Glass. Book- W G^ .(kC.^ THE RE C ORD OF GEORGE WM. GOKDON. THE SLAVE TP^ADE AT RIO DE JANEIRO— SEIZURE OF SLAVE VES-ELS— CONVICTION OF SLAVE DEALERS, PERSONAL LIBERATION OF SLA YES, &C, :E>P?,.A.CTICE J^C3-.A.IISrST TX^ZEOiR,"^- LOYERS OF FUEEDOM, ID! READ!! HEAD!!! AND VOTE FOR THE BEST MAN. \Xy\^ y BOSTON : PUBLISHED AT THE AMERICAN IIEAD-QUAUTEES. 1856. Printed by J. E. Farwell & Co., 32 Gangress Strael. ■I X The State Executive Committee of the National American Party, in Mas* sachusetts, submit the following brief memoir of George Wm. Gordon, Esq , the candidate of the party for the office of Governor of this ©ommonwealth. It may be relied on as authentic, it having been compiled from official docu- ments and other reliable evidence, under the supervision of the members of the Committee. Americrm Head- Quarters, 100 Washington Street, Bosto7i. THE RECORD. It is well known that the great Ameri- can Party in this Cummonwealth — the party wliich nominated Millard Fillmore for President, and Andrew J. Donelson for Vice President, of the United States have also nominated George William Gordon, of Boston, for tlie high and honor- able office of Governor of IMassachusetts. Who is George Wilham Gordon? This question is asked by young men of the present day who are not familiar with the position lie formerly held in this commu- nity, and who, in consequence of his ab- sence (luring a series of years from his na- tive country; while exercising the duties of an im[)ortant and responsible public trusi, have forgotten the public services he once rendered, and the space he once filled among us, and also that he posses- ses qualifications of a nature eminently calculated to secure the confidence and support of the patriotic American citizens of old Massachusetts. Mr. Gordon was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father, Mr. John Gor- don, was a thriving farmer of that town, honored and respected by his fellow- townsmen for his probity and worth. The first members of tlie Gordon family, in this country, were fbnr brothers, who came over from Sco; '.and nearly two hun- dred years ago, three of whom settled in New England, and one in Virginia. The farm, in Exeter, on which is now visible the cellar of the first house erected by the Gordons in America, is still in possession of the family. The youthful days of George William Gordon, the subject of our sketch, were devoted to the usual labors of a farmer's son in New Eagland. But his early prom- ise was such as to determine his parents to forego his assistance on the farm, for the purpose of giving him a libera! edu- cation ; and he accordingly entered upon his studies at " Pnillips' Exeter Acade- my," under the tnition of the celebrated Dr. Abbott. But the congenial occupa- tion of study was too tempting an allure- ment for the young scholar, and, under the sedentary habits of a student, his early robust health, matured as it had been by active and laborious exercise, gave way, and at the close of a success- ful academic career, he was reluctantly obliged to relinquish the prospective hon- ors which awaited his entrance into a professional life, and bidding farewell to the coveted pursuits of literature, he left his native town and came to Boston with the design of herc'engaging in mercantile pursuits. He was gradviated at the Acad- emy with the highest honors, having as- signed to him, without rivalry, the vale- dictory address ; and, with two other stu- dents, he received one of the first three diplomas ever awarded by that institu- tion. Such is the story of his youth. As years of manhood came, the traits which won the successes of the scliool-boy, de- veloped into those noble qualities which combine to make the upright and honor- able merchant and the sterling man. "Upon his arrival in Boston, Mr. Gordon engaged in the employment of Daniel Denny, Esq., now the partner of the pres- ent Governor of the Commonwealth. — Bat soon his health again failed him, and for its restoration he visited tlie South, and passed the greater part of a year in the milder climates of Virginia and the Carolinas. At length, his health becom- ing again restored, he returned to Boston, and, in 1830, engaged in the importing business as a member of the firm of Gor i don & Stoddard, a firm well known and much respected during the next succeed- ■ ing nine years. AVhile at the head of j this firm, in the furtherance of his busi- ness, he passed a season in Europe. — During these nine years he held several important public offices. For five suc- cessive years, from 1331 to 1836, he was a member of the City Council of Boston, and for five years subsequently, he was connected as director with one of the city institutions. In the year 1832 his atten- tion was directed to the disastrous ef- fects of the lottery system, as it then ex- isted, by which thousands of individuals of scanty means had been reduced to poverty and want ; and in March of the succeeding year, he prepared his celebra- ted lecture upon the subject ; a lecture remarkable for power and originally of thought, and which, after being delivered by him several times in Boston and the neighboring towns, was published and circulated by thousands throughout New England, and received a highly compli- mentary notice from the North American Review. This lecture exposed the per- nicious effects of the system, and led to the enactment, by the Legislature then in session, of existing laws upon the subject, under the salutary inflnence of which the lottery business in this State has been suppressed. The firm of Gordon Sc Stoddard, was one of the many houses that suffered by the disastrous financial season of 1836 and 1837, and sad havoc was made with the successful accumulations of Mr. Gor- don Yet such was his honor and in- tegrity, that on the dissolution of his firm in 1839, he gave his obligations