New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-08
Rebellion OF the slaves In the W Workhou-e OF
Charis.tOn. =. c.

The Ckari,sf0n Ereaiag Aers OF the 3l,t alt
contains an address 70 IN. citizens, duplicating the
Mayor There bad been not AZ the Workhouse
beaded by slave the Mayor sent for. and be told
the keeper that on Nicholas. arst act OF su5orina
ton be should have .ho, him down The case e then
stated thus
AtIl. " the M.yor Is informed that Nicholas a
convict slave armed with sticS club. and aided hy
other slaves has beaten nr.ro and attempted or
threatened 90 sast white citizen a. the Workhouse
nstasd 0 repairing there i'm ned -tely With sufficient
and properly armed police other force. % correct
the mischief IN me bud. b. delays until u VI On Ar
rigng he s@es Nicholas still .n arms refusin. suomIs
sion. threatening violence. and beyond control Az
he meets Board the Workhouse but brings with
hin sn Insufficient and unarsef police Submission
being asuret II ars,d and infuristed slaves by
armed white men, the outbreak followed, 40 almost
natural Consequence with long train Of lameuable
all disastrous results
liis distinctly charged on the Mayor that ~ kis
bsify ond u prqD,r fcrG5n d,cis1H eHersg.
n,Tsenf sGres xrA arms il Their ta1as rus kfi mas
y ne Wrk Hglse and fro, for s spa< y a. basf
h0tss and ptap. MY, pl1f s,dni0H dad rsbs0H
and fhd fstrfrs Am also ress ~ r,son sibts n
"a, alarm eIcb-eHf rrass~afi0u. b00dsted and 0''
If prop,ry by RE ,r,cous md oiv puuisaeuf = ~
sirgfts No intentional wrong is imputed 10 the Nay
or 0utltis believed that u due o. hi. incompe-
ncy that mere prison disturbance resulted In %
much violence bloo1shed and loss of property. and
verged closely on se6ion 81 serious character.
And What we're and sre some Of the unfortunate
fruits Of this nism-nsged sf.iri
3 The trs Of the insurgents, 10 the midst of ~ eN
citsment uncomfortable that Witnesses were restve
in their evidence, lawyers hissed snd overseed by
the mon and denied the liberty of defending their eli
up the full requisitons 81 professioual duty
sn attempt made after cfuu snd sentence of the
leading offender % anticipate the period o he eXecu
ton violence threatened 10 the person. and prop
erty white citizens and dsmonstrstion of violence
scusy made against structure intended 30 Be conse
Grated 90 religious VOrehiyi
The city subjected a. multi p -itT of lawsuits
dam tor the vAue of the executed snd
imprisoned slavrs-suis instituted expressly on The
grounds ~ detective organization and misso7ernment
OF the Work House M Norris managed the Work
House just as bic preoeces.ors had done before him
no arms were deemed Necessary nor they neces
.sry o. keep slave. orier-whiys infinitely BET
Ter appliances for the purpOse
Where there sny other prison 10 the Union In the
world which can be cited parallel With the Chsrieston
WORK House for the sub0fdinaton and good order 0f
ifs rmAtssi A New Yorker. on visiting our Work
House and learning that IL bad been and yas sr kept
with 20 or 100 slaves snd many ot them convicts n
due order snd safety by two white men in The day.
snd but white st night snd that without
arms uttered exclamatons Of sstOnshncnt, and 70
marked that twenty men. armed % the teeth. would
suffice % keep Ia order Ike number Of prisoners
~ Auburn or sing sing
There lea striking resemblance be,rirt the man
ssement q public affair. in Charleston and Montrea
in South Carolins snd C.nsda. Il would seem that
an insurrecuon Of the slaves dreaded that the
hangman. cord put in requiston that the May
or mildne.s crime and that the owners OF the
slaves Who were hanged are grumblins over the loss
Of their property Joel R. POinsetts secret des
crpuon Of the terror. ned the souls OF the plsn
ers during the last servile insurrecton In letter i'd
dressed TO gentleman a, Washington would greatly
eify those who consider slavery the corner stone Of
Democracy.