Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-09

The following racy ar.iele-from The Pc.
rersburg IntelAgencer, embodies q volume
OF practical philosophy, which i. would be
well for our Northern neighbors 10 consid.
ct carefully. The moral 10 sp,ly drawn
and the subject admirably treated:
STROKES OF THE SUN AND ABOLITION.
Our readers will no doub, think ,hs. this is q
very singular caption, and wonder whs, de-
duction we can draw from it, and how make
u profitable for the use Of cdifying. We
however, see very plain connection be.
tween the two subjects, and moral 10 be
drawn, which, il laid 10 heart, might be
mos, profitable.
We scarcely 81 this season Of the year
ever take up paper from the North, and
particularly from the Northern cities, with.
out finding accounts Of death from stroke
Of sun. The victims ore, in ninety. nine
cases GU. Of hundred, white laboring men.
And now for or moral. We remember
that during the last winter, when on busi-
pess in New York, we sough. . CONVERSE
zion with one Of the most distinguished
the purpose Of getting in q cool and calm
manner, end wIlhou, sny Of the exci,emen,
Of the press or the stump, the views of
prominent AbolI,ionis', and especially the
designs Of that fiction, in tho event tha,
they could compass the destruction Of negro
slavery. To come directly TO the latter
point. We called his attention to The vas,
agricultural products Of the Souh-,he cot
ton crop which Of itself regulates The com.
metce between this country and Europe
the tobacco crop end the various grain crops
now in prolific cultivation in the South
and wished TO be informed if he proposed
that this country shall be reduced to mere
waste from the absence Of the labor neces-
ssry to cultivate il? His reply was thu.
such scheme was no par, Of the plan Of
the organization with which he acted.
Then we remarked that The only labor Of
The South having been taken away, or wbs,
10 The same thing, rendered utterly WORTH
less, we crsved to know BY what substitute
this labor was TO be suppliedl In reply to
this, he said 'hs, Irish and Germans in any
quantity could be sen, TO ill The South
Now this gentleman, we have no question.
is perfectly honest, and on other subjects
we'll informed but, like ell his party, when
Abolition is mentioned, runs buIl-l,ke with
his eyes sbu, Q, The otjec. aimed a, regsrd-
less OF the many insurmoun,sble obstacles
which 10y within the path Of his career.-
II Iaboring white men canno, face The hea,
OF the North without the risk Of sudden
death, what would become Of white men
lsboring in the open fields Of The South p
Who has ever heard OF lhe death Of a negro
from sun stroke 3? In winter Cuffee sbrinks
within himself. He becomes cast down
and melancholy, and would, if allowed, be-
come decided non-con,ribu,or to produce
ton. But no sooner do The buds begin 10
,swell and the birds 10 ,wi,ter, ,hsn Cuff
msnifes's The genial change. His joints are
limbered-his muscles relsxed-he becomes
swes'y and oily, end as lively ss cricket.
Asst becomes warmer and warmer bis COM
fort increases with the progress Of the mer-
curry up the tube, until on day like the
one on which we write, il may be said Of
"Kngs may be bless't,
But Cuff is glorious.
We know Of test upon the applicability
Of white labor to The South which should
have been tried long ego. lie. small de-
.schment Of these PbiIan,hropis,s come to
the Sou,h end labor in the field during July
and August. II is true tina. few, II any Of
them, would survive to tell The result bu,
as they presume TO know more Of The wants
Of the South than her own citizens, i. would
be the extreme Of cowardice 10 shun Q tee,
so simple and efficient. II is Of course 10
be understood that the overseers will fog
them on nccasions of exirema n,nxoea,ion