for $8,500 over and above all his remaining proper- ty, to be paid by him thereafter, when his future earnings should enable him, to do so, inconsideratioi]|rhatall the debts of his late firm should, be killy paid by hife suc- cessors. This obligation has long since been paid and cancelled ; and to this fact so honorable to him, many of the mer- chants now doing business in Boston will bear willing testimony. Under the belief that his fortune had been sacrificed mainly by the mal-ad min- istration of the general government, Mr. Gordon, although still continuing in busi- ness, under a new firm, engaged some- what in political aflixirs, and in 1840 was strongly and prominently enlisted with the friends of General Harrison. After the conclusion of that exciting political campaign, which resulted in the election of General Harrison' to the Presidency, without expecting or desiring office, it was suggested to him by the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, that the citizens of Boston would be glad to have him receive the appointment of Postmaster of their city. After consultation with his friends, he con- sented to become a candidate for that of- fice, and a paper, of which the following is a copy, was immediately circulated for signatures. TO THE PRESIIJENT OF THE U. STATES. The undersigned, citizens of Boston, respect- fully recommend Mr. George William Gordon for the office of Postmaster, of this city. Mr. Gordon is a merchant of integrity, a gentleman of unblemished reputation, and of acknowledged public and private moral worth. Such is the esti- mation in which he is held by his friends and neigh- bors, that we have good reason to believe he will have no competitor who will so generally com- mand the approval of the community. Boston, February, 1841. To the great gratification of Mr. Gor- don and his friends, this highly commen- datory paper immediately received the signatures of about nine hundred of the most distinguished citizens of Boston, embracing all prolessions and classes. — We would gladly refer more particularly to some of the many distinguished names upon it, did the limits of our sketch per- mit. It must salfica to say that the pa- per combined the strength and influence of the city ; and almost immediately after the inauguration of General Harrison. — Mr. Gordon was ajjpointed to the office he sought. Every Boston man who can look back fifteen years in the history of our citj, remembers how ably the affairs of the post-office were conducted during his adriiinislraiiori. He discharged his duties j tent of the African slave trade, aa jau- to the entire acceptance of the community I sued hy ^mencan vessels, under the pro- lor nearly three years, wnen Mr. Tyler, i tection of the American flasr ; and his who had succeeded to the Presidency up- 1 voluminous corre&£-.:"dence with the De- on thedeathof General Harrison, thought ipartment of State, comprised, besides a it necessary, for political reasons alone, toi v?>t, amount of commercial information of reappoint Mr. Nathaniel Green, the pred- 1 the highest importance, full details of ecessor of Mr. Gordon, to the ofiice. — | the extent and manner in Avhich Amen- For the purpose of making the place va- ;can vessels are employed in this trade, cant, Mr. Gordon was oflered the consul- 1 especially between both the east and ship either at Lyons in France, or at Pwio ! west coasts of Africa and Brazil. In the de Janeiro, in Brazil, the latter being an i year 1&46, this correspondence, being cal- office of higher grade and larger emolu ments. He, however, declined both ap- pointments, and he was then offered the position of a Charge d' i^ffaires to Portu- gal. The Charge ship also he declined, and he was asked to resign. This also, he refused to do, although the request was coupled with assurances of great con- led for by the Hun. John Quincy Adams, was communicated to the national House of Pwepresentatives ; but a motion made by him for printing it, was lost, through the opposition of the Southern members. But while his despatches to the Department of State were refused a publication by the Congress of his own sideratii-n on the part of the government, j country, several of them, which upon so- Mr. Gordon then placed his case in the ! licitation were furnished to the British hands of Hon. Daniel Webster, who was [Minister at Bio de Janciio, weie publish- Secretary of State at the time, and by led by the British Parliament. whom he was held in high esteem ; and just before Mr. Webster returned from the Cabinet, in the latter part of 1843, and through his influence, aided by that of Governor Wickliile, of Kentucky^ then Postmaster General, the offer of the con- sulship at Pvio de Janeiro was again ten dered to him, and accepted. Upon the receipt of this new appoint- We have recently been pprmitted to examine a portion of this correspondence, addressed partly to the Hon. John C. Calhoun, and partly to the PIou. James Buchanan, when each held the office of Secretary of State, and it discloses many facts that ought to be in possessiun of the people. Ur.der date of Sept. 25, 1845, Mr. Gordon states that, " Since the be- ment, Mr. Gordon immediately repaired ginning of the year 1840, sixty foi;k to Brazil, being sent out by the govern- American vessels had been sold at the ment in the frigate Raritan, commanded [ port of Rio de Janeiro, amounting in the by Commodore Gregory It was, perhaps, during the two follow- ing years of Mr. Gordon's residence at Hi), that the most important of all the aggregate to 10,418 tons, of which thir- ty FOUR VESSELS, am.ounting to 6.206 tons, ate reported to have been subsequently employed in the Slave trade, and that many servicable acts of his public life, during the same period there had depart- were discharged. We regret that in this , ed from the port of Bio de Janeiro ior