Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-05-12
RPrH %, 1878.

-2prI -, 1913.
I witnessed a scene last evening, which
will never be eifdced from my memory, and
Heaven forbid that | should ever witness
another of a like character. | had heard
and read about the enormities of the slave
traffic, but ill now | have known nothing of
its affecting realities. | had heard and read
about piracles, robberies, and deeds of dark
ness, when men seemed to be turned into in
carnate fiends, and preyed upon their species
with as little compunction as ravenous beasts
prey upon their kind. | now know some
thing of its reality, and that humanity can
so far degrade itself as to perform deeds from
which the spirits of darkness would shrink.
As | was passing the railroad depot about sun
set, | saw quite "a large number ofcoIored pe0-
pie collected around one Of the cars, and from
strong manifestations of grief among some
Of them, ! was induced to draw near and as
certain the cause Of it. | found in the car
towards which they were so eagerly gazing,
fifty colored people, some Of whom were
nearly as white as myself. About half Of
the number were females, a few of whom
had but a slight tinge of African blood in
their veins, and they were finely formed and
beautiful. The men and boys were ironed
together, many Were weeping, and the others
looked sad and detected. At the doors of
the car stood two beings in human .Grm,
who, if their countenances were an index Of
their hearts, they must have been the very
impersonation Of hardened vilIany itself. In
the middle of the car stood the notorious
slave dealer, Slater, of Baltimore, who |
learn is a member of the Methodist church,
in good and regular standing, and who had
purchased the larger portion of these men,
. gnYtAn aud ghIlIrln II taln 10 lt,arH,,
They were of the number who attempted to
gain their liberty in the schooner Pearl
While looking at this old gray-headed sim
ner-this dealer in the bodies and souls of
men-the Chaplain of the Senate entered
Ga Methodist,) and shook his brother Slater
heartily by the hand, aud conversed with
him in "A very light and cheerful manner,
and seemed 10 view the heart-rending scene
before him, with as little concern as we
would look upon so many cattle in the Cleve-
land market. know not whether he came
with a view TO s%auctily the act, and pronounce
f the parting blessing, but this | do know, that
, he ~juStltles slavery, and denounces anti-slave.
= ry Efforts as bitterly as do the most harden
! ed Shareholder. He will stand up in the
I House morning after morning, Sabbath aiteI
. Sabbath, and ask the blessing of heaven upoI
the army, navy, and the work Of bloodSheC
In Mexico, but never a word does he utter a
: gainst oppression, or the denominations goin!
on under his own eye daily. He is a parti
h zen of the strongest character, bound 10 tn
institution of slavery, to the prosecution q
o the war, and To-. A Presbyterian minis
ter here, who owned one of the tugitives
was the first to strike a bargain with Slater
y and barter Gods image away, and many c
n these poor victims thus manacled, and de.
l. tined for the Southern market, are member
y of the African Methodist church of this city
10 | did not hear whether they were permitte
y TO get letters of dlsmlssion from their churc
r and of Recommendation to any church wher
+ God in his Providence might cast their lot.
r Probably a certificate from Slater to the e
1t feet that they are Christians, will be read o
h the day of sale, to enhance tho price.
a. may be that brother Slicer (the aforesaid mil
ister,) furnished his good brother Slater wit
or testimonials of their religious character,
render the sale more profitable. understan
a. that he is accustomed to preach to the colo
ed people at times, and especially enioir
" upon them an obedience to their masters
ht What hypocrisy and mockery!
- Some of the cOlored people outside, as we
as as those in the car, were weeping most bi
h terIy. | learned that many families were S
nd parated. Wives were there to take leave
lis their husbands, and husbands of their wive
brothers and sisters separating from each OF
n er, and perhaps forever, and the tendere
en- cords Of humanity snapped asundcr by the
d. merciless brokers in human flesh. Il scci