Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-23

lowing Ceruhcate OF Nr. JOScph btulh IL lHat ci'
gect, dated on the anniversary Of cur NatioA In.
dependence, and inserted at his cost, in the
Union.
$3.50 REWARD Runaway from tho subscrb
er, the 4th Of July, ncgfo man named Henry
! lie is about 10 years old; feet = inches hi6h
black. lie was purchased of Mr.. Lewis llawl-
ing, Of Loudoun country. Va, by james SplnkS,
and jumped off Of the stage about half'a'mile
above Alexandria, with his hands fastened with
handouts. lie teW no doubt aim TOR free State.
| will give the above reward for his return to me,
dead or alivc, no matter where taken
JOSEPH BRUIN.
"Alexandria, Va, July /, 1858.
What makes Mr. Joseph Bruin so sure that
Henry, after riskng the brenNins Of his neck by
jumping off the stage in that shackled condition,
would aim for a free State? Why does it never
enter his head that Henry may have gone to re.
side in Teas after first selecting master for
himselfY On that very Fourth of July, hun
dred advertisements, substantially like this, were
to be found in Southern papers, all signed with
the names Of responsible white men, and all TAX
ing for granted that the black and women
therein were running the immense and fearful
risks in question for the sake Of freedom Now,
on what evidence we called to believe the sto'
ry respecting Caroline! The SoHtheIn ReceiUc
tells us that some other paper, which it does not
name, saw the report in the New York Day Boo@
w hat is the moral vGlue of s-,k evidence Is ii
not less than nothing, and vanity +?
But the story is lu1icrously improbable in its
circumstances also. "A free negro girl named
Carolino'-Carolne tedai2 Free negro girls are
m al Ia ,,aIl
tan name This story looks as if it were the in
vention Of some slaveholder, who has been accus.
toned to consider the possession of two names an
exclusive right Of the privileged class. Then Caro-
, line leaves New York today lPhj,k New York,
the city the State and chot day, in tchGt
month Neither the ReceNle nor the other paper
from which the ReUeiHc cupies, gives any data
, by which we could send for the copy Of the Day
B0yL in question. and, if the story be there pt all
trace il to its source. Then Caroline proposes an
absurditi inconsistent with the very idea Of slave
ry, She proposes to select q master and reside
IN Teras.' How does she know that this master
viii diiotc her to reside in Texas? What if he
shall choose to carry her to New Orleans, or sell
her to Alabama, or give her, for breeder to his
cousin in Natchez? The two parts Of her plan
don't hang together
2. Our second remark uponithis story is tha,sup-
posing this barely possible event to have actually
occurred. and that girl calling herself Caro-.
line has actually gone voluntarily into slavery,
the strong probability is that she has undergone
this dreadful risk for the remote chance of success
fully aiding in the escape Of some dearly beloved
relative or friend Several heroic fugityes now in
Canada have gone back in secret to the house Of
bondage. to bring thence with them mother, &
wife a child; who dared not attempt the e,oane
alone. For aught We know, Caroline may have
some hope and some purpose as desperate as that
with which judith went from the walls of her
native city to the tent Of its beseiger Ioofernes
and may trust in like manner to the audaoity Of
her plan, TO favor its success. If so, our best
wishes attend her for the of the peri!ous
, attempt. May she lead her friends triumphautly
into freedom, through the Red Sea have to he eros.
sed in the attempt.
8. But if we give the Shareholders who retail
this eory all they claimif VIC suppose the state
ment wholly true, aud that one col9red girl in
the whole North pas fool enough to prefer sav.
cry to freedom what is the inference just
this
If we consider what slavery is--if we consider
that Caroline, in selecting master gave up the
power Of selecting any thing else, and relinquish.
ed all freedom of choice for the rest Of her life
consented to have this contract sealed " the
brand of a red hot iron upon her cheek-consent,
ed to bo stripped naked and logged whenever the
caprice Of master or the jealousy Of mistress
might dictate-consent to,work without wages for
the rest or her life. restricted to such food and
clothing and compelled to such labor as an owner
might please-conscntcd to be deprived of all op-
i portunity Of mental improvement and all means
. Of communicating with her friends--consented to
have children raised from her for the market,
either by the owner himself or by any slave
that the owner may choose 10 designate for that
Office entirely irrespective Of her wishes-consent-
ed to have guns fred and dogs sent after her il
she shall venture to select another place to re-
> aide n'-and finally, consented to stand in these
various relations to any other person to whom
! the master originally selected might choose to
give or sell hor--t Caroline. was fool enough to
do this, and to relinqush for it the limited
sphere of usefulness, respectabity and happi.
piness, even the limited range of honorable EN-,
: ployment, even the limited opportunities for a
viruous marriage and quiet and independent
e home, which tie unjustiiable prcjuiices Of the
IS Northern people have left to her-she was q very
/ great fool indeed Gery far below the average OF
intelligence sagacity and prudent foresight, even
e among the people Of color, both North and
il South
!, viii the Reseille please copy?