Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-08-27
TIE SOUTHERN P1ANrEE.--The South

ern planter is iudeeu one Of the natures
noblemen. He is above meanncss-a
stranger to low rrickcry, despising deceit.
spurnins duplicily, and abhorins in soul
chicunery and low cunning. He is frank.
candid, generous; has good sense ofhon-
Or and is always ready to defend it. En-
tcrtain;ng, at the same time, the incest
perceptions of courtesy 10 others, promp,
10 offer an apology in instances wherein
he may have offended. Abroad. he is the
life Of The social circle; at home, he is the
soul Of hospitality. lie loves lis country
loves it warmly and well: not because
he has acquired or holds property in it
but because it is his countrv--his own,
his native land, and because its instilu
lions breathe tho vivifying breath of liber-
ty. In the halls of legislation he utlers
his opinions in words Turning eloquence,
warm as the sun of his own cline, and is
ever found OIL the side of liberality and tol-
erance. When the shrill war note sounds,
he is (oremos, in the fight, his motto being
bis country; his country, right or wrong.
To the fair sex he is gallant; 10 silver
haired age rcverenIal, and to all with
whom he comes into contact, polite. Ele
is courteous without being oLsequious,
charitable but moi ostentatious, religious
but not hypocrilical; The friend of the un-
assuming merit, bui the undisouised foe
ofcharlalanism and prclencc. Accus;om-
ed from infancy even to green old aye TO
life of case and independence, if not of
atlluence, he is an utter stranger to the
sordid stratagcms and covclous devices by
which your mere money galhcrer IL
masses wealth. His feelings are not,
therefore; blunted by merccnary mean
ness, the charity of his soul is not sappcd
up by covelous ambition. TO the science
of note shaving, The business Of exactiue
cent per cen, iulcrcSt,and! The thousand 9TH
''lricks of trade" he is a perfect stranger.
He is not daily in dread of protest, is
not necessarily pouring over his ledger,
and finds other aud frequent causes of re-
joicing, that the excess of The credit of pro
fit and loss over The debt affords. lie is
mol dependent on the credit system for the
means Of his existence, nor can the Sub
Treasury bill, specie clause and all reduce
him to ruin. Qnack Legislators and igno-
rant statesman may raise wtirlwind that
will sweep away the assumed wealth of
the lundlcss specualor aud financial gam.
bier, hut it cannot molc than temporarily
effect tile discreet planter; lie will weather
the storm, despite the sudden proslra,ion
of trade, or Tie abrupt revulsions in busi-
ness His plantation is the terra tirua on
which, with ordinary attention to it, he
can never be swampcd. View The South
crn planter as you will there is much in
his frank, INGENIOUS c0un'cnance, in his
disn(ied micn, independent bearing and
easy elegance of manners, 10 command
him to your csleem. But see him on his
plantaIion, at his home in the midst of his
family, and surrounded by his dependents,
aud you will there be able 10 appreciate
his good qualiiies-his uubounded hospi-
iality, his generous nature, his love and at
lachmcnt for the partner Of his bosom, and
his fundness and care for the pledges of
her affectiun. You will see him treat his
slaves with kindness and humanity; sup
plying them with u plenty of good and
wholesome food, and exactnG no more Ia
bor from them than is conducive 10 health.
You will see them in return, grateful for
his kindness, cheerful and contenretl-
without a thought of The present, or fear
for The luture-tru>ling to the we'll known
goodness of their master for the supply Of
passing wants, aud a provision hereafter.
The Southern planler has nol wholly
escaped tho wide. spread adversely that
now exists, hut with linn it must he Of
comparatively short duration: for The llnc-
tualions of trade, Or The depreciation of
currency, can do him no permanent iju-
rv. As they say in Mississippi, there arc
recupera'c powers in his fertile and pro-
ductivc PLANTATION, wich will necessarily
overcome both.
If there be any alloy ia the American
character, tic assaycr will find but liule of
il in tho Southern planter.