Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-18
he Boy" Henry Dixon Obstinately Re-
 fuses his Freedom.

IT. will be remembered that during the winter o nulished several touching appeals in behalf
 V" VI free born negro named Henry Dixon, who
 t.1 been sold into slavery under the laws of
 n,tbern State, and was then held as a slave in
 spo State of Alabama. These appeals proceed
 u" from the pen of our esteemed fellow-cisizen
 Ja5ge Sampson, and were creditabe alike to
 g', head and heart They were widely pub
 D.bed by the press of other localities, and the
 distance of them repeated from the pulpit
 The result was, enough money was raised to
 mv the boy" and effect his restoration to
 leedom.
 This money was sent to some attorney in
 oixon's neighborhood, who, in accordance with
 5eir instructions, announced to the "boy" that
 5ey were charged with the agreeable duty of
 narchasing him and setting him at liberty
 The "boy' thanked his liberators and their
 ,,ents; but respectfully declined" the profer | sj boon. Judge Sampson was notified of the l allure of the mission" and the same fact was
 pabshed in the local paper, whose account of inc matter we re-published in full Judge ! sampson and the friends of the "boy', Henry were encredulous-they naturally expected that bogus Henry Dixon' had been got up for inc occasion, who had played the part assigned him ill a most admirable manneri The Demo- gat. the organ of the friends of freedom" ac- cording to custom, assailed us for giving curren ~ to the account of the matter which we copied from the Alabama paper, and chag1tably accused us of some sinister object or design in so doing. They were determined to probe the affair to the bottom, and show up the game of fraud that had been played in the name of the "boy, Dixon. So Mr. $ D. Porter was selected for the purpose, and induced to make journey A loh f,,l Henry Dixon, and redeem him from cruel
 fate thrice worse than death.
 Mir Porter has now returned-but he brought TO Henry Dixon. He found the boy" as we learn, without dfficulty--the genuine Henry Dixon, whose misfortune had evoked so much sympathy. Mr. Porter conversed with him about Rochester and Rochester people, till he satisfied himself that the Henry who stood be- fore him was no counterfeit, and then he prof. fered him his liberty But the boy" refused to accept his freedom; thought he was better of where he is; and no measure of entreaty sufficed to change his sentiments on that point but stay in Alabama, he would! He had lived good part of his life as free negro at the north; and his comparatively brief experi- ence a southern slave taught him that the latter condition is the best Strange as 1t may appear, THE FACT is now established beyond all question, for Mir. Porter Is man of rare intelligence, and he is an aboltionist in princi- pie. Were it possible to have induced Henry Dixon to exchange slavery for freedom, MT. Porter would have done 1t. But he failed The Democrat will please ignore this whole mat ter lest it be suspected of having an object" at heart adverse to the cause of "human free- doml"
 Those who subscribed their means to pur- chase the :" boy" will learn these facts with astonishment; but they certainly need feel no modification at the result. Their contributions do them honor; it is not their fault that they failed in their benevolent purposes.
 We would suggest that this Dixon fund be to some other humane object, un- der the direction of committee of the con- Eibutors They will probably not be obliged to wait long for an opportunity to use it iu as gocd cause as the redemption of negro who prefers slavery to liberty. Rochester Union anu Advertiser.