The Chicago Tribune of May 28 devotes a column to the subject of the survival of negro slavery in the South. Facts which reveal conditions parallel with those existing before the war have been brought to light, and a remedy has been sought by invoking the power of the federal government. In the light of what is here stated, the statement made in “Testimonies for the Church,” that slavery will exist in this country at the end of time, which objectors have cited as an instance of untruthfulness, appears entirely reasonable. The Tribune says:— Peonage, or slavery, in its worst form exists in Alabama, and the powerful machinery of the law department of the federal government has been set in motion to punish the offenders, and free the colored victims whose condition bears a striking resemblance to that existing before the Civil War. In justice to the majority of the people of Alabama, it must be said that they condemn the practice, and heartily desire its abolition, and a Southern man has charge of the prosecutions. Those who are responsible for this awful condition will be punished to the full extent of the law. They already are pleading for mercy, and promise to discontinue the inhuman practice if they are let off with light punishment. They will be made to suffer for their crimes, and warrants for their arrest have been issued. Evidence sufficient to convict already has been secured by John E. Wilkie, chief of the United States secret service, and his subordinates. How long the peonage has existed in Alabama is not known, but under the guise of conviction and punishment for petty offenses the crime has grown so great that United States Attorney Reese at Montgomery recently called the attention of the department of justice to it. He was instructed by Attorney-General Knox to proceed against the offenders wherever found. Evidence and indictments have been secured against a large number of persons, and warrants for their arrest have been issued. The penalty for the offense is a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both. Difficulty has been experienced in securing labor in Alabama, and some employers, being unwilling to pay the regular compensation, have forced men to work without pay, and the negroes were crowded into barns like cattle, given little or no food, and were frequently beaten unmercifully, and when they escaped, bloodhounds were put upon their trails. These negroes were arrested on trumped-up charges and for trivial offenses. After causing the arrest of the innocent victims and securing their conviction and sentence, the white men paid the fines of the prisoners, and took charge of them. Then they compelled them to sign contracts, the contents of which were unknown to the victims, but which provided for the selling of the negroes into bondage. When their so-called terms expired, they were forced to remain and work without pay. It was not very long ago that legal measures were taken to break up similar conditions which were found to be existing in North Carolina.