Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27

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acted upon by the public opinion of his
neighbors aud equals. The established cus.
tom is to speak gently to servants; and so
much Of the intercourse Of the people ID: with
their servants, thatthis has created through
out society softness of manner and tone,
which, .iu educated people, being united
with dignity and selfpOssession, gives me
the ideal of a well.bred- person. I have
seen the effect Of this upon boys. You know
tits favorite saying Of the Northern people
and the English, that one evil of slavery, is
to make boys imperious and cruel. The op.
posite is true. Recollect, we are in land
Of rational and accountable beings--aaChris
tian land if you like, where certain maxims
of kindness, and brotherly love, and ohari.
ty, and mercy, have not failed to penetrate
and ifa boy has young negro or two Of
his own to govern, he does it under the eye
Of parents aud neighbors Over and above
the appeal which sense Of his power over
the young negroes must make to the heart
Of every generous boy, he too, finds. himself
amcnable to the force of public opinion, and
will defy it at his peril. While he is train:
ing and governing his young negro, be is al.
so training and governing himself. Be the
theory correct or no, take it for fact, that
the sons of Southern shareholders are quiet
and courteous in their manners, both towards
slaves aud every one else. Ofcourae, how
ever, severe measures are sometimes needfui
in subduiuga young negro: What them I
Is colt not to be broken because he is vi
cious? 2 ."1 ~.rs ..- -
"Fourth. You have heard it tsaid-North.
ern writer's admit-thatthe true Southerner,
who is come of q race of Southerners, stands
in the very front rank Of manhood, is
brave and generous, q mirror of truth
and. honor, candid, loyal, and courteous.
It is true. !. The high.sonled nobility. Of
Europe, while there was a true nobility
(Which there is not now }, grew from a spb,
soil of. feudal serfdom and yillepage,. and
could, not have grown without it. Slavery
is. that subsoil here. Do you apprehend how
it feeds the roots and radicals.ofthe virtues
Why thus-lyiugs and stealing are. negro
tricks. To be coward is unworthy Of a
white man. -.
"Of course it is not meant to deny that
there is plenty. of meanness, lying, and sc9un:
drelism, in the Southern States, as elsewhere:
The devil shall not be left withouta man to
witness for, him upon the earth. But ], at
tempt to describe the favorable tendency Of
the slavery system, in forming individual and
national character, were that system once
uutrammelled aud fairly developed. ..
with this admirable institution in full
bloom-with the boundless resources, ragri.
cultural and mineral, in her possession, well
worked by about twenty million negroes
with her matehless climate and other adgan-
tages too numerous to mention, what does
the South want2 A higher standard, ot
education; and, as some begin to say, a
speedy, peaceful and. equitable separation
from the North for ~ :. -. -
"FHih. Many; Of the most intelligent
Southerners I met, said to me distinctly,
that the Union is really and actually dis.
solved-that the two sections are two ma.
tons, standing together not by uis snsrtte J
because there has yet been no shock suf6c.
emily violent to shake them asunder.-- / be.
gin to believe it, though reluctantly mas.
much as I have declared my intention to
be citizen of the United States, and when
my citizenship ripens, how shall-1 feel If
there be no United States to be'a citizen Of !
Nevertheless, two nations now stand upon
this soil, becoming fast even hostile nations.
The point where they come into Immediate
contact, namely, Washipgton-whatis it'but
asore andaugry ulcer? Northern and South.
ern men meet there now almost as mortal
enemies. When the two nations come cas-
ually face to face, as they aock.in' to settle
new country (namely, Kansas, it is as if .
war party Of Choctsws met cloud of Cal
mucd Tartars-seems as though they must
fight it out before either can rest in peace.