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THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
community t Thero are uuny way for a retribu
tive Providence lo male out justice to wrung duem;
Rod none arc morn common than tliat which al
lows the untrustworthy, w ho art choson to m.ike
up mobi, to turn their vengeanco upon those who
first employed then, and educated them in those
deeds. Wo r willing the points hero made,
hall to teeird in the future in this city.
Wtsleyan.
From the Ohio Statesman.
THE PRESIDENTIAL JOURNEY.
Tba President elect loft his Lome in Springfield,
Illinois, this morning, to pursue hie journey to
Washington city, preparatot; to ontoring cu the
duties of bis office on the 4th of March neit.
The CinaioDati Commercial, of Saturday, con
tained a special despatch from Springfield, of a
semi-official character, announcing with precision,
nd in quilo an ostcutnti ius way, the departures
and arriTuls of Mr, Lincoln and his escort, from
point to point, beginning with SpringSeld. Special
trains are to be provideJ, and nono but such o
Lave sards uf admission (to bo fumishod by Mr.
Wood, the manager of the performance,) can have
passage on ilitm.
The cavalcado will journey from Springfield to
ladianapolis thence to Cincinnati thence via
Dayton to Columbus, where it will arrive accord
ing to the programme in the Commercial, on Wed
nesday at noon; perhaps the hour of arrival here
will be 2 or 2 I M., of Wednesday, instead of
noon of that day. From this oity the august party
will depart on Thursday morning, passing from
here via Newark to Stetihenvillc, and thenco to
Pittsburgh leaving Pittsburgh on Friday morn
ing, the procession will go to Oicvelnnd leaving
Cleveland on Saturday morning, it will reach
Buffalo thnt evening, and remain over until Mon
day morning, the JSih, when it will take up its
line of march for Albany, &s., until it reaches the
Federal Capital.
In view of the present condition of the country,
the result of the seetiontil triumph in the election
kf Mr. Lincoln, this grand display, the like ol
which was never known brfuro in the journey of
any former President elect, is, we thitjk, quite out
of place. If Mr. Lincoln was a wise and judicious
man, impressed profoundly with the difficulties
and dangers that surround our country, he would
have remained at his home, UDtil officially inform
ed of tho count of the votes fur President by Con
gress, according to the constitutional provision,
and of his election, and then with his prlvato
secretary, without any heralding or pre-announcc-rnent,
taken tho cars, ond by the ruost direct route,
and without display, have gone forward to the
Federal Capital. But it appears that be is willing
to allow himself to be mndo the subject of a tri
umphal march and grand display, not in harmony
with the Republican simplicity of our fathers, and
specially forbidden by tho gloom and despondency,
which now hangs over a distracted and divided
country.
&fjc SUiti-Slaccq) Bugle.
"PHOVIDZHCI US HADE HI IS ACTOR AND SuviRT AS
OUTLAW." Jubn Brown of Oiaw.tomie.
SALEM, OHIO, FEBRUARY.! 23j 18I.r
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From our Special Reporter.
THE ROYAL PROGRESS.
The readers of the Buglo will hardly expect
from me a minute detail of the triumphal pro
gress of Abraham 1st, from Spring&eld to bis
Capitol. Indeed I fed as thoueh it was hardlv
necessary for me to do more than report myeolf
as in tho train of bis attendants,
HAPPINESS IN THAT.
To look npon bim, to ride on the eame train
with him, and to listen to bis gracious speeches
to the crowd, is honor enough fur any man; and
I feel almost like praying, ''Let now thy ser
vant depart in peace." I joined the royal oor
' tage at Iodiauapolie, and therefore did not witness
his affecting parting with tbo people of Spring
field, when he resigned tho pleasures ol private
life, and aisuroed the dignity and magoifioonce
of presumed official position. As do reporters
nere admitted to tho Presidential company ex
cept those wha represented the leading newspapers
in the oountry, yon will readily conclude our
cumber is but small, and tbe honor, of course,
correspondingly great. Indeed, it has been so
overpoworing and eo peculiar in its effects, that
' wo have none of us been ablo to retain the full
possersion of our senses, but are hurried throogb
mate of intoxicating enchantment, exceedingly
' delicious, though possibly not healthy for the
mind;
SPEECH AT INDIANAPOLIS.
' Tbo wonderful wisdom of his Republican High
nesa was manifested in the speech be made at
Iodisnapolis, and which will unquestionably bring
tbe National difficulties to a speedy crisis, and
csuss matters to be comfortably arranged, to that
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davie can, on the
same day, be inaugurated Presidents of the Nor
thern and tbe Southern Confederacies.
YANKEES ALWAYS AHEAD.
