Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-02-02
VOL. 3.-NO. )

with a good many teeth missing. AMI
the letter y branded on her cheek and
forehead IN the Lexington Obser-
yer. (hy.). Mr.. WIN. Overstrect al
ve'tiSes runaway negro .si,h III, LETT
eye ont scars from a dirk on his lett
arm. aud much SCARED with the whip,
| might quote from hundreds Of such
iveriisements. Offering rewards for
nnaways. dead or alive ani dcscriJ-
ing them with ears Gu, or Jaws bro
ken, SCARED with rife balls,' etc.
Another source of information is
furnished by emancipa,ed SHAREHOLDERS.
Sarah VI. Grimke. daughter of the
late. Judge GIimke. Of the supreme
Court OF South Carolina. ie,,iiies sS
follows: As l lcf, my native State
on account % Slavery. and deserted
the home of my fathers 10 escape IN.
sound ol the lash and the shl l;cks
OF tortured victims. | would yiaaiy
bury IN oblivion the recollection OF
those scenes with which | have been
familiar. But this cannot be. They
come over my memory like cory
>pectres. and implorc me. with resist
lcss power. IN the name of crlcihca
savior. ia the name of humanity. for
the sake of the Shareholder. ~ well a.
the slave. to bear witness TO the horror.
of tle Southern prison-hou,e.' She
proceeds to describe dreadful tragelies.
The actors Ia which she says were .men
aud women Of the frst families in
South Caiolina;' and that their crcel-
ties did not. in the slightest degree.
Affect their standing in society. Her
sister. Angelina ,Grimkc. declared:
While ! live. ani Slavery lives.
mast testify against il. Net merely
Tor the sake of nay poor brothers and
listers IN bonds; Tor even were slavery
no curse to Its victims. the cxcr-i,e Of
power works ,uch fearful ruin
upon the hearts of shareholders. ilatI
>honld feel impellcl to labor and PRIV
l"r It's overthrow with nv latest
breath. Among the horrible harhari-
Ties she cnumefaies is the case of a
girl thirteen wears oh. who was
logged 10 death by her master. She
says; Il aske.l prominent lawyer.
who belonged To one Of the first
families in the State. whether tho
of this helpless ehild could
not be indicted, and lac coolly replied
hat the slave was Mr. property
ani If he chose 10 suffer the loss. no
one else had anything to do with it,
She pro 'ecls 10 say: i felt ihere coulI
be Tor me no rest in ihe midst If snch
outiases and polluiions. Ye: Jaw
nothing of Slavery in it's most vulgar
and repul>ivc forms. saw IL in the
rity. among the fashionable AMI tina
honorable. where it was salni,hel bv
refinement and drcked out for show.
IL /. my deep. solemn. deliberate con.
viction that this j. cause worth dy.
ias Tor. say A. from what have
seen. anil heard. and known. IN alani
If Slavery. whereon re-; the darkness
oi Lgypt ami the sin Of Solom.' I
once asked Miss Angelina if shs
thought Aboli,ioni,ts exaggerated tho
horror, Of Slavery. She replied. with
earnest emphasis: They can not 10
exaggerated. IL j. impossible for i'm.
agination to go beyond the facts To
a lady who observed that The time had
not yet come for sgitsting the subject.
'he answered: i apprehcni II thou
wcrt a slave. ;oiling ia the fields II
Carolina. thor wouldst think the t;rfs
had fully come
Mr. Ihorne. Of Kentucky. in tho
course Of ihe eloquent lectures on th;.
subject. sail: i hreaihea NV first
breath IN an atmosphere of slavery
But though ] am heir to slave inhcr-
itan~e. I am bold 10 denouncc the
whole system a. an outrage. COM
piication of crimes. and wrongs, and
crueliies. that make angels weep
Mr.. Allen Of Alabama. in a discus.
sion with ihe students ut Lane Semi
nary. in 1894. told Of a sls,e who was
tied mp and besten all dav. with q
paddle fu,l Of holes. st night his
flesh was literally pounded To ielIy.
The punishment was inflicted within
hearing of the Acaiemy AMI the Pub.
lie Green. Ia, no one took any no.
iice of, No one though, any wrong
was done. At our house. IL j. 20 COM
mon 10 hear screams from q neigh
boring plantation. that we thing moth
ing Of il. Lest any ore should think
that the slaves are generally well treat
el. and tha, the cases. have mention
ei are exceptions. let me lie distinctly
understood that crnelty j. the rule. and
kinincss i the exception