Frederick Douglass' Paper, 1859-05-13, vol. 12 iss. 22 no. 594

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VOL. XII.-NO. 22.
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ROCHESTER, N. Y., MAY 13, 1859.
WHOLE NO. 594.
FREDERICK
kkdtii.
Villi th.
hope tha
■caders    I
iv be
1
cry    brief nana
ve   nl
I  ■
I     KC(
1    bus,
andidly a
, as 1
nl
Cordelia
j0one'
: ■: ■ : ■
...IV
ol
nously,  Of   holihiig
icr as
cc'irelv li
bond.
fashi.limbic private boarding house on Chestnut street, she took an early opportunity to
caution Cordelia against going into the streets,
'■ free
.-r '.vi-h.
, she ap-
peared
..:.■ :.,:! ,:
much so
call C
Side  ■■:■-
■ .1 i
!■;..■    her  l.'ra
nd Bible,
and go
gh the forms
ihe stood   v
■y high   both   as a
In
iui.<h  bf-r
.;■:      ■•■
en!
and accepted   iuvita
; auspect-
>art   of Cordelia to
cscatie
Rut  Cordelia c
uld not forget how
rid by hei
She
ut fifty-seven
the bedel' t! ;.'   ■
rable, that  1 hesitated to
"esire her liberty.    Afei
with her,   however,
e h:id I:
" trented
llj;" that  her   children   had
...... away" from her ; that she had been
rtened with sale herself " on tho first into take upon herself the en-
3t taking care of herself.—
of a friend, before leaving
mistress, she was disposed to sue for her
loin, but upon a reconsideration of the
ter she chose rather to accept the hos-
lity  of   the Underground   Bailroad, and
suit," &c.
She was i
tire responsi
> reach New   Urlt
sale   of her childn
brought
Cordelia
ial of C.  H. Lan(
'when 1 heard thai
white soul.     I  wc
But remembering
lympathy from he
past, she had   been
y aslapand blow"
B she arrived at wi
e^sma      _
.ppealed to her mist.iT>- in fhe    folic
■ din hs and nursed 'her till she died !" '
/ailed on your niece, night and day fi
months, till she died." "I wailed upon* yrn
ay life—In his sickness especiall
yet In
hen,
treated cruelly."    It was of no ;
e hundred slaves, but
by sales.
She stood very high as a lad
member of the Fm'scopal  Chun
To punish Cordelia, on severe
■■.:■■
l.ielden had in some way heard thi
les was a  Democrat,  so I
,.:. i '..;■■ i ! . .■■:. !■■.:
Ir. Sciples replied V -
t    But then a fellow
exactly
for hi
ad son
other men ought to respect, although
lod his <
party.    He was extremely sorry that
had b.
I hand.    Fort
if tli« party througl
good report, should have bee
li was then arranged betwet
Seiplcit should be released,   with
' mding that he would 'stick to
■tainly did swear hard against
with red  whiskers,
Ib.ti under!
1   ■  :   ■
id field hands generally.
I>e thankful for
and   tobacco
mhl she "urn
eye.   "Scipli
:
ia.ll degree of pleasure, that a perplexed sti
r mistress was seriously puzzled  to imagi
how she would get her shoes :;;  :
and off; ho-     "
get dressed,
she would get her head
ie attended '   "
she (Cordelia) bad been
itarally  sympathised  i
t some of the   colored  i
kind and indulgent n
The following sad experience she related
calmly, in the presence of several friends, an
evening or two after she lea her mistress.
Two sons and two daughters had been sold
from her bv her mistress, within the last three
years, since the death of her master. Three
ofher children had been sold to the Richmond
l Warrick of Eichm
sold before it was named to her   mother th
it had entered her   mistress's mind to   dispo:
ofher.    Nancy, from   infancy, had been
poor   health.   Nevertheless,    she  had   be<
obliged to rase her place iu the field with tl
tion, until she had passed her  twentieth yea
and had become a mother.   Under these ci
plained to the mistress    that her health    w
vilh-dr;:
and l
that "nothing was thi
■■     ■  ■:■     :■■■
work, her
the fact
Ellsom, had ;
In an angry
clared she woi
to the field, '"
field, and  wo
When   too   sick to
ibly took the ground
uite weakly
.  Cahellde-
.. --:'. co
day, and make  her   v
for her health wot
Drthwith retur
icluded to sell
. happened t
visit to nis aunt, when it occurred
bad better get Nancy off if possible.
mday best" and
"sheappeared t(
advantage; and the nephew c,included t,
fore a poor canille-lii,difl"slie a;
, hearing ofher d
it of slavery
friend of
s.byre
in the si
voluntarily, undertook I
ice   of   seclusion.    Ha:
■tain colored   man with a lamilic
thought knew nearly all the colored peoj
out town, he related to him the predieame
his lady friend   from the South, remark.
