New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-27

vss driving r. fore him A sad spectacle, and the
certain and inevitable lot OF all slaves that enaeayor
20 esCare and are foiicd the attempt AS Ihcy MCe
passing through here | could see the tears roIlhs
down thor cheeks They were weeping because
they ~ere then on their way south, ana mere % DC
separated, probably forever. could no' heP oul q
clam, unfortunate and deuded mother ana 100 con
fdeut children, the victims OF your own toiIy anu
haste long, long will YOU repent the DAY you con-
ceived the idea OF gaming the Ono shore and many
viii be the you VIII utter against that VOL IN
Sleeps clothing. and " no stole me uVery al heaven
Now do You not believe that those blacks would
have been better of If those infeTna A5ohtionlStS
had not put Il INTO their heads ~ run OF Please pub
lsh tins in your paper and answer through the same
medium. Your friend, GEo l.. HARDY.
PS-Tho mother and seven children were sold for
$42O0. a tOIeraby good price. Mr. Pagan were 10
offer you the money would you nave any conSclel-
tiouS scruples about receiving
IS7 We think Mr.. George l. Hardy will have
10 Try again. When he writes us. and Procures
some person Of known responsibility to guarantee
the fact. that he has himself become q slave IN
order to enjoy the transcendent blessings OF the
patriarchal institution, we shall believe he tells
the truth in praising slavery, hut until then ask
leave to be skeptical
For our own part we must say that u we were
reduced TO bondage we should DO our best 10 es-
cape from 1t were Mr.. Hardy our fellow IN that
calamity we should count on his assistance and
participation in our flight. The greater the dan
ger and more certain the punishment attending
failure. the keener would be our zeal in deyIslng
and executing the attempt. Possibly 1t would be
a great sin to run away but we venture 10 say
that we should have the sympathy of all CIV
ihzed men whom misfortune had not made
Shareholders 1t is said, too, that on some occa-
sions and under some circumstances, even Ken
mckians have shown preference OF liberty to
chains.
Such facts as those stated 10y our correspond
ent, instead of being favorable to slavery, only
prove how great and complicated are ITS evils.
What must be the nhumanity Of that system IN
which even the simple endeayor to exercise the
first natural right of men and take possession OF
ones own body becomes crime to be pun
ished, And how neradcable must be the in
nate desire for freedom when born slaves. IN
position so favored as those of Mr.. Pagan, risk
all 10 gain 1t.
Mr.. Hardy asks whether we would take the
money paid to Pagan for these slaves. We an.
swer that as a gift we should beg leave to de-
cline 1t, not being Just now in need OF such do
nations; but that we would gladly receive 1t In
payment for subscriptions to The Tribune, (Dai
" IS, Semi-Weekly 81, and Weekly s. per an
nun the Weekly ST. to clubs of 90 persons)
And we take leave to invite Mr. Hardy and Mr.
Pagan to employ the entire sum for that purpose.
With II they might circulate IN Kentucky some
two or three thousand copies of the various edl-
tons of The Tribune, and they may be sure that
we will do everything in our power to render our
paper truly useful to Its readers. We are not
certain that in any other way the money will be
spent so much to the advantage of that noble,
bat N some respects, unfortunate State.