New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-25
to represent.

tlrer ventured to assert that negro slaves in the
Southern States were s)metimes burned alive by
their masters he usually hsd the lie direct given to
him for his pains, and miah well felicitate himself
if he escaped Sombardment Of unmerchantable
eggs, or the tarry and feathey ovation then still 10
fashion in this part of the country. tits remark
able fact, and great proof of the besotting infa
eDce of Slavery, that the enOrmities which its
advocates were formerly 50 anxiOns to dlsaTow,
they now acknowledge and def,nd. Either the In
stituton has grown worse and worse, or 1t has
made its advocates worse and worse. Once they
insisted that the S,uth regarded the system as
great evil-they now insist that it is great good
We have before us Southern paper, printedabout
five years ago, in which the project of reoPening
the African Slave Trade is secuted IS absurd
and wieked-nOw, this very paper is lending
tmd support to the nefArious scheme. Once the
STAKEHOLDER asked for nothing but to be permitted
to enjoy bis property in States where by law 1t was
made properry-now be insists that what is prop
erty in one State is property in another, aud that
the people of New. York have no right under the
Constitution to prevent him from driving his hu-
man cattle across its territory. But at this pro-
less in inquity and impudence no one need be as
onisbed 1t is the most natural thing in the
world As one right is suggestive aud prolific of
all rights, so one wrong is prolific and suggestive Of
all wrongs Lies, whether spoken or embodied,
IRE wcnderfUlly fecund Slaveholding stands now
just in this posion Unless it can prop itself up
by proving, or rather by asserting that it has the
Bible, God, Christ the Apostles, political economy,
the United States Constitution all law and all JUS
tice upon its side, it must fall never to rise again
Whichever excuses it may lesd tO-6ogging, pad
ding, burnne-lnust be not simply extenuated, but
in good earnest defended. 1t cannot make terms
with ts antagonists. 1t fights with the moose about
its neck and the sable ensign of the pirae floating
over it. 1t cannot afford to give quarter
We are therefore, not at all astonished to fad
that certain foul mouthed and blasphemous fel.
low in Tennessee whose name of BrOwnlow is no
torious, and who is preacher of the religion Of
that part Of the country has undertaken to defend
the practice of burning negroes alive, by or with
out the authority of Judge Lynch. This kind of
cremation be considers to be sautary aud in strict
accordance with the principles Of Christianity,
having in fact been practiced for the sake of the
faith by all the sects of past centuries Brownow,
being versed, no doubt, in Church History aud we'll
acquainted with the dOings Of the Holy InquiSitOn,
has cone to the conclusion that the Church So1th
should follow the example of sundry other
old but celebrated churches, and try what vir-
tue there may be in slow roasting. lie
would treat the poor blacks very much as Servetus,
l. II IL ,kar art-
were treated his only doubt being, we suppose,
whether mode Of death which 30 many Christian
worthies have rendered ui trous may not be too
genteel for "niggers." Possibly his fertile imagi.
nation may devie new method of grilling of an
ignominious kind. Perhaps it might do to half
roast and finish off with hemp Bat the Irreverend
Mr.. BrownOw understands these things better
than we dc, and we will not intrude upon his pri-
vate province with our advice. IL there be one
process more painful than another, we are sure
that he Will hit upon it.
We have no doubt that the stake will ere long be
in Lgh fashion throughout the South and that many
of the plantations will be holding monthly d"o
da f This will soon be the case if provision be
made by law for remuneratDg the propriesors OF
the cooked negroes. The fact, We suppose is, that
the black rascals are getting tough, like some
schoolboys who by reason of frequent aoggings be.
come pachy dermatous and smile blandly at the up
lifted rod The slaves are used to their skinnIngs.
They pooh pooh at their paddlings aud picklings.
They enjoy being hung. Under these distressing
circumstances, as discipline must be preserved ts
necessary to go into the esthetics of tor.
ture ard to investigate the refnsments of
cruelty. In recommending burning Brown.
low has made a very valuable and
fercitous suggestion, which will be received
with gratitude by all unhappy masters who are
plagued with disobedent slaves. We suppose that
his Christian principles did not permit Mr.. B to
advise crucifxiOn-but the next best thing is GER
tanly the burning. Other methods are too quick
iu the operation. Hanging is soon over, and, if
we may credit the report of those who have been
BALI hanged, is a pleasant process. The garro,e
does its work in the twnkliug Of bsd-po,t, or
more properly speaking, with a sugle wrench of
the screw. The invention Of good DR.. Guillotine
is notoriously merciful engine. But the fire you
can graduate. Small criminals can be done By
what housewives call quick fire, while the grea,
ICguts cdn Dc sutJcC'cu W Ooohhs io1g as tutt
Of French soup. Many gradations of agony may
be secured either by uiing green or dry wood, or
by placing the victim at greater or less distance
from the fagots. Mr.. BrOwnlOw will find many
useful birts upon these points in almost any hstor
cal work, and We hope he will make himself master
of the subject before he comes to the North.
For to the North is this gentle teacher of hu.
msnity coming. Undeterred BY the ilI..uccess of