, The Yankees have alwoye been able to beat
the Britishers in every thing io which they have
tried to compete with them; and I venture to tay
. that the Presidential Progress of Abraham 1st,
. from Spripg&eld to Washiugton, has never been
0 equalled by any Royal Progress in great Britain. I
i A chosen suit aeeompauicd his Republican Iligh-I
, nets; aa chosen member of the nobility aocom-
1 pany the occupant of tbe Bvitiub throne. At every
' tarrying place the military were out io force to
form an escort; and although iu tbe number of
. our soldiery we may not equal France, I assert
without fear of contradiction, that considering
tbe difference in population in the two kingdoms,
, France never made for one of her kings to ruag
t cifioeot a military display.
THE USE OF IT.
At first glanoe tuob demonstrations may seem
little out uf place fur a civie ebieftaio to receive,
l but whec it is renumbered that tbie it tbe first
: National Republican- triumph, tbe party will be
; excused for d-tfirlug to make a little fuse about
' i, and teeing that fust aod feathers naturally go
f together, there it propriety io this military dis
play, aud tbe more Especially, as it will also terse
aoniher purpose, by demonstrating to tbo South
the tremi'tidiiusn.ilitury potter iT the North.
UNUSUAL PRECAUTIONS.
You know, though yojr reaJers mny hot, ifio'
narrow eecapna from rii'road accidents have made
mo rathor nervous abjut that mode of truveiing.
On nearly all of our roads there is such a reck
lessucss manifested in regard to human lifo, that
I consider a journey of five hundred miles at al
most equal to running the gantlet; but on tbie
occasion I feel perfectly safe, for extra precautions
arc taken to pievcct all mie-chance to trie vnlu
ble life t'ltt is on our traiu. Guar, with Union
flags io their hands, were stationed every half
inila of the road from Indianapolis to Cincinnati.
And I hate been informed that so perfect are the
arrangements on ail the roads to guard his pre
cuius person from harm, that ho did nut think it
necessary to get his life insured boforo starting.
AT INDIANAPOLIS—CONDECENSION.
At Indianapolib the President roda io carriage
drawn ty four white horses, which fact t place
opon record, seeing that the other reporters have
dons tl.o same; all of us deeming it desirable to
bo as exact in chronicling the minuiia of events,
as are the reporters for Court journals in Europe.
I may also add, that at the breakfast table
at the Bates' House, when the Pieeidont nskcl
for sone more fish I believe it was white fish,
at ull events am certain ii was not black fish he
said to tho servant who brought it, "I thank you,"
which response was noticed by all present a
remarkable instance of the gracioutness of a great
man to his inferiors.
LORD BURLEIGH OUTDONE.
I have it from tbe reporter of the Cincinnati
Commercial, that as the President was retiring, a
call was made for bis son, which to quote the re
porter "Mr. Lincoln quieted by an engaging
smilo, and a bow which was much more express
ive than Lord Burloigh't nod oould have seen."
Was not that wonderful f Not only more ex, ess-
ive, but much more expressive I
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
Beforo wo left Indianapolis two of the Presi
dent's old Illinois fiiends took tbeir leave of him,
uufi'g him, and cutting off a lock of bis hair
as a remembrancer. The scene was a very affec-
uiip, no treji ns a very singular one, lor in tnit
country, men hugging each other is rathor a rare
manifestation of affection. It was, however, very
touching its effect, and almost as good as a play.
MORE WHITE HORSES.
At Cincinnati tho President was drawn by six
white horses. Having fur him there the same col
ored horses they furnished him at Iudionapolis, a
discussion arose among the reporters whether the
said white horses wero to bo regarded as typical
of Death on tbo Talc Horse, or as shadowing
forth the fact that tho rrosidiot elect belongs to
"the white man's party."
AN EXPLANATION.
I find I shall mako my letter too long if I give
much time to the various places at which we stop
ped. Tbo incidents at eaoh wore in tho gross,
and also in detail very much the tame, pre
senting a grand civic and military display, aud
culminating in demonstrations of regal magnifi
cence. ... .
TWO TOUCHING INCIDENTS.
c Permit tBS, however, before leaving Cincinnati
to- meotioo to ii.oidonts-'feat oooorrod 'Ibera,
though -unfortunately I wu not ari eye-witness to
either. - The firtl I copy from the note book of my
friend of the Cleveland Ckszrier. "A littlo girl
was carried to the carriage, when tbe modestly
banded Mr. Lincoln a single flower, and he in
return etooped and kissed tbe obild. The inci
dent, eo touching and beantiful, filled every eye
with tears, and the effeot was not lost on the
hearts of any." Was not that indeed a touching
and beautiful incident! Who would not have
wept to tee such a man kiss a obild t Wo never
read of anything equal to it in tbe history of
American Presidents, unless it be that other
touching incident of Frank Pierce giving candy to
a little one.
I did not go to Pittsburgh, but I learned that he
there kissed two children, which, of course, inten
sified the effect; this, combined with the emoki
oees of the atmoepheie, which out-did itself on
that ocoasinrj, must have produced tremendous re
coils, about which I have not dared to enquire.
ONE INCIDENT NOT SO TOUCHING.
