The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1854-11-03

"ioAo" P'oVilon Ior a remnant OF the AbO
rhymes remaining there, as ours does a.
South Carolina regularly appropriates :
sum OF money for the support Of tho Ca
tawbas, in York District, where part of the
tribe is still left. JC.JAnNrv
The Slave Trade.
Some eultra-benevolent souls in our country
both North and South are beginning to ad.
vocate the re-opening of the slave trade, not
on the score of gain to America, but oi
kindness to the poor benighted African
These poor deluded creatures would be 50
much benefited if removed from thei: own
land of darkness and cruelty to this land of
light and love. IT'S pity to let them re-
main where they are another day! So then
let ships and RATS and boats Of all sorts be
prepared and let the eighty or three hundred
millions of these ignorant and vicious sons
OF Ham be transported to our shores where
they can make cotton and rice, hear the
Gospel preached and learn to read the BIZ
Die, for if We bring them over to the states
to entighten them it will never do to shut
them out from the light and close the Word
OF God against them. Let them come then.
one and all, for if one, or dozen should be
transported to enjoy the blessing of the Cos
pei and the sweets of civilization, so should
the millions. Let them all come and give
them free passage too. Where is the use
of acting niggardly in this, the greatest be-
nevolent enterprise Of the agea But why
contine work Of SO much benevoence to
benighted Africa! Why not bring the mill
ions of India and of China, the Sons of Ja-
pan, the Cannibals of the Isles, the Lapland-
er and the Turk?
From Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
From Africs sunny fountains,
Bring all to this good land
They all need salvation, and if we are 90
ing to reopen the slave trade to Africa, that
her poor, sable sons may enjoy the light of
the Gospel, why not send round our benev-
olent ships to all other lands and bring the
bcnighted of all lands to slavery and saliva
tion2
If the slave tradeis opened again and any
more Africans brought to South Carolina It
should be purely for the sake Of doing good
to them and not because they are needed 10
tear up and destroy the soil, or for the safe
According to the last Census, there are
in Abbeville District, 1920 blacks, (slaycs
and free) more than whites. If we attend
we'll to these in temporal and spiritual things
wewil do well. In the whole state of South
Carolina there are 1l9,3Sl blacks (slaves
and frec) more than whites No doubt
hundreds Of these are unable to answer the
question who made you?" They are liter
ally without God and without hope in the
world" Here is wide field for missionary
work, and we would do we'll to cultivate it.
1t is already white to the harvest. There is
no use of importing cargoes from Africa
and adding to the mass Of moral putrefac-
ton. If any are imported let them be
transported to the free States and Nebraska.
There is room for them there, and "a the free
States are SO fond of negroes, let Africa be
sent to them, they will have their hands full
for once, and a door will be opened for them,
wide and effectual, to do good to the color
ed race. We have as many slaves in South
Carolina as we can well attend to in the way
Of religious training and the numbers are
multiplying; batsn the slave trade must be-
opened by way ofbIessing the Africans with
the Gospel, let the ship: :foadssbe landed at
New York and Bostonand letour A Abolition
friends have glorious time Of runnihgthef6.
round on the underground railroad and do
ing them all the good they, lean.
However, we are not disposed 50 back out
in good cause. If the slave trade must
be opened again to bless the Africans !7ith
the Gospel, suppose we ssb9p2 Would it
not be fair to land one ship load Of enlight-
ened, religious slaves ON the shores Of Afrii-
ca and bring back douhss the amount to sup
ply their place, of pod, ,beaighted idolatorsi
Those who would be sent to Africa would
spread tie Gospel around and those who
would betbrought back in exchange would
enjoy its genial influence here, and thus the
whole coldred race would soon be sinooyiated
land become men and christians, capabis Of
self government. ,ass ~ s;;is ~ II ~
+, Men ara surely mot in easpest 10 adyosa-
| ting The se7opening of the ahorrid slaYe
trade, Fhe thing. is an absurdity, q mon.
stxous propositi tions-ZS Slsscope. 81 H {:
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