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Fiendish Cruelty

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
June
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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Somc of tho revclations from the grc 'Southern Prison-house of Woe% occafiional) stnrtle even our grcatest northern dougftcea Tho following is from the N. Y. Courier un Enqulrer. So that you may be sure t is no an (abolition lio." "Tlie New Orlcans Picayune gives some o ihc details of an atrocious outrage upon mulatto boy recent ly in that city, which ar almost too thoking to believe.biu which seem lo bc too wel! authentiratrd to doubt. Th boy belongcd to o:ie C. Djmbourg, and hú master hnving 6Ufpccted him of stealing hi' watch, sent him to the Pólice goal, where he had been whippcd twenty-five lashes adaj during his whole confincment. The pooi boy 'e back and body were of "rnw, trembhng, bkinloHs, parti-putrid lnceratcd ilesh! Ravinn ns it were, in liis carcass hnd been cut by the Inub, and he nppenred nltogethera victim ol the most wanton nnd henrtless cruelty whicli it was nosoible for other than a flcnd to inflict." An oíd negro belonging to the same monster was tak ing him home when thé re portcr saw him, wlien some citizens seeing he most die by the way, informed Recorder Boldwin of his condition, who piomptly had him brrtöght to the Pólice office, where hc was exnmlned by Dr. Picton. The Doctor pronotincod his caee precarious, though he migbt by gnod treatment, possibly recover. By the Doctor's advicp, the poor creature wnB bcdI to the'Charity Hospital. We do nol, howcver, sec any thing snid, as to what was done, or whethcr any thing was done with the brute who had commilted the ontroge. ]f he is not most sicrnnlly punished and that promplly, we ehall linve a mueb worse opinión of New Or'eans humaniiy aid New Orleans justico than we entertain now. Wc cannot be chnrged with nny disposition to minister to the mawkih and in most enfes ofTrcird fensibilitics of tlier.nti-slr.vcrv fnnatics of our rpfio, fjr wo knoiv very wcll that tlic grpat mass of their rnvingöon the enbjoct of Southern Slivory aro either grosi cxriggerntions or altogether false; we are ver well convinced from long ncquaintancé uit) thnf unfurtunnte ftjrètóm, thnt the s In vos of our Souihrrn States are well treatcd - at loaet ns well as the peculiar nature of thcir condition nnd the nefarions interfert'ncc of the slave's fnJse friends at the North will pemit with safety to tho community- hut snch cases ns the one hcre ?tated, eau bo viewed with no oilmr feo'ing but abhorrenco from onc rxtremity of the country to the other, niid rnonot be too sevcrely spoken of, n well in the South ns in the North. The fiend who inflictod surh torture upon a human beinrr, nrhmild be hangcd hnlfwny fo the henvens if hhi victim dies, ozid ifhe ehonld survive the infliction, llio peiprtrntor fchould not only bc held uj to fJie Fcorn of all civilist ion, but be made to suffer 111 liin own person, at lenst eome reppfctnbJe portion of the physical agony to which bis victim hns been snbjected. He ought not, ntony rntc, ever bu permitted ngain to wn!k God'8 footstool ii t liberty.but to expiate his enormity by a life time of clü.e impriponrnent, upon terp short common?, and an omplo sha roof hard labor. If the Louisinna Jaws and the Louifinna nnthoritics fui! in tueh exrm-'lary retribuí on, it íh quite time that the Iaw8 be nmendod by more jnst and scvere provisions,nnd tho roagixtracy renxivcd from officc, Cot more humane, and more efficiënt functionoiies."(t5 A meeting of ministers was held at Boston during tlie Anniversary weck to considerwhat should be done about obolitionism. The Editor of the Tribune who was in tlie city, says: "The most piquant feature of the week, tlms far, is the assembling of the Clcrgymen, by invitation, lo conferwith each olher and decide what they ouglit to say and do on the subject of Slavery, in view of their position and responsibiJities nnd the snvnge, incessant attacks of ibe Abolitionists. It was intendrd by some to be private, but the sovcreigns chosetohear, and did. M inisters of uearly al) jhe Protestant dcnoininations were present, and sevcral spoke. I have only gleaned froni the papers one good thing that was said, and I am not sure this was at the Clerical Meeting, but it was by a clergyman and to the point. In the course of a discussion on the duty of Clergymen to preach against Slavery when they could not do so without personal dnnger, Rev. John Pierpont cited as a case in point the admonitions of John the Baptist to Herod respecting Hcrodios, "It is not lawful for thee to have her." 'John,' said Mr. P., lost his liberty and liis hcad by this rebuke, but he sa ved his intcgrity and his soul.' - I givc the idea only." 07 We learn from the Bufialo Pilot, that the merchants of that city have organized a Board of Trade after the fashion of the principal cities of Europe. It has an elegant hall 36 by 60 feet, with a marble floor, besides a reading room, supplied withdaily pnpers. This is lo be the lace oí daily conference of merchants fbr bargaining, exhibitingadvertisements, samples of goods, &c. Ryt the best feature is the appointme.nt of an annual Committee of Reference, to whom all difficuN ties among merchants may be submitted without the expense of legal suits. Such ioards of Reference, we are told, have een esiablished in all the commercial cities of Europe. The first one known, existed in Pisa, in Italy, in the eleventh century. The Chamber cf Comroerce of SScw York city, was chartered by tho British Government before tho Revoluion. The whole expense of membership vill be but five dollars ayear. (t0 The votinor members of the Southern Baptist and Methodist Chinches, who hove epnrated from their Northern brethren, number. perhaps, 200 ,000. Theae are Bil Whigs ar Democrat8. Their ground of Beparation ias been only the maiDtenonce of elavcry.- Wil! they etill continue their cennection with dUI politica! partics, ODd thus demónstrate tbat politica] are strongcr than religious ties?

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