New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-14
OF sERyILE FUGACITY.

small aid from any Congress or Headquarters.
As the Armies of the Republic steadily advance
into the bowels Of the rebel land, the white
Abrahams and Isaacs and Jacobs will ab-
scond, leaving their sable wards to shift for
themselves; until it is more than possible that
we may have actual examples of John Ran
dolph's old joke about slaves advertising for
their runaway masters. eve must part,
said Sir Walter Scott to an old family servant.
Where does your Honor intend to go?" was
the reply. When Southern Patriarch departs
for the great wars, leaving Sambo to his own
head, that head must be very stupid If 1t does
not at once establish good understanding
with its Confederate legs. In rapid family
flight the family jewels can usually be carried,
with the domestic silver, in small chest; but
when it comes to the concealment oil twenty
thousand dollare worth of Black Men, human In
genuity is put desperately TO its trumps. 10 the
mind with some tncture of philosophy we say
nothing of horribly unreasonable philanthropy--it
is compensation for some of the evils OF this
war that all Doctors Of Divinity, and all political
Speculators--the Apostles OF DIR. Lord and Dir.
Calhoun--the men who have been telling us, over
and over again that property is that which the
40 law makes property" are now, once and for
ever. substantially refuted. The maxim is strong
in it, unblushing brazen forehead but it is Uncom-
monty weak in is hinder parts. That ia undoubt-
eddy property which the law makes property, but
that is not property which the law cannot make
property. So stands the maxim as revived aud
corrected by common sense.
The newspapers are printing the advertise
nlent of one sambo Rhett of Beaufort, 3. c.
chattel whose master, Julian Rbett has alb
seconded. and for whose return Sambo offers
reward %. $500. OF the authenticity of this
hue.and-cry we know nothing, but, considered
simply ~ a bit of bagatelle, it has good deal
of wJse fun in K. The duties OF Master and
Slave. if such relation must exist are recip-
rocal The Master has no more moral right
70 run away FROM his Slave than husband
from a wife, or parent from child. We
must say that if Patriarch, bound by the
laws 10 care for his negro, to feed him and
clothe him in health aud nurse him in sick
ness, is to be allowed, upon bis own mere mo-
,ion To diyest himself OF this relationship
simply for his own selfsh purposes of personal
safety-if this is to be permitted, why all we
have 70 say is, that the breed of patriarchs is
well nigh exhausted, and that, under precisely
the same circumstances, we believe that JACOB
would have scorned TO conduct himself III so
pu.lanimous manner. Nothing can be
meaner than to play patriarch in piping times
pocketing all that Cufee earns, and hoggins
him iudicously; aud then, when 1t becomes
danoerous TO look after the heayen-given
charge. to abscond A kindly man would not
nae his dog so. SambO left by his wicked mas
ter. without guide or direction or advice
without pork or corn mesl-withont
tow.cloth shirt or pair of breeches-
without. alas that daily or weekly scourging
so necessary to the sanity of his soul-lett,
alas a yretched contraband, while his Abra-
ham dances devil of saraband up and down
the earth-is Mt Sambo miserable creature
OF course he is. lie cannot take care of him
self this Sambo We know that he can't, by
Pulpit Professor of Chronological Divinity. It's
in his facial angle, which has MT the take-care-
ofoneself slant. And this poor animal, with MS
inefficient facial angle, laboring, too, under a
most venerable curse, is abandoned by his nat
ural protector, whose mercy has been utterly
exenteratcd by fright
Various have been the proiects-wise, fool
ish, and indincrent-which have been from
time to time promulgated, for abolishing Slavery;
and although something may have been done
by al " Underground Railroad for slaves, its
result is a mere nothing to our magnificent
plan of an - Underground Railroad for Fugi-
tive Masters. Now, We promise, without fear
of contradiction, that if there were no Masters
there would be no slaves. Hence, We feel IT
10 be our duty TO propose - Society for Aid.
4" ing Fugitive Abrahams' to Canada.
Really it makes no difference at which
end you begin, or whether you abol'
ish Slavery or Patriarchy. 1t comes to the
same thing at last. Whenever any poor, SUI
fering, way-worn, wounded, hungry and naked
Master will present himself at this Office and
satisfy US that he is running away from large
and oppressive gang of slaves, he shall receive
from twenty-five cents TO eight sbillings, in
proportion to his destitution, and no I'M
pertinent questions will be asked. Let HIM
only prove to US that he is On old or'gIDal