The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-05-01
The slaves In North Carolina.

An officer in a New England rcgi-
mcn', now on service with Gen Burn
side, writes to his fathsra letter. which
We find in the Hartford P,ess and
from Which we extract as follows
Il was in negro house Yesterday,
and had some conversation with the in
mates. asked ole gray headed old
nngress If she ever had children sold
away from her. "Sold. Dey al sold!
chl'on. nna cranachil'cn, and gi'eat
gra"dehTea. deg sell eb'ry one.'' She
cla>pcd her bonv hands o,er her head
and looked ar at me as She spoke
Drrc was onc--le last onc--sle only
granlr bile l did hah If IIe neber
knnwd his NANNY. ] took him when
he aat little. bringcl him 10 Massa,
AM | say ,Massa dis ny lit,lc grandchile
nay keep him bout lisah? And lie
say, 4 don't care what you do wi1 him.
50 take him; lie Afi Halp Den ono
morning, whcn he all rolled up in hlan
ket tween H. knees, Ma>sa Green
com'd in and Nay dis boy sold and
9ey tois ray, Oh Lord Jesus help
me pray y
cart begin to Do justice to the way
il whicl. She tol, me this, nor describe
| tl> ca,nes'nesS Of voice and gesture
which made it impressive. l wish
some Of our Northern editor. who
rrin@e Just as abjectly as ever be
fore their old masters, and howl in
such consideration whenever il seems,
likely that the war may interfere, Iii
rc",lv or Indirectly. with their pet
dcviltrv-I wish some CT them could
have heard and seen her.
\ few moments after, stout negro
man, anpearen'lv c5 or &c years oil
came in; he had an intelligent face
hut a downcaSt. aoysal expression, as
ota man who felt injustice. l asked
him If the slaves of the vicinity con
sil.rel themselves free. now thai
their masters had .anr: We'll, they
didn't qnite krow about that--some
men said that by and BY The, would
All come back aud take them again :
Ills Master he said, was an officer in
the Rebel army told him he NIGH,
be sure of one thing-t'.at no slave
would be returned 10 master who
had been in. arms against us: that
whatever was done at the close of
The war, IL was safe, free man be
vonl all qnesti u. You ought 10 have
seen his face light up. ''Dc Lord grant
il = sail he. l told him hoped il
would be 50 with an; that the ohlec
tion to it was, ,hat the freed slaves
would abuse their freedom, commit
crimes. and at best be good" moth
ing, idle set Of vagabonas, and asked
him if he thought that would be so -
"Wclr' he said, there were bad men
everywhere; some ,could be idle /; but
most OF them, after working hard All
their lives without encouragement
would work harder with All object
before them. I've been brought up
10 work." said he. 'anl shouldn't live
easv without something t. do. L
know | eau take care Of myself" AMI
he looked rs he said il ten times the
MN that most of these Southern
whites are, or ever viii be. Had he
ever tried to escape? No, he had a
wife and child, aud man wanla do
fright smart before he would leave
them.
The man was Of more than ordinary
intelligence, unable like Al the rest, to
read or write. hut 'erilcnelv one who
had thought, and tsl. deeply the wron.
done to himself anl his race.
1t cant be bat this war will kill slave
~: and t'it does, c"St what il will ofour
blood, and your tears, and every mans
money, it won't be toe much. Don't von
think so? | know yon do. Not that
I've cnanyad ideas as to the Ultimate
object Of The war, I'M am more firmly
convinced than ever that the des,rnc
tin Of slavery is one Of the means
indispensable to that end.
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A poor man gives his mite to the