As a counterpart to these, I will mention an in
cident that occurred in Cincicuati, illustrating the
sad neoeasity to which a sensitive and appreciative
nature is often eubjeotod in coming in contact with
rude and disgusting specimens of humanity. An
old woman I will not call her a lady who boas
ted that she bad seen "a power of Presidents'' in
her time, tartly said "Ef I was a man, and was
elected President, and couldn't go oc to Washing
ton and talis my scat 'tbout bein gyarded like Lin
kum, I'd stay to bom."
Plot woman 1 what idea has she of the eternal
LUueeB of things.
UNEXPECTED NEWS.
At Columbus tbe President received intelligence
of bit election. Aa this was wholly unexpected,
I cannot too much exalt tbe manner in which he
beard it, and therefore unite with tbe other repor
ters in saying, "Ho received it with tnuob equanimity."
ALLIANCE AND LIMA.
Having staid over at Columbus, I met tho party
at Alliance on its way from Pittsburgh to Cleve
land. We dined there, and being ucar an enemy's
oountry, tbe Allianoe Zouaves appeared n guard,
and th inks to their military display, no distur
bance oconrrcd.
When we took our teatt to depart, and tbe
whistle touoded, there were even brave hearts
there that quailed, for only five miles from us, and
directly opon tbe track, wat tbe droadel Lima;
and inasmuch aa you vituperative abolitionists
bad in campaign timet denounced Linooln at "a
slave hound," and "a Constitutional hound," we
apprehended tbe forcible stoppage of the train and
the butehery of all on board. With remarkable
presence of mind tbe engineer put on an extra
bead ol steum, and we dashed by with tuob rapid
ity that we were not able even to see tbe hosts that
had doubtless mattered there with evil intent.. It
was not, however, until we reaobed Cleveland that
we felt perfectly tafe, for we knew tee were tecure
in tbe Forett City, though fugitive elavet night
not be. .
CLEVELAND.
Our reception in Cleveland wat very cordial.
And when I tay that Gorsbam and hit ton William
wat not treated better than Linooln and bit ton
Bub, I have tail all tbat cireomttanoet require, all
that tbe power of language permits. '
PROPOSED HUNTING EXCURSION.
I Bodertlaod it wat proposed to get up a fugitive
slave bunt in Cleveland on the occasion of Lia-
o ilu's vi.it, su as to nfford the President occular
deuionttrat.on, nut inly uf the alacrity, but the
itctivity itli wtiich the Republicans there ooti go
upon all ours ', lmt tbo L'nion bat ing boea so
recently saved by that process, it was (brought to
Is a work of supererogation, and the President
privately assured some of their lending men to that
effect. IIo said that although be bad hud doubts
about the fugitive-law-abiding disposition of
Cleveland, those doubts were now dispelled, and
be rejoiced to know that Cloveland to-day stood
with him in tbe acknowledgment of the right of
tho South to an efficient fugitive slave law.
A MISHAP.
Being utterly exhausted on Saturday, I slept not
only until tho Presidential train had left, but until
I lost my last uhaDce of getting to Buffalo before
Monday. If I ovortake the Presidont you shall bear
from me again.
Yours, A. To a Dr.
THE HUMAN SACRIFICE!
CLEVELAND OFFERS A VICTIM!!!
THE UNION STILL UNSAVED!!
Southeri fury still burnt, and the North shrinks
before it. Cleveland has hastened witb its propi
tiory offering. Tbo slimy Dragon of Slavery lurks
olong the Ohio, more terrible than the Crooodile
of tbe Ganges, and Northern Cities, like Hindoo
Mothers, must toss their children into his insatiate
jawnl Altars must Uame, and victims bleed.
Juggernaut and tbe American Union alike are fed
on human prey.
The following statements are condensed thinly
from the Cleveland papers) a few additional faots
being added upon reliable testimony.
A SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE.
The Victim iust offered in Cleveland tr. .
young woman, lately from Virginio, secretly mor-
neu a lew montus since, io a man now in Canada.
Her farther account is, that she was brought into
Pennsylvania in October last at a slave, but thero
u mat sh could not he hold at a slave, and
so left ber mir tress and fled to Cleveland. The
kidnapper who claims ber, says he lives four miles
from Wheeling, Va., and that bis name is Wm. S.
Goeborn, The nanio of the poor unfortunato, is
Sarah Lucy'Bagby.
The mannor of the arrest is thus detailed in the
evidence of Col. S. A. Abbey before tho U. S.
Commissioner.
''I am one of tbe deputy marshals and assisted
iu the arrcbt of this girl. I went with J. II. John.
son, Lambert White ond the claimant, to Mr. Bon
ton's houte on Prospect street, where ebo was.
