The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-10-31

kill would be mutual-unless it be in war,
and question even that"
| The description of the country from Charles
| ton to Columbia is verified in the experiences
Of every traveller:
"Thc road from Charleston to Columbia
passes through the most dreary country the
eye of traveller ever rested on. Tangled
brakes of stuntc,l pine, alternating with
dismal marshes or blighted corn-ficlds, and
not hill to relieve the wrctchcd monotony,
constitute the never-changing prospects.
After leaving Columbia the prospect inn
proves. Wcll,cultvated fields stretch down
to the road. Pleasant farm houses, embed
ded in oak and magnolia, with the smoke
Of the negroes huts rising up ont of the
dense groves here and there meet the view,
and gladden. both eye and heart. The
whole face OF nature is changed. Even the
very steam engine-to my surprise found
it named after that venerable warrior, Bri-
an Borhoime) seems to derive new vigor
from the altered circumstances, and rattlcs
away with accelerated speed"
The village of Greenwood, with its quiet
beauty and sylvan rcpose: with its Spread
| ing oaks and evergrccns" and white washed
cottages with partcrrcs Of flowers in front,
seems to have inspired the imagination of our
traveller aud he thinks that its rural sccusion
would have satisfied the longing of the poet
Cowley, for some obscure retreat in the
Western world, with tho ''consoation OF
letters and philosophy.
The description Of Southern society and man.
ners is of the colour dc rose, and the distinct
ness and beauty of the picture is heightened
agitation:
81 found the people sober, intelligent,
lligh-minded, patriotic, and kind-hear,ed.
One thing missed, to-wit-thc spnalid
misery of the lahoring classes of the North.
| saw no poverty. And you may depend
on it, the absence Of poverty is a very supc-
rior feature in any community.
Another very interesting trait, or class of
traits, in Northern society, never shows its
face among our Southern friends. The
people have no pcnchant for isms and,
let me tell you, they manage to get OH won
derlully well without them. There are no
cadavcrous, sapEcss, man-forsaken females,
turning politics into a burlesquc, philosophy
into farce, and religion into a rcproacl,.
There are no long g-hcaded fanatics preach
ing millennium of frce-lovc. There are
no Hiss committees, no convent-burncrs, no
Anticipated ranters, no Know n Nolhiugs
There are no ministers Of the Gospel
save the mark serlnonizng from the text,
60 yc into the world and shoot at ev-
cry creature" turning the church into the
playhouse, and making rowdyism of rclig-
ion. But, it may he urged, slavery is
there" Well, sir, what of it? You are
not responsible for it. You have no Jus-
ness with it. Look around you, anil You
will sec slavery every where-aye, under
your very nose! Slavery ten thousand
times worse than any involuntary physical
scrvitudc."
In the following paragraph he hits the
Nort!crners some pretty hard raps by the hand
Of Southern gentleman
at is strange fact" observed a South
ern gentleman to me, one day, ",llat the
harslicst, most cXacting, and most abusive
slave-owner among us. are Northern men.
Thay have no sympathy with the slave; no
consideration for his inferior capacity, and
no confidence in his integrity. Even the
| NOfttern women, WHO sometimes come
down here to teach our schools, exhibit II
repugnance to the slave that is strangely
At variance with their professions Of love
for them at the North, and with what we
would expect from tile tender hearts Of the
sex. We, on the contrary, Look on our
slaves as part Of our family. They grow up
among us, their children mix with ours
from their earliest childhood, and affections
are formed in that way which the growth
of years only serves to strengthen"
With these extracts we hrse bid adieu to our
traveller and MS he has furnished two pic
turcsof Southern society and manners, he will
excuse us for accepting the truest exposi-
tiop of his views, that which is most consonant
to Our feelings.
CnnnfOrt for tho Aged.