Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-12
Fr0m the Pa. Freeman.
Letter from The South.

Tbe following which we publish with A
few unimportant omissions and verbal altera-
lions, is a specimen of the announcement
and confirmation in our course which we arc
every now and then receiving from the South.
Inc writer does not give us his name, but
Tue FAMILIAR southern post mark with which
the letter Is endorsed, as well as its stronu
internal evidence, leaves no doubt in the mind
Of its gent ~ineness.
To the Editors gf Tie PENNSYLVANIA Freeman
GENTLEMEN Il have read several of your
numb RS. and that with much interest. dc
ilrmly believe you are engaged in a work OF
the greatest Importance. In this | speak
from experimental knowledge. am a man
OF SlNiy-rlght years of age, and have resided
In the midst OF slavery nearly all my life. |
am no sectarian, nor am ] priest-ridden, for |
assure You ! have stood alone for these ihir-
ty years endeavoring to think and act for my
sell sometimes have gone to church and
have heard men, who if it were possible.
would deceive the very elect; hut when !
come TO look over their walk in life. I have
had to turn away in disgust. Turning my
attention 10 their audiences, | have belleld a
motley multitude showed TO one side, scarce
ly one-third of them without some white
w. ~ Nv wins -ol, llIllhS |. 'llBSp
are the people that make such ii fuss about
Inauguration. Now from my observation
| am fully convinced that they amalpamate
faster by far in bondage than when. free
Ihe reasons are obvious, the poor slaves have
no say IN the matter; they are compelled to
yield 10 their masters will. whereas the free
ones have more liberty, and are not SO easily
made to submit.
DO mt he diScOur,roJ. I,u. r..
from their being ''Gurned louse' amongst us,
Tor surely a man will not murder you for do
Ing him a great favor. Besides, many Of our
best men are beginning to make injuries
about the British West Indies, and to their
establishment, they find the white population
Is not willing to part with their colored breth-
rem, although they are free as themselves (;
and when they find it to be a fact that real
eStlte has risen in value, they seem to be
amazed. The cry is very common amongst
them, Il wish there were some way to gel
nd OF them, but we must wait the Almigh-
tvs time!" Oh | have heard this hypocfit.
ical plea until | am sick they might as well
sit down when wheat harvest comes, and
wait for the Almighty TO cut the grain.
When | pass through many of our coun-
ties, especially along the seaboard, my heart
~ ~ 'hS nv lNlll DOlll
OF the white man, the colored man and the
soil /; all gone to destruction together. Mil
lions of acres entirely wora out to appear
ance, all grown over with a coarse grass cal
led sedge, and interspersed with briars and
thorns. Yes, it has every appearance Of be-
ing curSt-iust as much as Sodom and Co
mOrrah were. But do not be discouraged,
there ere full seven thousand, south of Ma
son and Dixnn's line, that have not bowed
the knee to Baal or kissed his image. Be-
sides a considerable number of Your people
from the northern states are coming to our
aid, and they make a good beginning, if they
only do hut hold on, and not partake Of the
forbidden fruit. But if they slide into slave
ry, as too many have lone in time past, they
will only become a mock and derisior
amongst us. They had better have a mill.
stone hung about their necks and be cast in.
TO the Susquehanna before they reach here
But do not he discouraged, although | told
you the soil seemed TO be curst, we have dis
covered that this curse only goes into thu
earth about two or three inches. This yol
know is as deep as they ever plough here
and we find by turning this cuTst soil unde
six or eight inches it cures the curse as com
pletely as ever good old Elijah cured tn
drought by his prayer. And when this i