Mr. Yv hito and Mr. Johnson weut to ling the
bell and I went to the side door. I was followed
by Mr. Goshorn ; we rapped twice at the door,
and the second time the e!rl came to tlm winrtni.
and lifted the curtain, which she immediately let
fall again and mr.du some noise at the door, and
the second time the f.irl came to the window and
lifted tbe curtain, which Bho immediately let fall
again and made some noise at tho door and was,
as i supposcu, unuoiting it. JUr. U. passed the
window and ehe bod, I supposed, rocognized him,
Thinking the door unbolted, I lifted the latch and
pressed my shoulder agninst it somewhat, when
it very readily came open. Mr. Goshorn went ic
and I followed, and we-both went: into' Mr. Bee
ton's bedroom whirs' this irl had flail. . W. than
took ber and put ber into the carriage and iht.
inree otners drove oil with her. while I walked
down town."
The Colonel, as appears from the above, was
ono of the parties engaged in making the arrest,
and wo understand that he has beretoforo been re
garded as a respectable man by the community in
wuicn no uvea; maoed, it is asserted that his pre
sence somewhat redeemed the charaoter of the
gang, and enabled theji to -effect a capture that
would otherwise have been more difficult. The
respectability which breaks open doors at unseason
able hours, ohaeet a flying woman into the bed
room of her employers, end without tegard to de
cency or propriety startles the terrified cccupsnts
irora itieir siumDer, Rnd eeizee its prey in the
chamber and in tbe presence of Mr, Benton and
bis wife, is, to say the least, a very questionable
sort of respectability.
On Mr. Bcntou'e demand, a warrant was shown
fur her arrest, and on the assurance that she should
be fuirly tried, ehe was taken from the house, put
into a close carriage and rapidly driven to tho jail.
At tbe urgent request of Messrs. Spaulding,
Riddle aud Palmer, counoil for the girl, Judge
Tilden issued a wr't of Habeas Corpus, on oath of
Wm. E. Ambush, that tbe girl was unlawfully
held. The writ was served upon the Sheriff. On
examination it was shown that there was no law
or authority by which tho sheriff could hold a per
son cbargod witb being a fugitive slave. If the
sheriff took charge of such a prisoner, he did it us
a private citizen and oould not uee the jail. She
was therefore discharged from bis custody. Mar
shal Johnson then took charge of her, and proceed
ed with ber to the United States Building. In
crossing the Park a slight demonstration was made
as ii to rescue nor; tut nothing of a sorious
character. A few negroes were knocked down
by
tbo rutiianly deputy Marshals, of whom tboro
p were
55 aworo in. When near the PuatOffin r,.th
rush was made, and some colored men arrested
and lodged in jail.
Ou tbe opening of tbe trial before U. S. Com
missioner, BcenNEt.L White, affidavits were pre
sented from Joiin and Wm. S. Gosborn, certifying
that the girl Luoy, bad escaped and was the said
Wm. S. GosBORN'a proporty, etc, and a bill of tale
preeentod.
lion. R. F. Spaulding then made a statemen
t.
that tie believed that the woman oould be pro
to be free, if time was granted to get evide
proven
enoe
from heeling. I be ease wat adjourned
till
iborsday.
Mr. Uovey was commissioned to go to Wbeelin
to prooore evidence to show that h l,. i...
..nu UC
brought into Ohio bt her owner. Ha
been
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J - 1 .
a
uay sooner man expeotea, and tbe trial came (
on Wednesday. The evidenoe went to tbow, tb
off
at
sue reauy nan escapea. Alter tbe statements w
read, at procured by Mr. Hovey, Judge Spauld
i were
ding
surrennerea ins cneni io tbe slave oatohert, and
the Commissioner granted t warrant for her' ren
dition to Virginia.
A LEGAL FARCE.
The Republ loans of ClflTalnnd r nn . .
parade of legal talent for tbe girl't defence, em
ploying no lest than three eminent advooalot.'wbo
might, had tbeir hearts been in the matter.'have
presented a strong legal opposition, iuttead of tbt
sham defence Ibev made. Al
- a- uvu cast
jury inai wat luaainiesable, yet that other
safe
the
for
guara oi ireeaom, fiat test ol legal justice,
writ of habeas corpus wat resortod to. But
what purpose? It.eertainlv told n r. .l.
pbi-
lantbropy of Cleveland tbat when a fugitive tl
v fce IV ItUtJ
lavt
wat arrtsiea in mat etty tbe should be brought
fore one of tbe most enti-tlavtry judges in
be-
Stste Judgo Tilden -on a write ol habeas corpus.
The merit of suoh an act depcuds a good deal upon
the iiostioa presented by tbe writf and when it
is seen from the oharacter of tbe writ, the decision
made opon It, and the admission of the claimant's
council in relation to tbat decision, that the sole
object of the Issuing of that process was to deter
mine whether tbe Sheriff nod jailor could bold
Luoy In duranoe inside tbo walls of the Jail as well
at outside, one is not disposed to praise very much
this legal effort of Lucy's distinguished council.
