Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-19
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Northern Negro Hounds. r6lr.
There are some necessities pertaining to
slavery which are repulsive to the owners
themselves. One Of these is the negro-hunter
The STAKEHOLDER who employs him, despises
the mean and brutal nature that can choose
amesns of livelihood which is revolving to
all the manly instincts. The feeling is SINH
lar to that with which he looks upon the
negro trader, who trafics in the cruel and in
human features Of slavery, without any OF
the ameliorating circumstances which hui
manize il in the patriarchal relation.
1t is singular that in the free States, where
we have not the excuse Of custom or inter-
est, or direct contact with slavery to harden
our instincts, our moral standard in this
respect should be lower than in the South,
and that men should be found ready, as
hound, to take the scent of fugitive negro,
sneaking through by-ways and pouncing in
the Eight upon unsuspecting families, drag
ging off men, women and children, with
whatever brutality may be thought necessary
to terrify them into submission, and sending
them into slavery, merely for a reward.
The case which occurred a few days ago
is an example Of the degradation of man
hood which can be purchased for moderate
sum. Six persons were seized in the North
part of the State by Deputy Marshal Manson
and posse of such persons as could be had
for such purpose in this city-and for any
purpose, for onsideration-brought to this
city and put through the usual process,
which, Of itself, always creates the suspicion
that free men are being mysteriously in
itiated into slavery, and then hurried over
into Kentucky. The job is Dragged over,
and some of the pack appear in new clothes
purchased out of this blood-money, and quite
look down upon the slow gains of honest
labor.
Some persons who have visited the scene
Of this exploit have thrown some light upon
its character. The colored persons consisted
of Henry Burns, his wife-said to be born
free-and one child, Thomas Marshall, wife
and one child. The children were about six
months old. The two families, in December
last, rented thirty acres of wild land on the
Lake shore, several miles from Sandusky,
put up cabins, and in the spring cleared
seven acres and raised crop of corn, which
is now standing on the ground, sufficient
for their winters supply.
This little eseftlementthe Cincinnati Deputy
Marshal and his pack surprised about nine
o'clock in the night with an overwhelming
force, and dragged men and terrified women
and children to the railroad track, where, by
an apparent collusion with the conductor of
the Sandusky and Dayton train, they stopped
it and goton board, where they had the neces-
sary conveniences already provided for keep
ing their captives out of notice.
There seems to have been another child,
not previously enumerated, in one of the
families, as some gentlemen from Sandusky,
who were passing through the field where
the negroes were taken, on Sunday morn
ing found a child about two and half
years old, partly wrapped in a sheet, and ly-
ing partly concealed in a shock of corn.
This was two nights and day after the kid
mapping. The child had apparently cried
until it was exhausted. 1t was cold and
swollen, and looked up with pitiful, wild
look, but was too much exhausted to cry.
1t was cared for, and recovered.
There is nothing in the law that warrants
such brutality, nor in the circumstances to
justify it; and no person with the common
instincts of humanity would do such bru-
tai job for any price. Such a kidnapping is
vastly more revolving to humanity than the
African slaye-trade, and it must be a nice
that could call one excusable and
the other piracy. Persons can do this and
get what to them is of more value than their
souls-and, no doubt they are the best
judges of that--and under our atrocous ad-
ministration of the fugitive law can escape
penalty. But, they who do this would do
any thing else to put their neighbor's money
in their purses, if it were not for fear of the
law.
To take to the highway, and cry "stand
and deliver" would be a noble occupation
compared with this kidnapping of innocent,
industrious and helpless families The first
would at least show personal courage, while
kidnapping is the peculiar business of sneaks
and towards. We have the utmost respect
for the rights Of the Shareholders, and would
have them fulfilled to the letter; but one of
their rights is to despise negro-hound, and
that we claim to enjoy equally with them.
Since the above was written we have
learned that the two young children were
left behind. Their mothers and four men
were taken.
The Bad w omen In London. and the Efforts
for Their Reform.