["Emblematic- The rail-splitting bumbug was lately illustrated by the parade in New York of a company called the Rail-Splitters’ Battalion. The members were attired in a uniform consisting of black cap and cape, and each man carried a rail, on top of which was a lighted swing torch. The officers were similarly attired, but carried a colored hand lamp. Black dress, “dark lanterns,” and marching under the cover of night. How emblematic of the party whose cause they espouse!"]

Well that's interesting.
The Captain and the mate of the slaver had charges dismissed? Wonder why?

Pam