Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-11-10
Slavery as it Is.
From the Louisyillo Examiner.

As an illustration of one of the phases in
which negro slavery presents itself TO. q pro-
Tossing Christian people, we would ask at
tentiOn TO a few statements of ficts, us taken
from one of our daily papers.
In the Louisville Democrat F" of 2Sth De-
cember last, we find this paragraph, under
the head of Police reports:
"a negro was arraigned oil the charge Ct
stealing clothes from the store of b. B. An
derson q Co.
"The Judge asked where were the articles
stolen?
"Thc Marshall said the gentlemen hadre-
tanned them, and did not come into court TO
prosecute.
ellis Honor directed the Police officers to
bring into court all articles found in the pos
session of thieves-as it was the only means
by which they could be induced to come for
ward and prosecute. In the present case he
ordered the negro TO be acknowledgements
ing to the officers, that when they found a
negro pilfering, TO take him out and giDe him
just as many as he could nell bear, and not
bring him before the court"
Now, if this direction of the Hon. Judge
to the Police officers of this city is the lac
Of StGuery, land we have no reason TO suppose
shat 1t is not what security has the negro
against unjust violence ? The police officers
are the accusers, witnesses, Judge and execu-
TONERS, with 10 limit TO the punishment they
may see fit to inflict, except the capGbiLity Of
the negro to bear Il. Nay, more: suppose the
officer under the influence of those passions
to which we are all liable, should "giUe The
negro rather more than he could iceN bear" and
death should follow as the consequence by
what law could you punish the officer? The
crime (if it be Il crime under the instructions
of the Hon. Police Judge,) could only be de-
nominated ga mistake as to the capability
of the negro to bear a whipping"
Now, we do not say that this state of things
is unnecessary and wrong, if slavery be right
for long-continued slavery may nave made
the negro so ignorant, degraded and british
as TO render it necessary that he should be
summary punished without a form of trial.
The negro, we suppose, furnishes no excep-
ton to the old aduge, "treat a man like a
dog, and lie will become u dog !" but we beg
leave to suggest TO those of our fellow-citi-
zens, who regard these unfortunate creatures
as endowed with tue feelings and failings Of
our common humanity, whether it becomes
us, as an honorable, high-minded, and Chris
tqn people, to punish them for the legitianate
it were the wiser policy TO labor diligently
and earnestly for the removal of all evil
which creates a necessity for such manifest
injustice.
AS a further illustration of the nature o.
! Slavery, as it must necessarily exist, if it eX-
list at all, we give another statement of fac
taken from one of our daily papers. In the
Courier OF October 9th, we find this state
ment
"NEaRo Man SHoT.-A negro man be
longing TO Howard Christy, Esq, was sho
about s or 9 o'clock OH Wednesday night, OF
| Pearl street, near Walnut, by Mr.. VIM. For
wood. MIR. Forwood saw the man steal
saddle, from a horse opposite his house, anC
on attempting to arrest him he resisted, ant
while endeavoring to escape, Mr.. f. shot ant
wounded him. On the matter being repre-
scented to Judge Joyes, of the Police Court
he refused TO take cogniZance of the case.-
We were told last night that the ball passe,
entirely through the body of the Negro MAJ
and that he was not expected TO live"
And on the succeeding day the iollowin
appears i'll the same paper:
"The negro man who was shot by youn
Mr.. Forwood, on Wednesday night last, die
yesterday morning"
MIR. Forwood is well known as one of OF
lllbSl ItSDCCidllC ClilLNil'j Nv 10 oi "a
and intelligent member of the Baptist clurcl
We suppose he acted in this matter in col
formity with what he considered to he h
duty, as he voluntarily came into court Il
next morning, and submitted himself to Il
examination of the lawful authorities.
The Judge it would seem refused to tai
: cogniZance of the case, and here, so far
ANYTHING has been made public, the matter
, AT an end.
q Now, we seriously submit the question
those of our fellow citizens who recogni
! the negro as "A human being, subject to
y the fruilties and sins of our common luma
. itv; redeemed by the blood of Il comma
Savior, accountable to II common Faith
and to be Judged at the same solemn jud
:, ment seat, whether this state OF things
; right and whether il is the proper vocatl
4 of Christian Ministers, to labor heart a
" hand for the peIpetuation of a system Il
renders it necessary for negroes to be Il
"a treated.
~ Is there not something singularly absl
10 in the species of christianity which probes
" to recognize the negro as a brother, and
in many respects treats him like u horse
y Il dog and can there possibly be SINGER
: in the prayer which is so often offered
slayery-dcfending christians in the presel
Or of whites and blacks, commencing with til
IA words of touching simplicity and feaI
a. sublimity, "OUR FATHER WHICH a
rs IN HEAVEN" sc.
e.
We CUSTOMS OF THE "CHIvALRY."A cor
be pondent of the Herald, writing iiom Bran
en wine, Delaware, says they have a cuIi'
ne cd fashioned custom in that State, " that
Ell certain offences, women shall be strip
of and tied to a post aud publicly whippe,
*, Yes, whipped, or rather dashed, until
N blood flows down their backs Thinl
'et that, will You, in this age aud country"
" letter-writer must be of tile freshest impc
* ton not 10 know that this is one of the
cherished reserved rights of the chiv;
people of one-half the Union.-.Nai.
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