Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-05-30
"yvH1p! WHIP! HuRRAHw

THE Tribune has found, as it thinks, an opportuni-
ty Of ruspng US severely and thus makes USE of the
occasion:
The Southern Cultrator has the following hideous
announcement:
awe find the following in late numbe. of our
spicy coemporary, The Edgefed Is. e. Aduerf'ser
and would commend the example OF Col. Frazier to
other masters and employers: 49,.
"OyERsEERs READ THIs!-It will be remembered
bv the Oyerseers of Edgefeld that COL NJ Frazier has
offered fine watch as reward to the Overseer
working not less than ten hands who will report the
best managed farm, largest crop per hand OF cotton,
corn, wheat and pork for the present year.
Col Frazier has just returned from the North and
laid before us this elegant prize. 1t is fine English
lever watch, encased in heavy silver hunting case
upon the back of which is beautifully engraved
Presented by NJ. Frazier, Edgeheld, .. u, as
I've We assure those who areeonesar,s for this val.
unble prizethat it is emineniy worthy Of the donor
and calculated to call forth all the energy and skill Of
which the candidates may be possessed. Remember
then that the prize is fairly upon the stake and
that the longest pole knocks down the persmmon."
Whip! Whip Ilurrah!"
Here is direct appeal TO ararce and cruelty OF the
worst sort, The conduct OF Orerseers ms class does
not cume light, for the r.ason that negroes cannot
give evidence and supcrfne masters disport them'
selves AT the North or make the grand European tour
leaving their estates in the bands Of these hired men
who are not proverbia for eenteness Lest the work
of the Overseer, however, should not be complete un-
der the ordinary incentives of their power, here we
have reward offered for blood and sweat exlortlons
prizes for acknowledgement in sanity phraseolo-
ry commencing agricultural improvement simply ;
hut ending with the OveIsssr's words "hIp:
Whip Hurrah!' -
Does auy one believe thrf the "largest crop per
b,nd'' is 10 be produced without the lash Of the ut
most brulalities Dues any one think that the heavy
hand of low tyranny will net be The more crushing 10
produce such result! Dos any mistake the al.
iusiun Of the closing rhetoric OF the lash
Men of the North, who wjrk for wages, what think
YOU of such prize shows this! The fyrant rewarded
fur the most ieruciUus supervision Of tile slave! The
lash held up in print as the means for forcing the
earlh's abundance through the bondman's agony
Whip! whip Hurrah! Hail Columbia, happy land !:
All remarkably we'll said, Mr.. GREELEY. You give
it to US with vengence The pity is however, That
The whole casgalion proceeds upon an utter mLs-ap-
pr.hension of our meaning. We had not IN view, al
The time of writing, the 9verseers lash, nor any
"brulalities" connected Herewith Our real meaning
may he best unfolded to your skrplical worship by
giving 4 simple but real scene from Southern lille:
Imagine then, HoRATIUs; that you are uron
Southern hill, overlooking Southern valley, and
that this valley abounds in widespread fields OF rare
fertility Let the time be when the morn has just be-
gun 10 wave aloft F" her dew.bespanged wing. See
before you, vending their way in jocund fashion 10
the field of labor Of hearty, hale athletic ne
groes, each one mounted uron his sleek and well'ied
mule Hear their loud interchange oil ess and rlbal-
dry nerpersed with an occasional whistle oroutours
of song, as they prepare harness their respective
animals for the daily task. And now they drive on
the plow with aacrity and spirit The master or over
seer true, is there, riding from spot to spot' directing
this one, reprimanding that and encouraging third
The tenor of his language il Drive up, boys, drive
up The grass is growing rnpidly. We must try and
conquer it, Get this field done by Friday evening and
you shall have the whole Of Saturday to tend your
own crops. So whip up: whip up all hands.
"Thank ye, sr'' is The brief but hearty response
Pop, sounds the twisted hickory lash of the plowman
On steps his newly. y.arousct hack. Every thing IN
short, is life and energy and animation
And this, Mr.. GREELEr-.nothing harsher or more
barbarous-was the idea THAI lowered above the ieath
ers Of "gray goose-quill," as we guided 1t 10 In
dite the words I" Whip! whip hurrah -
Make the most Of it, anil please your preludiced
obsnacy so to do.