brief historical notice of the services of the coast of Africa, Fifty six American the candidate of the American party for ' vessels ; and Forty American vessels the office of Governor of Massachusetts, i had arrived at that port from the coast : our restricted limits preclude us from do- 1 in all, Ninety six American vessels, ing justice to the subject. We can only {amounting in the aggregate to 20,295 allude to a few of the most prominent in- 1 tons, employed during that period, be- cidents of his career, necessarily omitting many important events and actions which redounded to the advantage of his coun- try and the honor of himself. Upon his arrival in Rio de Janeiro, the attention of Mr. liJordon was at once at- tracted to the alarming character and ex- tween Rio de Janeiio ai-d the African continen*:." So efficient and judicious were the ef- forts of Mr. Gordon, in suppressing this nefarious traffic, that excepting the first two months of his consulship, before he had obtained the necessary information to 6 act advisedly in thG nia'ucr, tlici-e were a larger uuniber of American ve.ssels clear- ed from Brazil for the coast of Africp.jengag' ed directly and indirectly in the slave trade during the three months next prior [o liis arrival at Rio de Janeiro and also during the three months next subsequent to his vecall, than there were during the whole term of his administralion of that consulship. A few months after his arrival at Bra- zil, he arrested and sent to the L''nited •States for trial, upon the charge of piracy in being engaged in the foreign slave trade, Capt. J. S. Pendleton, master of the American brig " Montevideo," togeth- er V.'ith his officers and crew, consisting altogether of twelve persons. This ves- sel had been fitted at the little pot't of Victoria, near Cape Frio, in Br;izil, with aspare deck and other fixtures for the trade, had taken on board a cargo suitable to the voyage, and had been delive.ed in that condition by the master to the Portuguese rslave dealers upon the coast of Africa* The master and his ship's company were arrested by order of Mr. Gordon, on their return to Rio de Janeiro, when applying to the consul to discharge the crew a.nd cancel the register. Pendleton Was tried and convicted in Baltimore; butv/assub- equently pardoned by President Polk. At about the same time, the ofllcers of three other American vessels, which had been delivered on the coast of Africa to 5; lie slave dealers, who had returned to Rio Janeiro on their v/ay home, fled from the place before Mr. Gordon could obtain the necessary evidence to warrant their arrest. In one case, however, that of Capt. tliram. Gray, of the brig Agnes, the 1 evidence was coUeGied and ibrvvarded tu the Department of State, and Capt. Gray } v.^as subsequently tried at Wjlmington, j Delaware. But at the time of trial, the| witnesses had become f?o dispersed that all of them coald not be found, and he es- caped conviction. Information as to the guilt of several other American citizens ^ was also communicated by Mr. Gordon to [ the Government, but -either the parties or witnesses could not be found, or the gov ernment was indillerent respecting the cas- 1 es, and the trials v/ere not proceeded with. | Early in the year 1846 there arrived in i F'AO de Janeiro, from the east coa°t of Afi-ica, the AfflSliian Ijlig " rorpolso," belonging, accorduig to her register, ia George h\ Ricliardson, of Brunswick^ Maine, and commanded by Cyrus Libby^ of Scarboro, Maine, having on board, as passengers, a large company of Brazilian or Portuguese slave deo.lers, returned from the scene of their depredations in Africa ; also the master, (Capt. George H. .Douglass, belonging to Philadelphia,) the officers and the crev/, twelve in num^ ber, of the American brig Kentucky, of New York, and three Negro slave boys. On this arrivab and before the passengers vi^ere, by the regulations of the port, per- mited to go on shore, one of the crew of the Kentucky contrived; by throwing a letter addressed to the Consul, into the boat belonging to tlie Anrerican squadron, which went alongside of her to inquire whence she came, to give information that there were slaves on board. Mr. Gordon immediately, with characteristic promptness, repaired on board the vessel, and, by permission of the GuAunA Mor, or officer of the port, who happened also I to be on board, took charge of the tbrcC slave boys, and pla,ceo them on board the United States frigate Pvaritan, then lying in that port. On this information being communicated to the Brasilian authori' tier?, they took possession of the tessel, her officers, crew, and all the passengers, except the thebe slave boys, ■whom Mr. Gordon refused to surrender. After a prolonged examination, however, the {)risoners were all discharged, and the vessel released. As soon as the result of this examination was made known, Mr. Gordon demanded the vessel which had meantime been abandoned by bet consignees, of the Brazilian authoritiesj and obt lining possession of her, placed her in charge of Commodore Turner, then commanding the American squadron on the Brasilian station, v/ho subseqticntly sent her to Boston. Captain Libby, through the interference of the local au- thorities, who refused to arrest him on the pretence that he had once been tried, escaped) and returned to the tJnited •States of his own accord ; but on infor- mation communicated by Mr. Gordon to the Marshal of Massachusetts, by the same vessel, on board of v/hich the Capt. 1 !iad returned, hd \Va^ sfte^vvarcls airestedi '^And depoiieht fui-tiier said, that oh the In Maine; and tried before Justice Wood-! hest day after the vessel crossed the bar, biiry^ but ecdaped conviction, in conse-jon leaving Inhambathe, as aforesaid, the •naelice of the exti-eme difficulty of pror- ! negtoes lose ufJon the officers and crew, ing, Upon persons