The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-10-05
OUR TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA.


IMPORTANT business which required our |
personal attention, has kept us so busily en-
gagged, we have not been able to give the |
conclusion Of our little trip. When our last
letters from Philadelphia were published,
We were at home, and we would have liked
to have said all we had to say then but from
the cause already assigned. Our trip from
Philadelphia to Baltimore WAS not character
lied by any striking event. The cars did not
even through the agency of the w-catch-
er," take up either COW, horse or dog.
Although we were North of the great
Mason's and Dixon's line but few days, we
could not but observe a great change since
our visit North three years rgo. We have
always been disposed to favor conservatism,
but the conduct of the free negroes at the
North, is such, that we cannot but believe
the abolitionists are gaining ground on us.
and the day will yet come, when the South
must be separated from the North. In this
connection, we cannot but all lde to an arti-
Gle on slavery, which we find in the last num-
Der Of the North British Review. ] he wri-
ter has reference more particularly to an ar
ticle which appeared in The New Orleans
PicaYune, where it was asserted that the
slaves in the Southern States fare better than
the poorer classes of England. Taking
Mrs. Stoves "Uncle Toms Cabin" and the
key as his authority he attempts to prove
that such is not the case. In continuing his
remarks on the subject of SLAYER, hc not
only loudly denounccs the institution, but he
goes much further he flvors the idea of
placing the negro on the same level with
tho white man. In our social relations, the
negro to occupy the same position as the
white man.
That England, and the whole civilized
world is opposed to the institution Of slave
ry, there is no denying, and even if it be as
Senator Dickenson of New York observes,
that the great mass Of the people at the north
entertain but one opinion upon the subject,
and that is The same ,ohich is entertained by
many at The South. "rhe Northern people,"
he goes on to observe, "regard the institu-
ton as great moral and political evil, and
would that it had no existence"
If this be the wish even of people of the
South, it is of no avail. as facilitating the
determination of the institution. Our hub
its are very different from the habits of those
Of the North. Northern people, in their So
clal habits, may associate with negroes, they
may sit ut their boards and frcsides, but the
repuynance of Southerners, would never
permit them TO come into such social assoc-
alton with negroes So far though, as slave
ry is concerned in the abstract, be il hurtful
or beneficial il is obliged to ist. An end
is put to all controversy at once, from the
bare reflection, than such large amount of
property must be paid for before it could be
cradicated, and there never has, or there new
or can be plan devised by which the debt
could be liquidatcd 1t is foolish for North
erners to talk about indcmnifying Southern
slave holders from the National Treasury!
II the South favored the abolishment of
Of slaN cry, it would never consent TO be paid
with part of her own money.
little circumstance which came under
our own observation we will relate, to prove
what we have asserted. The joke is certain
ly upon Ourself, but it is too good to be kept
untold. We were on board Of steamboat,
n little north of Baltimore our travelling
companion was sitting on the end of trunk,
in Il cool place, on the deck and on the 9th
or end was seated little negro boy, about
fn ,,h H. a.
boxes maybe,and similar articles of baggage.
As we were tired of standing, We determined
to take the seat the negro boy occupied ,and
accordingly instructed him to vacatc it,
which he Immediately did. We had not
more than seated ourself, when up came
great big bouncing negro woman, mutterng
out :-"One is ms good as the other-because
one shin is black, ain't he as good as one
with white skin !" Hardly cC:nprehending,
so dismayed were We. before we could col
lect our thoughts, our companion gave vent
TO his feelings :-"You d-d---nd black in
in-in-feTnal bi-bi-bitch, if you don't hush up
III pi-pi. pitcI you overheard" With that
she moved off in haste.
One of our townsmcn who went North |
this Summer, seems to think the Northern
people generally arc opposed to the Abol-
tionists, and are disposed to not only permit
us to enjoy our own rights, but are on our
side, and disposed to uphold us. Although |
many Northerners may entertain such feel
ings. still, there certainly sa great influence
at work, and as John c. Calhoun predicted:
"Compromises will avail nothing"
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