Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-07-24

HANNh"I " III " VuA
orship of the London Illustrated News, inform.
ID us on Mackay's return to England that he had
with money in his pocket and certainly
nc had also received any amount of fulsome adu.
alton. lie had 80 demeoned himself 8 to earn il
rom Shareholders and the doughfaces. As n fair Blu.
''ness return for the money aud Hnttcry, he is now
'poiogizing for and fattering tho slave holders.
give n specimen
CHARLESTON, SouTn CAROLINA.
AS mentioned in my last, I visited a rice plapta.
tation, not so much with the view of sntistviru
myself that tho slave.owners of America nre
Kind to their negroes as to satisfy the publio
opinion OF Charleston y at English travellers are
not prejudiced against Southern proprietors.s land
that they are willing to be convinced, by. ocular
demonstration, that humanity and generosity to-
ward the negro race may exist in the bosoms and
sway the actions Of men who hold property in
their ieIlows. SO much exaggeration has enter.
ed into the descriptions Of negro life in The Soutb.
which have been given to the world by writer's who
have earned for themselves the title of 'malipnant
philanthropists," that the slave.owpers nctnoIJv
think they have done something in the yindicstion
OF slavery when they have proved, as they easily
can, that they do not scourge, disHgure, mann.
starve, or kill their negroes, and that, on the con-
trary, they iced them well. clothe them well. nro-
vide them with good medical attendance for the
Ills OF the flesh, and spiritual consultations for the
uouDts anu dlstresscs OF the soul. Having proved
this, they are satisfied, and will take no brosdey
or higher ground on which to debate The Goes, ion.
On my first arrival at New Orleans / fingered for
a lew moments at the open door of o slave depot.
without daring to go in, lest / should lie suspected
OF ESPIONAGE, or mere curiosity, and expelled.-
But seeing among the company an eminent mer-
chant OF New York whose friendship | had been
fortunate enough to make, and whom | knew to
De no slave dealer or supporter of slavery, | walk
ed in and joined his party, drawn thither ike my.
sell by curiosity. On one side of the room tho
male slaves, with clean linen. and shining new
hats and boots, were arranged and on tho other
the females were disposed in their best attire.
most OF them exceedingly neat, bet some bedizen.
ed with ribbons, of colors more aaring and taw-
dry than elegant or appropriate. l was immedi-
ately beset with entreaties TO purchase.
Buy me-" said a young negress, who spoke
French and no English Il am q good cook, and
a good needle.woman. Buy me-"
Blu me" said another in the same language :
II am accustomed to children, and can make my
self useful in the nursery"
l lelt sensation something similar to that of
the first qualm of sea 'sichnesS to be so addressed
by my fellow-creatures-a feeling of nausea. ms if
| were about to be i'll. | toll the poor women that
| was a stranger, who had not come to buy. But
they were increduloua; and. when at last con.
vinced, they returned to their seats with n sigh
and an expression of deep disappointment on their
dark and good humored features. entertained
such q hatred OF slavery that, had it been in nv
power to abolish 1t in one instant off the face Of
the earth by the mere expression of my will, OF
that instant slavery would have ceased to exisr.
l then walked to the male side of the slave mart
where / was beset by similar entreaties, urged in
every variety of tone and manner, and by almost
every variety OF lahOrer and handicrattsman,-
Some were accustomed to the cotton. and some to
the sugar plantation some were carpenters, some
gardnera, some eoachmcn, some BARRIERS. som,
walters but all were equally anxious to be sold.
One man-who to my inexperienced ewes seemed
as white as myself, and whom / at once put down
in my own mind as an Irishmnn, of the purest
quality of the County of Cork--got up from his
seat as / passed, and asked me to buy him .tI
am a good gardner, your honor" said be, with an
unmistakable brogue. II am also a bit of a car
penter, and can look after the bosses, and do anv
sort Of an odd job about the house."
but You are joking" said !. "you are al
Irishman ?"
MY father was at Irishman," he said.
AT this moment the slave-dealer and owner of
the depo: came up.
"ls there not some mistake here r" inouir.
ed. ssThis is Il white man 2"
ellis mother was a Niger" he replied. '.We
have sometimes much whittier men for sale than he
is. Look at his hair and lips. There is no mis-.
take about him."
Again the sickness came over me, and l longed
to get into the open air to breathe a purer Amos.
phere: II would like to buy that man and set
"' avg SUM o'V VI ~ purity. gu WOul0
do him no good" was the reply. "A manumitted
slave has seldom any self reliance or energy
Slavery so degrades and cripples the moral facul.
ties OF the negro that they require the crutch, even
IN freedom, and cannot walk alone, They fl nd it
impossible to com pete with The free whites. and.
if left to themselves, sink into the lowest and most
miserably paid occupations"
You are an Englishman and a traveller said
the slave dealer, ''and | should be n.uch obliged to
you II you would put any questions to the ne.
groes." What questions ?" said |. "Shall | ask
them whether they prefer freedom or slavery ?"
Il don't mean that" he replied. ASK them
whether ! do not treat them well whether | am
not kind to them whether they do not have plep.
ty to eat and drink while they are with me ?" I
told him that | had no d0ub: of the fact that
they booked clean comfortable and we'll fed but
- And in that "but" lay the whole case.
though the worthy dealer of New Orleans was to.
tally incapable of com pretending it. The same
feeling seems to exist all through the slave States.
but more of this hereafter.
But even such apologies and defence as Mack.
ay gives to slavery, and we have not quoted the
worst, does not satisfy the Shareholders, who seem
to think they have not got the worth of their mon
ely placed in his pockets and otherwise expended
in feting, Teasing and bangue,ing him. For exam
pie the Richmond South mo sooner did DIR.
Mackay escape from our presence, than he forgot
the civilities with which we oppressed him, and
instead of the grateful celebration of our virtues,
for which we paid him in advance, he betrays his
sense of our ndulation by exposing US to the con-
tempt of the world"
These slave drivers think the poet as venal as
the most corrupt of our congressional and clerical
doughfaces. They imagine they have bought him
body and soul. Too near the truth.
DIRECTOR OF THE PENITENTIARY.-Governor
Chase has appointed Cyrus Mendenhall, Director
OF the Penitentiary. For several years past Mr..
Menienhall has given much attention to the inter.
ests. and comfort of the conviots and to the welfare
of the institution generally. A better appoint,
ment probably could not have been made.
STATE PoLITICs IN SoUTH CARouNA-True to