New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-25
SOUTHERN EXPERIENCES.

40 n. Editor Of The N. y. T,itu.@
SIR: AS YOU are AntiSlavery man and tn
editor of newspaper of course your sheet VIII aaVo
cate Anti Slavery principles was born 10 the sutn
and for year lived the border between Illinois aud
Missouri. Although resided in Illinois, was
Democrat and Pro Slavery man, having quite
reverence for the patriarchs institution. About
three wears ago commenced travelling in Missouri as
an agent for a very respectable benevolent society
Twas thrown among all kinds of people, but especially
that hipher class of citizens generally esteemed the
6rst families beheld the workings OF the peculiar
institution" which will now describe. am prepared
to substantiste all now say we halea rom LIMOS
and when any one wished to oppose our movements,
he generally accused US OF being Abot0msts-l
in some places, instead of the southern noSpta'.y
had been led to expect, l received only suspcioas
looks and on one Sabbath morning professor OF
religion at whose house had put up the night before
plainly intimated that all Illinois men were 400.
ttiopiSts and that had better leave: lie sad thdt,
he had been ut home the night before, shouu not
have .topped / left; but was led TO inqaire the
reason of all this, and could not help coming 10 tue
conclusion that il the influence OF Slavery Wnen
ever the doughfsces of the North wish 70 .ac
they cry out \" Isolated cases but IN the snort tune
Travelled in the Southern Stses saw enough 10 con
vince me of the damnsble nature of American slavery
On one occasion seeing white boy about tauseen
years of sge cowhiding colored boy, about his own
sse for not obeyiDg him implicitly, asked the wnits
boy where the coored boys mother was. lie pointed
10 wretcbed wobegone mulatto woman seated Oh q
hen
sirl. nearly white in tattered garments oiiey SUI
Sc;ent 10 hide her nskedness. asked II that boy,
nearly black and that girl had the same father Inc
s:S m. dSs bsa Bs said
ia the father1 it's Sunday always thought tney
went to see their wives on sunday On, a saIa
the how "Frank M owned him, but got in deb
~ sooid him. The man said he would die sooner
than 20 South. NJ had sold him once before put
,he man was off, and, staid 80 long, the drive, LETT
without him. This last time NE oMne h, screy
Then as the negro was very muscular, ne sum nolea
a nosse 10 take hun. They went where ne wac,
breaking up prairie. Tom, saii the aivs,i .a
So from the pow Wen, Tom, not dreaming OF
danger stopped down TO unfasten the team; AZ tsa,
moueut be was knocked over, seized, hanocun ..
w;Ss he begged TO be allowed to see her and ms
,,e ones once more; but, being denied, ne ShreAei
40 loud his wife heard him, and came runnlhf o5'
cIying and mplored them not TO sen mel az Ion,
as they were in sight" Here the boy stopped o1 n
wishins TO know more, asked, what thenT "Oh,
waiting for boat the negro asked for knife to pare
hs nais and with it cat his throat IRON ear 70 e3r
AT this point the boys father called him, and heard
no more. This is not an isolated instance, io nav
s.c motbes torn from their children, and wive from
hushands | once saw q hne-ooknS negro soiu "vln
wife whom he had married only the week oeiofe' ne
Vas dragged shriekng 70 buggy ana driven on,
while bis master pretended a s;rI. At home aud
hat he could have bis choice. Such Chr,tisnuy .11
internal r, gions are full of t. A Border human s'
me. not month ago, that if there was any dauS lii
Ksnss. being made Free T Siiss be said thai at
the Sn,ing election there ten thousand Ml-sou
mans in Kansas. Mr.. Editor, am an Aoohtionls.,
and don't care who knows il; ana what nave se. ~
Of slavery has made me So ana r an, be against
Ssverx an ~, vs w. p.
c'oyse". ILL.,, Jons 8, 1856.