tried in. tlie United; A majority of the meh, all of whom had States, Crimes Committed in Africa, or | been in irons, got their itoKs ofF-^broke upon the high seas. Tlie vessel^ how-^ j through the bidkheftd into the females* ever, -%Vas libelled upon her arrival in : apartment, and likewise thi-ough into the Boston, sold by the United Stales Maf-^ ] forecastle; Upon this the captain armed 'shali and the proceeds paid into Court. ; the cre\y with fcntlasses and got out all But the case, upon various pleas I the muskets and pistols and loaded them^ made by the defendant; was delayed un til the last yearj when, in the month of July, ] 855, it was tried in the Uni' and the crew 'were firing dowti amongst the! slaves for balf an hour or more; In the mean time deponent was nailing down led P^tates Courtj sitting in Boston, before | the hatches, and used iio musket or pistol, Justice Curtis, and the vessel condemned, and there was nd occasion as the Brazilian upon the evidence placed in possession of"i sailors seemed to like the sport* In about the goveran.ent by Mr. Gordon, although i half an hour they wei-e eubdued, and be- ten years had elapsed since her seizurei j came quiet again. The slaves wete then "With the outward cargoes of this ves- brought up on deck, eight or ten at a sel, (the Porpoise,) and of the American time, and ii'oned afresh--— -they wei-e all re- hrig', Kentucky, which, after being dis-|iroiied that afternoon and put below, ex-^ charged on the coast, was delivered tOr| cepting about geven^ who remained on the slave dealers, there were purchased ! deck. iVolie were killed on this occasion^ at different places oh De Lagoa Bay, and bui> eight oi* ten nioi-e or less v/oundedo about 2S00 human beings all of wdioin They fired with balls in the pistols and were consigned to slavery ; from v/hich i shot in the mu'skets; Supposes the rea^ number four vessels were freighted on j son none were killed is that they had to their return voyages to Bra.^il-^^to wit: jfii-e through the grate of the hatches, and the brig Iv.entucky, with 530 slaves ; Gar- [the slaves got out of the way as mueh as afelia, with about 300 slaves ; " The l7th ; they could. On the liext day, they Ivere of Marchi" with about 400 slaves, and ' brought up on deck, two or three doaeii at the Laguna, with 500; making altogether ' a time, all being well ironed and tkied upwards of seventeen hundred thus con- , by Capt. Fovv^seca and officers, anditithin veyed to the land of their servitudcj the ' t^Vo oi* three days after forty-sis men remainder were shipped by other vessels. : and one woman were hung and shot and A^ hi!e dwelling upon the energetic and thrown overboard. I'hey were ironed or l)raise\vorthy course pursued by Mr. Gor-j chained two together^— and when they don, in relation to the slave trade, during ] were hung, a rope was put round their the period of his dcusulship at Pi-io, a 1 iiecks ahd they -Were druAvn up to the yard course which few other men v/ould have \ arm4 clear of the rail — this did not kill liad the courage and independence to i them but only choked or strangled them— » follow, we cannot resist the temptation to | they v/ere then shot in the breast and the extract from the evidence taken by him : bodies thrown overboard. If only one of in the case of the brig Pcrpoise, the foh ^ the two that were chained together was to lowing thrilling revelation of the horrors i be hmig^ a rope was put round his neck, of that dreadful traffic v/hich he labored i and he was drawn up clear of the deck, be- so earnestly to suppress. It is a passage ' side of the bulwarks^ and his leg laid from the testimony of a man named Ed- 1 across the rail and chopped off to cave the Ward Page, who had served as a sailor on irons and release him from his companion, board the brig Kentucky, on her outv/ard ; who at the same time lifted up his leg till voyage, but v/ho on account of some dif-;the other's was choped off, as aforesaid, ficulty with the Captain, was discharged i and he released, the bleeding negro was in Afi-ica, and in order to return home, I then drawn up, shot in the breast and Was obliged to ship on board the Ken- {thrown overboard as aforesaid. iSs^ . . tucky.with her cargo of slayer?. ' r "The legs of about a dozen were chopped off in this way. When the feet fell on deck, they were picked up by the Brazil- ian crew and thrown overboard, and some- times at the body while it still hung liv* ing, and all kina of sport was made of the business . When two that were chained together were to be hung, they were hung up together by their necks, shot, a.nd thrown overboard, irons and all. When the woman was hung up and shot, the ball did not take effect, arid she was thrown overboard living, and was seen to struggle some time in the water before she sunk. " And deponent further said, that after this was over, they brought up and flogged about 20 men and 6 women. When they were flogged, they were laid flat upon the deck, and their hands tied and secured to one ring bolt, and their feet to another. They were then whipped by two men at a time; by the one with a stick about two feet long, with five or six strands of raw- hide secured to the end of it— the>hide was dry and hard and about two feet long ; | and by the other with a piece of the hide of a sea-horse — this was a strip about four feet long — from half an inch to an inch wide, thicker than one's finger, and hard as whalebone, but more flexible. The flogging was very severe. " Deponent and another Englishman on board, named Edward Blake, were obliged to assist in the flogging, as the Brazilians got tired. Deponent flogged four, but he got clear of the hanging and shooting business. All the Avomen that were flogged at this time died, but none of the men. Many of them, however, were sick all the passage, and Avere obliged to lay on their bellies