The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-08-07

well as the great rule Of benevolence deliver
ed to us bv the Savior himself, that IN
all things whatsoever ye would that
men should do unto you, do We even SO unto
tbem-I do therefore, independently OF long
and faithful services, hereby aud by virtue oil
these presents emancipate, manumIt, set Tree,
and forever discharge from the condition of
slavery, my slave Michael, a black man about
forty wears old; his wife Hannah, about thir-
ty eight years old and their three children,
Mary, seventeen years old; Betsey, nearly
sixteen years old; and Edwin, boy fourteen
years old; and also, mulatto girl between
six and seven years old, named Amanda,
whom brought with me fromAlabama, whose
father do not know, and whose mother is a
slave in Alabama. In testimony whereof l
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this I'd
day of June, 1884.
JAS. G. BIRNEY. (Seal.)
Stoned. sealed and delivered in the presence
Of Jas. Birney, Jr. VIM. Birney, Joshua
+. Bell, VIM. Miller.
State of Kentucky,
Mercer County, Sect.
7 Thomas AIlin, Clerk of the Court for the
County aforesaid, do certify that the forego-
ing is true copy from the record in my Office.
Il
THO. ALLEN.
have copied the deed of emancipation
rerbgtir and wish YOU to mark the reasons
given by Mr.. B. for his course. His emancl-
patton is placed on the highest liberty grounds
His duty as a follower Of Jesus Christ re-
CURED that he should set free his slaves, and
he does it independently of long and faith
full services" Surely, a man, after careful
and deliberate examination" arriving at such
: satisfactory conclusion" will never again,
after June ID 1884," traffic in "human flesh
and blood" We shall see. Mr.. b. had
still one ''blood bought" soul in bondage
Did he break Charles letters too! Having
heard that there had once been ''fair bust
ness transaction" between MIR. Rirney and
Mr., Robert Tillord, one of the most respec-
table in this county, L questioned Mr.. L.
/ 10 give me statement of the nature OF 1t.
I Mr.. T. complied by giving me the follow
ing:
! MARX the date.)
On the Sih of July, James G. Rirney sold
me a negro man named Charles, for which
was TO pay him the price Of $500. ac-
cordingly executed James G. Birney my two
notes Of $3.50 each, in the words following,
TO wit
/ '250-On or before the first day of Octo-
Der next, paomise to pay James G. Birney
two hundred and fifty dollars for valne re-
ceived of him.-Witness my hand, this 9Th
July, 1884.
ROBT. TILFORD."
"25O-On or before the first day of Octo-
Der. eighteen hundred and thirty-fve, prom
Use to pay James G. Birney two hundred and
| fifty dollars for value received of him.
Witness my hand, this 9th July, 1884.
ROBT. TILFORD."
These notes paid to Mr. Birney as they
respectively fell due, and | now have them
| in my possession cancelled.
ROBT. TILFORD.
Boyle county, June %, 1914.
Thus it will be seen that little more than
one month after Mr.. James G. Birney sub
scribed so solemnly TO liberty principles, he
| is found selling "human being" into per-
petual slavery Charles is still Stare, toll
ing on cotton farm in Mississippi. Onthe
| 18th of July, one week later than the above
sale, is dated Mr. Birney's celebrated letter
abandoning the Colonization Society, and
coming out for immediate emancipation.
/ Probably the very pen used in drafting that
celebrated liberty" production, was en-
ployed by Mr.. Birney in signing the bill Of
sale for his last slare!!!
You ask me if Mr.. Birney did not sell most
of his slaves before he turned Abolitionist
! He did. And did he not do worse! Did
he not turn Abolitionist and afterwards sell
his slaves? He assuredly did. In doing
this he, of course, sinned against slight and
knowledge" and his solemnly signed ICON
viction" of.christian duty. Under the banner
ofsuch man are many trying to rally in the
North, and to turn them against MIR. Clay.
Until lately, too, they had powerful allies
in this unholy crusade. Since the Baltimore
Democratic Convention, however, | presume
the Democracy (alias doughfaces) of the
North are less shocked than formerly at the
idea of supporting a Shareholder for office.
Upon the truth of the facts have given
you, you may stake the triumph of the cause.
The contrasts between Clay and Birney you
will not be slow to draw, and which stands
fairer as STAKEHOLDER let the honest and
candid decide.
Clay never got possession of slave whose
condition was not Improved by the change.
! OF the whole number living with him. proba-
bly, not one would leave him though Mr..
Clay should fill their pockets with "lree
papers,"
Nearly all of Birney's slaves are corse Of
from having passed through his hands. He
took them TO the South, and they scat
tered like sheep among evolves" Alabama
is, in the matter ST slavery, a very Gehenne
compared with Kentucky.
The 'sound of the LASH is nerer heard
at Ashland. Mr.. Clay's servants though
nominaly slaves, are as much voluntary
laborers as the best philanthropist could de-
sire. Can as much be said of Mr.. Birney's
Does he, or any one of his friends, know that
they are not ''daily scourged" with stripes by
the strange masters MIR. Birney sold them
TOT
Mr.. Clay never hypocritically protested to
be convinced that slavery was sinful, and then
Immediately sold fellow being into servi-
tude. Can the same be SAID of James G..
Birney?
have heard Mr.. Birneys conduct apollo
gized for as follows: 1t is said he bought
Charles promising he would set him free if
he wonld labor for him twelve years. But
Charles not finding favor in his good mas
ter's eyes, his master concluded it would be
poor speculation, and sold the 'poor cap