, 1860-10-27
Twenty-Five Teara Among the Cotton
=; Plantations OF Lout8tann- and ft1k-
kfxsippt. Or Inside Views Of Slavery.


But rceu too oft, familiar with Its face.
We first endure, then pity. then embrace.
To no yico can these lines Of Cowper be
more tsuthfhlly aud rmpimtically applied than
to that Of slavclio'dinss oppression, as ny own
sad experience can bear Witness On this l'rin-
ciplc alonc tan account for the fact that mil
lions uf humans and liberty loving people Of
thfs natiun-inultitudcs Of them protesting
religion wIlose fundamental law Is loye-G1l
1olcr:ltt in our midst that atrocious system Of.
clattr,iSnl, under which four millions Of our
fcllow+itizens a1ld human brethren are now
rroaning Nor is it strange TINT those who
overlook the hardening eitrct upon the heart
Ind couscienccs, Of familiarity Will crime and
cruelty, should denouncc OUR political and re-
]iylous rrctcnsions, and proftssed sympathy
with tue oppressed Of other nations Is sliamc
less hypocrisy; and that tue oppressive gov
r11,Iucuts of Europe shonld taulltiugly adnlo1l-
ISL lis to "pluck the bcaln from our own eye"
before We presume to interfere with that intl-
nltc1y mildtr form Of oppression which they
pructice.
But while experience las taught INC more Of
the atrocities Of thu vile system Than the has
ees, either North or South, ever dreamed Of, 1t
has taught me also lesson Of forbcarance, my
own mind lLlsins passed through the same
1aFdenn prosSzs we the Pot So
to tie writhing victim, heard the savage tatlls
Of the tillle-hardencd driver, and the pitffnl
cries of the poor slave, begging for mercy Of
ono who knows no o.1ucrcy-aud whose Interest
forbade him to shnw ir-lIis unfccling {ceEs
over the Intense a:.oiy Of the prostratc suffer-
er-ns!ns upGn hss 1ogs ~ e.e1y leh' ~ inr
tfcase ~ c5uel lolcG, anu ~ Me ellTet out 81
ihc inleTlMt lns;,ssef; :: INC slgnt Muea 4ic WIN
fltuclcd list and gnasl,ittg teeth, ] lon,ed to
Wrcak vengeance on the iucarnatc demon !;
never dreaming that under tic salnc 1nnli. in.
tic sau'e croetles. had some l'hTophenc
iAonau'r "n9neo 'hn .! th'' ~ tnat tHue. Hs
'a.! "uur ii..'e telIa n;:t. ~ :. ~ -,
5uc ~ 4iz. Ia-..,.e. ~ -. iUl't -, 4,';.
!hy ses.ant o amat ~ sa"n!a = ~ % .ts Gtea. @
ihins 30 amount ol nlohey "ou.u lhen
have tempted me Illus 10 Log poor heipiess
s'avc'
Tue scene 10 Ehacn mere alltde "aS on thc
11ianlttlon Q! 4 MT; L"' u Louls'a1a-lh Tue
autuml OF 1sSC~ller. was employed us =
faeelnnlc. ihls ~..s .he nrst year o! NY 'ssl.
aence II slase elatc. l. ilau leniGsea tne
.'lHn? previous rum tehttal outo ~
e'Aaseu Elat3 NY 1ne'n ~ au ,' - oee" Ine
eai1'ass lMhnencs u = ~ tn'taGi efu tn,...;
was III N'el% a;e;: al, : -. ,oa1o W l.. a'e IVY; Mtil
peinH ne.sco WIN sIseuens i .,., ~ 10y m"'h W. n,
3st "AiE9 H. nG ,ntioss H. 6a:r,., ~ ISra4, a.,
~ aror.,, I,os @ ,o.,[,,-cd ,,v .,s m,nv nvrs.rrs
ee!.na.. ot IT,, ,,rti. ~ 1,ni r;vcr
.T,;s ss,,io+ vi ~ ~ tI,o S,,tn una tl,a tini ~ M
1na.',;',, ara ~. nv ns,ar;ancc ~ p T. VA !
oosc' NHt'ou a'u i..,.', - 49,, - 80
1nan u stat!u''.s s.:. eAs hnu" ~ liz
sltctea III tnat t to."ty t. t.a4a, " ~ H. s,:'.ns
.n.v prca,d;nr a. snntbcrn ;;,ras If ,,nod trent.
,;';,;NtI,t + I'm Them in ,-oo5 workjn..
.','h;,,'es, !a ais. .ot s,r ,E +ton anuru cni
s;ln t,''.; ,.r 1r,,,,tiro au ,.in es 1aa n.rnr.
s',r.,imes % @ d. E Iv sl.rt f.ciIn:. or or excessive
l,i;i?g.
Here ! lcarncl, for tle first time, what sla'
very is-wllat Elk months residence in fatchcz
had ..iyeu nc no conception Of. i,aI crcrY
day srcn tho negro covering and trelnalin:;
nnder the frt>W7ls OF 6n1MTcillinus masters
Eithout daring 10 utter j breath of rcrlon
sfynDc.: aSainsf such indignitirs: But the it,
cidcnts uf' slavery were 4IriiIes light as air. u
| compared with that cold-lleartca and syste
matte tnrturr wl,irl, is III essential clement al
plantation discipiiuc. Tic Impression lnadt
un nv 1nfu,, liz thc first tln4.ii:, srtnc wit
ncsscd On Mr. T. LIS plantation, the lapsc o1
thirty years has not l,rtn allie 10 cl!lcc.
stc,H To lc;r III this moment tic terrific: crack
ri HI: ovcrscer's heavy whfp-I gcc the etrllg
rli,r Victims r ant On the ground, fact
dnIrnn.ari': rcceiyiur tticIr; l,,ults4al 1AeNr,
cor, hid IN ;yifI nil the Ivrct Which thu frl
r..rs .trnn,, nut} ,raciiCad arm would c01n
n,ud-1 liar tt,etf ,,,1rp,ts cries for mercy, a;
tnn 1ss}, camr down i1,nGu their naked tfnslt
ond 1hn 1iriyrrz unftciinv curses and saragt
,.. -u,thJ,.,A:,rr,ru ..-nra, nf in 1ortrt,attI
@ n',,3 am5 i,ia.,1.'nn: ~ le ,r,1s.atS
would like TO have had some OF oarpI1osnssry 1'-3y
7':@Tthda listcA' !o1 ouse' ~ 'nS N11ss" ="