The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-12-02
Slavery Preferred.

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tanning doubts as to the propriety
Of holding 4human souls in bond
age'' as Wendell Phillips would say.
concluded to manGmit his slaves,
and send them by instaIIments to
Liberia Having arranged with
the colonization society, he called
up thirty Of his slaves to counsel
them, and give them his parting
blessing. Among the thirty was
Cyrus, a blacksmith, and a good
one at that, who hesitated, and
seemed to have some misgivings as
to the pleasure of being eaten alive
by President Roberts cannibals.
Nor would he consent to 60, until
his master agreed that he might re
turn in case he shouldn't like his
African home, and return to be
slave for life. The new-made
freedman with this understanding
set sail for his far-of Ethiopian
home. In due time the trusty ship
measured Atlantic's watery waste,
and dropped anchor at an African
port Having remained perhaps for
a year, amid Liberian jungles, he
became disgusted with gorillas, and
the revolving savagery of his new
made friends in human shape, he
began to sigh for the "ferce blood
hounds, the cruel lash, and CALLING
chains" with which "uncle Tom
cabin" fired the northern heart. So,
bidding adieu to the king of Do
homie, he bent his eager gaze to
the sunset shores of the "land of
the free, and the home Of brave"
His gallant ship stood out to sea, he
waved a long adieu to Afrlc's gold
en- strands, and in a forsnights
time, heard the "toe line'' in the
quiet waters of n. Y. harbor. And
what then2
The precious boon of freedom
was still his own, and as was natu-
raj he was loath to give it up. So
he bethought him of sweet Oberiin,
(Ohio,) the region of goats milk,
and good old "Western Reserve
and the paradise of the sable fugi-
tives from cruel southland. Thith-
er went the returning exile, and
cast in his lot among the original
projectors of the famous "under-
ground r. R." Glad to meet the
"man and brother" All went lovely
for time. But Cyrus soon learn
ed that his new friends would '.skin
a flea for his hide and talloW, and
that they demanded the bricks with
out the tiles" and he sighed by
reason of the hard bondage, and
wished for a Moses to lead him
away from this modern Egypt,
while he sang in his heart, though
his lips moved not
''Away down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far, away,
Dare's where my heart is turnin ever,
Dare's where de old folks stay.
All round de whole creation,
Sadly l roam,
Still longin for de old phantom,
And for de old folks at home.
And with this he gathered up
what these 'men of Jericho" had
left of his substance, and turning
to his old Tennessee home, with a
face swarthed by the hot suns of
Africa, and a stomach souring with
Ohio's green cheese, he caught up
the last stanza of Sambo's favorite
lyric
''AIl de world am sad and dreary,
EbeFy where l roam,
Oh darkies how my heart grows
weary,
Signing for de old folks at home.
On and on he came, and by and
by, the Louisville stage halted at
the old Nashville Inn" Her car
go of passengers, Cyrus among
them, was transferred to the double
decker of Price, Thomas and Hough,
bound for Columbia, with uncle
Tommy on the seat, the best four
in-hander that ever drew a rein OF
cracked a whip. Cyrus never was
gladder to see his daddy, than he
was to hail "uncle Tommy" and
his four bouncing bays. He felt
that he was almost home. Away
they went and e'er the "blazing sun
Asas set" gazing from the upper
deck Of his Tray coach, he deserted
the distant crest of Mount Parnas-
sas, clothed in his mantle of s'azure
hue" overlooking Columbia, and in
goodly view of the old plantation
home. His feeling may be better
imagined than described. He had
fled the burning suns and scorch
ing sands of African Saharas, es-
capped the dangers of the wide, wide
sea, and the perils among false
brethren, and reported to the old
folks at home, slave for life, but
wiser man. Cyrus is still living in
Maury, skillful artisan and re-
spectacle citizen.
A splendid assortment of Ladies' and
Gents Saddles on hand, cheaper than
ever before offered in this place.
se30tf. FLAUTT, MARTIN & Co
The following piece of interesting
news we clip from the Louisville
(Ky) Courier Journal:
''Next month expeditions will
leave England and France to ex-