Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-14

- = ~ 70 q ssb.eso .a'ansiss,esy. shss ,ks
Sotku en vere all slaves.
isa~ 10 this place the -Asle psosess Of pisk,se.
s s.ns. rssss.ce; dsyiss. sask'cx ia sa,ks, and
,oorse Il Manufacture fsr chewing; ard one would
have supposed there was enough in that ens ssore.
house to have hled even the comprehensive iav,
~ America. In this form, tho weed looks like the
eae@ks on whieh We ialten castle; and even without,
reference TO its consequence Is sufficiently unnvi,
ing.
Many Of tbs vo,kmen appeared 10 be strong
men, and IL 10 hardly necessary to add that hey
we're oil laooI'ne qaieiy, than. After tw, O'Clock
"a The day. they ore allowed to clog, a certain
number at a time. The hour s,rikin: while was
mere some twenty sang hymn in paris, ard sang
by no means III; pursuing their wo,k meanwhile.
oeu rang as was about to leave, and they all
poured otih into building on the opp,si,e side Of
the stree, to dinner. l said several time, that
shouto IKE 10 see them at their meal; but rs the
gentlemen To whom I nentioned this desire M.
poared to be sudcenly taken rather deal, 1 did not
pus,ue me request. or their appearance 7 shall
have something to say, prcsently. 81
% the forowing day, I visited a pIau,ation or
'srn' OF ebout twelve hundred acres. on the oppo-
site bark Of tho river Here again. al,houyh wen,
IOWA with the oSnsr OF this estate, to "lhe
as that part OF on which the slaves live Is called
vas no, invited to enter into any OF their hut,. -
All saw oil them was, tina, they were very CROW
wreteh-d cabins, TO which groups OF halr.nekej
children b,sked in the sun. wallos cd on the aus.
~ ground But believe that this gentleman is a
eonsidefae and excellent man, who Inherited hi, 80
slaves, and is neither buyer nor n teller Of human
s'oeS; anu am sure, hom my own observation and
eonvic,ion, that he is a kind hearted, worthy man
inc planters house was an airy, rustic DIV Q Ing
That brought Dcsoc's description OF such places
s"onsiy 10 my recollection. The day was very
warm. but the blinds being all closed, a khadowy
eo,lness rustled through the rooms which was II
ausre'y refreshing after tho glare and heat without,
os'o'o .he ~.ndo-s Was an open piazz,, where. in
lhaU HAIL hat.
be-they sling hammocks. aud drink and dose lax.
u'iously. do not know how their cool reflections
may taste within tho hammocks, but, having exp,.
Renee, can rspos, thu, out Of them, the mounds
o, ices and the bowls Of mint iulcp and sherry cob.
u CT they make IN these attitudes, ave refteALmens
never to be thought of afterwards, in summer, by
mo " no would preserve contcntcd minds.
ihere are two bridges across the river: one be. |
longs 10 the railroad, and the other, which IL a yery
Graz Affair." Is the private property OF soma old LADY,
in tho eiehborhooj, no !tves tolls upon the TO ~.
people. Crossing this bridge, on my way back. 1 |
'aw notice painted on the gate caulionng al. per
,ons 10 drive slowly: under n penalty, Il the Of
lender were white man, OF i've dollars; II negro.
if;een stripes.
The sarno decay nrd gloom that oyerhany the
way by which It 10 approached, hover above the
o~n OF Richmond. There are pretty villas and |
,oeerfui houses IN its streets, and Nature smiles
ipon the country round; but j,silng its handsome
csidences, like slavery itself going hand in hand
With many lofty virtues. are deplorable tenement.
enees unsepaired, walls crumh,ing into ruinous
,eaps.
Limiting gloomily at things below the surface.
hese, aud many Other tokens of tho same descrio-
ION, iorco themselves upon tho notice and are ro.
nemoered with depressing influence, when liv slier
eatit are forgotten.
10 those who are happily unaccustomed to them.
ne eounton1roes in the streets and lsbotins place-
90, are shocking. All men who know that there
re laws against instrueiins slaves, oil which the
'ans and penalties grca ~ exceed ~ their amount
ne mes imposed on those who MIN and torture
hem, must ee prepared 10 find their faces very low
inc scale OF intellectual expression. But the
afkness NOT Of skin, but mind hich meets tho
rangers eye OF every turn; the brualizing and
ioVtlcs out OF nil the fnircr characters traced by
atufes hand; immeasursbly out do his " orst Le
ei: That travelled creation OF the great salirisrs
fain' who fresh from living among houti,s, pe.red
rom hish Easement down upon his own kind with
femoilng horror, was scarcely more repealed and
aun,ed 6y the sight, than those who look upon
ONE Of these aces for the FIRST time must surely be-
Ieii the last OF them behind me in the person
wretchej drudge, who, af,er running to and
20 all day ii'l midnight. and mopins in his s,eal,hy
INKS OF sleep upon the stairs between whites was
'a'hins the dark Passages at four o'clock in the
ioFhins; and went upon my way with grateful
cart 'hat was not doomed to live where slavery
'a'' and had never hid my senses blun,ed to its
'fonss aud horrors in slave.rocked cradle.