The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-03-05
The abstract subjcct of slavery, we have


ietit BIZ right or wtong--letit bens our op.
foncnts declare. .the direst cufse"-the sn
snust'Rot be impttted to southern slavehol'
ders, Twenty-Five 'years'ago, slavery. mas
recognized ms an inssituiios in -sSyw ySsk.
The Southc 81 States are'na more ccnsurn-
bly, fcr <fis sxtab blishncnt Of slavery, than
the North. The slxve trade was sonrcc
ofpccuaiary proftto Northern Aep, aHd
more SO than tothoss Of; tho South The
abolition Of tho traffic, was rccoihmendcd, II
We mistake not. frstsby South. Carolian..--
The adoption of this opinion did not result
from the fact that the negro was hess coifii
fortaLly provided for hero than in his own
country, from what other cnifse It may have.
We all know. every one that,is competent
b understand what he.reads, knows that
the slave at the South, is better, provided
for, is far more happy. than the negro of
Africa. Negro slsyey is an institution Of
tho South, an institution established con-
jointly by the North, and we say emphati.
cslly, in spite of the accusation of impert-
nchce, that Miss aIcDowgM. md no one
else, has - right TO say one word in ,opposl,
ton to it. But Let us look little into tho
subject. .Ha
The negro Is inferior to the white man -
we do not care what Speaker Ranks Gays
, to the contrary. The negro is incapable of
governing. lie feels his iufcriority. They
are naturally ~ mslothful, indolcnt race. so
long as they have masters over ahem to
make thom work, they will work. strt, if
left to themselves they would perish from
starvation Negroes, in three cases ont of
five ~ ,sstbc made 10 wash their own clothes,
forced ie provide for maintenance, or they
wonldperish, and yet, We are told by those
pre,endin,; to be phihnthropists, TO cradi-
cate the curse.
In our > .uihcrn country at this TING, il
is rarely the negro is c"rporcalIy punished.
The example of our older encs, tt,e fear of
The consequences, forces obedience. Cam
love exist Without fear!
Some two years ago friend Of ours in
this State. was called upon TO take charge
of some three or s,ur NEGROES, who wcr. !,
a suffering condition. Tbrv wcr. ,oo lazy
TO work for ,i,inr and wcr. , NOS, to mo
nciyhborhood. Tb.s. nccro.s were ,h,.
descendants of one, who purchased his FIRE.
dom from our friends G,tIcr. md TINS ,b,.
reason why he was called upon. They were
m;..r,b,,. ,l,;,.,s ana ,o, ,, a .,;,
glorious libcry q; had not been bound by
the fcttcrs Of oppression" In our own
village, while our slave population are con-
tented and'copfort.ble, the free blacks, are
always suffering, and are constantly shifting
from place to place, to earn u livelihood.
Does the editor Of the, aarncn,e recognize
ia Amanda, companion, that she accuse,
us of Inconsistency, in saying we profess TO
be friend 10 woman, and BY advertising a
negro girl for sale, nullify such profession
Wc.Sos!d Ike TO know her sediments.
We .c,n,a, ,,a.,.,,,5 uhv. u..a
Wy
fp'''' arc 80 a's"ouS I'D nave s'a'
very aoo'shed. IL The negroes OF the South
were maauRiit led o.day--in less than n
month, our wbo,o covntrv wc,Id Lao inf.
,.d bv Rod. =, ,h..;,;-, ...,o.,. 80,
H.. - a.. ''s '"s'.""' Az"
e'e"'""'y we government would be COM
ro' =" "'s~ ''so'S''''es' OF
""" wv 's S''''s' We
" !, "" " '."""se ,"' "'p'"a'e''o oi our
North
~ Elevate woman! Yes, we would elevate
woman, but not try TO convert a tar baby
into a WAX fyu,s Js,h. ;d;o.,,.v NJ A.,
IT,. y "e
- p'E''a' 70 o''e'j"aSemeht' as
70 'r""'e her To believe Amanda would be
n iit companion for a lady >of refinement,
As well may We try.to ohanye ,be Leonard.
sno,. A. ..,hs.
- =, ~ '"o". 'h our
'e'""'' '"a' tue cd''"r knows nothing OF
The sub,ret, We find iuiha Adsocaie. the fol-
lowing extract froulilss .sandayo{ a..n.tch.
"a. s;,. ma
.,,.,;s and u"n .""r, S.,s' "sDoMe'' Is bold. en-
'i"n to feminine charac,sri.,ics, she often
tltss nf ind