Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-08

w ll,;n who has any respect iOr liIttis.i. =:
regard for the welfare Of his negroes will object
to making orc IN committee of vigilencc, under
such circumstances; and should a man object to
the duty, depend uponit, lie will bear watching
rs much as the wh>kcy pcddlar.
Those two classes are bad enough in all con
science, but, in our opinion, the man who will
Gamble with the poor, weak-minded negro, far
nutStrps them in mcannesS and degradation;
and the sooner our people set to work to rid
the community of such rascally beings the
sooner will they make their nc@ro property
more valuable, submissive and profitable.
But few imagine to what extent whiSkey
drinking and gambling, is carried, among our
slaves. A few days ago friend Informed us
that whilst hunting through an sold ileld,"
near this Village he discovered number Of
whi:key bottles sccrctcd i'll the grass, and many
evidences of card playing. The fact is, owners
and those having the charge of slaves are not
strict enough to know where the negroes spend
their nights and Sundays. They permit them
to do and 30 where and when they please. and
the result is, they are easily lcal into habits
that are most ruinous and destructive. a few
such captures as that made By Col. Williams
will do much to brake up these habits.
Please give place to this also from the Union
Vile Journal on the same subject.
Mr.. Editor Our District is becoming noto-
rious for tue many violations of the laws OF the
land, and prominent among them Is trading with
negroes, and selling spurious liquors without
license. From almost every ncighborhood we
hear of some scoundrcl, and sometimes three or
four of them trading with negroes, and encoura-
cinr them to steal from their owners and others
to carry on the base and illegal traffic. If they
are allowed to 60 on with impunity, the bolder
portion of the rascals will consider their share
of crime too circumscribed, and the profit too
small, and take new degrees in villainy, by steal
ing our slaves, and selling them At one time,
we hear of fellow pretending 10 make seven
or eight bags of cotton off Of three or four acres
of land; at another time we hear of twenty
odd pieces of bacon being stolen from an old
widow. in one night and delivered to some
whskey selling, negro trading, rogulsh white
man.
At various points in the district we hear of
liquor being retaied without license; and the
Sabbath, instead of being kept holy, made a
ealaday for low-lfe white men and degraded
negroes to congrcgatc on, at one OF these l,tl'
hels on earth, and beastify themselves; thus
running the negroes and making property lnse-
cure, tempting the poor negroes 10 steal to raise
means to get the liquid poison to satisfy their
deprayed and vitiated appetites. 1t is crying
evil and the good and the wise should devise
some means Of arrcsting the worse than pesti
lencc stalking abroad in our land, and bring to
condign punishment the brutes who, to make
few dollars, are willing to furnish what kill:
both soul and body, and make Of human being
born in the image of his Maker: and only lit
tie lower than tie angels, an object of DISCUS
and contempt, bercft Of reason, and kissing the
ground in company with the swine, less filthy
and loathsome than they.