Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-07-03
Communications.
CHARACTERISTIC CORRESPONDENCE

Our readers will all recollcct the recent case of
the sale of three colored women yCharlesBodman,
of Cincinnati, the proceeds TO DO devoted to"bencv'
client purposes" They will also recollect that Mr..
Bodman under the influence Of public sentiment,
went after the girls to Memphis whittier they had
been taken, brought them back to Cincinnati and
emancipated them. 1t was reported in the Gin
cinnati papers that he was prompted to this act In
a great measure by q fear of the anti-slavcry senti-
ment of Great Britain, whittier he designed soon to
Journey. AT the request of Mr.. Willis, we publish
the following letter, reluctantly rs we do aot like
to polluto our columns with such blackguardism.-
The Cincinnati papers certified to Bodmans stand
ing" and responsibility in the Society Of that city,
and this letter is valuable, rs showing what kind
of adefonce men of responsibility and standing,
can make for slave holding and slave trading even
for the benefit Of benevolent societies. Mr.Bodman
il seems, by his own confession is q STAKEHOLDER
still, and of the vulgar and shameless sort, not
withstanding Cincinnati Editors vouch for his re-
spectacle position in city society.
The letter is written in answer to one from
Henry Willis of Battle Creek, who demonstrated
against The sale of these young American women
CiNcINNATI, June III, 1858.
II. WILLIS, Battle Greek On my return from
an absence from homo,I have your letter before me,
and ms such, give it my attention. Such chaps as
YOU 7 have road of before to-day. Whether your
name isWilis or an alias | can't say butt recoliect
well, we have one by that name in our Balt'
more Prison not for selling Niggers but for steal
ing them, whether he is a Brother or Son of yours
that / am not able to say, but the name Of Willis
sounds ON the discount order to me. Well! you
have been 30 liberal and taken 80 much trouble
with other peoples business which does not con
: corn you, and spending three cents in addressing
3 me, | think it no more than duty bound in me
/ to treat you in return on old Maryland style
You rs u stranger to me, what business have you
/ to nix yourself with my affairs, have you never
been taught by your parents to mind your Owl
business and let other peoples alone? Wha
/ concern, what object had you or have you in view
c to have given me such friendly advice, do you ex
u pect one to remember you in my will? Why io
, take such an interest in my affairs, you a tota
strau ger to me, it looks strange, doesn't 1T Willis
i Whether | have sold Niggors or not is none o
. YOUR dam business as for you | don't owe you
dollar or yours, | pay my bills on presentation
h ull DlOICoo T. W NV wv W J
b science and not you, and that is perfectly clear OF
= tho subjec: you wouldn't give me any, II wa
!, in need of it today and why for spend your mon
}. cy III writing me to buy NiGgcrs, save your tire
d cents Willis you may need them some OF thcs
d days and when the day comes feel in your poke
= and not fed them, they went TO pay for busines
a not concerning you. My opinion OF you is a smal
c one. If you take such an interest in Niggers, | sug
gest to you to advance not 500, but $500 in pun
chasing some now that | hold in BALTIC will you
No nary red would you give, such are Norther'
principles. Your principles is to let little childrer
and little Nisgers go to school together; mix an,
marry. Dam it, your ears ought to DO cut o
le and nailed on a dungeon door that the prescn
generation can SEQ the man who takes SO muc
trouble and robs his family of three cents to il
h ~terfcro with other peoples business. My opinio
ID and regard for you is that Of a poor man an
is your letter shows not even the cunning to appea
in any degree respectable. Your letter shall /
framed and hung in my Cabinet Dcsance, place
for such caricaturos are always vacant, 30 thu
N when the curious come they may read it.
y No reply submitted.
ClIAS. BODMAN.
y p. S. Your future letters shall be returned VI
u opened and as a warning let me give you to VI
derstand to mind your own business in future an
or by so doing you will get along a great deal bette
r and at the same time save yoar spare change fo
you have use for all you have got without squar
dering it.
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan,
juno, Ii 1858.
FRIEND BoDMAN Yours Of June 18th is jus
to received. | am sorry you have so hastily decide
4 no. to open any communication | might address
= you in reply to your favor, consequently | sha
ask the insertion of my reply in tho Auti SLAYER
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