Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-12-10
From the Forest City Democrat.
MISS BREMERs VIEW.


Miss Bremen is conservative in politics It is
natural, therefore, that she should look with
kindly eye upon HHys as they ore in our country
But with all her conservative feelings, she couo
not palate the evils Of slavery. 1t was to her TIC
horrible evil Of our land
In ropy TO the repeated assertions Of slavc-hold-
crs that the blacks would not accept their freedom
she gives tho following illustration
when Bcrnsdorf, the great Statesman OF Den
mark, Cmancpated the pcasant-seris on ms estate
they assembled to a man, and bcsought HIM, with
tears, that hc would not give them up but still CON
tinuc TO bc their lord aud master; that lac would
annul the declaration that made them free.
You do not understand what have done for
you' replied Bcrusdori, but you will understand
u at some future time and your children Will un-
derstand it, aud thank me-"
Miss Brcmer describes a conversation between
her and Louisiana Planter We quote il.
I'll said to my ncighbOr, in the spirit Of human
love which | have mentioned. There's n great
deal more happiness and comfort in the slaves life
than one commonly imagines,' the planter turned
to me his beautiful head with glance | shall ncy-
er forget; there was astonish.neut almost reproach
in it, and profound melancholy. "Oh," said lac,
in low voice. you know nothing of that which
occurs ON these shores (it was in Louisiana il
you did you would not think Here is much vi
olcncc and much suffering. AT this season in par
tcular. | have
known men and women who were actual devils to-
wards their slaycs-whosc pleasure it was to tor
mcnt them. People can fog negro almost to
DEATH and yet not let drop hOw-thc strip Of COW.
hide which is used indoors can cause the most hor
rible torture without any mark being left. Ih'
state of Mi,iqs h0s considerably impygrcd IF tdtt
ycdrS, and is still improving. Light is beginning
to enter this country, people are no }nger afraid oi
speaking. The shareholder noe acknowledges Mai
Tie eye ct tie puJtic is directed 10 him.
q ] am convinced that slaves
uiifflt lpppp,n frCp and n such would
work very we'll All these dangers which are pre-
dictcd in emancipation are, in my opinion, mere
dreams Ii emancipation were to take place grad
ually and wisely it would then proceed without
danger or difficulty"
In note Miss Bremen states that she should not
publish this conversation were it not the planter
now beyond the reach Of evil men, His narrative
closes with the following startling paragraph:
The histories Of fugitive slaves some Of which
have read, ave not always to be relied upon. ]
often see them faLulate, and there is no need Of fab
ulaiiOn to make the condition Of the slave horrible
/ The reality is uoryc HUt dny fiction. AHd II
rere slare, sFoR'l-oh J shouh cctdiiy-tsol
into The rirer and put an end 10 my GE"
| This is the testimony Of Louisiana STAKEHOLDER
now gone his final account Then follows Miss
| Brcmcrs testimony;
81 behcld young woman (slaye) struck for Q
hnsty word upon the temples, 50 that she dropped
down. And the law was silent.
| heard the law, through its jury, adjudicntc be
tween white man and black and sentence til
latter to be floggcd, when tho former only wa
4 guilty And they who were honest among this j.
rymcn in vain opposed the verdict.
! bcheld here ON the shore Of the Mississippi on
ly few months since, young negro girl fly frol
the maltrcatment Of her master, and ne proicssO
of religion, and fling herself into tho river.
There was an end of all my en-
Iioymcnt Of the air and the beauty Of the South.
seemed to hate my own kind who could pcrpctrat'
such crucltics and such injustice. | hated thos'
who could gloss all this over for the Interests o
trade. | was indignant FOR having wished to spare
myself, 10 blind myself to what must have know
would be the inevitable consequences Of the insli
tuition Of slavery"