept
congressional and political koavee or extremely
atupid foola. Our correspondent oan get tbe pam
phlet of Mr. Spooner by writing to Be la Marsb.of
Boston."
We find Ibe above in the Free Chunk Portjolio,
edited by Rev. Mr. Bradford. We abould infer
that in theology, Mr. Bradford believea in total
depravity, or at laaat cornea pretty near it,, for ba
divides aociety into "congressional and political
knaves," "extremely atupid foola," and th hand
full wbo beliete in tbe prero'uea aeaumed by Mr.
Spoooer in bia argument in favor of tba anti-slav
ery cbaraoter of tbe U. S. Constitution. If a be
lief tbat tbe Constitution ia, if properly interpret
ed, a pro-slavery document, and waa designed by
tbe fathera to protect alavery, ia an evideooe either
of knavery or stupidity, then wo preauma tba
world will continue to be koavee aod fool until
tbe Day of Judgment, aod after, for wa apprehend
they will not be likely to change tbeir opinion in
regard to a demonstrated fact.
Tbe American inti-Slavery Sooiety regard
Mr. Spooner' premise as false and untenable t
and inasmuch aa ita members abstain from tba
exercise of tbe elective franchise, Mr. Bradford
can bardly olassify tbem aa ?' Congressional and
Pulitioal knaves," and they must therefore, per
force, come under bis beading of "extremely stupid
fools." Aa tba Rev. gentleman ia ona of tbt in
vited apeaker at tb coming anniversary of tba
American Society, we trust b will endeavor to
enlighten the "extremely atupid foola," whom ba
baa been invited to addreaa, and ootuniooioete to
tbem a portion of tbat wisdom wbiob reside with
th adrocatea of Spooner' constitutional tbt'
ory, i