Book/Printed Material A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at Philadelphia in November, 1851. With an introduction upon the history of the slave question
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Image 1 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … A HISTORY OF THE TRIAL OF CASTNER HANWAY AND OTHERS, FOR TREASON, AT PHILADELPHIA IN NOVEMBER, 1851. WITH AN INTRODUCTION UPON THE HISTORY OF THE SLAVE QUESTION. BY A MEMBER OF THE…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 2 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … MERRIHEW AND THOMPSON, PRINTERS. In Exchange Peabody Inst. of Balto, June 14 1927 LC- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 3 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … PREFACE. The following pages contain a short history of the late Christiana Treason Trials. During their progress a phonographic report of all the proceedings was taken and printed, by order of the…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 4 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 4 A popular, not a professional view of the subject has been attempted. It is amongst the body of the people that false reports have been spread, and to the people this…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 5 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … SLAVERY AS A NATIONAL QUESTION. The following brief essay is not intended to be an argumentative discussion of the subject upon which it treats. Discussions of that sort have abounded so much…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 6 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 6 attempted. The purpose is not, we repeat it, to discuss the subject; the author aims not at the dignity of a disputant; he is more than satisfied with the humbler task…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 7 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 7 so wide and the facility of rising from it so great, that the constitutional euphemism which is now-a-days so boldly metaphorical, might with every propriety style them “persons held to service…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 8 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 8 how far Congress and the Constitution were bound to provide for the security of this sort of property. The first of these was rightly regarded at the time, as by far…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 9 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 9 not the other? The negro population was as essentially a producing power and as original an element of wealth as any body of free laborers could be, and therefore as fully…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 10 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 10 which consists of nothing more than his physical subsistence, and the rag which covers his nakedness.” As a last resort, however, the Carolinas had an argument ready which defied all ingenuity,…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 11 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 11 The object of the South, therefore, was to increase their productive power, to give it as great an influence as possible in the affairs of the country, to leave commerce unfettered,…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 12 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 12 to abolish a trade which, as their lands were already overloaded by this unhappy race, could be of no possible service to them, while to some extent it must deprive them…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 13 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 13 not without bloodshed.” This singular imaginary spectacle of States flying into a variety of shapes, which has rambled through the brains of successive generations, till the genius of the last great…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 14 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 14 for or against the clause relating to the restoration of fugitives, except in Virginia and the two Carolinas, where it was enumerated among the victories gained for the South, and spoken…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 15 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 15 from Georgia, one of the most indefatigable debaters of his day, and a man of very considerable abilities, attacked Virginia with especial bitterness for her interested and hypocritical philanthropy. But perhaps…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 16 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 16 now resolved to seize the fortunate occasion, offered by the establishment of a new and vigorous government, to direct, if possible, some of its wholesome energies to the attainment of their…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 17 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 17 point out a single step taken unadvisedly, or a word uttered which the speaker would afterwards have wished to retract. After a long recital, the memorial concluded, by praying “that Congress…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 18 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 18 species of property; but that they had the power to prohibit citizens of the United States from supplying foreign countries with slaves, and to forbid foreigners fitting out slave ships in…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 19 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 19 There was not, and there could not be, anything original in the views of the third party, except perhaps that their most earnest advocate, Baldwin, came from Georgia. This famous debate,…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 20 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 20 fully avoided. Petitions were occasionally received from Abolition Societies in New York and Pennsylvania, praying Congress to put to some practical use the powers which, by the report entered on the…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 21 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 21 parties of Federalists and Democrats, into which the nation was divided had long before this, become distinctly marked, every question which was broached assumed more and more a political aspect, and…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 22 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 22 Happily for the honor of the country the North was at last aroused from her lethargy, and by a desperate effort obtained a recommitment of the bill even at this latest…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 23 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 23 took less and less interest in views which, if openly professed, would rob them of many friends, while candidates for National offices took refuge from such dangerous ground in discreet silence…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 24 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 24 the terms of the ordinance of '87. The country was thus in a state of perfect repose so far as this question was concerned. All early excitement had died away, a…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 25 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 25 seeking to extend this curse, to perpetuate this evil, and fasten upon the growing west an Institution that Washington, Madison and Jefferson had denounced as demoralizing and debilitating? On the other…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 26 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 26 of every section to express, in the angriest terms, the feelings of their constituents. The Senate had repeatedly negatived the restricting proviso, as it was called, and the House as often…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 27 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 27 Union was saved, and the newspapers said that everybody was overjoyed at the happy adjustment. Whether the slaves in Missouri joined in the general jubilee and offered up their thanksgivings for…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 28 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 28 be sufficient to constitute citizenship, the free negro population of every Northern State would be entitled to some privileges in the State of Missouri; and, assuredly, when a party is entitled…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 29 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 29 were re-echod with equal fury from every village in the country. A settlement grew more and more hopeless; and, at last, a formal plan of secession was agreed upon by a…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 30 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 30 During the fifteen or twenty years following, the feeling against slavery grew constantly stronger in the Northern States, and gradually assumed a more thoroughly organized character. Anti-Slavery Societies were formed in…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 31 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 31 famous Congress of 1850. The men who prepared to meet this swarm of dangers were, probably, superior to any that had ever coped with the question before—veterans in the Cabinet and…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 32 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 32 THE TREASON TRIALS. On the 9th of September, A. D. 1851, Mr. Edward Gorsuch, a citizen of Maryland, residing near Baltimore, appeared before Edward D. Ingraham, Esq., U. S. Commisioner for…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
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Image 33 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 33 Kline then drove on to the Gap. Seeing a person he believed to be Williams following him, he stopped at several taverns along the road to make inquiries about horse thieves.…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 34 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 34 in such a way that none of the party could recognize him, and his name is not mentioned in any of the proceedings. It is probable that he was employed by…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 35 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 35 Mr. Gorsuch thought he recognized as one of his slaves. Kline pursued him with a revolver in his hand, and stumbled over the bars near the house. Some of the company…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 36 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 36 heard from. These and many other acts of a similar kind, had so alarmed the neighborhood that the very name of kidnapper was sufficient to create a panic. The blacks feared…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 37 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 37 thirty or forty; and others maintained, as many as two or three hundred. It is known there were not two hundred colored men to be found within eight miles of Parker's…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 38 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 38 negroes, caught up with Hanway, and shielding themselves behind his horse, followed him to a run of water near by. Dickinson Gorsuch was with his father near the house. They were…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 39 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 39 and poured upon them a deadly fire, killing Mr. Gorsuch, mortally wounding one of his sons, and badly wounding an officer from Baltimore.” These were given as “leading facts.” The next…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
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Image 40 of A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at … 40 The Governors who, as far as was in his powers had apprized himself of the facts of the case, and had taken the measures which devolved upon him by reason of…- Contributor: Member of the Philadelphia Bar
- Date: 1852
About this Item
Title
- A history of the trial of Castner Hanway and others, for treason, at Philadelphia in November, 1851. With an introduction upon the history of the slave question
Names
- Member of the Philadelphia bar
Created / Published
- Philadelphia, U. Hunt & sons, 1852.
Headings
- - Hanway, Castner,--1821-1893--Trials, litigation, etc
- - Trials (Treason)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
- - United States.--Fugitive slave law (1850)
- - Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Medium
- 86 p. 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- KF223.H35 H57 1852
Digital Id
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- 44019568
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- online text
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