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At The Funeral Of Heberton, The Seducer, In Philadelphia, Wh...

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Day
10
Month
April
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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At tne mneraJ ot Hcberton, tlie Seducer, in Philadelphia, who was killed by Mercer, a proligious crowd collected, of whom eeveral housand were women, and one third of these vero girls of eixteen years nnd under, all rrowding, squeezing, nntl pusliing to gel n limpse of the dead body of one who, when tlivw, had devoied himself to the degradation uid ruin of thcir sex. The pnpers state that here was a perfect furor among them. They verc most extravagant in their demonstration. Ahen the gales of the church yard were open :d, the croAvd made a tremendous rush, tumding peil me'l ovrr e.nch other. the woincn ta;ing the lead, running against tho mourners, nd almost overseUing the bier. Thoso fenales who could not enter at the gate clamered over the iion railings of tho church yard i-ith the n.en and boys. The mourners were carcely able to get a gÜmpse of the cofFiin as : was lowerec to the tomb. i The disposition manifested by the females ( n this occasion to iionize a dead scoundrel ( ho made it his business to prey on thcir sex, 1 aa much to be regretted. The same ( ig is not unfreqiiently manifested towards ersons of Ileberton's character, and is one t reat indneement to them to continne in their ircer of vülainy ant crime.Our readers are aware that a white refiigee p lave from Kentucky, named Clark, is t )g in New England npon Slavery. He was c pprehended in Ohio by two blood-hounds, one " f whom bronglit lettere of rccommenriatjoij g om Henry Clay. Through the help of Gen. a 'aine ond Mr. Giddings, he escaped the P ïan hounds, ahhoiigh set on by that ' uished raiser of "fat and slede' iiegroe.- „ Ir. Clay. ' One of the scamps wrote back to íen. Paine. IJis letter concludes thus: "I wil! pive James H. Paine &200 in gold ' r eilver, iflifi will rac:t me at any time, in ei öy part of Kentucky- or I give him $100 if n e will send nnv one that was witli him, who q ï'prfered wiih our righls in Ohio. I am good for your scalp if 1 meet you in "r J. R. M." Ie Mr. Giddint's also received a letter ha ving u ie same date and postmark, abusing him for s' is part in the transacüon, and concluclmg thus : 6 "This you will recol'ect. Nice business for !?' Congress man to be engaged in. I will lose this letter by simply remarking to yo, lat, in the event you ever come to Kentucky, lfl bind myselfin the penalty of $200, to have ; on whipped, provided I have twenty rrbutes si otice. rr A Blood-FJou.n'p, '1 Mas IV Nkgro-Catcher." o v,ju wujpaiiiiy iiiBiioiise 01 rtepreseniauves ■ f Massachusette, wherc 300 wmbeis are ín a" onstant attendance. witli tbe House of esontatives nt Washington; which averages tj bout half as many, Leavitt offirms that the le irgenessofthe body is very favorable to ha atcli of business and good order, becauso the ,-eight of the mass is so great that pj ïakers are overruled, nnd the erratic lQ, itics of individuals restrained. Hcthinkssuch vo oisy brawlers as Wise and Arnold wouid 'cc cn. bil I imed by so large a body . We surmise,' Li ver, that this would depend quite os much vo, pon the charactcr of the members, as upon no ïeir numbers. ' VVere half of thcrn to be ert olds & Wise?, their number9 would avail but _v ttle in preserving order, or despatching {ia, tess . The general practico of nll partios to make Yo stinct pari y nominations for each town, is ;e bestevidence of its utility. Says Leavitt, 1" he rule is, to organize your forces, train tor ur men, bring forward your candidates to Ru )tice, accustom yourselves to stand fire, let J mr men learn to do public business by e ;e at home - and every town gained will be - lat ime afixedfacl in our progress towards ihe in ! crthrow of the slave power in the nation. our jCiifa The minority of the Laümer Committee of t e Virginia Legislalure reported against any peal to.Congress for aid in securing o ie slaves, because that would bring up the y ïole subject of Slavery for discussion in ngress1! To be sure it would! Truly the Í triarchs are hemmed in on every side. - tem hat will they do? o IS

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