New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-26
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
TIC -nnd.Hlller-.
From N Loui'F DE Ess~'nsF

4
VITO us CON " n@.i, sad noe q ben having mat "a
&C - cal Tor "a Ofihe eossbe, and Efforts VII
emsd- poOpis.n feiieff { sheo'
Who are thrsr poor AooTert 2
Ther- Is clsss Of poor whites in the Csroinas. snC
Of TIE Southern states peculiar 10 character soe
uokoo~a generally 20 the county They are called
s4nd.nlers They are 90 called because they cl1stri
together the poorest regions and tbbre live ~ hunt
Ing hshing raising lite stock making tar ana ehs.
cosl and attending 70 poultry They are verJ isnorsn.
Not oee out Of my read or write, ADO 49, =
worse they change not time wiono~s down voc ~
and supplies their places With the youns. 40 INC '''
80 Ia The son o., -. s,d
Aod taese ssodhilers peculiar N oress suu
loo. a thew arc lo chsr.ctsr You know them "n-n-
ever you see them They marked 10 e'.iJ -.
Dressed siwsys 10 the plsnest hoane'Pua' 80 49,
and widely often Without SHOES Sus - -. -
them yvesrips The eosrsest kind win souoneo nas
cheapest texture havog no blood IN tne'r cneAs '
eyes ol.ck add their bsir lank tney arc a. o'uuo
rec "a b Iodian IT, sotne respects they are Dot I'M
lie mem They love 10 rosm the woods. aud DC Tree
there 70 get together for oc or fun N hsn ana mutt
10 chase wild estte but here me sinhSrty enos or
they are wanting 10 personal daring aud 10 mat energy
OF character winch makes man We do not know one
ofthem who cyes gained station 10 society or became
SissngY',ed by biz deeds And Is this cas TO ~nom
the GeorSssonn Ixte9eacSy sil0des We conclude when
spssks OF the poor lsoorers on Black River ana
aeighborhood.
Hoe came they In their present condition.
Their history quickly told II sad one, ana we
never tbink Of IL without sorrow.
10 the early settlement OF the Csroinss EVERYBODY
pressed upon the stercOurses Poor as weil as Ico
maze ioogm-nt upon or near their banks Insre eIe
al hrst very few negroes consequently 'ne is''o, ~
cd the labor Of the former 10 house tneh crops sno
clear th~st LANDS. All got along well then But me
traffic with its sceorsed ia oesso soon sl.l sno
BY and b. planters had their places stocked Win slaves
As Theses slaves increased the poor began 10 ee ner
degradation. bitter hatred grew up between tnese
classes I, led often 10 violence The larger planters
bsg-n buy up the poor men land ana the poor men
10 crn became anxious ~ sell. And they did 90 But
where were thsy 10 goi south OF Carolina was VII
derness; the good lsnos the water courses 10 the
4 .fohr naW ~
alternative Ie they thought but 10 herd together on
the .snd hills and there they and theirs still live
Tbsir choics OF place Is significant enough OF tnelr
feeling and Of Of their removal Iney maoe
their locations 10 neshborh0Oos where peith-r large
nor small planters could modest them inry got w3ere
they could live without being disturbed or worried Dy
the continued sight Of slaves. Now and then you Will
And few of lhs more debssed sort gathered close by
towns; generally they are some ten or hiteen or
twenty miles back What the land would yield, which
they call their own-or often they squat az Tue phrase
4 on tbs states or others propery-itis difficult to
say But the OF H. average. would not return
ten bushels Of corn the acre. the most OF II not nve
They grow potatoes, melons, Htus cotton lor
home USE, and ana then Bag or hall bag Tor
market But things where tney are, and AZ they
are because slavery with its biting social Ills beats
bs no away from the richer soil and keeps them nope
lys.ly DO an and debssed on the barren hills
Whist are their peculisrtes Of mind
Ths fact that they ef the neghborhood OF large plan
tstions. and soughts sort OF wildwood hosr'y Slows
that they have DOlOns OF personal freedom Ihey
have Bat they very crude IL was their cOnditi n
which induced th0k nrst the subject OF slavery
sod we endesvored, IN conjunction with the smen.ed
Gnmke TO Bit upon plan by which We could i'm
prove this We sought them out In their hovel nomes
We eDdsssored 10 win their regard and secure their
confdsnce We succeeded Ia this but we failed wholly
In every effort TO Induce them TO change tnelr nooe OF
life The ruiog idea uppermOst in their minds seemed
70 be hatred OF labor under the conviction tnst Dc
graded them. because IL put them on 40 equality WIN
the slaves An sascdots will Illustrate this feeling
One OF their number had a foe, intelligent boy de
Jue would attracted notice In any ooyhood
gathering We proposed TO the father that be should De
educstsd. Z" Let him go with us TO the town SAID We
aud We will send him 10 school and eco what can be
done with him" "Aod what thoDf" asked be- cycling
U.s. suspicious that something wrong was to follow
" Why" We continued, " wi sn he has been e0ucstsd
we can send him the csrragemaksr, MIR. c and lst
him learn atrsds" Never T. he quickly, almost nercey
rejolnsd, with q harsh oath. my son shall never !
work by the size of your negroes and Ms negroes
(csDg certain planters names whose slaves were De-
ing the trsdr aud be- ordered about by Dir T. as
be orders them about" He was fixed. No argument /
eotres'y appeal TO interest eoald move nun me ices
uppermost 10 his mind wss the idea OF hts classthat
Dor de- gsdng aud he would rather bis son should
be free Ia the forest Ignorant than debased IN the city
though educated. by meni-l task,
What hope 10 there for tnemf
We none Nothing. csrtaiOly but the removal OF
slavery induce change their present condi
ton. They will not labor In tne Held while tney 'ninK
IL degrading nor become artisans or mechanics whhs
slaves are such As for educating them scattered rs
they are the effort almost hopeless Up aud down
the river where these poor lsoorers that the SCUM
Carolina paper talks Of i've and all around Georgetown
there are large rice and cotton estates Many OF the
o~ners Of them very wealthy majority rich |
Yet there Of connection sympathy between
these planters and the sand hilers They far |
apart as two races well can be- We speak now of so
cisl separation for the moment they heard
ths poor lsboreTs starving these planters DID
what necessary and TO relieve their wants
But We fear. coming time will hnd them as they are |
now-slone ignorant degraded, the victims OF blight
Ing cursei
The condition of these sand Killers illustrates the ef
feet of slavery In s when pushed to ia Tar
thost limit Take town, the center OF south
Carolina. aud make Inns for ten miles south OF II
along river side. looking three miles back,
snd question whether you will find over ten planters
They have each FROM hundred To two three, four
and i've hundred slaves Many OF these slaves too. are
mechanics Necessarily, therefore, the towns wsne the
poorer classes emsfae well As the young and tn.
t.rpfsDg aud the ignorant ssnd-hll class escape
TO the bsrrens for freedom according ~ their notions
of IT,