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I lt;—' •/for breaking feloniously into the house ot A Jam Cross-white. The individual also who presented the deadlyT1SalRrcweapon to the breast of C. Hackdt was wrested j and tried before the said Justice. In the former case sloot ths Justice adjudged, the dar.iagcs at §IU0, ond in the it tht latter* llie couijjlarnl for asMUilt with intent to bill, ifa c was sustained, and the defendant ordered to appear at acJ: the next session of the C:rcn:t Court in the penalty j of SltiQ. The Airman tffcltcls claimed by thtseKro- ^ ^ tuchy gentlemen, left for “pans unknown” on Wed- j nesJuy night The Kentuckians left town on Friday morning on llic'r “windiug way” for home. Thus, for the ires eat. is ended this unpleasant afiaitBut the whole subject is calculated to call up deep - j and solemn reflections. We have had an opportunity j J of witnessing one of the cuoscqucncra of an insiitu-, j tion which, in an evil hour, haa been fastened upon it \ our otherwise free government, and which haa excited something more than fearful apprehensions, in all reflecting minds—it has already worked oni its-legitimate results. A dreadful flow of blood has ahead? crimsoned the soil of a neighboring cation, ip order to perpetuate ibis leprous spot on the body politic. The ( ^ question now and ever should he, with erery well-wisher of hi* country, “Shall this legalised wrong Re* upon human righto, be aollered to extend itself, or shall it be stayed! And farther, shall not the principle be asserted and sustained in the free states, as it is established by the laws of every civilixed country, that the shackles of the slice shall fall, when he touches our coil? Indeed, euch is the sentiment of our people, and every dayexperience is giving it potency. And we rejoice at it. The time has passed when the slave holder can, in the face and eyes of freemen, carry off human beings into Slavery, after they have once gained the protection of laws, which guarantee to etety one living under them, “the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.M We have not time further to dilate upou this great and absorbing theme.It is worthy of a pen more powerful than ours, altho*\Yfc ejrt jv iliiog to contribute our share towards giving vigor to the progress of free discussion, by which the rights of humanity shall be better understood and more | sit afolly acknowledged, in this country. We dose what; ^|we have Jo aiy upon this subject, by quoting the foi- ^ ica I lowing sentences from a late eloqoeQl writer:Dni.i-13idsda-lt;»yn-•manonfieIOno-ndiee*tt.78-LUDkefnyItru-ea-ofloKIfl r.Cl
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Marshall Statesman
Marshall, Michigan, US
Mon, Feb 01, 1847
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