The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-01-24

his master allows him some hours 10 work
for himself and hy great energy and per
severance he earns enough to buy his wn
bones anl snews, his master NAV make
him pay two or three times over. and hc
has no redress Three such cases have
come within my own knowledge. Even a
written promise from his master has no
legal value, because slave can make no
contracts.
YoIr laws also systematically aim at
keeping tho minds of the colorcl people
in the most al!ject state of ignorance. If
wlitc people attempt to teach them to
read or write, they arc punished by i'm
prisonmcnt, or fine; if they attempt to
teach each other, they aro punished with
from twenty to ihity nine lashes each. 1t
cannot be said that lhe'Anti.Slavcry agi-
taion produced sudl laws, for they date
much further back; many of them WHEN
wO were Provinces They are tho necessi-
ties Of the system, which, being itself m
outrage upon human nature, can be sus.
tanned only ry perpetual outrages.
The next reliable source Of information
is the advertisements in Southern newspa-
pc's. In TIE Norh Carolina (Raleish)
STANDARD, Mr. Micaiah Ricks advertiacs,
Runaway, negro woman and two child
reu. 4 few days bcloro She went OF, |
burned her with hot iron on the left side
of her face. ! tried to make the letter
NJ In TIE Matches Courier, Mr.. j. p.
Ashford ad,erliscs runaway negro girl,
with "a good many teeth missing, and the
letter 4 branded on her check and iore-
head" In TIE Lexington OLscrper (Ky)
Mr.. William Oycrslreet alyertises runa
way negro with "his left eye out, scars
from dirk on his left arm, and much
SCARED with tho whip l might quote
from hundreds Of such advertisements, Of
fcrng rewards for runaways, "dead or
alive" and describing them with scars
cat off," "jaws broken" scared by rifle
balls &c.
Another source of information is afford
cd by your "Fugitive from Injustice" with
many Of whom have convcrsed freely
| have seen scars of the whip and marks
of the branding iron, and have listened
to their heat breaking sobs, while they
told Of "riccaninnics' torn from their arms
and sold.
Another source Of information is fllrn-
ishcd by emancipatel Shareholders. Sarah
N. Grimkc, daughter Of tho lato Judge
Grimkr, Of tho Supreme Court Of South
Carolina, tcsitics rs follows: "As left
my native State on account Of Sla'cry.
and deserted the home of my fathers to
escape the sound OF tic lash and the
shrcks Of tortured victims, woull glally
bury in oblivion tho recollection of those
scenes with which have been famiiar.--
Bat this cannot be. They come over my
memory like CORY spectcrS, and implore
M, with rcsistle,s power, in Tie name Of
God of mercy, in the name of cruci-
fled Savior, in tie uamc Of humanity, for
the sake Of the Stakeholder, as well "a tho
slave, to bear witness to the horrors Of the
Southern prison house" She proceeds to
describe dreadful Tragedies, the actors in
which she says were "mon and women Of
the first families in South Carolina;" and
that their crucltics did not, in tho slight
est degree, affect their standing in society.
Her sister, Angelina Grimkc, declared -
"Whilo live, and Slavery lives, | must
testify against it. Not merely for the sake
Of my poor brothers and sisters in bonds; 4;
for even were Slavery no curse to its vie
tins, the existence of arbitrary power
works such fearful ruin upon the hearts of
shareholders, that should feel impellod to
labor and pray for its overthrow with my
latest BREATH Among the horrible bar
baritics she cnumerltcs is tho case df n
girl thirteen years Old, who was Aogged to
death by her master. She says: II ask.
cd Il prominent lawyer, who belonged to
ono of the first families in the State,
whether the murderer Of this helpless
child could not be indicted, and he coolly
replied that the slave was Mr.. IS pro
petty, and if he chose TO suffer tthe loss,
10 one else had anything to do with it,
She proceeds TO say: Il felt there could
be for me no rest in the midst Of such out
RACES and poIlutions. Yet | saw nothing
of Slavery in its most vulgar and repulsive
forms. saw in the city, among the
fashionable and honorable, where it was
garnished by refinement and deckcd out
for show. 1t is my deep, solemn, dclib-
crate conviction that this is a cause worth
dying for. | say 50 from what / have
seen, and heard, aud known, in land of
Slavery, whcrcon rest the darkness Of
Egypt and the sin of Sodom." ] once
asked Miss Angelina if she thought Abo.
litionists cxaggcratc the horrors of Slavery.
She replied, with earnest emphasis: "Thcy
cannot be exaggerated. 1t is impossible
for imagination to 60 beyond tho facts -
To lady who observed that the time had
not yet como for agitating the subject, she
answered: 81 approhend if thou vert n
Stare, toiling in the fields of Carolina,
thou wouldst think the timo had fully
come
Mr.. Thorne, of kentucky, in the course
of his eloquent lectures on this subject,
said: 81 brcathod my first breath in an
atmosphere of Slavery. But though |
am heir to slave Inheritance, I am bold
to dcnouncc the whole system as an out.
rage, complication of crimes, and wrongs,
and crucltics, that make angels weep"
"Mr. Allen, Of Alabama, in discussion
with the students Of Lane Seminary, in
1884, told Of slave who was tied up and
beaten all day, with a paddle full Of holes.
At night, his flesh was literally pounded
to jelly. The punishment was inflicted
within hearing Of tho Academy aud tho
Public Greon. But no ono took any no.