Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-08-16

me in my labor, my heart was warmed but was
weary, hungry and wet. Sometimes the hounds
would leave the trail, and wander for miles into by
paths, and again would take a fresh start. We
went on sill nearly dark, and | beard with great
joy, that peculiar cry the dogs always raise when
the object they are pursuing is close before them
i whipped up my poor jadcd horse, and soon came
up with the dogs and their game.
"IIow was l borror-stricken to find that the Rev
Reason Tarbut, to escape them had hastily climbed
into n tree. The good man had an appointment
to fill on the next Sabbath he was making a long
journey on foot, and had taken this as the nearest
road to his place for preaching. We had been
following him all day. / soon relieved him. lie
was, | assure you, greatly frightened, and he had
reason to be SO, for my dogs were hungry and
fierce"
al SUPPOSE" said Captain Carter, "the dogs
had followed him by the odor of sanctity +? They
must have been poor hounds, not to know the
difference between the odor of sanctity, and the
trail of a negro"
My lead hound Juno, had a bad cold that day"
said Mr.. st. John.
But, my dear sir, that was not the worst of the
matter. Mr.. Tarbut had been convinced by my
arguments, that the slave-system, as it exists in
this country, is a unit. He was, of course, before
he met with me, well assured that to hold slaves
is right he soon saw very clearly that the foreign
and domestic slayo-trade, and the means usually
resorted to for the capture of runaway slaves, are
also as just and well.ioundcd in right, as slave
holding is. lie was one of my earliest converts
in the southwestern country, and my ERNEST
supporter. Now he was so scared by the hounds,
that | cannot but fear his intellect was somewhat
touched, for from that day to this, he never would
say one word to sustain my views about the right
and duty to hunt runaway negroes with dogs. So
far from doing so, very soon afterward he re-
moved to Iowa, and recently by a letter which i
received, l am most sure that he has turned an
.Abolitlonist, for he states in that letter, that he
still believes the system of slavery is q unit, and
alsa in anothnr mart of IL hn writes that he hplieyesI
it j. q sin to pursue fugitives with hound, or with
out them. Poor man his mind never was OF the
first order, and now, l fear, that he is slightly
deranged."
Captain Carter, during this reply, turned his
face from the speaker | fancy he did SO to con-
ceal a smile, and the smile seemed to be con-
tagious Mr.. st. Sohn observed it and said al
fear that these details do not interest or perhaps
offend you, but be assured, ladies and gentlemen,
that from the African slave-trade down to the
recapture of slaves with dogs, there is an I'M
broken chain-the whole is but one system, and
the beginning and the end are parts of that
system, If you sustain, as I trust you do, slave
holding, the precedents and the consequences
must be susta ined also. If it is right to hold
them, it was right to bring them here ii it l;
right to hold them, it is right to re-capture them
when they escape, by the best means that expert
ence suggests.
.'Didy you ever meet with any other bad luck
in that business?" SAID Captain Carter, with quite
q long and sober face.
Yes, sir early one morning not long ago,
lost two of my dogs. l was in pursuit Of a large
Notwithstanding negro man, who had a child will
him. They Wer e eating their breakfast-at leas
the girl was-when we came upon them. The mar
killed two of my remaining dogs, and injured thu
others, by which l suffered severely"
Miss Jane "Well, Mr.. St. John, your argu
ments seem to be logical, if the system is right
but | differ with you on that point, l do ihinl
1t is not only wrong, but one of the very creates
sins that ever cursed our EARTH"
Mrs. St. John "Oh, honey, how you are
mistaken! It's one of the oicest things in this
world to have a niger to wait on you to tote
you q gourd of water when you are dry to kee;
the flies off with a brush, when you are ASLEEP
after dinner. Besides, honey, we could not dc
without EN- at all in our country, cause it's Sc
nice to have 'em and it's respectable too"
Miss Jane: "Do ministers, in your state, gener
ally own theR ?"
Mrs. st. John: "Indeed they do, when they are
able. know a minister that owns three wenches
whenever he and his wife wish to take a trip to the
springs, you know, or to Philadelphy or New
York; they Just sell some of the children, and gel
the needful at once. Slaves are always a cash
article"
Miss Jane "Why, l do hope, that you dc
not approve of selling children from their mothers
madam :"
Mrs. st. John: "Oh no! do not approve O.
such sinful waste. Wilful waste makes woefu
want. miss, as the Bible says. 1t is a sin to sci
children better to keep EN- till they are fourteen
or fifteen years old at least, and then sell them
they'll bring double price, ma'am. One of oul
neighbors wanted 10 take his girls to some grea
springs and so do you think, he actually sold two
boys of about six years old, for eight hundred
dollars, 1t was the greatest piece of waste l ever
did hear tell of. Oh no, miss! l do not approve Of
selling children"