The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-09-04

cbSh 40 We uoo W hOOp out 6osSs NsSSNt
the bed-s,eads are fastened with ropes in.
stead of screws the doors have never seen
a particle of paint, pieces of calico are nail
ed 10 the windows for curtains and have
yet 10 see the room tina: is capeted-and
ye, this is fashionable watering place
Even in Richmond, the capital Of the State,
the buildings present The same gloomy, de-
lapidated, unpainted and unwhtewashed
appearance. There is nothing bright, cheer
ful nor attractive in the general appearance
of a. Virginia town. They look as if they
had been built previous TO the Revolution
and never been painted or repaired.
do not say these things for the purpose
of ridiculing the South or out Of any preju.
dice feel against this section. don't
think will ever be accused of Abolitionism
md God knows love the people of the
South, as will every Northerner who comes
among them ..ud learns 10 know their noble,
generous and frair.ik character. These are
facts Ike Southern people know themselves
and generally admit. They icei Inc eVii
and know iha. it exists. The new ccnsti,"-
tion OF Virginia, which is now being framed
by the Convention, in session at Richmond,
can and will do much, towards elevaiing the
Commonwealth and placing her in more
prosperous condition. One Of the most i'm
porlant of its features, which the convention
has already adopted, is, the extension of the
right of suffrage, TO the poor man. The
odious property qualification, so anti-repub-
lican in its tendency and character will be
removed. The step will make the poor
resident rEEL MORE LIKE MAN-it will slim
ula,e him 10 renewed efforts in behalf of
his State, because he will feel more like
having personal interest ia her welfare,
and it will remove one of the chief causes
which creates such pernicious, false dis
tinc,ions, between The rich and poor.
/ observed, while looking over the regis
ter of one of the principal Hotels IN Lynch
burg, that some of the Philadelphia Hdrum-
mers" who spend che summer season in
drumming up custom for their employers,
write the words "ant -Abolitionistn behind
their names. These gentlemen must be
very fearful of being suspected, and shows
but limited knowledge of human nature
| III those who re-or: to ,his eSpcdient ic they
suppose the Merchants of the South can be
caught by any such gulLtrap. should be
inclired 10 suspect him most strongly of
aboliiionism who Droclams contrary princi-
pies. from the hoase.top, srken his Interests
| are al stake 1t is true there Is much jeal-
| ousy in the South, and almost every North
ern man is more OF less supecteJ, but ifthese
Philadelphia Merchants, who arc generally
found in the ranks of the whig party, bad
sustained the national policy OF the demo-
cratic party, when they had an opportunity
10 do SO, the country would never have been
cursed with agitation that shook the Nation
like an earthquake, and they would not now
be under the Necessity of resor,ng TO such
expedients to still the storm they themselves
helped 10 raise. They will have another
opportunity the coming Fall TO show whelh-
er they have most love for their county and
thev o,rn interests, or federal aboilionism.
II they forget what is due 10 their country
and themselves, and uniledly sustain Gov.
JOHNSTON in his abolition course, the most
eiectual way TO punish them, would be for
the democratic Merchants OF Philadelphia TO
publish list of those houses that support
one set of views al home and another
abroad, and post them in every principal
town in the South. That would bring them
10 their senses. II men won't be- governed
by the principles they know to be right, let
their pockets pay the penalty.
Some eight or ten days ago, spent an
evening with friend whose son plays de-
lightfully on the Banjo-an instrument which
seems 10 have peculiar charms for the negro
and is quite popular in the South. During
the evening the evening the darkies sent in
messenger TO the young man, with re-
| quest TO let them dance TO the music on the
grass in the yard. The request was of
course cheerfully granted and at it ,hey
went, old and young, big and little, male
aud female. l had always heard it said
that ia niger at dance was the happest
mortal on eauh," and certainly happier
set of darkes never saw. could not help
contrasting the scene with one recently wit.
messed in Easton, when about the same
number of colored people were thrown into
prison for stealing and drunkenness, and
subsequently turned out into the street in
miserable state of destitution, with no home
no money, no food, no friends. 1 would
have felt gratfied 10 have had some Of my
especial ireo.soil friends at my side, to give
them all opportunity TO contrast the differ
ence between the negro in the State of Sa.
very and the negro in freedom. Talk o.
freedom TO the negro, indeed! What mock
cry! Why, the greatest blessing God ever
bestowed upon any portion Of the negro
race was 10 send them here and place them
in slavery. Their coalition 10 ten times
more pleasant and comfortable than that of
the Northern free negroes. What on earth
have they to trouble theml What cares
have they upon their mindsl They have
good houses TO live in, are comfortably
clothed and fed and never over-worked,
cared for in sickness and old age, and what
more do they wanl9 The frequent assertion
that thew are ttkept in ionorancau "a