Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-15
MISCELLANY.
Force of Habit.

A gentleman recently from Africa, while
at ole of the civilized colonies on the coast,
meta colored woman whom he had known
in old Virginia, who had obtained her
freedom for good conduct, and had cmigra.
ted to Liberia.
Where are you travelling to, Mary 2"
said the gentleman.
81 am going down to the village on the
sca-shore. I'm tired of seeing nigger, Mig
ger, nigger! i want to see some white
folks"
But aTe you doing well here 2"
ooh, very well have four slaves who
make palm leaf hats"
!" Slaves, Mary? You, emancipated, to
have slaves in your own land ?"
ooh, yes" said she, with great simple
ity, must do as they do in old Virginny."
The above has been in circulation among
the newspapers for some months. 1t is
believed to have originated in Noah's Week
ly Times and Messenger, from which queer
and always interesting though often rascal
~ paper, it was out at the time and put
among the heavily accumulated excerpts
for the Day Book.
If it was original in the Times and Mes
senger, it is,hard to say where Noah, picked
it up. 1t is not probable that the incident
ever actually occurred as described; but
the facts which countcnance it (and may
have suggested it, were partly published
in 1913 by the writer of this, and have
bcen'partly communicated i'm conversation,
by the writer of this to many persons in
this city during the last six years
j nko I;horio,, uSln,,;sI .EtI., c.oo,I...yx,> &
American philanthropists, the intended
evangelizers Of the African contjncut, and
the supposed extirpators of thc African
slayetrqdel do actually buy and hold slaves.
The ordinary domestic servants of the more
prosperous colonists that is, those who
have been long supported by salaries drawn
from the pockets of that small portion of
the benevolent American public, hitherto
cntrapped into the support of colonization
as a Christian enterprizel are slaves, in the
strongest and literal sense of that word,
rs much 30 as those transported from Ga
linhas and New Sesters and other Liberian
ports for such they are on Ashmun's map]
to Cuba and Porto Rico. i.
The writer of this, when Gan unsophisti-
Gated youth" only twenty-throc years old,
(aud that was distrcssingly long time ago, )
was for some months arcsidcnt in the colo
ny of Liberia in the capacity Of Colonial
Physician from tho American Colonization
Society. he was a devoted advocate Of
that beautiful cause and consistent entor-
prise, and left all other purposes and hopes
in lifo to go to Africa, with the desire OF
ascertaining the defects in the management
of the scheme, so that OIL temporary obsta.
clos toits perfect Development might be
removed, and the way be thus opened for
the willing emigration for the gfcat mass
ofthe colorod peopleo Of the United States
I to "ther land Of their faSheri, thore to bc
the hersldsof salvation, the propag0udists
of liberty and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to tl,e
wofully oppressed .patiycsof that bcnighted
region. Though considerably ast0lishod
by his first days observation Of g the cold
reality in thatwsrm country, heresolutely
remainedand retained lis oficiaI eanpexloD
with the Colonization enterprise gntil hs
found that he could moi accomplish AMI
pennanent gaod there that was likely K
counsepbalanco tho evils With #hieh b
was compelled to contend lie therefor,