Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-05-28
q o II, III II
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, May Goth.

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, May Goth.
FRIEND JONES: Between the two characters, viz:
the Stakeholder in the South and his defender in
the North there can be but little Inference ; if any,
it is in favor of the former for ne has the plea
of early association with or me, which must,
to something of a degree, blight the moral sense,
and diminish the perception of right and wrong ;
but, while granting this plea, far as it is from be-
ing an excuse for a continued participation in this
crimen crimenum, what shall we say of him, who
having once breathed the air of at least a nominal
freedom, and enjoyed the advantages of an ordinar,
education, persistently remains his apologizer
and abettor, and the wonder is still greater that it
is done by public journalists in the nam of De-
mocracy!
The Detroit Free Press of May 10th has the
following: "Not a little of the abolition of the
North has been excited BY stories-such as that of
Uncle Toms Cabin, of the cruelty to which ne
gro slaves are subjected at the South, and of the
impossibility of procuring redress for, and punish
ment of such cruelty. Uncle Toms Cabin was
a piece Of pure fiction, and most of the stories of
similar import have been pure inventions.
The following item Of fact from the North Car
t%o1ina Journal Of last week puts to flight a regimen,
of such stor .es:
Carolina, held at Newbern on Thursday last, tht
case of P. G. Evans Us. Katneys-fa!her and SON
was tried. 1t was a sui; for damages, the defend
ants having been guilty of brutally abusing a slave
belonging to the plaintiff. The jury awarded the
plaintiff five hundred dollars damages
"As q matter of fact, nothing is regarded with
more detestation among the southern people than
acts of cruelty to slaves. Did Aunty Stowe pos.
SEES a grain of the sense of truth and justice
which peculiarly distinguishes her sex, she would
blush forever for the false impression she has ere.
ated of a people who have never harmed her,
But Uncle Toms Cabin was a great pecuniary
speculation it made Mrs. Stoves husband rich
1t was for that purpose it was written"
Now, aside from the reasonable and respectable
comments of the Free Press" what does thii
quotation from the N. c. Journal amount to =? "A
suit for damagos"-a man, or in the language o
the journal a "slave having been brutally abused,
not one alone could do this, but two-Katneys
father and son, set upon, and if We may judge b,
the damages assessed, nearly murdered him. Tn,
sum of $500 was pounded out of his flesh, anC
this amount given as decentralization to his 'o,on
err" Nothing is said Of the rights of him VIII,
endured this inhuman outrage. but the ends o
justice are satisfied by the payment of money t.
his owner. Doubtless this perdict icas a sorereig,
balm for all his aoounds.
And this "item of.fact." the Democratic oracle o
Michigan, would fain have us believe is proof pos
tive of a humane public sentiment at the South
and that Slaves are well treated there. Now sup
pose a couple Of Katneys, father and son SHOULD
Glance to reside near the city of Detroit-and tina
the editor of the Free Press, as a short recreation
from the labors of the sanctum, should take
stroll into the country-and Katneys while seek
ing for an object on which to exercise their pre-
ponderating propositions, should meet him ant
excoriate from his flesh and muscle even one hun
dred dollars and his only redress was this amour
given to James Buchanan, to modern Democrat,
or any other master he should choose OF be forceC
to acknowledge, could he consistently with hi
own philosophy complain 2
"The abolition sentiment Of the North has beer
excited by stories such as that of Uncle Tom'l
{ Cabin" AS a practice of "Lifea among the Lowly'
it has had its weight, but who does not know tina
from the very nature of American slavery, all pic
lures must fall short of the reality, and that act
of cruelty and horror are not its accidents but nee
essary attendants Again, "As a matter of fact
nothing is regarded with more detestatiol
among the Southern people than acts of cruelty 4
Slaves" dj al .a
Admitting this. and how weak a defens Sc for tina
system which, when it has done its first work
has done its worst work and further, if this state
ment is one of the editors "Matters Of fact" be
certainly is as totally a stranger to such matters
as his comments show him to be. to the fret prin-
oiples of justice. Did Aunty Stowe possess &C."
No word is needed in defense Of this gifted au,
thoress against such shameless and puerils at
tacks as this. II Mrs. Stowe has aided in awaken.
ing Northern public sentiment to the great ques
tion of duty to others she. deserves tho gratitude
of millions and had the Free Press Editor pos.
sessed a 1.-THE Of the sense Of honor usually found
among the most interruptions of political dema,
gogues, the above remark would never have escap
ed him. Very respectfully,
a. !. B.
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