The national Republican., 1862-08-14
. sprcImEr SLAVE CASE.

The annexed article, from New orleans
paper, illustrates the complete perversion Of
lhe moral sense which Is brought about by the
practice Of slaveholding, and without which,
indeed, that practice could not exist. win
what naipete this New Orleans editor speaks Of
a white woman, Us q benevolent old lady,
who was robbing poor black woman Of sixty
cents per day Of her hard earnings Her be.
neyolence" induced her to be content with htty
cents per day, after the war troubles com
meucej, but when the black woman, getting |
gradually discontented,' demanded that the
daily tax upon her should be reduced to forty |
cents, the benevolent old lady" "peremptori-
ly refused"
Her benevolence " is indicated TO this New
Orleans editor by two other circumstances.
In the first place, she had caused several
children borne by her black bondswoman,
to be e well raised in the family" She proba-
bly, did not object TO the production OF these
children, as according to the testimony OF lex.
perts,' as stated In recent letter Of MIR.
Robert J. Walker, they were worth fifty dollars
hptcCc ut tuc ulOulCht vi bhth' Ah~s shSy VShS
I" well raised" is also not improbable. 1t 10
convenient to "raise" niggers. to be rented
out at forty, fity, and sixty cents per day
That species OF benavoleuce " is so common
In the adjacent States Of Nal yland and Virginia,
that we are quite familiar with il.
In the next place. this benevolent old lady
was very moderate and torbearing In the "puu.
lshment' which she inflicted on her slave woman.
Undoubtedly there was some "~alloping' in
the case, but nothing excessive. according to
New Orleans notions OF the manner in which
niggers deserve to be treated.
| This case shows the true meaning OF the
question, what is to become OF the niggers. II
they are liberated That MEANS as we under.
stand II, what is to become OF slave owners, II
they no longer have slaves to support them
We zee clearly what would become OF Anaise
II she was liberated, In violation Of the Consti
tuition OF the u s., and Of the rights Of that Lowell
member Of the American Union. known Al
Louisiana. II Auaise could earn fifty cents pc
day, as Il seems she can, even In war times, sh,
would have go much TO spend perhapsto "raise
her own children, instead Of having them raise,
by someb, dy else. But what would then be
come Of that benevolent old lady her mis-
tress.
If ail the evidence taken here before tn,
commissioners TO adjudgs the value OF th,
slaves emsncipated by Congress, could be pub
lished, 1t would make curious chapter il
l N,I Ia.
commission about who had supported the quon
dam slaves. But there were hundreds Of whit,
men and women protesting, and some of then
with tears in their eyes, that they had ha,
nothing to live upon for years but the earnings
Of their slaves.
From the New Orleans Delta CT July 20.
1t will be remembered by our readers that Q
slave woman named Anaise came into court
the day before yesterday, and obtained hel
emancipation by stating that her mistress hat
told her ito go the Yankees Yesterday, Mrs
Josephine Nicholson, the owner of the freet
woman, entered into court and somewha
. turned the tables on her by plain statemen
, Of the case. 1t appears that Anaise had beel
, ownoa by Nrs Niehnlson for tho lest 22 years
, and had had several children during that time
sll Of whom were we'll raised in the family
4 out Ol TeRaru lOT tucsc cuiluTeu, utT OWutT
! who appears TO be a rather benevolent oil,
, lady, had refrained from punishiHg the mOthe
a for number Of fragrant offences. Anaise ha,
permission to work for herself, giving TO he
mistress the sum Of GO cents per day; but whel
= hard times came on, she was asked only 10 pa,
, SO cents. Soon after, Anaise. not satisfied will
, this, wished to pay only 40 cents per diem
which was peremptorily refused, her mistress
saying she had better stay at home with her
, or hire herself out by the month. 1t appear
that the negress had been getting gradual.
discontented, having got notion in her heat
, that she could obtain her freedom by going t.
the provost court and by little judicious swear
, ing She threatened her mistress with this
! who replied: "Very we'll, 60 and make you
complaint, and will make mine so that tn
, court can decide between u.s. She had neve
, told her to go to the Yankees or anywhere else
r but she did give her permission to make
: complaint il she chose. Under the new ligh
, thrown upon the case by the testimony, tn
= emancipation papers were Immediately re
voked, and Anaise was committed to the polio
Jail to await the determination of the court