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J, homas AllI0, CLERK OF the Court
for Ihe county Aforesaid, do certify that
the foregoing is true copy from the re
cord in my Office, Given under my hand
tins 18Th June, 1914.
THO ALLlN.
! have copied the deed OF emaucipa-
tiou ret tbatim, and ! wish you to mark
The reasons given by No B. for hia
course His emancipation is placed on
the highes, liberty grounds, His duty
as follower Of Jesus Christ required
that he should set free his slaves. and he
does II rnJepeDdenrIy Of long and faith.
tuI services. Surely, o man, after care.
iuI and deliberate examination arriving
al such a 'ssirsIsctory conv,cuon' viii
never again, after June Cd, 1884. trat-
hk 10 human flesh and bood.' We
shall see, We shall see Mr.. b. had
stnl one blood bought soul in bondage.
/ Did he bresk Lhafie8's letters too2-
Having heard IhaJ there had once been
'isIT business Transaction between Mr.
Bunoy aud Mr Robert Trtord one Of
The most respectable cItlzsOs Of this
County, | requested Mr. T to give me a
statement OF the nature Of it, Mr.. T.
compiled by giving me the (olowiDg:-
(Mark The date)
On 8tb Juy, 1884, James G Brine Y
sold me a negro man named Charles
for which | was TO pay him The price OF
$500. accordingly executed to James
& BlrneY my TWO notes for $3.50 each,
10 the words following, TO wit:
$3.50 On or before the firsl day OF
October next ! promise 10 pay James G.
Brrney Two hundred and fiy dollars Tor
value received OF him. Wrlness my
hand, this Bib July, 1884
ROBT. TILFORO'
$3.50 On or before the first day oI
October, eighteen hundred and thirty
five, ! promise to pay James G BlrDey
two hundred and fifty dollars Tor value
received Of him. Witness NY hand this
6lh July, 1884,
ROBT TlLFORD.'
These notes paid to Mr., Birney as
they respectively fell doe, and GOV
have them ln my possession cancelled.
ROBr TlLFORD.
Boyle county, June %, 1914.
Thus It will be seen thai little more
than one month after Mr. Brney sub
scrlbed so seemnly to liberty pr,uclpDes
he is found selling human being ntc
perpetUsl slavery! Charles is suI a
&lave, tolIing on a cotton Iarm in Missis
slppI On the 18Th OF July, one week
aler than the above sale, is dated Mr.
Birney's celebrated Ietteraba bandoning The
COLONIZATION Society. and coming out for
immediate emancipation Probably The
very pen used in drafting that celebrst-
ed liberty production was employed by
Mr. BIney 10 slgning the bill of sale for
his last SlGVe!
You ask me il Mr. Birnev did not So Il
most of his slaves before he turned A bo
Iilionis'2 tIe dld. And did he not do
worse? Did he mol turn Aboitonist and
afterwards sell his sIavC2 Hs assuredly
did. In doing this he, OF course, sinned
against slight and kno owIedge, and his
soIemnIy signed conviction Of Chris
tan duly. Under the banner of such a
man are many trying to rally we'll dis
posed men OF the north and 10 turn them
against Mr. Clay. Until lately, too, The y
had powerful allies in this unhoIv crU-
sads Since The Baltimore Democratic
Convention, however, presume the dc
mocracy (aIas DoughIaoes OF the North J
are less shocked than formerly at the
idea Of supporting a Shareholder for Of
fee
Upon the truth of The facts | have
given you, you may stake the triumph
OF the cause The contrasts between
Clay and Brrney you will not be slow to
draw, and which stands fairer as slave
holder 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, probably not one would leave
him though M Clay should fill their
pockets with free papers,
Nearly oil Blrney's slaves are ,DorSe
of from having passed through his
bands, lie took them TO the south, and
they are scattered like sheep among
wolves ' Alabama IL, in the ma,ter Of
slavery, very Geheana compared with
Kentucky,
The sound Of he lash il nerer heard
at Ashland, Mr. CIay's servants. though
nominalIy slaves, are ss much voluntary
aborerS as the bOst phiIanlhropist could
desire, Can as much be said of Mr.
Brney'sa Does no, or any one OF his
friends, know that they are not daily
scourged with stripes by the strange
masters Mr. Brnev soId them loG