New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-23

tsfred OF bem for tts OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reustoas
ustiou Of soul and money Of loss ana prent
10 INSTANTANEOUS ssles proved the mot PapieNas
psychological riddle ever attempted to resh
"A bachelor merchant took aa'snSs5I
of the peuniary Difficulties OF nsfive farmer 90 eope.
him 70 eel slave daughter, "MarA e1, oflsus
uuadroou whom be hsd educsted for freedon- nc
purchaser brought Aaris 70 the cry, ana essSpIn
Der In weiLfurnshei home; but she refused aus con-
ditions of peace and plenty-"meat twice dsy anu
bread without stinr"-so long that bis paSlencc Is
sufor was worn out He tried bread and wsser TO
eimen keeping her locked in her chamber and emp oy
inr an old negro bag ailor; but still she spurnol
hi suit He brought bis clerk help him bring her 20
terms and together they bound and scourged her unI
she was dripping with blood but she was only aroused
10 phTenZy, and fearfuly swore she would take nef
ogr life or his at the first opportunity Il he made Der
more than his servant which she resigned to De-
The whipping wa repeated again and agslo, out tne
neichbor women had got into the secret ana MADE
disturbance about IT, Then he sent her TO the WORK
house as disobedient slave and had her whipped oy
the public officer but the case had been reported TO
some ladies who were aroused TO compassion. They
went TO see her and the master thought beet to accept
the offer of one to buy her lady from LOUISIANA par'
chased her and took her home
There is enough more like this; but who
can want more' 1t is the system which is at the
bottom of the practical evil, and they are In
separabe Wherever women are for sale,
there men will be found to buy the most at
tractive among them for the most infamous
purposes, and to accomplish those purposes in
spite Of tears, and prayers, and struggles. The
practical operation" would be just the same
here as in the. South, provided women we're hero
put up for sale to the highest bidder. Men are
found to commit outrages on women ia def
ance of the penalties of felony; and such are
not likely to hesitate where no such penalties
exist. What is to protect the slave girls on
plantation, abandoned by the law to the lechery
of their masters, overseers, &c! Public
opinion do you say How is public opinion
to know anything of the matter! Who shall
make complaint Who bear witness The
testimony of forty slaves goes for nothing
against that Of q white man. And beside, the
master on his plantation may live as secluded
as be pleases from all intercourse except with
his family and dependents. Mrs. Swisshelm
learned the facts above recited in a growing
city, half whose population are Northern and
Anti-Slayery; but such crimes as she recounts
are taking place daily and hourly throughout
the South, unseen By any human witness, and
speedily eiTaced even from the mind of the vic
tim by her deeper and deeper degradation.
Christians Of the North and Of the South
philanthropists men of conscience and faith in
a Just God how long, o how long, shall the
horrible system which Causes these atrocities
be sustained by your sanction or eOnnivance ?
How long viii you, for the sake of office, or
custom, or gain of any kind, lend moral sup
port to that which is the occasion as well as
the sum of all villainies' How long shall
Democracy be shamed and the patience of
Heaven deFded BY the existence aud predomi-
nance of Slavery in the Model Republic in
this Nineteenth Century after Christ ? What
are you doing to hasten its downfall