New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-11
NEGROBu RNINC.

few months since we published an account oil the
iurrinr Of negro at hatcher, as We found 1t IN the
pspers and were terribly abused by the slayeournsls
,bicb accused US of having invented the story. Of
oou-.e No man whose good will we value would be-
love arch scbarpe and therefore il was no relief to
ne 10 find that negro was burned, the error being as
TO the dste simply, the event having occurred sumo
wears sgo We are put in possession OF the iacIs
respecting new act Of negro-burning Ihis time !"
il not in the extreme South but in the somewhat
softer atmosphere Of Tennessee. The detaus as pre-
sented are of triple murder with attendant circum
stances Of ferocous brutality bya negro IN Danoridse
County He killed his master and mistress MI. ana
Mrs Moore and Miss Lospetch, asister OF Mrs Moore.
The carse Of the murder was that he fell in love with
Miss Iotspeteh and Of course his advances were re-
ected as often as made The young lady finally acquan
ted Mr. Moore with the circumstances, VINO threaeheu
the black with fogging for his conduct. lhereupon
the slave resolved to murder his master and carry on
Miss Lotspetch Accordingly in the nighttime be Killed
Mr. Moore with an AK while sleeping; but Mrs. Moore
being aroused she also dispatched so as not 10
give the alarm. He then attacked Miss Lotspetch,
who resisted his advances-broke her arm wtha blow,
stunned her and then violated her. He then entered
canoe and went to sleep in it as it oated down the
river. He was suspected. pursued and overtaken;
and new comes the most remarkable part of the incl
dents. He was put to the torture to confess by
"screwng his fingers and then his hands In vice uh
"i all the bones were mashed, (and other treatment
(Which cannot be mentioned in print aud he acknowl'
81. edged he had committed the murders" Finally he
was tied to tree in front of his late masters house.
"a large pile of pitch pine built around him, and then
set fire to and burned to ashes in presence OF l20O
..or 500 persons who did not leave the spot until
he was completely reduced to ashes.
Now we make no wonder and offer no "senti'
'.mentaism' this circumstance we deem 1l
these incidents legitimate cause and effect. First
there is Slavery; then that peculiar institution Is de-
prived of the IN lder qualities which belong to 1t In
Virginia, where the slaves are hereditary parts OF
the homestead Cup to the time they are sold) we
speak thus because in the newer settlements the
slave is generally purchased animal, not used dog
ike TO licking his masters hand from infancy. and I'M
subdued accordingly by the antecelents of infancy
and boy hood which make up the moral compensations
such IS they are of the system. The slave in ques-
ton was probably so related to new master. But
he conceived passion-crude, coarse, and brutal, no
doubt, for young lady in the house. and lust over
kills his master with original intent; next his mis-
tress with a secondary purpose; and ravishes aud
kills the still resisting young lady. These are all
sequences. Next the hunting. the torture,
tie burning are all natural enough. We
do not expect community imbedded in
negro slavery, living in the midst of dangers, to wait
for the process of the law quick or slow in such an
emergency. Lynch law is inevitable. All we con-
tend for is that negro burnngs must take place in
punishment for murder and Iape in a community
where The negro can nourish only revenge-ferce,
lid, inhuman-as he hears the bay of the blood
hound set on his track and nought but bondage
in prospect. We must look for hideous savageism
worthy of original Africa in crime and punishment
under such system Ard the responsibility of it lies
primarily and supremey on those who maintain the
inhuman relations OF slave and owner