Slavery In Illinois

ilhnois iá a shuineful irnnagressor of ihc ordinance of '87. The followmg advertisement is abomirnible. This Bfashór ouglii tó be kickecl out of the palé ofavilizaíión, and the legislalure that pnssed thc law nnder whicfi the miserable iou! aclêd, .shoulíi be branded as nlhmousi ís tbere no man in lílinoi.--, t couricil wiib itósé cólorèd men, and míbrm ihéih of'e [roper mcasuros t tuke to recover thcir lihrty, and óbtain jusíico against a viüain who ¦'.'ares sell thcrii into aluvery? They ao a.lvcnised, it wili be scon, to be oU. ov "Wed," iorsix momhá- for that poriod ol CuU'rse, beiny held iu involiuitaiy servitudc - l direct viohüion bftho sixili urütíe í lbo ordinance of '67! Scáridábua abuse. NEGRO SALE! Thn Ovcrscer of ihe Poor wii! offet for liir?, ut sii tuonlli?, a munber of DA1ÍK UOLOJ.iEü GEN'1'LEME;, co.mmonly caj.lj;i Nkgijoi:, tbe aaid persoHs not iiuving c(..ii)lied with ati Act passed Fcbruary JOfn, 1S31. T!ie_v wíl! be birod ío tlie lüglieái CaJH Bidüiík. Hiriüg tu take placü al Úuí Wuyur'á Oílice, oh Suiurday, llie 7lii of August, 1811, ur aosoou as (bey can bu iutiiul. II. BRASÍIES?, Overscci' of línrriaon Towuthip. Terre-ÍIauttí, July 31, 1841. N. B. - Tbo Vegráát Jjaw w!I bc put ín forcé inmediato y.The Suuiii id eXuiling thiii Gèüré Thonipsorj and two other rtboiitioinaVs, Á. Wurk, and Jamos i5urr,ure n juil in ÍVIissouri. ¦ The Standard aa}: - "Auolitiom3TÖ i:i Jail.1'- Suuh s tho j hoad'ng oían arliclejn a til. Louss paper, it States thut thrèë yüiin men iVom the Mission lnstiiute, near Quincy, IHuiÖiê, ined lo persmuio sumé o! the slaves o! Mr. Willnuu Brown oi' l'almyra, Missouri, lo run awuy, pioinising tnern iVeedoin,nnd a free passuge to Canada. Tht; noyroes agrecd to meel thein at u concorted [ómt in the river, where 'a buut was tn be ín readineSs1; bul une oí' tho síaves rcvcalcd the plot lo hid mastur uid tht young nicn wettí seizeü by a party fyihgn aaibiisii. Thcirü s a pouitciüiary cilüiicö m Missouri, and il is nol ii:j,rubab!ti tlicy tuay be imprisuned sosno leu or tifie id years. The íujlovin is a quoiation Iroiu i loiu;i writlen by thorn to tlieir í'nouds ot' ihe Masón íustitute: - vVVg are cornfurlably siluatücfi (nuch moro so tlian was l'uiur, or íaul huí.' atlas, and tbe nncieut Ciiiiótians. Wc can read, siiig and pray . Wu have enoügft lo cal and diinlc. Wo aro only rt.sn;d hv ono íeg tu a chain, and hav'e blankeis lo he upon. We can ook out, and tce peopie and things, and have a plemy ut'ciinpany. Our lood and frésh water is but to uá, three limes u day. The walla oí our house are (our íeet thtck, wiih lwo inner douis, euch havuig Uncu rowa ot' iron rales. Bul we liavo no desire to get out. 'Let tirèrri come and us out.1 We have no desire to bc sel íitlibérty miless it can be done by law, and Güd will be gloniicd by it. ff it já thë willof our Fáther that'we frho'uícf lie here six weeks, we shall try and bo contuntei!, cheerfu! and hap])y, and prulit by it. Il" thenlle sees it wíl! be best for us, and for llis gl.uy, that we should go to Jeilerson seven, or ten, or fhieen years, wc will still r.juiceand trust in the 'Lord, feelijïg ihat He will do only that lor us vvbïcb wil) be best lor us and his cause.