during the remainder of the voyage, and some of them could hardly get on shore, on arrival at Cape Frio. The flesh of some of them, where they were flogged, (which was not gener- ally on their backs, but on their posteriors, J putrfied and came oS" in some places 6 or 8 iniches in diameter, and in places half an inch deep. Their Avounds were dressed and filled up by the Contra Mestre, with Farinha and Cachaga made into a poultice, .and sometimes with a salve made on board. W^hen the Farinha and Cachaga were applied, the poor creatures woviid shiver and tremble for half an hour, and groan and sob with the most intense agony. They Avere a shocking and horrible sight during the Avhole passage." It would be interesting to "ihe reader, by shoAving the varied horrors of this ne- farious traffic, If further extracts Avere maae from the testimony taken by Mr. Gordon in these cases ; but our space for- bids. We hazard no contradiction in say- ing, that no person in the United States has done more— >-Ave know of none Avho have done as much— to expose che wick* conesa of this trarfic, and the manner in Avhich it is conducted by American vessels under the American flag, than did Mr>- Gordon, during his short residence of a little more than tAvo years, in Brazil. In that period, he caused to be arrested, and sent to the United States for trial, four American shipmasters, Avith their officers, and a part of their crcAvs, amounting alto- gether to thirty persons, on the charge of having engaged in the foreign slave trade. If all consuls of the United States, resi" dent in Brazil and the West Indies, v»'Ould discharge their duties in this regard with the same energy and fidelity, (and if they Avere sustained in their course by the Gov-' ernment at home.) the connection of Amer- icans and American vessels Avith this trade Avould soon be brought to ah end, to the great honor of our Government and the Nation. The three slave boys rescued from the brig "Porpoise," and freed from slavery by Mr. Gordon, AVere sent by him in the " Porpoise " to Boston, and became free^ One of them Avas the servant of Captain Libby. He afterAVards adopted the- sea- faring profession, and ia nuAV absent at sea. The other two, by name Pedro and Guilherme, had been servants on board of the " Porpoise" to the slave dealers. One of them is now in the employ of Virgil D. Paris, Esq., of Paris, Me. The other is in Milton, Massachusetts, pursuing the occupation of a barber, and both are re^ spccted and thriving members of the com-' munities in Avhich they dAvell. But these Avere not the only slaves that Mr. Gordon rescued from the bondage of slavery. Besides the three African boys. "\c delivered iWc otlieis cf our race froii\ ;he cruel fetters of the slave. They were a mother md child-— the molhcr a nativ=o of Africa, brought tc Brazil in a slave shio, many ye9,rs before, and the daughter, an interesting little girl of about nine vears. While still slaves, both motheT i ana aaugbter Were hired as serv-ants in the j family of Mr. Orordon. and as the mother was faithful, and the child obedient, they soon won the hearts of their em.pleyers'. | While in this pleasant situa tion, they were informed by their owner that, unless pre- 1 viously disposed of at private sale, he in- •jended to sell them at auction on a certain ! day. This sad ^intelligence occasioned the j greatest distress. The dread of a new j ^.aster, and the fear of being purchased for field service, rendered the mother Almost a maniac. Mr. Gordon's kindly heart was not proof against the appeals of 3orrow, and with that noble generosity which through life has formed a distin- guishing trait of his character, he at once paid the sum demanded for them, being ■twelve hundred mz, reis — which is equiv" alent to a little more than six hundred dollars — and gave to both their freedom. No greater happiness or delight vv'as ever manifested by human beings than \;hese poor slaves appeared to experience \vuen presented with their free papers-, and «\o services more faithful were ever ren- dered by servants than were subsequently i'cndercd by that African mother and her child. In the family of Mr. Gordon, they continued during the remaining year of his residence in Era?dl. When the time of his departure drew neat, the mother was placed in the family of Mr. Todd, the American Minister, and the daughter ac- companied the family of Mr. Gordon to the United States, and still continues with them, a valued and faithful fi-ee servant. Thus Mr. Gordon has been directly in- ■strumental in freeing from the unnatural bondage of slavery several human beings. Who of us can boast of more praiseworthy acts ? Who ca.n show a more brilliant rec- ord, with living witnesses to sustain it? And to whom is greater honor due ? These were good deeds done,, not for the homage and applause of ttieil, but the spontaneous outpourings of a humane and generous heart. In his extrtiolis foi* the supj^i'ession of the Slave Tradfe, Mr. Gordon expended money freely from his own private re- feources, and he has, at the present time^ a daim upon government lor several thou- sand dO'lars expended in this cause, and for the reimbursement of which there is but little prospect. But the consciousness of a good action brings^ of all rewards, the best, and he is satisfied to know that it was money well bestowed. When Mr. Gordon returned to the United States, in 1846, he again engaged in mercantile pursuits, in Boston, having determined to have no further connection with public afi'aira or politics. But in 18495 after the election of General Taylor to the Presidency, he v."as prevailed upon by a Committee re-oresenting the mer- chants of our principal cities and the nor- thern manufactui'ers, and, in compliance with their urgent request ana at the soli- citation of the Hon. William M, Mere- dith, then Secretary of the Treasury, con- sented to go to Washington, to furnish facts and data for the annual report of the latter to Congress. All the facts pertain- ing "to manufactures and commerce^ and the tarifi" contained in the appendix to that report, were collected and furnished by him ; and so useful were his services in that department, that he was continued In. Washington from the middle of October, 1849, through the v/hcle of the then ensv.'