how   kindly   she had always treated   her si
signified that Cordelia would rue   tl
change, and be left to suffer among the " m
erable blacks down town," that she would u
able to take care of herself; quoted Heri
the   fugiu
■;■  ;      .      :■   . :
:. by    hi
tirely    qui
red   a handsome   estate, he felt
lectful phrases,  telling him that   Cordeli
LtGotT
about  the
e free colored peopt
bly  ,
'"radio1.;
i him that   be   was   in  the
it he !;epl cool, nod   exerted
lie told them Hint tiny should   go   tibont
instable,
llierners
(Lang
uid Wi
ant again
(or kidnapping, which he
mally f
no, Sir, to do roe the ji
iig   public,   through the medtui
ihe   nllegr
de with wl
there charged.    Though an humble individual,
the   " Brotherhood
ciples
cited.       The
but, with anothei
ne ago,  the Dist
It had been sup]
the only cause for their
'■ at they were Democr;
lot hoped by
der   the   masterly
d I., As... 'The Slave-trade in 1858.'
.ive, i„ reference to me, a most cruel
ilicioua slander, originated and publish-
!>■■. Bacon inflic.\',c York Day Book,
July, 1848. You siiy there that 'ile/Dr. liacoc,
Kc ofLiberi
■' '"  'or of the
I;. :■
the   party.    But
I the   Covi
he   sought
that he   was a
ocs, do
is of the
parly,    The district-Attorney   thought   this
idea was a correct one, for he had once even
ihoucbt that all men had some  rights  which
ht to respect, although he  was
better undeistood his duty   to
:■■ ich
..■tied
"Nov .
but, belie
villi:'!:'f,
the     under
, steamboa
:■:■!, ."led
hich defileth a
i before taking
He had
.1 all  his  hi;
inbler  f
glass," h
iral good sense and   kindness
■st becoming sober, in assisting to compel
.in:-   of   robbers   fo disgorge   their   luin
Judge    Spanlding     yesterday     retpics
udge Wilson to pa-ss.cm,    .
■
ie case before the  Supreme  Court   of
ionality  of the  Fugitive-Si
Lev.-.
3 Wils
■ ■
mand some counteraction on his part, hi
put off tho sentence as long as
■ '  ci
"ie matter.    1 think the action which
e demanded by the District-Attorney i
jntempt ofCourt.    This Wilson eould
hen off the Bench.
The elergy of Cleveland are taking up the
■semi case. ' Several discourses, some o"
rom the Rev. II. Ii. E
s which had appeared
iberof the £.'</;.
'.!
ident has just addressed a
the other of fav
ts just addressed
Of the Edinburgh Rrrle,
umtiy ; and as we have hm
dicating him from ihe nlleL
l! denial, which  ■
to suppose  that to
icriGce unjustly  the
n I apnea
dated joe
plicity in the slave-trade with whi
'aagei.   Thou,,
mected with a despised and down trod-
3, Sir, n
I of   ;
should like to accompany them.    The
having the
lames isueliano.n, ur. Adams, or  the
A'eir York Observer before them, and, I sup
.    lllC   i.ffi.'tll
r Pedro film
l purchasing
e great slave-
.  Kainco
t be purchased by the ]■:■:■;-
ro Blanco, nor by Spaniels,
lought by Roberts, removed
..'as. or I.lie Liberian flag, and
islijiTetl, 1 hi-.it :
' '; great   establishment at
Bacon kept   his eye
isteued the Monrovia, and which, after Iy-
was supposed to be di-
iden   with  slaves   from
■
bole story of slave-trade
t with Pedro Blanco, or
the slightest eorrespond-
i:na,t'hmkimr
r three   yea:-.-
: evening   by
. Huehat.nn, I>r.
burner bcf.
t tho  liber
Independence,   told h
purchase, not knowing they c
' " - herein Klwood, and tie
be boy from his place i
They, therefore, drove from
■ mgon and fa
only by blankets and the tent-i
.shall be the proper objects of the expenditure
ers.
icle 8.—In case of failure lo elect Manu
i service for another year.
■tide 10.—The Managers hai
•eight  heterogeneoosly
itched   upon   hi
■' " slighti
ir giving  the slightest
i cry.   The " Suckers"
die loud.    As they passed
s debar.
any  Pro-Slavery
lied   that    they   were  a v.;-
■    :.   .
">    "Lots  of them."    "What do ye d.
mgitcrsherc ."    :i We  d  i.
at   do yer  do with runaway uhrgei-s'"-
'em rip, or lend them   a   i. ::
■ i>—il i
refuting   the cal-
give   publicity   to
ther ; that d
to be thi
would find
among the "degraded blacks ;" and
ed bv teldug him that he would rather give
her a hundred dollars to help her off, than to do
aught to inform him ofher whereabouts, if he
knew even so much about them.
What further steps were taken by the discomfited dlvi
■use sympa
But with regard
departure for Oanac
Daniel Webster (Ft
last, with the hope oi uemg   :
joy the remainder of her   life   in trecdoi
'Mr,;,
; Liber
'To the Editor of the Edinburgh Review.
