Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-01-02
An 1Mwof.ATYoN 10 SLAVERY.

ha. hs.n conv;cfed IN the state Of Maryland, and
will doubseaa aoon be doomed to long yssEa Of i'm:
prisonment and separation nom ms nmI,y an0
friends, and the rigOr Of Punshment AWARDED J"
the criminal. It 10 hard iot 10Y ~" - 49,.
ton and seHsibiIity who is compelled 70
all his punishment that he suffers tor that winch
neither the law of God. nor his own conscience
aondsmna him. and which no man who carries IN
his bosom heart Of flesh, can really disaPProvc.-
He has broken the laws Ct q slave State-ano the
court and Jury who found him guilty m accordance
with those laws, are not to be olsmeoi ~. .nS:
are laws, which, in Gods sight, bring INFINITELY
more guilt upon those who have made' ana VINO
execute them, than upon him who has broken
them. What crime has Mr. Torrey been guilty Of
Let ma state few facts furnished by correspon-
dent-a clergyman of high standing and estImabie
character, which may help to answer the question:
A few years ago, the writer OF TINS passed weeE
at Barnum's Hotel, in Washington. A young
slave about twenty years of age, was in attendance
for such services as were required. One morning
as James was building the FIRE, the following con.
versation occurred.
who owns you, James"
"Mr. A. owns me now. He bought me about
three years ago Of Mr.. Brown, and lets me to MIR.
Barnum."
What does Mr.. Barnum pay your master Tor
your work p
"Ido not know; get none Of it myself"
EDO you expect ever to get your liberty James !"
"No, sir! My former master was very kind to
me, and gave me portion Of my time, AMI to!o me
that as soon as l would pay him Eve hundred dol
lars, should he free. had paid him little over
two hundred dollars, when he failed, and was SOLD
to my present master, who takes every dollar OF
my wages, and now have no hope Of ever being
free, and the thought makes me 20 miserable that
at times Lean neither eat nor sleep"
james, having now finished the fire. left the
room, and there was one who in HE weakness. sat
down and wept, and prayed Tor that poor brother
who is probably now in the fields OF the South toll
ing hopeless slave, till death shall release him
from his woe Now, suppose he had said to him.
"James, the North star will guide you to freedom.
Here is five dollars. May God bless you in your
endeavors to regain those rights Of which You have
so long been defrauded." The Rev. Mr.. Torrey.
in the fullness Of sympathizing heart, has sa,d
this and for thus doing to his brother. a. he would
that his brother should do to him, protested Chris.
tians are calling him thief" and slave steal
err" and he is torn from his home Of prayer. from
his wife and children, and lies chained in the dun
geon Of an American prison. But theee - an hour
Of terrible retribution fastening on.
When travelling, some years ago, at the South. q
gentleman, who professor OF religion, inform.
ed the writer that yonng slave, Of fine personal
appearance, and about eighteen years Of age. and
member of the same church with himself, COM
planned to him, with tears of anguish. that she was
compelled to be the concubine Of her masters son.
dissolute fellow, whose harem constituted Of all
the young females ON the plantation. And here
this poor Christian girl, perhaps the sister OF the
wretch, calling himself Southern gentleman.
init to his outrages IL she raised hand Of resis-
vance, or uttered cry Of remonstrance. there was
no power on earth to rescue her. in those lonely
fields, from the most merciless revenge.
Suppose this gentleman had said to her, "My
Christian sister, my heart bleeds for you. You
must seek refuge in fight You must traverse
MANY weary mile, in cold. and hunger and ex.
haustion, before YOU can reach the Canadian line,
where alone you can dwell in safety. And when
YOU arrive at that cold, Northern cline, pennies
and frendless, your condition will be desolate in
the extreme. But ifyou die by the way, 1T will be
better than to live as you now live. Here Is my
cloak II may help to keep you warm. as you
night will plead with God Of pity and Of mercy,
that he may assist you. my sister, to escape" The
Rev. Mr.. Torrey a. he has witnessed such scenes
as these, has had every fibre Of his soul excited to
intense emotion. And in such language has he i,n.
yrudentlv yentured to sneak 10 these victims Of
homeless oppression. And for thus speaking there
are protested disciples Of Jesus Christ, who call him
thief" and q slaye.stealer." And Americans,
Boosting themselves the lovers Of liberty and us.
tice tear him from his agonized wife and children.
and immune him in dungeons with the pirate and
the murderer. And professed Christians, who
hope to stand at Christs right hand in the day OF
Judgment, saw, "they have served him right
who can wonder that our professions Of attachment
to liberty and religion are becoming stencil in the
nostrils Of the civilized world!
About t,vo vears auo. CLERGYMAN. in IN. State Of
Ohio heard some one knock at his door. late in the
evening There stood a coored man in RAGS. hi.
cheeks hollow with famine. and way.worH and
tremhl;nv with the fat;gues Of LONG travel.
"Can Won rive me mouthGul Of bread" saws the
moor man. {" I am perishing with hunger"
/" Walk in friend !" Is the reply. "who are YOU
and where are Won from ~