- iiig long Session of Congress, which ad- journed at the close of September follow- ing ; his expenses and per diem pay being defrayed by the Committee who had en- gaged his services. During this peiiod, as he had been for years before, Mr^ Gordon was on terms cf intimate relations with the Hon. Daniel Webster and the Hon. Millard Fillmore, President of the United States. He was also upon terms cf acquaintance with most of the mx.embers both of the Senate and House, and, indeed, with ail of the dis- tinguished men in Washington, being brought into direct intercourse with them by the duties he was there to discharge* Upon the admission of California into the Union as a State^ he was offered, by Mr. Webster, the post of Naval Ofiicer ^-t San Francisco, an office of great responsi- "bilitiy i«tcl large emaii.rments, clrc^wing a salary at this time of eight thousand dol- lars per annum. Eut the education of his. children precluded their departure from the Atlantic States, and the place was not accepted. Near the close of the long Session of Congress, howeTer, of that year, and by the action of the Senate, the ofiice of Postmaster of Boston lva3 sud- denly made vacant, and without solicita-^ tion on bis part, and altogethex unexpect- edly to him until the very etening. on which the nomination was made, he' was., at the instance of Mr. Webster, re-ap- pointed by President Fillmore, wi^h the iiiianimous consent of the Senate, to fill tr.c;t vacancy; and he continued to hold that office to the entire app-obation of hjs fellow-citizens until the period of his- res- ignation, at th% request of President Fierce, is the Autumn of 1&53^. Mr, Gordon's long experience in public affairs, his acquaintance with public men, and his faithful and able discharge of the various- duties that have devolved upon rim, both as a public man and ss a private citizen, all commend him- to the highest respect and confidence of the community . When the American party was first or- ganized, he was in Brazil, and Mr. Web- ster's great speech on the Naturalization haws, delivered in Faneuil Kail, in 1844, reached him while he resided there. He coincided then, as he coincides- now, -stith the views- which Mr. Webster expressed, liis doctrine has long beeli that " Ameki- OAKS SHOULD KULE AmEKIGA; !" ±5ut, until the decea'se of that^t distinguished Statesman aind the clisbandm^nt of the Wliig party, he voted wi'th the WMgs. Sines that period, wifhoatt abandoning one iota of his Whig principles, he has voted mainly with the American pufSy, without, however, having attached him- rielf to their organizaticnt until the past y&ar. With the old Whigs- he can truly :io.y, that he has no principles to change— ^- r.or has he found occasion to change any. Now, as ever, he belongs to the gfeaf conservative party of the Union, believing that the Union of the States is the greates* .blessing that each and all of them can enjoy. Upon 'che subject of Slavery, Mi-. Gor- don entertains the great conjrervati^e viewr of the -sthole North. He holds to the doctrine that the great sectional compro- mises that were deliberately entered into by the Government, and acquiesced in year after year, by the entire country, foi the sake of preserving -the tjnion invio- late, amid the stotms of political ccnten-" tiofl,' should be held inviolate,- and that noli one inch More of territory onCe' conse'crat- ed to Freedom, should be yielded up to Slavety. He depTecatesr, in common with all other faix-minded, con'scrvative m^en,- the outrages that have been perpetrated upon' the virgin !?oil of Kansas, and holds thati the people there, as elsewhere, should be protected ih the bcscowffl of thei"^ &uffrc5ges.- He believes that freedom can exist only v/h'e:?e the l^sws rule,- a;nd whe:?e the people ate p'afties to making the laths'. Secure' to- the people of Kansas thei? rights, and he entertains no fears but that Kansas will' beeoWie a f?ee Stsfte. In religi'ous belief, Mr. Gordon is thor- oughly prCfcCstant. Brought up from hir mother's knees in the belief fiird under the influence of orthodos doctn:ftes, he has' seen no feason to ch&nge that b-elief. Ye5' he is- withoTit bigotry 5 and while he would zealously guard our institutions' from all combin'ffltions of priestcraft and Itoman dictation, he -stould srtill grant to all the largest libetly in' religious opinions. M-r. Gordon is' emphatically a self --made man. The history cf his life' is a record- of in'drstry and ent-erp^if7e. Hh character ex'hibits Ihe umisual com'bination of great moral worffh, united with remarkable business talents and rare administrative powers. Of ipufe mind and spo'iless in Jfeg-" fity, be i's, at the same -fiin^e, clear-sigh1>ed and prucfent. The natural impulses of a foo boimteous heart are tempe:!