Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-12-04
From the Independent.
Degraded laiO Liberty.

ere. Inc brd5 oil the air informed the
Aboiliionists of the facts, aud it was not long
before writ was served upon the whole
aud they were hauled up before
'udgc Paine, to show cause why they should
not bo doomed TO Freedom. The cruel in
hospitality of New York was never murc
manifest. These innocent fellow-heinrs.
blessed 10y being born slaves, aud not pain |
fully educated for il as northern suutherners
are, having had all the manifest mcrcies
which make Virginia slave so much better
OIL Than free factory girl in Massachusetts,
having grown up in the Indulgence of those
hilarious dances, and in the practice of Those
songs which make plantation life perfectly
paradisIical, they were on their way to that
land waving with sugar cane and cotton
plants, where, hoe ia hand, they were to while
away the brilliant huurs with gentle tlalliances
with loan aud clay,--When 10! they were
suddenly arrested.
From these bright nnicipaiions they have
been ruihlessly sna,chcd, and plunged into
freedom utterly uupreparcd! Are there no
tears in Castle Garden? Ought not ih, Tin.
lou Committee to spend something for
trifie of crapcf Eight inuorcut row-clint-
tells changed into fellow bemgsi No kind
master have they now. The tender relation
is sundercd. Our bcrravrd master aud mis-
tress must depart slayclrss aud alone. llav-
ing been worked for 50 long, aud tended, and
taken care oi, IL is doubtful whether they will
be ublc to take care of themselves now.-
Much as we sympathZc with them, we do
not consider their nilliciion at all comparable
to that of the late happy slaves. These poor
creatures are free, and we are assured ia the
highest quarter that 10 greater evil iau that
eau well beinll the slave population. They
have degraded Themselves. They have re-
fused To be content rather. In all ihc world
they cannot iiud man who o,cnS tlcn.-
They are now to sneak through life, like
white men owning themselves! They must
hnye had some awful moments of conpunc-
tion when the conyictiou flashed upon thcm
that they owned their own hands, trod upon
their own feet pat their clothes upon their
own shoulder, and felt that thing ihrohliug
under their ribs TO he their own heart. Some
natural feelings must have shot through tlc
maternal heart us She pressed her own babe
TO her own breast, and dioppcd her own tears
upon its dusky check.
But If slavery is tho highway of Christi.
anty To the Anglo.Aiiicau, (aud it must be
unless scores OF ministers have prnphcsied
falsely,) it they become degraded 10y liberty,
poor, miserable, lazy, tlievish sci, hang
ing on the skirls Of lilc 10y mere suflerahcc, it
will he only humane cudcavur to bling
bliss. Could not something be- done to open
their eyes TO the sin of lihcriy aud the bless
ings of slavery; Has the South 40 friends
in New York? Are there no teachers who
will visit these poor heaiheu aud reason the
cOse with them; aud persunle them to re-
sent the iiIligniiy which Judge Paine has
offered them, to shake Castle Garden with
delight, by walking back into slavery again
Only one woman can be found faithful in |
this emergency. Their former mistress alone
has appealed to their conscience, and Ullured !
them to return TO her! Where were the
teachers, tho chaplains, the casuists, the law
yers, that lil,lc time ago chuked lIe Press
with bcniudes Of slavery? 81 His watchmcn
are blind; they are all iguorant; they are all
dumb dogs; sleeping, lying down, loving 10
slumbcr."
In reply to Mrs. Lcmmon's appeal the dc. ,
luded slave woman drew herself up, aud
pressing her child To her breast, said "Ihid
rather b. Gte!" What! not value the radiant
mercies ol slavery more ,lnn that? The
creature is crazy. Slaves in ;Lcir senses are
always conlcuicd. They ARE mere pcis.--
The Uncle Toms Of Virginia do nothing hut
look after the children, or sit ia sunny hooks
aud smoke their s,nhbed pipes. The Aunt
Phillises are always tat, rUicllimg cooks,
bursting with laughter. Nobody is happy
care and burden, slaves all the gce und lei
sure.
But aside from these personal consider
ations, there is a grave danger impending, |
when Our eminent Judges do not scruplc to |
pronugnte the most iuidel sentiments. For |
does not tlic Bible teach that Africans arc to |
be cursed with perpetual llondngc for Hams |
snke? Here is II Higher Law which tle
Judge nrtitlly trippcd over without even nr
al!usion. lie had much 10 say about laws OF
nature. But this great Inv which he was
about to rupture he was very prudeuily 81
lent about. The Bible says Hams poslrrty
are To be- slaves forever; Judge Paine steps
in ard sets eight of them free This is re-
bellion or worse. 1t is burglary on the High
er Law. Judge Paine has cone out against
Tint everlasting curse on Ham which min |
listers und laymen have so long aud often |
cused over again in Justification of slavery |
Are we to understand, then, tlIat Hams curse |
is TO bind the slaves rightully in The South;
but that northern courts can reverse II, and |
let men who are doOnied as "A divine punish
ment 10 perpetual bondage, 60 forth into
s,rrcptiiiUus liberty? Here's work right in
our court rooms, and among our Judges, that
demands instant attention. II those whom |
il concerns do Tot look sharply after llIeir |
Hams curse, our northern courts will Use il |
up before they nre aware OF IL! Ii is in vain /
TO point us 10 tie color of some
of these eight slaves, aud to say that the blood
of Shem has stolen "A march uu the blood ui
Ham. That's amalgamatiun. We hope hai |
is not To l,e pleaded as favorable to the case.
But ne do not know what will not he pleaded
In these wild and unsettled times. For our
own part, we wish it distinctly understood
that we wnsh our ands of this business. IL
is dreadful state of things here IN New
York, where we feed upon Cotton, aud have
our very living in the smiles and favor of the
South, 10 be hurting their feelings by talking