The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-05
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T,r ia.'a@;as Interesting account Of slavery
sentiment We take from De Bop'S Rseie. for
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~ great source, we are sorry TO say It, of
popular pref ldice in Europe and elsewhere
against the slave,holdng States, has arisen
from Yankee love of disappearing and
bIackening everything at the South, Some of
our readers may remember the account given
by Mr.. Lyell, in his second visit to the United
States of the .'Abolitionists wregker," in the
railway cars between Chehaw and Montgomery
." At one of the stations we saw a runaway slave,
who had been caught and handculed the first
had fllen in with in irons in the course Of the
present journey. On seeing him, New Eng.
lander who had been with us ia the stage be-
fore we reached Chehaw ", began to hold forth on
the miserable condition of the negro! !, in A(alll
ma, Louisiana, Mississippi, aud some other
States Which / hal not gel p'StsA For time j
took for granted all he said OF the sutferngs of
the colored race in those regions, the cruelty OF
the uverseers, their opposition 10 the improve
ment and education of the blacks and eSpeciall,
IN their c0nrerSion 10 Christianity. ! began to
shuider at what was doomed to witness in the
course of my further ourneyings in the South
and West.-He was very intelligent, and so well
informed on politics and political economy, that,
at first, thought myself fortunate in meeting
with II man 80 competent to give an unprelu'
diced opinion on matters Of which he had been
I an eyewitness.
! At length, however, suspecting a disposition
to eyaggerate, and patty.fteiing on the subject,
J cra,'urjy led him to speak of districts with
4 which J Was already familiar, especially South
! Carolina and Georgia. | Immediately discover
ed that there also he had everywhere seen the
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declare that the pinry woods all around rs were
full Of hundreds OF runaways, who sub sisted on
venisons and wild hogs; assured me that had
been deceived if imagined the colored man in
the upper country, where they have mingled
more with the whites. were more progressive /;
nor was it true that the Baptsts ard Methodists
had been successful ia making Proselytes. Few
planters, he affirmed, had any liking for the
negroes and, lastv that a war with England
about Greg III; unprincIpled as would be the
measure on the part OF the Democratic faction,
would have IL least. its bright side Tor it might
pu. an end :, slavery. How in the world,
| asked /. could it effect th. object - Eng.
laud.' he rtped, would declare all the slaves in
the South Tree. and thus cripple her tnemy by
promoting scrvie war The negroes would
Use, md, although no doubt, there would be a
great loss OF life and property, the South would
nevertheless be gamer, By rid ling herself Of
tbs most vicious and impoverishing institution.
This man had talk ed to me- 50 nationally on a
variety of topics 80 long as he was restrained
! by the company of Southern fel!ow-possengers
from cnleringon the exciting question of slavery,
That il now became extremely curious to know
what business brought him to The South, and
mace him a traveller there for several years. ]
was told by the conductor that he was "A wreck.
! err and learned in explanation of the term,
tina, he was = commercial agent, partner of
aNorthcrn house which had great connections in
! the South"