Writs of habeas corpus have been issued in Wis
consin for the purpose of testing tbo constitution
ality of the fugitive slave law, and inasinuob as
tbe Republicans of Cleveland have for the last ten
years been affirming (t to be unconstitutional, the
testing of this question before Judge Tilden, might
have been of eome advantage not only to Lucy, but
to all the fugitives of Cleveland, and would bavo
Afforded tbe Judge an opportunity legally to dcoide
what bis party have been continually asserting in
tbeir political meetings.
The Judge took from Saturday until Monday to
fully investigate the important point he was called
upon to decide. We shall not copy Lis decision
here, seeing it can be of no earthly advanlago
to any allegod fugitive, and although it may re
dound to tbe possible honor of the "free, while,
male citizens" of Ohio, that honor Ihreatene to bo
wallowed up in the rendition of Lucy. The. Judge
quoted law after law ; law positive, law amen
datory, and law rovoking, exhibiting a see saw
process by which Ohio jails have opened and clos
ed tbeir doors to tbe admission of fugiiivo slaves,
until he felt constrained to settle down on the
following decision, with which his opinion is
closed.
"Tbo order of the Court, therefore, is, that the
Sheriff forthwith discbarge this woman from bar
imprisonment ia tbe Jail. When octside of tue
Jail, ir he cuooses to retain ber in bis custody
AS TUE AGENT OF TDK MARSHAL, IT IS NOT THE PUR
POSE OF TBE COURT TO INTERFERE WITH SUCU AR
RANGEMENT." The firet sentence of the above is in reality tbe
judicial decision of Judge Tilden upon Ibo point
presented for adjudication. All that preceeded it
was but tho,, rohearsal of the reasons and facts
which influenced that deoision. The concludiog
sentence of the above paragraph, and which is a
trifle more lengthy than tho first) is his. extraju
dicial decision upon a point not presented in tbe
writ, not demanded at his hands, and which he
was obliged to travel out of bis record to reach.
Why Judge Tilden gave this aid and oomfort to
tho slaveholder, w hy be was thus officious in as
soring tbe jailor of Lucy that although he wurt
not confine her in the jail, he need not loose his
clutch upon ber when he brought ber outside of
tbo prison walls, is a mystery to whioli wo oan
find no solution. His judicial decision amounted
to nothing one way or the other; and it was a
thousand pities he was not content to send it un
attended ou its way to posterity, instead of attach
ing to it an assurance that gave strength and com
fort to the hounds that bad seized poor Lucy. It
would ltavejbeen otherwise, perhaps, had he tukon
counsel of bis heart rather than his bead.
Tbo manner'in which tba decisions both judi
cial and extra-judicial were received by tbo U.
S. Commissioner and others intersstod in the case
may be gathered from the. following statements
made during tbo subsequent trial. ; , -, ;
OtniBMoner Whit said the but ..of OoDgrets pro
vides that Marshal may make any arangement to
keep a prisoner, and ho bad a right to do so.
Judge Tilden has no control over the Jail in this
matter. The statute does note forbid the Sheriffs
keeping the prisoner, I still think ray mittimus
was right in directing that tbe prisoner bo detain
ed in the County Jail.
Tbe olaimant has said tbat be wanted to seo'if
the people of Cleveland would enforce tho laws of
tbe United States ; tbat be did not care for ber
value. While she ie detained by tbe Marshal's
agent, a habeas corpus is issued, and she is dis
charged. He referred to the habeas corpus case
of Buehnell, saying the Supreme Court refused it
because the prisoner was in the hands of a compe
tent Court. A Sheriff cannot take a vessel from
the District Court until tbat Court was done witb
it.
Mr. Backue May it please the Court, Judge
Tilden did not discharge tho prisoner at all, but
said that although tbe Sheriff could not detain her
as Sheriff, he bad full power to aot as egont of tbo
Marshal in bis private capacity.
A TEST QUESTION.
From tho commencement to the conclusion of
this case it was clearly apparent, as well as opeoly
avowed, tbat tbe claimant did not so much care to
recover possession of Lucy simply as a piece of
property, as to make the question of her rendition
one that should compel tbe people of Cleveland to
belie ell tbeir anti-slavery professions, and bring
upon thein the ourso that God pronounced on the
serpent which tempted, but did not enslave, the
Woman. The Wostorn Reserve has, or had, per
haps we should say, a torribly auti-slavory char
aoter in tbo South. It was tbe home of tbe junior
Jobn Brown and bis companions, the City of Re
fuge for Coppoo and Morriam, a very Fort Moul
trie of tbe auti-slavory garrison. If Cleveland, its
obief city, oould be captured, if tbe Palmetto of
slavery oould there be made to supplant tbe ban
ner of freedom, glorious would be tbe slave-catcher's
victory, and great the rejoicing throughout
Slavedom.
Having receivedctioe in advance of tbo pur
pose of Lucy'e olaimant, it would teem at though
tucb notice ought to have raised np abolitionists
by the thousand, and made every drop of Yankee
blood boil to hurt back tbe insulting defiance.
