North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-29
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W., indebted to Mr.. Turner for copy Oh 'nlt
Interesting work, by John P. Kennedy. Is a" O
f-;end in a new dress. The present eduon mas oeH
handsomely illustrated, and will no douO' Ue
cold The work is now in shape ana c0"u'"o" won
suited to library; and as it is In the man Ges'p
49,; &c So,,bern habits and feelings It Will De reao
.,;,, ;,,erest by many at this particular Crisis.
nm o,o from this work the following remarks
:~ - the domestic relations existing at the South
.a,oen master and slave. 1t is, as the Petersburg
democrat truly observes, faithful and lively DE-
,ea,ion of social life and customs in Virginia. du-
ring the first quarter of the present century, ana TO
which very few exceptions be found IN other parts
of the South" The author says:
1.-The air of coRtentment, and good humor, and
lind f,mIiar which apparent through
~, This little community, and the familiar relations
oxistino between them and the proprietor struck me
verv pleasantly. l came here stranger in great
dGree to the negro character, knowing but little OF
b history of these people, their duties hab-
;,s or temper. and somewhat disposed indeed, from
ronossessions, to look upon them as severely dealt
rrirh and expecting to have my sympathles excited
towards them as objects of commseraton. nave
had therefore,, rather special interest In observing
hon The contrast between my preconceptlons OF
hr condition and the reality which have witnessed,
have brought me most agreeable surprise. will
M, saw that in of cultivation and OF such self.
Jenendence as they might possibly attain in sePa-
ate national existence they might not become more
respectabIe people, but / am quite sure they never
could become happier people than find them here.
perhaps they destined, ultimately, to that ma
iona existence in the cline from which they derive
their orgin-thas this is transition state in which
we see them in Virginia.
If it be so, no tribe of people have ever passed
from barbarsm to civilization whose middle stage of
nroUress has been more secure from harm, more ge-
Nal their character better supplied with mldan
benecent guardianship. adapted the actual of
their Intellectual feebleness, than the negroes of Swa
low Barn. And, from what can gather, it is pretty
much the same the other estates Of this region
hear of an unpleasant exception to this remark now
and then but under such conditions warrant the
oninon that the unfavorable is more common
than that which may be found in survey of any
other department of society. The oppression of ap
prentces of seamen, of soldiers, of subordinates in
beadro of social grievances quite striking if they
were diligently noted and brought to view"
The probability is, that the negro is not suscept-
bic Of high state of cultivation, and that the race
would take rank, under any circumstances, as
a" selEdependent and I" respectable people,"
The African race is now in better condition in
these States than it ever enjoyed before, would
er enjoy, in case this condition should be changed
Nor have domestics lost any thing in the way of
comfort or happiness, since Mr. Kennedy Penned
this work. On the contrary, they have gained; and
they will continue to gain in this respect, long as
and spread, as they now doing, among people,
This work may be had at Mr.. Turner'S Bookstore,
in this City,