The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-24


on this he has erected comfortable houses. made o.
hewn post oak. covered with cypress sixteen by egh
een with close plank floors and good chmneys and ele
waited two fee from the ground The ground under and
aIound the houses 10 swept every month"; and the houses
both inside and out whitewashed twice year" ihea
there are good cistens. providing an ample supply q
pure water" and ample clothing" Tor Their beds. WIN
heDhoase for each. that he may have his chickens
and eggs for his evening and morning meals 10 sun MIN
self" besides gardens Tor every family IN when lhey
raise such vegetables and fruits as they lake fancy
To-" The beauty OF this description would De lost
were il regarded as drawn Tor European readers IL
written for local magazine as Gone Jtae essay on
the scientific manag emen OF negroes his gentleman Q
treatment OF his negroes precise as II he were con.
ducng hospital or experimenting nursery Their
dinners are cooked for them and carried TO the held al
ways with vegetables. according to the season There
are hours se apart al midday Tor resting, ealing, and
sleeping. il they desire il, always consulting their
wishes and they retire one of the weather
The grove to pass this time, not being permitted to remain
in the hot sun while at rest" species OF Harmony
Hall has been erected for The children, .where all
taken al day ght and placed under the charge OF
full and experienced woman" Moreover, continues our
philanthropc planter 81 have large and comfortable
hospital provided Tor my negroes when they are SICK 10
this is attached nurses room and when negro com
plains OF being too unwe TO work. he IL al once sent 10
the hospital /"
Nor are either lighter or weigher matters overlooked
Besides passing iuor law" for bis plantation, which
secures sobely. II mist not omit 10 menlion, he says
"tba, have good fiddler and keep him well supplied
w,'h ca,gu; and max. il his duty 10 play for the
groes every Saturday night until twelve o'clock They
exceedingly puncual in their attendance al the ball,
while Chareys fiddle is always accompanied with Herod
the Triangle and Sam 10 'patr"
Better still: also employ good preacher, who reg
uarly breaches to them the Sabbath day. and il is
made the duty OF every TO up clean and decent
to the place OF worship AS Father Garrt regularly calls
Brother Abam 10 close The exercises be gives out and
sings his hymn with much junction. and always cocks his
eye at Charley. the iddler much as to say, Old fell
low, you had your time last night; now is mne.'"
Neither the preaching nor the prayers have much ef
feet their m0raty for The writer admits that they
very licentlous. lie attempted 10 improve them " for
many years, by preaching virtue and decency,
aging marriages. and by punlshing with some severity,
departures from marital obligations, but it was all in
vain"
Another contributor to the science of negro manage
men' says: "ln no should two families be allowed
to occupy the same house. The crowdlng number into
one house is unhealthy 1t breeds contenlion is de-
slrnctve Of deicacy OF feeling and promotes immo-
raty between the sexes In addition to their dwellings.
where there are number OF negroes they should be
provided with suitable number OF properly located
waier-cose's, which, in addition TO other ends, may
"seIve the much more important purpose OF culiivaDg
The pro slavery romaDcers who have been paying
back Mrs Stowe in her coin, will here find ample
corioboraton OF their pleasant and pathetic pictures OF
Eegro life.
There is another point to which we must advert be-
fore closing this papet 1t appears that the popua
ton OF America has been doubled within the last thirty
years. In 1860 the slaves will number four millions
al The end OF the next thirty years. they will number six
millions and half and al the commencement OF the
next century they will no, fall far short OF thirteen mil
with this rapidly increasing population The South
says to the North "Let enlarge slave territory
The North refuses; whereupon The South realaes by
threat 10 employ slave labor in the manufacture OF
such articles as are now made almost exclusively IN
the northern States Al present it is said that free
labor IS cheaper than slave labor for manufacturing
purposes; but it will be different the latter is null
iipied The sabjec, is seriously discussed by the
planters Already there factories 10 South Carolina,
Alabama, and Georgia, where negro labor has been sue
cessfuy employed In 1850 there were ninety-tbree
factories these States Ii has been ascertained that
the negroes quite equal to the work. and that suits
Their habits Some writer's also contend that they are
ready to compete with the NORTH and with all The
world regards the quality and price of wha, they can
manufacture, and that e alone s wanted to render the
South the greatest seat OF manufactures IN The world.
We give these statistics, because we believe they
hlb the subject in aspects and Indicate that
elements are aboat to be introduced into the slave prob
lem Southern labor will press upon The North and TO
perplex the problem still further northern labor threatens
to press upon the South will appear from the follow
ing extract from Ciss Cincinnati in 1885, The time
consumed in seeding, tending, and harvesting The cereal
crops, embraces about halt the year not in idle
ness then. during the remainder OF IL the lsborer has 10
seek other employments than the land Ihe grain
crop sown and gathered during the months OF April
May, June, July August September, and part OF Oco.
Der this includes The cotton crop is seeded in The
spring. and gathered during the late fall and winter
months Now, let the grea. reduction take place which
predict in the cost OF locomoton let the passage be-
tween this city and Charleston come down, as predict
II WILL TO five dollars, and intermediate points IN the
same proportion and let the time consumed 10 the trip
ton-who will gather the cotton crop What becomes
OF slavery and slave labor when these northern hordes
shall descend upon the lair fields OF The sunny Souh No
conflicts, interference with southern Institutions need
be apprehended; the unemployed northern laborer will
simply underworld the slave during the winler months
and when the sropis gathered return 10 his home II Is
known that the labor required gather the cotton crop
compared with that 10 plant and tend H. - as about four
10 one-tbai is man plant and tend as much as
foor can gather
II would appear, then, that the pecuar institutions
OF the South will not remain unaffected by The general
is threatened which will set Jonathan to calculate again
whether his slaves will be any profit 10 bin We aude
10 cotton cultivation IN Australia, not 10 speak OF India.
In the Of last summer, Dr. Lang, OF Sydaey, ad
dressed series OF letters 10 the Daily News, IN which
be presented Il very plausible demonstration" as he
calls IL OF bis conviction hat cotton OF The hnest quail
ty for The home market can be grown by meas OF Brush
Tree labor any conceivable extent the coast of Aus
traa that the growth OF that article OF indispensable
necessity for the oil this country will prove
highly remunerave employment, for tens OF thousands
Of the industrious and viruous working classes oil this
country, provided they only be carried out and set
tied in sufficient numbers along coast, of which the
canno, be surpassed by that OF any other country
on earth that there is no difficulty whatever 10 the way
oil competing, and competing successfully and Hi-
umpb antly, in this department OF ansmarlne industry
with the shareholders OF the United States and that
is moral certainty OF our being enabled, in very few
years hence, and in the fair and honorable way OF tree
trade and open competition, TO give IT'S death-blow TO
slavery in America"
'Quo,ed in Fresdeys Treatise Busness, p. ~, US52
The suit OF The heirs of General Lafayette against the
Countess de Ponalba and others decided in the Uni.
ted States District Court the 10Th instant and presents
some features OF interest The character of III, case is