But tucb wat not tbe ease. The professed aboli
tionists of Cleveland showed as little pluck us tbe
Coon that came down at the first eight of Captaiu
Scott.
The ease present! tome very remarkable features
from wbicb oonclusions bave been drawn tbat may,
or may not, be correct. The aotors seemed to bave
bad tboir parts assigned and itudied well. Each
part was perfect in itself, and tbe combination
formed a perfeot whole; and bad the performance
of the tragedy been advertised by poetert, it it
not ture but tbe announoemeot would bave been
beaded "By particular request." Some affirm tbeir
belief that the girl's whereabout wat communica
ted to tbe master by oitizoot of Cloveland, aod that
tbe order of ber arrest and delivery was pre-oon-
certed. Others go further, aod insist tbat tbe girl
wat tont to Cloveland by ber master, and be duly
advised of all ber movements ; and tbat when tbe
best time came for making the arrest, tbe time
wben Cleveland oould be most easily humiliated,
tbe girl was aeizod. These, it is truo, are but spe
culations, but tbey bave arisen io various and dis
tant parts of tba oountry, and without conoert,
and indicate peeuliar oharaoter io the inoidenta
'hat suggest to different minds, speculations essen
tially the tame.
Mr, Barlow, counsel for tbe olaiment, used the
following tignlfioaut language In hit address to
the Commissioner!
"In justice to the olarrnants, I will sy tbat thoy
are actuated by h6 mercenary motives, nor do they
eome to harrast the prjudrcos of the North; tbeir
ohjoct it simply to lost whether our declamations
of being lata abiding citizens art trus, and are
really meant. Cleveland has come up to tbe work
manfully, and no citizen has laid a single straw in
the way, and those gentlemen from Virginia tbank
jou for it, and it will satisfy them more than
all else."
Commissioner White bore the same testimony in
regard to this matter, most dearly indicating that
the case was applied as a tost. He says t
"These men want to know if the peovle frill
enforce the law thev care nuthinir nhnnt ihn tr.no
or ?800. The people are in favor of the enforce
ment of the law, and I don't believe there are
' twenty men who would attempt a rescue. A de-
lni, will k.l.nl.1 : - ... f - .It 1 . .
"j pivuuu'j iui-ichoo me leciing oi atsvouou
to law. Tbo South docs cot believe a slave can
be taken from this place, forming tho belief from
various meetings in a political canvass. This ex
hibition to day shows that tbit talk was all owing
t political excitement and I wish to show that
these people will ooctinuo faithful to tbe law,
tbat io spite of unfaithfulness In the South, we
will maintain tbe law, and witb a clear conscience
bring traitors to punishment, if neccessary."
The market value of Lucy was probably about
six hundred dollars, asd a proposition was made
to raise twelve hundred for her redemption, or
rather to buy off Cleveland's humiliation. The
Claimant was willing to sell her for that amoont,
but unwilling to soil her for that or any other sum,
until she had been legally remanded to slavery,
and delivered to bim upon Virginia soil. Then,
wben tho humiliation of Cleveland was ac
complishnd, and Lucy had oarried with her Io tbe
South the testimony of its subserviency, thoso who
were willing to pay twice ber market value, might
buy ber free.
HOW MET.
It was evidently feared by those who bad the
legal management of the case, that Humanity
would prove stronger than the fugitive slave law,
and outraged Justice viudicate itself by direct
ptocest from the Court of 'Higher Law." Uenoe
thero was any amount of effeotionate recommen
dations to the pooplo to keop the peace, and plain
tive appeals for tho duo observance of law and
order; tho pleaders seemingly oblivious to the fact
that tho law to be observed was worse than any
which the Emperor of all the Rustdas over gave
to crushed Poland, and tho order to be maintain
ed mdre fraught with death to the hopes of
Humanity than tbat which "reigned in Warsaw."'
On tbe day of tbe arrest Judge Tilden said, '1
enjoin it upon all, and especially upon these color
ed persons, that they wait (or the sure and certain
relief which law can afford, and I hope that thoy
will do their duty nnd remain quiet."
If "tbe sure and certain relief which law can
afford" was to be understood to apply to the case
in band, tbe hope thus extended must have seem
ed to all hollow and baseless, for the expectation
of bringing relief to a captive by and through the
fugitive Blave-law, is born of the saddest infatua
tion, and is a hope that is hopelessly insane. But
if this "sure and certain rolicl"' was to bo distantly
prospective, to bo brought about by a due oourse
of Repnblioan legwlatioa.jwbon ,thcL,.ugUive slave
law should be pruned of, some of its least ob
jootiohblo rtar, nd ao judininnnly done "thut
its efficiency should .'not be impaired,'' then too,
this hopo was hollow and baseless, and if Judge
Tilden bad been called upon to have given a
reason for .ho faith in him pointing to "sure and
certain relief," it is possible he could not bavo
furnished it.
