Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-05-23
Fugitive Slaves and Fugitive Free
msn-The Race for Freedom.

anen-The Race for Freedom.
The question has been discussed to some
extent, whether, in the destruction of the
south and in the process Of final restitution
Of that selfaccursed region, the slaves would
run away from the whites or the whites run
away from among the slaves. The ques-
ton had its origin in the ignorance of its
propounders, for during the past twenty
years the whites have been leaving the
South as apparent voluntary exiss, Or have
been running away from the slaves; practi-
cally, slavery has been driving out the
whites; in all that time the slaves have al
so been running away--both slaves and
whites have been running; the only differ
ence in the numbers leaving Of either class
was caused by the interference Of Congress
in the matter Of enacting the Fugitive
Slave law. That law provided for reclaim
ing thu negroes, but as the South never
had any use for white men except to serve
as masters and overseers, Congress was .ney-.
er called upon to enact fugitive white
slave law for recovering the whtenen yir-
tually driven away from the South by the
force of negro slave labor and its twin
sisters, ignorance and stupidity. At the
present time, union white mel. and negro
slaves are both running north, together
and separate; and if they don't run in
pairs and companies, their sympathies must
be mutual. The whites are having the
best Of it in the matter Of running, as the
cars and steamboats, still allow them to get
aboard-southern fashion and northern
trucking never having established the car
and steamer as the exclusive means Of tray-
ell for the masters and their families. The
negroes however shin it on their tim-ba
lines, BY night and day, and there is usual
" but fow hours difference in the time
Of their arrival in these supposing
that slaves and union men start from Mis-
souri, at the same hour-as the following
shows;
On the morning Of Saturday last, res
pectabIe appearing white man, douglas
union abolition sympqthiser,' as all anti
secession;sts are called in Missouri, appear
ed at our Office in company With his friend
to acquaint us with his successful escape
from the bonds which negro slavery has
framed for all poor whites. He informed
US that his family were at Galena and would
be along in day or SO, and that they had
left on short noticc-sonle white sympathi-
sers having allowed him just money enough
for the lump Of his property TO pay trans
portation expenses---as a great personal IA
vor though he asserts that his personal
property 50 parted with was worth ten
times what he got forit. Attwelye o'clock,
same day, along came the identical negro
slave johnson, alluded 10 elsewhere; he
was but few hours behind time, though
both had left about the same hour-thus
proving the several points in our review of
facts and events, especially the point that
the negro slaves appear but little behind the
poor southern whites in their mutual STAN
pedge from bondage. AS our sympatbies
are FOR the whites, we certainly hope they
will run faster and beat the negroes, espe-
cially as there is no fugitive slave law in
the way Of the former and no particular
prejudice against their exit by cars and
steam. HurraL foi the whites in the race
for freedom and d-n the man who don't bet
on them And by way of winding up we'll
just notice that the late favorite song II
scish ! aoas IN the land Oh Dirien is out
Of season among the fugitives. We pr
pose they change the words to read, "Oh,
array, array, array from Dirie-AWoy
from Diaie's land"