« Sir—Through the kindness of a friend i
eidst of   |
'       ' h regard '
for Can;
ith the
peace.    Being
of the Lord, a way would be opene
seeker of freedom even in a strange
among strangers.
Pmr.iir.ELPHiA, April 29, 1859.
took hei
article entitled ' The Slave-trade in
lisbed in your valuable journal
(October last,) in which, throu;'
No.
i    .d    liii :.
Mi.mi yon h
tion and   Li
au unfavorable to my reputi
present
u attribul
your opinions respecting the  motives
'- *- the supporters of the Jhneri-
u Society, or to endeavor   to
ForabJe impression you seem
refeiTt.ee to  Liberia,    Though
you take,  both
of colonization and Liberia, I doubt  not  you
'■No sub;,
of man's im'perleet luogment, can nop
ceive universal   favor; yet   the   opit
men, fliotmh   as   opposite as anlipodi   .
be equally honest and conscientious.    I   have,
Fchnmry, l>L'f).
Jud(.
Mareh, 1820.
January, 1833/'
March, 1829.   i
January, 18.31.
Match, 1826.
M"..
January, 1836.
September, 1832.
September, 1824.
Minish
Ch., Liberia.
Chief Justice of Liberia.
John Seys,
U.-S.  Agent   for Lib.  Africans.
JOHtfH.  Cl.'EKSCMA.N,
i'. A G. Sessiou.
J. S. Smith, M, D..
Senator of Rep. of Liberia.
Sec. ofStatc of Rep. of Lib.
Gkopqb Moorb,
of the Republic ofLib.
of Rep. of R. of Lib.
Clmr-ch.
.    Wll.SO-
T. En
Chaplain of Senate of R. of Lib."
The introductory to this letter is from the
Editor of the "London Anti-Slavery Reporter." I am personally acquainted with Ex-
1 "resident Roberts, have known him for the
last twenty-five years, and can add my testimony to bis high character as an anti-slavery
man and as a Christian, and that the charges
litigated   falsehoods.
ig.ii   >!   Il
Leopold Lorenzo.
Jesper Harding.
'I". W.  lin.idivood.       Jos. M. Trum
Edward Parrisli. M. W. Ilamn
Benj. H. Lightfoot.      Win. Hawkin
John Child.
N. W. Brown.
George AT. Aisop.
James Smith.
Israel II. Johnson.
Deborah F. Wharton
Phebe Horn.
Jos. B. Townsend.
e negroes of Cuba
as a people and healthy," was a
1 will   of an  African   negro wo-
I li  tufht to   C
property   equal    to  ?G9,f)00, and   a piece »f-
groiiud on the.^iorc near tfie vflfage of Regla,
years. She had bought her own freedom and
made all her family free, beside the accumulation   recited iu her will.   These earnings,
lonth, which v
.ally
lands she literally worked
paid—and with
off the bonds of servitude of herself and her
descendants.
I asked her if she remembered her own coun-
and   if  she   desired   or   had   any   longing
she replied, that she recollected as   if it was
a time far back,that she could never explain to
herself what it meant; but there were troubles, and clubs used, and two persons were
taken and dragged away from her, who had
always   been near   her.    She   suDnosed that
.  from tha
ut, where she grew "up
y from that place aud put in
ere she grew up with  a peopl
sho did not understand at first.
lusband   in time   and four   chil<
■ything went on well, until one ni
2 only a few women ami children .'
They we
who vt
■al months that they a
these views, aud invoking the favor of the
on Father of mankind upon our effort,
ve associated ourselves, by the terms ex-
Th.   P!„h„lef,,hia Assc
Hon and Education oftkelndiau Tribes.
Article 2.—The members shall consist
citizens of Pennsylvania who shall have p:
two  dollars per annum   to tbe Treasurer,
dollars for life membership ; and of such lie
Presidents, twelve Managers,  one  Treas
and one Secretary, to be chosen by the n
first Monday of May in each year.
Article i.—The Treasurer rhallreceive
disburse all moneys, under tbe direction o
Board of   Managers,   and the Secretary
of the Managers, five shall
elusive of Preside-1 "   ""
Managers  shall fc
called by the President or t
Article 7.—It   shall   be
Managers,   ofScers   and   members,
Managers,
duty^ of   the
practicable way  to promote the  objects  i
ircssed in the prcamhfe ;  ami  for   these or
■ '   ■ :-.  pubiii ..liousaiid otherwise,
iibeb.tei! the   piddle, and  Congress, and   1
she had no more
i Cuba, had a good
everyway.    She hi
thai wished to
aid that any negr
The
on lor
s made by
'ei'imilf.fi'"
requested  QotbhO
necessary papers 1.
possession   of  th
leave the State. The k
have been more severely <
the murderer of the slave
permitted   to
)(adog   would
i an.—CI evil and
The Nkw Engi
twelve Senators at
the House of Ri
L'ni'ed Slates   Court mid th'
out of Sail,
iel Wiflia.
Rescuers.—Th rea
s have  given bail   I
of S500  each   at  t
"   'ius let themseh
Wrtdaworth, Da