Wbon tbe eolored people were "especially" en
joined to wait for legal relief, it was a pity that
eome of this portion of Cleveland's population
bad not then and tboro atked the Judge if he was
not aware that by the Drod Scott decision thiir
citizenship was denied them, and that should
they resort to law for redress, tbey would not be
permitted to enter a U. S. Court as plaintiff; and
have informed bim that it seemed whether so de-
i . ...
signeu or not yet undor the circumstances it
seemed an insult to enjoiu them to "wait for tbe
sure and certain relief wbich law can afford."
Ia Judge Spaulding's concluding speech be
said,
"While we do this, in the City of Cleveland, in
the Connecticut Western Reserve, and permit this
poor piece of humanity to be token, peaceably,
through our streets, and upon our railways, back
to tbe land of bondage, will not tbo frantic South
stay its parrioidal armf Will not our compromis
ing legislators cry, "Hold onnugh I"
Human rights are one the world over, and it is
one of God's unchangeable laws that he who pla
ces a chain upon tho limb cf another, shall find
tho other end around bis owd neck. Had tbe
Judge been as well versed iu morals as in law, be
would have perceived this truth, and not have im
ploringly askod the South to secure his rights in
return for the surrender of Lucy's. The very
fact thut Cleveland helped Goshorn strike down
the Godgiven righte of that poor fugitive, gave
the South new power to tvumple upon the rights
of the North, now vantage ground upon which
to rest tbe lever of oppression.
There are two ways of obeying a distasteful
law, even by thoso who believe that tbe lower law
is of more binding force than tbe Higher law.
One way is, to submit witb a sullen obstinacy.
I fighting the enforcers at every point, throwing
diflicultiee in their way, and making them feel
glad to loavo as Boon as possible, bearing with
them as they go, an unmistakable conviction tbat
tbeir absence is better than their presence, and
that if they do not soon leave tbey might suffer
personal injuries us well as bear words of right
eous indignation. The other way is that recom
mended by Daniol Webster, "to conquer your
prejudices," and to obey "witb alacrity" what
even the Cloveland Leader calls "an unjust, op
pressive, infamous, and unconstitutional law," to
treat elave-oatcbera as gentlemen, and plaoe your
self npon a level witb such bounds by the treat
ment you extond to them, and tbe servility to do
tbeir bidding. Cleveland chose the latter, and
orystalised into aotualily tba empty, complimen
tary phrase of epistolary correspondence, "Your
most obedient servant."
Tbe father of the olaimant of Luoy was to ef
fected by tbe evidence of good foeling wbioh wat
manifest upon the part of Cleveland, that his coun
sel obtaiood of tbe Commissioner permission fur
bim to speak a permission wbich probably would
not bave been granted to an abolitionist he did
so, and hit speech, as afterward licked into form
by the reporter, ia given as follows
"He laid language would Lot expreee hit grati
tude to tbe citizent for bit treatment. Hit mil
lion wat an unpleasant one, but it maybe oil
poured upon the waters of our nation's troubles.
I would the task of.repreientiag Virginia bad fall
en tn italt.a 111. CT-...L 1 1 , . .
vu w uwiioi uiuui, ma uvula nas oecn looking
fnr such a case as this, 1 have no office to gain, t
nuiu iu tare i.ie cHion. v e must do it if our ser
vants will not. We hao charged the North with
pruading away our aorvai.ts I hope God will
forgive them. J-jrHow pleasant it would be if I
could come amonR yon with this same girl at my
servant, and enjoy your hospitality at I have
now."
When he and his ion were about leaving, they
published the following oard of acknowledgment,
which is here plaoad uron record at a part of the
history of Cleveland's infamy.
For the Cleveland Herald.
Ens. Herald: Bofore leaving Cleveland f'op
nomo, we icul It a duty to the cititout of devo
land
id, as wen as ourselves, to express our unfeign
gratitode for tbe uniform kindness with wbioh
have been treated. Nothine but eourio.. I,.
od
wo I
been shown to us by all of your citizent, who have
even shielded us from the insults of your oolored
imiiuuiiuu as ou lusiance ol which we will re-
fer
to an inoident wbich occurred this morning at
broakfast table of the Weddoll Ilm... a ...
tbe 1
gro waiter refused to serve us, and upon tbe faet
bein
ing mnae Known to Col. Ross, the proprietor of
i House, the Waiter rW.n nmmMli ,k.i.
tbe
and
I -.OVUBIJJOV,
id ordered to leave the house.
We agr'n thank you all.
JNO. UofllOR.T.
Wm. S. Goshorn.
V'
Weddell House, Jan. 24, 1861.
FREE SPEECH DENIED IN CLEVELAND.
