New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-08

ae GO mean 90 TO live on tho wages Of Others and
in The face Of oil opposition, abe emaneii aied her
slaves. When she wrote 10 me announcing the reso-
hop to RELY upon her own exer,ions hereafter, she
added: ~ shalt work with a light heart, and better
soil, | shall work with an easy conscience.
She left Kentucky, where her opinions concerning
Slavery had rendered her unpopular; but suoseq'e"v
" returned, on vis TO superlntend the pfoo''s W
concentrations The most valuable article OF hei h"'
mnu property wac au intelligent slave named iiep'
derson. Some wealthy gentlemen tired 10 Temp y"
from her purpose by oftringn very hgn p''o 10
,his man. b,t sbe shook her head saying, II couiu
NOT eu;,v amending the money Henderson VIZ
h,lonosd 10 another family, aud Der masters III
h.a e,,;ooad ,ha, none OF his slaves should be sold
orrcast child then six years old, was Of age
I'm, her husband was bright and industrious, and
stimulated by the hope of buying her some day. he =
4, the ntmost of facilities for earning money, !
,,bic,, his kind mstrefs had tried 10 afford him.
In a letter 10 me- Miss Griffith described the emau-
cpstioo of her slaves. Ii was not intended Tor publ
ca1iou but il 10 well calculated TO serve the cause OF
Freedom and 90 !, contains no remarks that can bo
persopally offensive TO any one, think i'm not
guilty Of auy upropr;eiy in sending j, 70 You with
OOt Def knOWicugtj thoiViVio '"'J'''' NV '' o
extracts:
"lmmelsiely upon ny sTT in Kentucky sent ior tho
servsns aud informed ID, intention. Ell siued the
laws % simply could sod them you'd be necessary
to leave he sste they iree. They isi'asc
with emotion and earnestly inquired whether there wst no
way Of eYsdr the law that they could cusn o. ,her n''
tive soil smorg old houeufuences warned them o. 'he
aevsbe danger Of staying OF rtaFrin under any pro
text whs.oeys7 Whom they made to understand lh'
they became resigned to tie had conditions ard said Win
an eloquent sigh An pisces ohse to the negro
"ItWss drlsbfol 90 wSioh ner counienanees 80 thsy
sor received the dea Of personal freedom IL seemed "a
they undei heavenly ,rsDssuration Their iaes
even btii bodies appeared 10 glow NhatP they srcs~e'
are We going to be yRREl II beong 10 oursere Oh %
ssenu Ike drosn They laugh and th'y wsPi they sang
snd they danced alternately Indeed almost fesred Hen
drr.on wa, crazy 10 VS., bswdered With JOY N"s't
bi.s omen, foi ne when psc, the deeds Of mennrn
zion a. their hsn5- expect 10 szPeencs snch 'h
Of hsppi1e.s ,esin creature! They embraced my
suee. they kssel ny hand, they woud hrve covered my
vers &c; with csresses II would have pernitledt lhy
called NE by eyrrg exalted name "a the English Language Bot
hes. st ehoiiion' 81 feeling were over ihey began
TO tinG more Of than Of themselves They e'ued WIN
dovress looks sud sd But Mia Matte, you can't aaofd
to DO tbi, lou will hove 10 work You pt Used to work
and we dom, wat You to work Take back Mic Matte
We gre al wiling to Keep on working for you Now, ws'nt
this very touchingl Poor n hiDl loving cIesilrs! can
never De foz,fu my eeiy their when eecne'
th, easrous Offer they urged a. least Hever to want ior
anything bltio ,eud to them and they "oyd h"sy' a1s
their earrings with lie. sivs ne the whole"
Tile sep sion Of Henderson aud bis wife Was tIfemeJ
xs,cas 1t rss to her The light Of III, had gone out for
she has .e hop. Of o5uinc freedom though b ttinks
he . 20 boy her before long You zee IL lot saH
In nltre Aboiour as refuse boy slave 81. 10 besH
ul and intelligent Ouadroon with nice LITTLE hands htied Tor
dainty work. With al wOmsn' tender sTi'ii Of 'ef''r
ice abe r. iced In her husbands good torture and tried 70
foge. tls cloud under which bcr lie rested She en-
7oTed 70 cerces her emotions from him. and TOLD hun
se would y bear Der b.eave ent g well a. she pooy
could tell you ny dear ond that few people tiow Low
TO u reoiate the beauty Of the AheSn character"
lsd 60 money an5 the Others had al
ss which they hst laid up, beside live stock and
o.b.r srss They wished 10 eifpose Of Of these Dc
fore they len the State made provision 10 the deed Of
enaacaior fr their rersdus urs the j.. Of March when
they mus. leave Of be liable 10 be sold n,c Slavery tga"
"Helderson accompanied TO Cincinnati, where 10 o6
ine6 stir son on NsvOresDs boe, lie piesrrei that
employment becsass would give hin opportunity - CO.
bis wife ocosoIly or ct asto near nom her a. the boat
touched st Loue They most iopdy stitched - oecs
ohs II adng 70 how he sd0ried Frcesa.s
mode, OF exre,on Aaer four hours ,couTn IN Ohio he Be
ssn 10 spssk Of 'color,i gentlemen end oolo-ed sde
gsd hear H. il Gsusd proper respect for BIZ race
The h,l thought Of gel; lgs.i2it 10 or aesT C!aa'a
They ere al sober Industrious ucal PEOPLE nh
te friendly advice IN them 70 heir own Judgment n hs
choice Of occupters did not wish to a. II were ta,
mistress ster | ht 4 given them :hsir freedom"
Tie noble young Kentuckan, who wrote the above
letter always disclsims any credit for Der righteous
proceedings. She says quietly, "Why do you prai 70
me for generosiyl 1t sppens to me very simple
act Of Justice. what right had to Their earnings
aug more th,n have 30 yours" IL seems very
Strange TO her that Northern ninGs are generally 70
glow 10 recognize this principle. That man should
be robbed Of his wages account o. black tkn,
Seems TO her as wrong end absurd il would be II
, ae suffered the same injustice On account % black
eyes or har. In common with several o.her eusn.
oipatod savehoIders, with whom have talked she
uarves at Northern spathy concerning al Institution
whose baneial effects extend to everybody aud
Everything connected with it,
You viii be interested 10 know that notwithstaId-
ing Hencerols esger desire 70 purchase lie wife, be
repe teddy urged Mjss Griffith 10 Lsse The money be
had Ibid by; ana, when she refused, be begged her
TO accept al least Of half Of it; saying earned
when my time belonged 70 you, and you have given
me what 10 worth more than money The answer
was Nc, no. 1 tLsDl yOu. Henderson, bat have
already taken your wag,s too long," Then he
brought young brother who said, "Snss Metie,
let me work ior you ill am Of age for surely hat
is no more Than right
lis now four years since thi5 emancipation took
place. 4 few months ago. heard that Oh s4efs re-
deemed ones wero behaving well and getting com.
Portable living. Henderson has succeeded in buying
bis beloved wife, and both are doing wei. The old
est woman, generally called Nanny" sometimes
pines for sight Of Old friends and relatives IN Ken
lucky, bur even shs thinks freedom IS worth that
painful saclifce - view Of these facts I would