Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-03-14
,st entirely. on aceoun. of these cursed Moravi.

entirely, on accoun. of these cursed Moravi
ans" L
II cannot ace that. have always heard that
the missionaries teach them to be obedient to their
masters"
POSSIBLY they may teach them that. But still
these slaves lose their respect for US whom they
are Of the same religion as ourselves. | have had
a striking instance of this recently among my own
slaves"
"B, so good as to tell me tho history, Cor I must
confess | am altogether AT a loss to comprehend
your meaning" /
: with pleasure. l have q slavo.-one Present.
who has been thirty years in my service. Before,
he never gave me cause to complain OF him. Every
morning, I sent him out to earn his own susie.
nance, aud q guilder for his master, and; to his
honor | must say it, he never missed: II there
we're not many ships, or was there but little doing
on the quay, he yet knew how to get me a guilder.
How he did it was, of course, no business of mine
that was for his account: on such matters we
must allow them perfect liberty.
well, things went on thus, without my ever
having to complain of him, till a year or two ago.
Then he changed all Mt once. He began to neglect
his duty. for night after night he came home with
out the guilder lie was bound to bring his master.
The first time | passed it over. ftve-and. twenty
years he had been Us regular MS the sun-he hal
not once neglected; so | thought | could afford to
be generous, and make no remark about it. But,
shortly after, the very same thing happened again.
Now, / felt it my duty to talk seriously with Pre-
sent on the matter.
Just tell me, you sir I said to him, why
have you not brought me my money!
go, master, forgive me. You know how many
years l have served you. / am now an old man
I am not so strong rs | was; and with the best
will in the world. | cannot possibly bring you home
a guilder every day
II must confess this had an effect on me. They
say in Europe that we are cruel and hard hearted
masters to our slaves; but that is all calumny.
had compassion on old Present, and reduced the
sum to a shilling. If he brought me this sum reg
ulariy every day, told him, should be salts
fed"
"That was noble Of YOU" exclaimed Pastor A.
al am glad you approve of my conduct" re-
piled the elder; 'but you shall now gee how IN
gratefully my kindness was returned. Notwith-
standing the reduction | had made in the amount
Of his earnings for me, he still came home every
night too short. So | sont for him. Now, You
sir / said, ii you orcc more play the %sluggard,
and fai' to bring home my money, l shall send
you off to the Picket of Justice to be logged
Then the wretch fell on his knees, and kissed
mine. and howled and groaned like one possessed.
"'Pardon, master; good master, pardon have
all along been deceiving you, now | will tell you
the truth. 1t is not because ] am too old, and
cannot work, that | have lately failed to bring you
home your money. l work harder and longer now
than ever l did before in my life. But what |
used to do | may not do now. Before, if my days
labor was insufficient to gain your money, l knew
very we'll how to make up the deficiency. When
necessary, / cheated-stole it; and yet nobody cv-
er found me out. But this l cannot do again. |
must earn your money by honest labor, or l cannot
bring it home. My eyes now are opened. l can
no longer sin against God. l must be honest and
pure in my walk and conversation"
did q simple slave speak to you in that why"
asked Pastor A., with some establishment.
"Yes, domino; and | was as much surprised as
you are. / asked Present how he had got hold Of
such strange notions. And he told me the mis-
lsionaries tho miracle m npprs WhO-sO ha
expressed himself-had brought about his CONVEX
sion, and his new birth. So they teach our slaves
to disobey their masters orders under all sorts of
pretex.s and fne-sounding words-tO form an opin-
ion of their own about what we tell them to do
l could see very we'll / should have have to adopt
severe measures to restore Present to that obedi-
ence from which, thanks to the influence of the
Moravians, he had swerved.
j "'Now, you rascal / said to him, all that cant
. avails nothing. With all those idle tales ! have
= nothing whatever to do. 1t would be strange in
deed if, year afteT year, you had come by your
: daily guilder in n dishonest manner without being
found out. don't believe q word of it. Once for
r all | have reduced the sum you must bring me,
Y but take care not to fail in bringing it; ii you do,
d the whip shall teach YOU
8 And at last l was obliged to have recourse to
It ~fogging; but then | saw how dangerous those mis-
sion .ries are. l will tell you how. A day or two
after he was again too short, and my patience was
8 exhausted.
IItseul, L shlu W Nun III u cIN luicN hih"hc
without getting at all into a 2assion-'Present,
the measure is full; you go to the Picket of Justice
to be ~fogged;' and | ordered another slave to bring
e him there. The old rogue began to tremble from
head to heel.
40, master he cried, forgive me this once!
"'No, Present, it is now too late. l am very
sorry: but in your old age you must make &C
quaintance with the whip
Then he threw himself at my feet, kissed them,
}, and groaned and wept. just imagine, domino,
sr what he said. 1t was really impious in the mouth
g of such a swarthy good-ior.nothing. Master he
cried, Christ said that men should forgive seventy
10 times seven. Forgive me then, master, for Christs
n sake"
"And you forgave him ?" said Pastor A., in a
IT trembling voice, and with tears in his eyes. "You
forgave him ? Tell Inc at cnce, Elder of our Chris
,e tan Presbytery."
,e But, the Elder, astonished, stared at the domino
lie well, certainly not" be replied, with a counte'
lie nance full of inexplicable CONSERVATION; well
I; certainly not. sent him to the Picket of JUS.
is tice, with the request thai they would not spare
him. What would be the consequence if these
,e rascals perceived that by means of pious words
il they could escape the punishment prescribed fol
them by the government? They would all very
soon become pious, and we, their masters, woulc
" be in q pretty mess"
er What a country !" sighed Pastor A..
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