Richmond (VA) Enquirer, "New York Union Meeting," December 26, 1859

      New York Union Meeting

…if slave States are to be invaded by Northern and British ruffians, and those escaping from Southern courts to be protected and concealed, and sympathy and kindness expressed for the motives that induced these assaults; if fanatical leaders preaching treason, insurrection, invasion, murder, and slave stampedes, are to be protected by police-officers in their unlawful and treasonable discourse; if the hands of outraged conservatism are to be stayed by Northern police from preventing these incendiary meetings….

[Editors Note: The majority of this article has been omitted from our transcription except for the portions directly mentioning the term "slave stampedes" or some variant.]