*ed by the' curb of reason. Through life, Mr. Gord-on' has- acro?ned ah'd honored every post of public and priva'te dui'y ^0 which he hag- been" called;- aud should he, hf Hhe voice of the people,- be sumui'oned to guide the car of government, in ou? State, we may confidently anticipate a wise, vigorour and eminently efficient- admiujsti'at-i-on-. ilesciied by George Wm. Gordon, from the Slave Brig " Porpoise," at Rio de Ja- neiro, againsl the influence of the Brazihan C4overnment, and by him sent to this Gouncry, ^vl^ere they are nov/ in the enjoyment of freedom and prosperity. Kxamiiiation of Pedro and Guillierme, two African boys, who were broiight from the east 'joast of Africa, to the port of llio de Janeiro, in the United States merchant Brig, Porpoise, Cyrus Libby, master, in January 1845, before Geo. ^Vm. Gordon, Consul of the United States, on board of the U> S. Frigate " Karitan," February 1st, 1 815. The questions propounded in the Eng- lish language by the Consul, and the answers made in the Portuguese language by the said boys, the former being translated into the Portu- guese language when put, and the latter into the I'^nglish language when made, by the undersigned, ■Sworn Public Translator at the Imperial Court of Brazil and Interpreter of the Nation. • L. S. John Henry Kagfx. Before being interrogated the boys were asked, i'.f they knew that there was a God. Their an- swers only indicated great confusion of niind up- on the subject. They were asked if they knew the nature of an oath. They said that they did not. The proper explanations were then im- pressively made to them. When they said, that jf tliey told the truth they should be happy, but if they told a lie, they would go to a bad place. Interrogations, and answere to the same by Pe- dro, one of the boys a,foresaid. 1st Que5/.!G?£. What is your narne, and how old are you ? Ansicer. My name is Pedro, I am 15 years old. 2?tcf Q. Where v/ere your born ? A^ In Lourenzo Marquez, in tlie interior of the country. \^d Q. Were yet; a free boy cr a slave when you arrived in this port ? A. Was a slave. iih Q-. How were you made a skve, and Nvhen ? A. When our Nation mt.s in \-;v: with anoth- ■cv Nation I was taken prisoner, and was sold \vhen I was a child. bih Q-. What was your master's name who !K»ught you ? A. Was called Seba'Stian.. i'yib. Q. Did Sebastian afterwards sell you ? and if so, to whom ? A, He sold me to Captain Paulo, T//^ Q. How much did Captain Paulo sjive for youi' ••/ifs Z don't know, Sebastian sent Ha« to Capt, Paulo's foctory, at Lourenzo Marquez, and Cap- tain Paulo tokl me that I vras sold to liim. Sth Q. What did Captain Paulo then do with you? A. I was the boy to serve at table. Qth Q. Did Captain Paulo ever whip or other- wise punish you at any time ? A. He never struck me or anjthing of that kind. lOth Q. How long did you stay at the fac- tory at Lourenzo Marquez ? A, 1 don't know how to tell it. llih Q. When you left the factory, where were you taken to ? A. I was embarked at the factory on board the Brig schooner and went to Imyack, (pointing at the same time at the Brig " Porpoise," which was lying near by.) 12f7t Q. Where chdyou go then from Imyack? A.. I came here in the same vessel, (again pointing at the Porpoise.) Vdih Q. Did Captain Paulo ever tell you that you were free ? A. Never, hut that I was a slave. lUh Q. Did Captain Paulo ever tell you to say tliat you were free, in case any one should ask you ? A, A'^es. He told me if any person should ask me, to answer that I was free. loth Q. Did you or did you not expect to be a slave to Captain Paulo here in Brazil ? .4. I expected always to be a slave to Captain Paulo, when I arrived here. 10//t Q. Were you ever branded with a hot hon as a slaw ? If so, w hen, and by w hom ? A. I was branded by Sabastian, on the breast, (which mark he showed), but I was not branded by Captain Paulo, as I v\as to serve on board the vessi3l ; but the other slaves which Avent on board the Brazilian vessel "Garafilia," were all branded at the factory. nth Qi. Have you any brothers and sisters ? If so, how many of each, and what are their names ? A. I hPvVe three brothers, but no sisters. My lirothers are called Luiz, iManuel, and Antonio. 18/^ Q. Do you know where they are ; cr either of them? A. They were all brought by Cai:;tain Paulo, as he brought me, and all three are on board tlie •'Garafilia." Idth Q. What are their a^es? 12 A. I don't know their ages. But Manuel and Antonio are larger than I am, but Luiz is smaller. 20iA. Q. Were your brothers branded by Captain Pculo ? If so, where ? A. They were all branded at the factory, on the arm, with the mark P. 2\st Q. Did either of your brothers go with you in the Brig "Porpoise" from the factory? — if so, which, and where ? A. My brother Luiz, only, embarked with me on board the Brig "Porpoise" at the iactory at Lourenzo Marquez and went to Imyack, and then he was sent on board the " Garafilia." 22(f Q. T>o you now wish to go with Captain Paulo again ? A. No. I have no such desire, at ail. 23d Q. Where do you wish to go ? A. I desire to be a freeman and go to the United States. Then Pedro made solemn declaration that what he had said as aforesaid was true. Attest, John Henry Kagel, Sworn Public Translator at the Imperial Court of Brazil and In- terpreter of the Nation. Interrogatories and answers to the same, by Guil- herme one of the boys aforesaid. \st (Question. What is your name, and how old are you. Answer. My name is Guilherme. I don't know how old I am. I was taken when I was a little boy. 2d Q. Where were }'ou born ? A. In the country near Inliambane. Sd Q. "W^ere you a tree boy or a slave wlien you arrived in this port ? A. Was a slave. ith Q. How were you made a slave ? and where ? ■ A. Was made a slave in war, and carried to \ Inhambane, when a child. | oth Q. What was your master's name, who j bought you ? _ i A. ilis name was Manuel Henrique. j iith Q. Did Manuel Henrique afterwards sell you ? If so, to whom ? A. Manuel Henrique sold me to an overseer named Almeido, who sold me to Capt. Paulo. 1th Q. How much did Captain Paulo give for you ? A. I don't know how much. The overseer put ::t> his pocket some yellow money which Captain l\aulo gave him, who said I was his slave. [Guil- herme was at this time sho-sra some silver dollars, a|doubloon, a half and a quarter doubloon, and .' <>ome copper, two vintem pieces, and was asked I if any of the same was the kind of money G\p- tain Paulo paid for him. He immediately point- ed out the gold pieces, saying os amardlas, the yellow ones. He was then asked which of them ? When he pointed to the half doubloon and said estc, this, and then added, counting iiis fingers at the same time, cinco dinheiros, five pieces.] Slh Q. What did Captain Paulo then do with you ? A. I went to attend upon the captain and take care of his things aboard of the vessel. 