Litchfield enquirer., 1845-09-25

Every thing worked as M. Wise wished the sfaver answered gun from the frigate by running up the American flag, and saueily continuing her course; what cared she for British maf.of.war! The cross of old England was then lowered, the stars and stripes took their place at the mast head Of the ffigate, and another gun was fired. This fhanGuvTe proved successful; the chase backed her top-sal and lay to, as did the frigate also; MT. Wise donned his official costume, and being deterA mined to manage the whole matter himself; step ped into the boat with lieutenaHt, and was soon alongside the slayer He mounted her side with great agility, leaped upon the deck, (now clear of Negroes,) and placing himself in the attitude of one about to make aspeech, with one hand pointing upward, addressed the Captain thus:
 "Sir, If that flag (to me on this broad ocean the sacred personfcation of patriots hope and pa- trots home) were trailing in the dust of defeat, in glorious war. l could weep over it, and love it. and honor it still but to see lift it's folds, like | tile bold countenance of bad woman, over traffic at once infamous and horrid, is shockihgly l revoting, and enough to turn its white into red, l with shame"
 The Captain looked first at Mr. Wise. then up at his flag. and then at MT. Wise again, 'Sacred pei. sonifcation :" quoth ke, "well, never! You ought to be made Professor of Poetry m the Unitef. sity of Virginny And as for traffic in Niggets; heard tell ofits being infamous and horrd be. tore, and I've carried it on all my life"
 {" Wretch '" retorted Mi. Wise, ' you shall swing for this; you are caught at last. Do you Iknow who ," 2H' " l "No, nor don't cares | MT. Wise's face turned as red az the American flag ought to have done -''Well then, I'll let you know I am the great slave-trade exterminatot, Henry A. Wise of Virginia" '"' .',
 Wise or not, in my opinion you're making a great fool of yourself I sailed from Old VirgihA ny only afortnight ago. and nobody there thought
 the trade so ssshoekngly retoting" as yoi seei1 to | if olc hovA fn 1oaI hnt 1 at Norfolk }" ''' .l
 Mr. Wise here looked as streaked as the flag at l the masthead continued to do. "What," said he, rather faintly," ate you ftbin Norfolk, and bound to New Orleans p
 "To be sure am, I was driven out bf my cottss ] by storm" said the Captain.
 S"O-o.o-c-h" dtawled MT. Wise, ''that alters the case" And turning to the lieutenant, and fegains l ing his confidence, he continued: "Here, sir, you have beautiful exemplifcaton of the svast differ. ence," which exists between tweedle. dum ard I tweedle.des Tweedls-dun would have hung this man, tweeMe-dee sends him on his way fejoicibg TWeedle.dum would have turned the white of that
 flag into red, with shame, and sent the stars aloft in disgust; tweedle-dee only makes it wave the mofe proudly. the sacred personifcation' of"the land of the free and the home of the brave.' Capa tain, I ask your pateon. honor you, and will do all in my power to protect you in your lawful tona merce. scondered why that flag 1idn't turn retl
 the mystery is now wekplained." r' '>
 Don't make any apologies" said the Captain, s'none are needed. Had been frofn Africa, should have desevUea to be hung; but as yoh say, i trading in Virginny Nggers is diferehtssort ot thing. Why it must be all right, for here's my friend Parson Snoggs has got dozen Niggers on board, himself. He had Cloud call' from Louis. ana, which he felt constrained to accept, and hav- ing bought these darkes of his old parshiohers he is taking them out to stock small plantation wiih
 The law says virgihny Niggers are merchandise, and what the law makes merchandise is inefchan. l disc .''E & %t& 5 tH
 "Tobe sure." replied MT. Wise, but to trade iii .A.fiscan Negroes is piracy; yoH see the two trades are entirely opposed to each other, and let me tell you Captain, as one increases, the other must decline--we Virginians must look to that.- Every negro carried from Africa into Brazil, Porto Rico, or Cuba, felps fo swell the amount of sugar produced in those countries consequently to low. CT its price in the markets of the world The fe. suit of this is to lessen the profits of the Louisiana sugar planters, and consequently 10 diminish the demand for slaves. In surh a state of things, the save-breed States must either keep their Negroes at home, or sell them for mere song. The latter they would not do. and keeping them at home, would soon lead to the abolition of slavery in all
 the Northern Slave States You see, sir, we n,t,st puf down the African slave trade.
 The visitors were hereinvited to partake of q fcollaton, under the awi#hg which covered the quarter deck never did persons appear better sat. is6ed with each other The parson asked bless. and made short prayer, in which he alluded to the African slave trade in such pathetic terms as drew the tears In all present. The captain toas. ted MT. Wise as 1.-the African save.trade extermis nator." This brought up that distinguished gen. teman. who made a long oraticn upon liberty and equality, several times aposirophisng the "sacfed personifcaton, ]" and closing with "Shccess to the American save.trade !' This was received with "ihree times three" Several teasts, equally pa. triotic, followed, and soon after Mr. Wise pfepar- ed 10 take leave. But just as he was stepping over the rail, a voice from the main hatch.WaS was heard to call out, "Massa Wise, Massa Wiss!" % Mir. Wise recognized the voice at once. stepped down upon the deck again, and caused the spea. ker to be brought up before him. He proved to be
 an old acquaintance of MT. Wise--the Slave of his next door neighbor. The wife and children of this man belonged to Mi. Wise hifnself
 "Why, Tom, how came you hete l" asked Mr. Wise. 's.a tf
 "Massa say he want de money: ask him to wait till inassa Wise come home; he say no. and so here I am. Gorramorry Massa Wise do take me back to Sallg and my little Niggerss' Captain" said Mr. Wise. "let Tom go with the; will write you an obligation to secure you from damages" Mir. Wises eye glistened as he spoke. The obligation was written. and Tom went with
 MT. Wise on board the frigate. He did not load
 the boat down with his baggage. and his own heart felt so light that his body seemed 10 him of no weight at all. The two vessels filled away again, and continued on their voyages Mt. Wise wasa thoughtful man throughout all that day. He
 wal ked at least tebmiles on the quarter deck cf the
 frigate spoke scarcely word to any one, and when
 he retired at night to his stae.roofn, It was long
 while before sleep visited his eyes As he turned
 himself for the last time previous to falling asleep,
 he muttered to himself, as the conclusion to which
 he had arrived after day of severe cogitation. I vnei1v hal;nbA haI kaot wasAa1