New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-17
A slnxe Story with n Moral.

Slave Story with Moral.
A Slave girl belonging to Hon. CHI. James Faux
ner of Virginia recently accompanied him aud ms
family TO the b cdord Springs Pa. where she was OF
course free. Some OF her own color persuaded her
to quit her master and mistress and escape with
them to Freedom. They seem to have supposed
that she must run and hide whereas she was free
without this having been brought into Free State
by her master aud could not have been legally
held in Slavery another momeutj She went
OF with her new friends q dozen miles. but her
heart missave her on finding herself entirely
among strangers, and with rather gloomy pros
pcct before her Freedom to poor, ignorant
woman among entire strangers and with no proba-
bic means of getting living but the hardest and
meanest drudgery, was not the blessed thing Fan
cy had painted it. She resolved to return to her
cver-kind master and mistress. and actually took
her way to them on foot and alone III the dark, and
arrived at their lodgings about midnight, waywo:n
indeed but right happy to be once more with those
who lovcd and had ever cherished and beirended
her Mr.. Faulkner told her she welcome to
her liberty. and should have money to go where
she chose, but she rejected all such pro.ers and
begged only to be received back into her old sta
ton.
This is by no means singular case. Thousands
have seen Mr. Clays black servant Charles, who
has accompanied him not only in repeated journeys
through portions OF the Free States but for hun
dreds of miles through Canada. Some one spoke
to Mr.. Clay at Niagara OF the danger that this
servant would desert him in Canada, but he an
swered that il he chose to do so he might in welcome
whether on one side Of the Niagara or the other
Charles is an intelligent, shrewd man. and we pre-
sumo he loves Liberty but he did not find that sort
of Liberty cnjoyed by men Of his color in Free
States very inviting, and he chose 10 stay where
he was sure of kind treatment md perpet
unl home Yet the Abolition papers have re
Gently given columns to the tale OF a runaway
slave from Ashland named Lewis Richard
son, who complains of great cruelty from Mr.
Clay's overseer, in being whipped for dsobedience
to orders Halt dozen OF the neichbors have
united with the overseer in refutine these caum-
MES showing that Lewis had been an exceedingly
vicious and troublesome fellow for years had been
forbidden set foot sundry plantations for mis-
conduct, and has grossly exaggerated the whipping
he received and misrepresented the whole affair
Ii appears farther that. after Lewis had run away
a man wrote Mr.. Clay from Ohio that he could be
apprehended and sent back but Mr.. c. replied BY
no means am very glad TO be rid Of him.
But TO return more especially 10 the recent oc-
eurrence at Bedford Springs though these two to-
seiher best illustrate the thought we would impress
on the readers mind-,o wit That Of the entire
prac'icabiity the perfect facility OF Emancipation
The mass OF the Southern People are deceived on
this point. They speak and seem to think Of
! Emancipation il il would not only derange but
destroy Southern Cultivation, uproot every thing
precious or pleasursble about them and speedily
| involve the whole country in conhaCration rapine
and massacre But nothing like this would be the
case The actusl change any way would be infinitely
less than they imagine Their good servants would
remain with them and in good part be still
receiving wages indeed but earning them as
well by the exercise OF skill, diligence and in
telhgence which slave forbidden to read snd
write can never acquire. They would raise Cotton
as chesp and. il not So much OF it. their
crop would bring as much in the aggregate At
present 4 more diversified and therefore more
profitable Industry would soon be exhibited Lands
woadrisein value every where. and suthatthey paid
for wages sad schools would be more than saved in
the increased efficiency snd EXPERIENCES otther labor
eFs and III the diminished cost OF whips. police. negro
eoss man-hunters, &c. &c. The best servants and
the best treated would stay where they and if
Tue Idle and tue vicious should in part wander of
INTO 'He Northern States the South surely would
NOT be the Loser. Why will they not consider these
'm"ss " hat need OF Slavery to retain such ser
wants rs Mr. Fauikners' VIVA, wisdom or prof,
IL u 10 retain such as Lewis Richardsonl
~ MI JOHN \. Collins is now paving the
penalty OF having renowned IafdoIty and Com,
auh's'n anu been spoken kindly of by The Tribune
Inc A!eahy Citizen speaks OF him as a reformed
fo-'iT3S though he never was nor protested 10 he a
oeheSeF IN nor follower OF Fourier nor an adheren, II,
MS system The Express too calls him Four;eri,c,
and says he attended Soureyistc Conventions AT Gin;
ton HI which ne never did al Clinton Hall nor .ls-
where except as an opponent, He Is now. we under
stand, Member OF Orthodox Church and student
for ;he Ministry therein and the Express assertion that
he Wing Editor o; The Trsban> stamp is entirely
unwarrsnsed by any thing We have in his paper
No; particle o: sympathy for any views peculiar to
The Tribune have detected in lis columns. and The
Express appears never have his paper. The
Express accounts for his remuneration Of Inide!i;y in
this characteristic fashion
Finding himself in Christian community he could
not make .his sort Of ttiHey go
Does the rail who writes like this believe in God or
Only that is profitable TO profess 70 believe IN Aai