The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-19

II is often heard of at the North but never seen
at the South.
have often heard persons express the great.
cst apprehension and dread Of the negroes, and
they could hardly believe me whrh have told
them with what perfect fcarlessncss of all in.
surrcctlnnary movements have travelled and
hwplt among them. Even now, at this present
writing am upon rice plantation, thirty
miles from Charleston, and insulated from neigh
bors, where there are upwards OF 200 slaves,
aud about halfa dozen whites, including wo-
men and children, occupying two houses, as
open and free as a New England farm house,
and as free from all fear of heing disturbed by
the negroes, as the owner Of that farm house is
Of his own children. No servant in public or
private houses in any of the Free States are so
trustworthy, or 40 kind or rrsprc>fl, as these
.poor miserable slaves" And why should they
not he for here negro is treated with kind.
ucss and respect. hut as negro, and not elcra
tod to the level nf a white man. How is il AT
the North? There he is constantly told that
in everything hu, his color he is equal to his
"whte brother" but in all their actions the
said white brother takes care to impress II up.
on the imam of color" that he is not white
man, and never will he treated as one. The
consequence is he is di<conented and unhappy,
and signing for freedom from his degraded po-
sition in society ten times more earnestly than
slaves sigh fer freedom in the South.
Why then would you ahoish-not slavery,
as you view it, fnr it is not here-hu, the con-
.di.on of things that enable a few whites to su-
pcrin'end and manage large number OF nc,
grnes, and cause them to labor and provide for
their own comfortable support, il a far better
manner than they would do if freed from l!a'
s.perintcdence and management OF a superior
mind?
Abolish it yon cannot. Change it you may,
hnt only to pu! il in worse form. The rice
swan,ps OF South Carolina, and III" sugar fields
of Louisiana. and The Broad acres of cotton in
all the Southern States, that never have hcen
cultivated by any but negro laborers never will
he; and there, as long as these lands continue
to be cultivated, the negro will be slave to
the white owner, call him by what name you
will; and nerer anM his condition be better than
It is nouc.
Why then will You continue to agi,a'e the
subject, unless you are determined to dissolve
the Union? You have called, and are daily
calling, as good men as ever lived, by all the
vile names that the copiuusness and billingsgatc
Of the English language can furnish, merely
because he calls the negro slave, instead OF
'.bro,her," until you have goaded their high
born spirits to the last point of forbearancc;
and unless you cease the irritation that you
have so long persevered in, the days of this
Union are numbered. "a house divided aga!ns:
itself cannot stand"
lwrile to you iu the spirit Of br"herly kind.
ness, 10 beg Of you TO pause and reflect.
have no interest 10 prompt me to advocate the
cause Of the South, but know her people well,
and more. noble sons Of America do not breathe;
none that poSsescs all the attributes Of good
men, than do large majority ofthose iha, you
dcnonnce As ihhuman monsters" . 'lr. .:.::.,:et.
in human flesh and blood" and "unwoGlLy 10
associate with frecmrn," because they contin.
ne peaceablyt 10 exercise the right that yourian-
ccstrrs accorded to them. and 10 cultivate the
land, that their insalubriU,Is climate will not
allow them to cultivate themselves, l.y slave IL.
bnr.
Pause and reflect. know these people
well. know that their patience is nearly ex-
hausted. 1.-THE people flhc North desire To
perpetuate this Union, they must cease TO irri-
tate the South without cause or reason, and
frown down the disorganzing demagogucs and
A'mi'ionis,s at home.
BE assured that am q friend of my country
the whole country--ane and Insrparahlr.
SOLON ROBINSON.