The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-04-04
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BATON ROUGE,:"":::APRfL 4, 1856.
ANOTHER Hard Fur TO CRAoK.


Everybody knows, that the free color
ed population Of New England. is a
very happy and contented race. Mrs.
Stowe, has given her word for it, en-
dorsed by Lucy Stone "a regular brick)
and Susan Anthony, NJ. D. If the
world wants better surety than this, it
must 60 elsewhere to find it. Let US
tell another brief incident illustive Of
the fact. Some three years ago, r.
B. Tnrope Esq. left this city for New
York, taking with him his family
Belonging to the family was faithful
negro woman, who went with them to
the Empire State Mrs Tborpe-in
very bad health when she left here
grew worse, on arriving in New York,
aud died. The slave Of Louisiana is,
Of course, free in that State, and now
that she has lost her mistress. she de-
sires to come back, to Louisiana and
to servitude. A gentleman Of this
city, received letter short time ago,
from MI. Thrope. written at the in
stance Of the free roma,,, begging the
gentleman in question to take her and
give her a home in servitule. Ac
cording to the laws Of Louisiana she
could not return as free person, and
she prefers, to come back and go volun-
tary into servitude. rather than live
among her degraded despised and
miserable people, in the glorious land
Of freedom spoken Of so POLITICALLY by |
Mrs Anthony, Stowe Il Go.
The kind hearted and benevolent |
people Of Gotham, would do we'll to
make note Of this, and pass it round.
POPULAR LrEs.-Rev. T.. Fl. Chap
in, in bis lecture before tho Mercan-
tile Library Association last week, up
on Practical Life" Bit off one Of the
popular vices Of society-lying-in
very effective manner, as appears from
the repor. in the Traveller, from which
We copy a couple Of paragraphs:
lilies Of action are blood relation to
lies Of speech, and oral lies constitute
small share Of the falsehoods in The
world. There are lies Of custom aud
lies Of fashion; lies Of padding and
lies Of whalebone; lies of tho first
water in diamonds Of paste, and un-
bushes Of lies to which shower would
give quite different complexion, the
politicians lies, who like circus rider
strides two. horses at once; the CO.
quette's lies, who like professor Of
lsgerdemaiu, keeps six plates dancing
It time lies sandwiched between
bargins lies in livery behind republi-
can coaches, in all the pomp Of gold
band and buttons lies Of red tape and
lies from the lannon's
mouth : lies in the name Of glorious {
that might make dead heroe. I
platter in their graves; Malakoffs Of
lies, standing upon sacred dust, aud
lifting their audacious pinnacles to the
light Of the eternal Heaven.
Need We say what an uneasy, slav. U
'sh vanity was that which won't lot q t
man appear ss he really is, but makes
him afraid Of the world and himself,
md 90 keeps him prepetually at work !.
With subterfuge and shame. He is
with Natures character, .
md 80 issues false stock. Oh, how 9
much better for himself and the world, 9
or man to be brave and true. what
sod and unavoidable circumstances, b
have made him-to come out and dare 4
NY /! am poor. Of humble birth, of :
humble occupation. or don't know Z
much What a cure this ingenious. t
'ess would be for social rottenness and a
insncial earthquakes. How much g,
weeter and purer these actual rills Of
apacity and possession than this great =
,rackish river Of pretension. blown l