Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27
From the Cincinstti Enquirer Msseb 10.
HARD CASE OF A CINCINNATI scouN,
DREL WHO PASSES IN THAT CITY
FOR A GENTLEMAN"

Such is the heading Of q letter which we have
received from Lexington, Kentucky, the psrtic.
GLARS OF which are as follows
Day before yesterday I hap pened to be at one Of
the negro jails in this city. The proprietor asked
neto walk up stairs to see three negro girls he
bad just bought Of q Cincinnati gentleman. We
found, IN the room, three negro girls, one q re.
markabie beautiful, extremely modest, and very
intellectual mulatto girl. When we went in, this
girl seemed astouDded when she was iufor med by
the trader that he had bought them 1.-THE price
was y 90 apicce.l She exclaimed. II, cannot be
possible But when she was told that such was
the fact. she told the following story: They be-
ionsed to a gentleman in Baltimore, whp rece ntly
died, leaving bis property to his nephew, in Gin
eihnsti.
This man went on to B iltimore to take posses
session of the estate. lie told these three girls
shat his purpose was to take them to that city
70 liberate them. lie sho wed them the papers If
liberation, (which it is poss ible were genuine, J
and she says he was commended in the news, apers
for his generosity and kindness to the girls, in
proposing to take them to Cincinnati and provid-
,ng for them. They lett Baltimore in full conf.
dence that their destination was Cincinnati, and
sha. they were free. But at Maysville they all
landed, and came Immediately to Lexington.
The poor girl said it was n hard and cruel case,
that if he had made it known in Baltimore that
thcy we're for sale, he could easily have sold them
there. She finally said that all she had to nsk Of
lin was 10 give nr ner certlncutO Ot Church MEM
bership, which he had in his pocket.
Comment upon such cruel and hellish deception
Is unnecessary. In a slave State a regular negro.
trader who would be guilty of such conduct, would
BE scorned by every man be met.
Some weeks since we copied from the Cincin.
aati papers. a notice of the benevolence of a resi-.
den, Of that city, in distributing an estate left him
in Baltimore, among poor but worthy relatives of
HE 1anaoaaI cr;o,l a-,o.t,,. f.u louo. LIZ
belonged to the estate. These consisted Of one
man and three women. The man was Immediate
ly brought TO Cincinnati and emancipsted, the
papers giving great credit to Mr.. Bodmanu, who
had received ind thus literally disposed Of the
estate, for his benevolence and justice in the
premises. The article above gives US information
relative to tho young women who fell into Mr..
Bsdmsnu's hands. lie brought them to Ken.
lucky aud cold them to a negro trader, and that
700 under such aggravated circumstances as to
awaken the indignation Of the slaveholling cor.
Respondent of the Enquirer, n Democratic paper.
This communication copied into the Cincinnati
Gazette, has called forth Mr.. Bolmann in reply.
But in his reply he has utterly failed to mend the
matter, in his favor. He admits all the essential
facts in the case. His only justification seems to
be that he intends to appropriate The proceeds of
Se sales Of these young ,c0men TO beRevotent purpo-
Sea- A very benevolent gentleman truly Perhaps
he intends to purchase certificates 10 the "Syste
matte Benefcent Association" or distribute tracts
gu tho sin o: dancing. on the orthodox posture, in
sis,s Of prayer, on some other equally important
article Of faith or practice. 1t is not
fer southerners to sell women and children, as
we'll as rob and fpg them ''ior benevolent purpo-
A0np hut hifharfo tlia lind oc enaoni.,;oo bo,
bsen rather uncommon in Ohio. Mr.. Bodmsnn
is u pioneer in this new method of benevolence.
While Mississippi signalized herself in christian.
ing Africans by importing them for slaves. thir
benevolent gentleman OF Ohio. will maintain the
reputation of his state, by transporting young
I~sdies-menbers Of the church. from Maryland
to Kentucky and selling them to slave merchants
fer the southern harems Of the AFRICAN traders"
the proceeds of sale to be devoted to benevolent
purposes:
The following is tho letter Of justification Of
this Cincinnati slavetrader:
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
A slanderous article appears in your last issue.
which. although it does not mention my name,
will be well understood by the community to refer
TO myself. the statements contained in it, So far rs
they impusn my character, are entirely false, and
C"uiu Ohiy ntNe enianateu from an enemy WHO
was willing to inflct an injury On me at v batever
expense ct truth. The article contains just
enough Of truth to give direction TO the SANDER
Gus shafts il contains.
Without my assent or connivance, it has here.
toiore been stated in the news papers Of this city
that a relative Of mine who lately died in balti'
more left me an estate which, with the exception
Of four negroes, | Immediately transferred TO
other persons who, l suppose. stood in need Of il
more than myself. These announcements. al
though unauthorized by me, were substantially
true. In disposing Of the body Of the estate l
consulted my own wishes. simply.
In the disposition l made of the negroes, con-
sisting Of one man and three girls, | have only
carried out the often expressed wishes Of the
%testator. | brought the man to Cincinnati, and
emancipated him. The girls, in strict and literal
accordance with the request of my deceased rela.
tive, l brought away from the City of Baltimore.
and caused to be sold in Kentucky. intending at
the time, as | still do, to appropriate the proceeds
OF sale to benevolent purposes. The statement
shat exhibited to these girls papers of liberia
ton,' or in any other manner intimated to them
that | intended to libesate them, is destitute Of
any foundation whatsoever. Equally false is it
that l had in my pocket, or withheld from either
OF them, any certificate Of church-membership or
other paper.
These girls were removed from Baltimore. not
to crafty any wish Of my own, but merely 70
10 comply with the reiterated desire of the Tesla
tor. who had. in my opinion, Sufficient reasons for
making the request. 1t may be that in what l
have done l have committed an error of judg-
ment, for | am not Invaluable but this much, l
think, must be granted that have not been
governed by any mercenary or unworthy motives.
l have simply eDdeavored TO execute what l con-
sidered a trust in exact accordance with its terms,
and without any expectation of benefit TO myself.
CHAS. BODMANN.
A FUNDAMENTAL ERRoR.-Mr. Benjamin,
United States senator from Louisiana in a recent
speech declared that southerners had committed
"a fundamental error" in conceding that slavery