It is important to ohrv tL.i u. :
- tuo iricnut OC
irccdom, proposed a Convention in the City to
protest against Slave-bunting, as well under Re-
.uuuuu as A,emocratiB prestige- and to expose
irt.cularly this last, and in many respects, most
ameful outrage on Humanit .?.!.. .. .
sacred Rights of Man, ever perpetrated inAmerioa.
u. .or reasons oest known to themselves,
though easily guessed, the proprietors of thB Halle
aod Houses used for similar gathering,, have Ber-
U,10U io BU0W i0n a nge of .
us time. In justice to some of them, it mighl
J said, pre-enzacrementa lin.o ..j
ise for an Anti-Slavery Convention at the time dc-
. nui ii is very doubtful whether even these
ould have been opened had tbey been at liberty.
It is certainly hopeful, whnn .u
.nort.Boftt.on will indue, a city or community to
hide as far as possiblo its deeds of oppression and
cruelty, from tho publio gaze.
AN INSULT TO CLEVELAND.
The spirit of this whole atrocity, is revealed iri
e following Editorial art.jlo from ih- t .
the 22nd. Jan.
The appointment of the corps of special depn
;ea, whom Marshal Johnson yesterday .wore
nto office, wos a cross insult to Clsi.l.nJ ..j :.,
so cousidcred bv all the hettni. nn,n 1
zens. They do not feel aggrieved that fifty-five
,,HU,ult)a io proeerve the peace, but
that firty-five men were appointed and invested
with offico, a mnioritv of whom hrf m.A
of the duties pertaining to their post than to
-.UB cuo ana Knock down every colored man.
j "ou. u deputies w ere to be .nrMnM
why, in the name of all that U nVnpnf ..m I
men be called who had some respect for them
selves and for the honor of the oity, as well as for
tho strict enforcement of the law? If the eall bad
been made, fitiy, or one hundred, or ono hundred
and fifty business men could have been found who
would guarantee to preservo the peace; and who
""" U01 0 "en tbemselvoa disturbers of the
peace.
"Instead of this what was dono yestordav?" Onfl
of these deputies struck a negro, not two feet
distant from him, not with bis fist, but with1 a
slung shot. Another of these deputies knocked an
unoffendmg negro down, and was in the act of
striking bim again with a club, when one of the
city pol.ee stopped the blow. Others of tbo dep
uties, whoso chief delight is to get into a fight,
could not miss the "glorious opportunity;" hey,
thereforo, would surround a quiet, unoffending
negro, jeer, push ond bustle biui UDtil be was
forced to dtfood himself, when they would knock
him down aud arrest bim. One party thus sur
rounded a colored mau vcbowas looking on tbe
crowd, and hustled bim until an officer arrested
him (not tbcm). and took bim off to jail. We saw,
ourselves, a deputy kuuck a man doo-n .
club, (rh man was running, with tbe rest of the
i.rua, away irom the officers,) and then hit bim
another heavy and cowardly blow after be was
down. A Domooratwho was a witness of the
scene, teiU us tbat a party surrounded a colored
woman, and toasud and pushed ber until ehe pull
ed a hendful of snuff out of her pocket and threw
it at thorn; instantly a score of deputies pounoed
upon her as if ehe was a wild beast, and h, h.
off to jail.
"Such are some of the official actions of these
officers. In heaven's name, if we are to have an
infamous law forced upon us. let it ba dnn. in t
christian manner, and not by rogues who will
cram it down our throats as thev would a brother
fighter's tcetb. Some of these men have been in
mates of our jaile and prisons."
COMMENT ON THE ABOVE.
So it seems tbe emisaries of Slaver ntM-,;.4
their own work, nnd obose their tools aooordingly.
cut woy so indignant at tbe poor miscreants
who were promoted to the honor of Policemen for
the oocasiou I It was verv natu.-al ihm ih. .nl.
ored people, seeing what wat done and dot to
one of their own sisters, should show resentment,
and even resistance. And it surely was not lesa
natural that the newly commissioned officials
should seek to magnify tbeir honorable position,
by knocking down oolored men with their fists,
with "clubs, and slung shot," and "knocking them
after they were down," and teasing and pushing
oolored women," till they too resented, and then
"pouncing upon tbem, and bearing them off to
jail!" All this should have been expected. '
But these "Appointments" were do ''Insult to
Cleveland." No indeed! The presence of tbe kid
nappers there nt all, would have been a horrible
"Insult to Cleveland" bad not so many offioialt,
high and low, and citizens of all elasaan unit ntrtio.
accepted them as "gentlemen" and worthy compa
ny i or tnemeeives, as well as Hotel guests.
What was the knocking down of a fow colored
men, or temporarily imprisoning a few women,
compared to the more awful outrage of consigning
to dreary, interminable bondage, a poor, friend
less, unfortunate young oreature, nnder tbe pal
try pretext of "paying homage to constitutional
Law!" as witness the reported Proceedings following.
JUDGE SPAULDING PROSTRATE.
Judge Spaulding laid,
"We are tbit day offering to the Majeety of Con
ititutional Law, a homage tbat takes witb it a vir
tual surrender of tbe finest feelings of our Datura;
and is, I almost laid, tbt contraven
tion ef obtistian'i duty to his God!"