The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-07-05

own, and give them IN incentive TO labor lor
themselvesr"
81 tried the experiment with a GIRL" contin.
ued the colonel; 81 bade her go and seek wa.
ges, and would share with her. She ponted,
anfBaid she could not suit poor Ouch1u, and
w6hld rather stay at home; that they made
'un, do too many tlngs--dat if she rock 4 era
die she couldn't set table too! sent her
off; the week ended, and she returned--'if
wanted money, must 60 and collect it. The
| fact ascertained was this, there were no debts
due--she had been harbored in hut and had
slept her time out This is not an isolated
case, nor is it altogether general ore. There
are many who are hired by the year, and those
who hire them are possessed of all the privl
leges that belong to all owner But so surely
as they threaten them with corporeal punish
ment the slaves will fly to their owners, pre-
ferriug correction from them alone. Northern
temporary masters are the most exacting, and
slaves are always reluctant to attend them. 1t
is bv our northern overseers that the cruelties,
so often harped upon by the abolition lecturer,
are committed upon our slaves. We employ
them because they are active, intelligent, in
d,strious men. They do not understand how
tc indulge the slaves, and do not sufficiently
account for their Incidence through the effects
of a warm climate They resort to coercion
as the most effectual mode of subduing their
innate repugnance to labor | prefer appoint
ing an aged slave to superntend my plantation,
and instruct him in agriculture. The slaves
have all innate reverence for age. And you
can readily perceive the difference Of manner
in our bond and our free negroes The more
deferenta Il slave appears, the greater liber.
tics are allowed him; and, surely, courteous
manners are an ornament 10 the most enllght-
cncd and free"
Gas regard education, or religious instruc-
liou, colonization, and missionaries appointed
to enlgh;en the blacks, do not meet the eXpec.
ta,ions of those phiiauthropic individuals who
have been instrumental in locating them in
Monrovia, the chief town of Liberia. A letter
from missionary states that there must be a
great revolution in this colony leIore it can
have a moral influence over tic natives. No.
thing has bccn done for the interior, with the
exception of those who are servants in the
families of coonists. have only to refer 10
the black act in Connecticut, and the persecu-
ton those blacks underw cnt who were anxious
to receive the rudimcnts OF instruction. Our
country il not alone in its views to retard the
progress Of education towards those who are
ply sicalIy organized against instruction, and
where prejudice of color remains paramount.
The aboIilioui$ts have retarded, and erected a
! barrier for advancing the slaves even in me-
chanicaI employment. 1t sthe masters inter.
est, if not his good will, to extend the sphere
of his slaves cmployments, and to insti that
ambition necessary to accomplish this clcva.
ton. But, through the fanatical spirit existing
this improvement is put down by positive le'
gi.lat;on, knowing that twoud be impoltic
to cnIishten them. When they are convinced
that non interference with our institutions and
individual security will cease to annoy, the de,
sire to improve and elevate will again resume
its power"
Miss Marion entered the apartment, and
ovcrhearng the closing remark, observed
"Thc bulb must root--the stalk must acquire
strength, before the bud can blossom. Eman-
cipation would only serve to extend and
strengthen the curse against this nation of backs
Should fanatici>m inspire our slaves 10 deeds
of blood, the horrors of St. Domingo would be
repeated, and people, formed to be ruled by
the whites, would sink into desolation and ruin
'St. Domingo is struck out of the map of civ
ized existence, and the British West Indies
may soon follow" Spain and Portugal are
degenerate, and their rapid progress is down
ward. Greece is still in q barbarous condi.
ton, and scantiIy peopled. Italy is in ruins
Nothing has contributed to this downfall moro
than the loss of domestic slavery. Severe laws
are found in all countries, disposed to promote
civilization. The French, by the false sound
Of liberty, deluged their country in blood and,
after all, they are n people constituted to he
governed by despotic power. Their pride does
not consist in individual prosperity; their boast
is in public edtices, and to show off the splen
dor and luxury surrounding their rulers
| "Excuse me-" said Charlton, "lor pcrsever
ing in asking answers to my previous ques'
tions, for really we have wandered widely from
our SUBJECT
"If remember rightly, the next coNsidera'
ton is, religious Instruction. This department
has no connection with the laws of man, save
rs respects moral view of the subject. Our
Saviour's object WAS, to bring peace and good
will to men, Our slaves are otdebarred the
privilege Of attending divine worship in any
church they feel disposed These living in
cities and villages often attend with their own
crs. The galleries Of churches are reserved for
| them"
"You forget" said Dr.. Charlton, that your
cities and villages contain but small portion
of your slaves; are those condemned to plant
alton residences doomed to a heathens por-
tion?"
"By no Means" said Florence quickly
",herr are missionaries who have plantation
appointments, and they welcome them with joy
to hear the g lad ,idngs; they ride, from day
to day, throug gh cotton plantations rice helds'
and swamps, preaching saIvatio"' enduring the