The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-05-29
WHAT NEW ENGLAND OWES TO SLAVE
IARNR

delivered III the Senate of the United States
on the 2lst ult:
1t is the domestic produce OF the South,
that gives employment to the hands, and
food and raiment to the bodies of the pco-
rle of New England; that has multiplied
her population and magnfied her wealth :;
that has built up her Lowell and her Bos-
ton that has made her merchants princes,
and her manufacturers lords of the loom :;
that has retculatel her surEac" with rail
roads and studded it will, Il rifty villages :;
that has enabled her capitalists to indulge
in European magniticencc aud Asia.ic luz
ury.
Take from New England, sir, the cotton
OF the South, and she would learn in the
sad reverse and rapid decline of her for
tunes, tho immense and inculcuablc value
OF that involuntary servitude, which one of
her representatives, incxcu>aLle ignorance
or more censurable malice, ienounces us Il
wtlerng, bligh,ing and consuming curse"
Take from her, the ileecy fabric of the
South, and in her waste-watcr falls, her
firelcss furnaces, her moss-covercd mill
wheels, her grass,grown streets, her de-
serted Villages her unfrcquentcd l,arbors,
her diIapidalcd palaces, her untravclcd rail,
roads-in every spot, now full Of life, and
blooming with the igor of commercial
hoalth and active entcrpri>c-w"ud be
quickly seen the sad an;illcSis of death !!
alludc to these facts i'll II" spirit of vain
triumph. | am constrained to do SO by
the wanton and ill.foundcd taunt of the
Senator from Massachusetts. | could too,
easily paint a picture, of The wrongs in
tlicted and suffering, endured under that
system of scrvi,ulc, called voluntary, in
New England; whicl, would prove that
there, labor often fails to get its just reward.
But it yields me no pleasure to contemplate
the misfortuncs or faults, the errors or in
tirnities Of my fellow mcn--fnr less, those
of my fellow coun,rymcn. rejoice rather,
in their virtues, their good deeds and good
fortune. appreciate The Intelligence. en-
terprsc, industry, economy. llnt, and
energy Of the people of New England, and
have awarded due honor and praise for
their heroic struggles and achievements in
every field Of human labor, even in the
very address the Senator quotes to mis- APP
ply. am ready to acknowledge, too, :,s
in that speech, that the South is large
debtor as well us creditor of New England,
deriving from her many materials of ne
ccssity and luxury. AS just and friendly
ncighbors, they arc mutually useful and
beneficial. But, as fors, neither lending
nor borrowing. giving nor taking, the South
would suffer far less than New England
What New England has to sell, the
South could make 1T home, bnv elsewhere.
or do without. What the South has to
sell, New England cannot make ut home,
a, f,n,
the staple Of her existence. She knows it,
ms we'll as she knows the plant is grown,
and its fruit pucked 10y the hand of slaves
Yet, with all her pious horror of slavery,
she gives it daily ail and encouragement,
in employing slave labor, in rcwarding
slave Labor, III using the products Of slaye
labor, i'll buying from and selling to the
slave owner-all for her own sake. How
magnanimous and unscltiSh to refuse the
slave owner the privilege of enjoying, like
herself tile profits OF slave labor in peace
and quetness How grateful and honor,-
bic IN her, to curse the givcr, While she
pockets the gft--to denounce him as Il
thief, while she receives and appropriatcs
the stolen property! Oh sir, if she sim
cerely abhor the peculiar institution" if
she sincerely desire its overthrow, if her
conscience tortures her as accessory to our
guilt, so long as We are permitted to hold a
slave in territory, or reclaim him when 4,
fugitive, let her ease her troubled cen
science and prove her f,itl, by works Of
scIf-purgaton and sef.denial. Then will
we believe her. Let her cease to buy, spin,
weave, wear, or sell cotton. Let her cease
the use of sugar, rice, and tobacco. Let
her cease to buy molasses to convert into
rum, with which to specnIate on the vices,
crimes and mseries Of the human family.
Let her cease the carrying trade for the
South; let her scEd no more vessels to our
ports, or to those of Cuba or Brazil.-
When she refuses to make or receive ann
OF tile profits of slave labor, or 10 deal with
slave owners, she will vindicatc her honor.
and the sincerity of her rious professions
OF philanthropy, relieve herself from the
reproacll OF sanity hypocrisy, and will
escape the responsibility of sustaining,
extending, and perpe;uating an institution
which Ill her heart Of hearts she believes
to be wrong" Until she do this, size con-
not escape that responsibility.
Death Of MAJ. VIM IL. Kath.-It is our
painful duty to announce The death of this
aged gentleman. He brca,hcd his last. at
his residence i'll this village, Oh Tuesday
night last, after an illness Of several weeks.
during which time his sutferings were very
great: Ills disease was tl,oug ght to lie an
affection Of the heart.
MAJ: Keith was, in some respects, re-
markablc man. He had held the office of
Clerk Of the Court for this District, by re-
election, for near twcnty-eiglt years, and
was most efficient, attentive and courte-
ous officer. lie also discharged the duties
o., orCommissioner in Equity for several wears.
Inc deceased was in his 6lst year, and his
death is mourned by large family con-
nexion, and many friends and admirers
heowee Courier, 24h inst.
Digging their o,on Groues-,Sho. into
7Aen-Those men belonging to the com
mand OF Col. SchIessinger WHO were taken
by the Costa Ricans and execu ed by them,
were made to pcrforrn m unw.I,ov,, 60