Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-01-01
A PARADISE FOR sLAyEA-

We invite attention to the following cool speci
men of Southern benevoence:
SLAvERr IN HLADAnA.-Joab, o slave belongs
ing to Senator Fitzpatrick brought his cotton crop
to Wetumpka on last Saturday, and sold il To-
Bryan & Cater for one hundred and sixty dollars
in clean cash. This case makes very pretty con-
trast to the one reported in the New York papers,
where thousands of women and children gather
together to seek bread wbero there was no bread.
This is Joab's spending money there is no need
of his laying up for old age or decrepftuas, The
hand of kind master stands between him and
want. and no visions Of famshed wife and s,arv,
ing children haunt his future Hetumpka Spec.
tator, Dec. 7.
One that could endure this degree ef frigidity,
would do to look for Sir John Franklin at the
North pole Ice cannot be marketable commod.
ity around Wetumpka. Whose hand stood be-
tween Joabs kind master and want? Joab,s
master would find that hand of Providence rather
shady. Who banishes visions of famisbinp wife
and starving children from bim2 What portion
of the crop that Joab raised was he ullowed 10 sen
as his own, in this show piece? Joab's master
allows Joab to raise q pig, aud with wonderful
generosity gives the tail to Joab; and then thanks
God that Joab is well cared for. IF Joab
thrives so we'll Gu q tythe of what he raises, how
would be flourish on his whole crop? We would
like to know how long Joab would keen thar
clean cash" if his master was short, The gen,
erosty Of tho chvalry has been heard of before.
They undertook to exercise a little philanthropy
towards The free negroes Of Virginia, by taxing
them for colonization purposes and when they
had accumulated fifty thousand dollars Of the ne,
groes' money in hard cash." in the State treasu.
ry, they took it for their own "sE ending money.r
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Mississippi is almost overrun with neeroes. and
the Inhabitants of that State are beginning to look
with dub'ons eyes on the free negroes in that por-
tion Of the "land of the free" A bill is alreadv
before the Mississippi Legislature to provide for
their expulsion or return to slavery by sale at pub.
lio eviction. All free negroes or mulatsoes feund
In the state after certain date to be arrested
and sold, and the proceeds, after deductinp the
expenses are to be paid into the State Treasury
for the benefit of the State Library. We cannot
exactly SEQ the use of such an addition TO the
State Library. inasmuch as not one in twep.y Of
the Mississippians can read and write. The slavea
alone outnumber the whites ten to one. 10 cav
nothing of the free negroes-none Of whom are
able to read. Wonder if one of our cotempors.
rIes didns refer to the southern negroes when hs
SAID that lin this country our best men are those
who cannot read and write at ALL"
The Cleveland Leader thinks that. when the ex.
ira session Of the OHIO Legislature meets, Mr..
hincaid might improve his Black Bill by chang
ing Its provisions, to the Mississippi pattern." IL
thinks that "the free-colored citizens would no,
only replenish the State Library, but would finish
the State House, If SOLD in the slave markets of
State that is egisatng to revive the African slave
trade as well as enslave her own people ofevery
shade andcolor, save the pure white" We doub,
not that our. worthy Senator, Mr.. Schleieb.
(by way of showing bis loyalty to the South,)
would be happy to vote for bill of the Mississip,
pl brand.-Hocking Valley Republican.