9//i, Q. Did Captain Paulo ever whip or pun- ish you at any time. A. He said that he would whip me when I arrived at Ilio de Janeiro if I did not tell the English on board of the vessel, that I was free. lOth Q. How long did you stay at the facto- ry at Inhambane ? A. About two months. ll//i. Q. When you left tlie factory Vi'hcrc were you taken to ? A. Was embarked on board the Brig schooner ^'Americano," and went to Quillimane, with the passengers, and to Lourenzo Marquez, and then to Imyack, where the slaves were embarked on board the "Garafilia." I2th Q. Where did you go then, from Imyack ? A. Came on board of the same vessel to Kio de Janeiro. « 13//i Q. Did Captain Paulo ever tell you that you were free ? A. He said that I was his slave, but that I must tell the English on board of the vessel that I was free, or he would whip me when I arrived at Ilio de Janeiro. 14//i Q. Did } ou or did you not expect to be a slave to Captain Paulo here in Brazil ? A. I expected to be a slave to Captain Pauk- in Ilio de Janeiro ? \oih Q. Were you ever branded with a hot iron as a slave ? If so, wherf,, and by whom ? A. Was branded by Manuel Henrique, but not by Captain Paulo, nor in the American vessel. \(5th Q. Have you any brothers or sisters ? If so, how many of each, and what are their names? A. I have no brothers or sisters. My broth- ers were killed in the war, and my father and mother died when I was a little boy. lT//i Q. Do you wish to go with Captain Paulo again ? A. No. Not willingly. 18//j Q. Where do you wish to go? A. I would like to go back to Africa, but am afraid I should be made a slave another time, and I very much desire, in this very vessel, to go to the United States. Then Guilherme made solemn declaration that what he had said as aforesaid was true. Attest, John Henry Kagei., Sworn Public Translator at the Imperial Court of Brazil and In- terpreter of the Nation. iii.i 13 For the benefit of thoee fastidious gentlemen who have made sundry frivolous ob- jections to our candidate for Governor, George William Gordon, Esq., the Committee have been at the pains to procure the following endorsement of his worth and char- acter from the Department at Washington, and we commend it to the earnest atten- tion of our readers, Whigs, as well as Americans : — To the President of the United States : The undersigned, Citizens of Boston, respectfully recommend Mr. George William Gordon for the office oi Postmaster of this city. Mr. Gordon is a Merchant of in- tegrity ; a gentleman of unblemished reputation, and of acknowledged public and private moral worth. Such is the estimation in which he is held by his friends and neighbors, that we have good reason to believe he will have no competitor, who will 30 generally command the approval of the community. Boston, Feb. 1&41, ilenry B Stone, President Suffolk Bank, .1 C Brewer, Cashier " " Titus Wells, President Eagle " Waldo Flint, Cashier " " Kliph. Williams, Cashier City " ?^ain'l W. Swett, President National Ins. Co. Caleh Curtis, Presi'ient Nepume Ins. Office, .losepli H. Gardener, Sec'y Neptune " " Francis Welch, President Fi-anklin " " William M Byrnes, Sec'y ■• " " X Parsons, President Hope " " Xath'l ilerriam, Pres't Mer. Marine " " James Hall, Pres't X. E. Marine, " " John Waters, Sec'y " " Joseph White, Cashier Atlas Bank, " " Thomas Lamb, Pres't Washiniiton Insurance Co. PeUiam W Hayward. Pres't Suffolk, •' John G Xazro, Pres't Tremont " " George Hale. Secy. • " " KobertB Williams, Pres't U. States " " Levi Ingols, Sec'y •• " '•' Josei hH Addams, Pres't Ocean " '• Aaron F Bean. 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MR.:GORDON AND^THE BEDINI AFFAIR. Immediately on the nomination of Mr. Gordon for the office of Governor of Massa- cliusetts, an attack was made upon him by the opposition press, based upon the fact of his having entertained Mons. Bedini at his house, at the time of his visit to Boston. It is due to Mr, Gordon that the public should be made acquainted with the real circumstances of the case. While Mr. Gordon was Consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, a few year* since, it chanced that Bedini was his next door neighbor, and, as a matter of course,, an acquaintance sprang up between them. M. Bedini visited the house of Mr. Gor- don, became acquainted with his family, and extended to him many civilities due tc the rank he held as the representative of the greatest nation on the earth. The consequence of this was, that when Bedini visited this country, he sought out Mr. Gordon and his family, and was by them invited to pass an evening at their house as an act, merely, of reciprocity. This was the sum total of all the hospitalities ex- tended to Bedini by Mr. Gordon during his visit to this city, and no man, who is a gentleman, will say that this act could have been decently withheld. It was, in fact, "what any other American would have done, under similar circumstances, and Mr. Gordon would have laid himself open to public censure, had he done otherwise. We nov/- appeal to every American to rally to the support of Mr, Gordon, as a pure, staunch and consistent American ; one who has proved himself such by ail the acts of his political life for years past. As for the proof of his attachment to the principles of our party, we invite the careful and candid perusal of his trolly patriotic and American letter of acceptance which shows^that he is willing to be kno.wi:. .and recognized as a supporter and defender of ©urprinsiples. LBAg-OB