The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-03-05
THE WOMAN's ADVOCATE.

an article in reference to this paper, which
is replied TO rs follows.
"Our brother Of the I.rDG Ell is correct in
his snppbsi';Dn that our papr is tho adyoT
cate of the rights If woman. 'Givc her OF
the fruit Of her hands, and let h r own
works praise her in the gates, is the motto
we have adopted, and which we have earn.
| cstly cndcavored TO incorporate in every ar.
uc!e we have written. Ii is no fault Of ours
if he has not until lately, been aware of ou,
hatred Of oppression. We have never
sought TO conceal it, but We have not med
died with the subject of southern slavery,
because evils of us great magnitude, and up.
pcaling more particularly To our personal
sympa,hies, were TO be found around u.s.
The southern slave has many and able
| champions, while the northern working girl
is lighting her way unaidcd amidst the
snecrs, insults, and ridicule of tho so-callcd
phlanthropsts Of the other sex. Still we
feel ,a"n,s'ly for all victims Of tyranny
whether they be slaves Of the cotton lord,
or the slaves Of the cotton loom. Our com.
passion is equally excited by the story of
the black sl.vc dragging out her weary life
in constant terror of her brutal ovcrsccr. rs
by that "f the slave OF The needle in coutin-
'aI fear OF bcgg,ry or st.ryatiOn. Ii is
equally hcart-rcnding 10 know th..t there
are thirty thousand women i'm Il, city Of
New Orleans, where persons can bc sold ut
any moment to highest bidder. M 10 read
that thirty Thousand women in the city of
New York, have been driven By poverty 10
;hc saI'e awful ctc.
The profession practice ort,e LEDGER
dill, widsly, for in ~" article above quoted
This passage occurs-"Wc have ever been
among those who would elevate woman to
her proper position, and not suffer her to Lc
pr"strnted and ignored ns some of the lords
OF creation would have her" and in>another
column Of the same Paper we lind the fci;
lowing III.
For sale n likely negro girl.--I will sell
ut Lancaster, &. II, on sales day, February
:, 1886. negro girl, Amanda. bclon sino To
EIijah1lorion Of Alabama. Titles ununcs-
tionabic, negro sound and likely, and sold
10y me at request of Elijah Horton aud his
attorney in fact
Terms cash, or crrd,t'of few days.
J. II. W!THERSpC,ON.
Is 1t not shameful! .Tillc unoacs,iona.
bile, negro sound aud likely lie asks,
"What business has she. the adSocate of
womans rights, with the subject of slave
ry" We answer the right that every hu.
man heart has 10 sorrow for suffering, mis-
cry, degradation that every womau's hear,
has to Tighten, hy sympathy, the grief aud
burden ot her sister woman: the right that
every northern heart has to speak out bold
ly for the cause Of truth and humanity
The question is as sstsurd sit is imper rti-
mcnt. Again he asks, do we know any.
thing Of slavery. We answer being m.
live OF slave State, whore slavery exists
only in its mi'dcst form, We nrc conv-rxant
with everything that can be said in its f,yor.
We have Witnessed the attachment and dc.
v"''on oi slaves 10 the owncrs, and the
heart t-broken sobs and drspairigg. moaps Of
mothor torn from i:eT chiliren,, Ypd pray
To God our eyes may never look such a
scene again.
Slavery in South Carolina may operate
differently than IN other Mates, YIt the
South Carolina slave may by . prince To- the
northern colored man, but siiii the columns
Of the LEDGER tell different talc.. We
clip tho following from them To shoy with,
what nlacri'y these princes seize every op.,
pouunity I" aLdirate:
TWENTY-FIVE DoLLAIs REw,Rp.-The
above reward will be- paid for the delivery
TO myself, or the iodg-nient in any Jail, or
my fellow Bob, who irit my premises on
;ie Both Of April. III. said boy is black,
stout built, about - years old, about 5 feet
s or 10 mrhc, I'gh. lie is we'll known by
the name of BoL pclam..
will also pay twenty dollars for sat.
lsfnctoy prof against any orc who may har.
Dor him. J. u. FAULKNER.
We have not the same syupatby with
mon as with women, for we cannot apprc.
ciatc the spirit Of that man, be he white or
black, who would submit quietly 10 such
disgraccful sersitudc. IL would be with us,
question Of liberty or death, and il We had
been placed in the same circumstances ns
that poor slave mother in Cincinnati, who,
to save her child from bondage put il to
death with her own hands, VIC believe our
heart would have been nerycd to the same
deed.
Ave arc not sufficiently familiar with the
politics Of the day to bc aware Of the op,n.
ions OF Dir. Seward on The various Issues of
the question Of slavery, but we have such
ent're confidence in his honesty and philan.
throPy, that We should .ssarcely hesitate 10
endorse any opinion he might give tttter.
anee to, upon the subject OF freedom or hu-
man progress. Still, we think Il hardly
candid to select his name alone from the
long list whom We append as references 10
our prospectus, when il stands side by side
with those Of Stepheh A. Douglass, and
John III. Clayton, equally our friend, and
supporters.
| In cobciusion, oar thanks are due 10 our
South Carolina brother for many kind no.
tices, and in par, 10 repay that obligation,
we would with the utmost good feeling of.
Ter him tie following advice:
Meyer call attention to an object that will
only pass without .censure when il passes
without observation"
The Advocate does no. deny being IN IA.
vor Of the abolition Of slavery, and vet ssys,
ave have not mcdded with the subiec, Of
southern slavery" Who is consistent
nowf
4 We have no intention TO enter into n
lengthy controversy wits the Adroca,e. for
u is useless 10 try 10 convince those. who
even Preyss to be the advocates of emanci.
Pation' that they are in error. The popular
feeling at the North, il IN favor Of tho abo-
| Iition OF slavery nj The Soutb and ~. hs 4