The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-08-18
RBMARKABLE LETTER FROM GOVERNOR
WISE--HIS sENTIMENTS ON NEW YORK pol

Tho following singular letter from Governor
Wise. Of Virginia. TO friend in Albany. has
just beon made public, and has created quit u
sensation among the politicians now congregatcd
in that city;
RrcnMoSp, July l3.
DEAR SIN; thank you for yours of tho sth
instant. / have nrprehcnj.d all along that the
Iammany Regency would carry II united dele
CATION from New York TO Char lesion. For " I,unf
Douglae, | know, is confident but you NAV
rely on it that Mr.. Buchanan is himself a can
didate for rc'n",Ii,atiou. aud all his patronage
and power will he used to disappoint Douglas
and all other aspirants Our only chance is to
organize by districts, and either whip the enemy
or senl two delegations
IL That is done or not done, we must still
rely on united South. a united South will
depend "n united VIrgini,, and pledge vou
that she. "t least, shall he unit. Virginia :.
"n''. aud persistent and firm on sound platform
of protection 10 all pcr,ons of popular rctxmS
squattrr sovereignty shr must rally to her sup
T'or, all the Som,h The South cannot ndup, Nr
Douglas platform. It. u short cut to all the
ends of Black R"puhlraniSn,. tie then will
hnvc To kick up his hcv,S. If he ,lnrs or don't,
lie cant be nnmina,c, and the main arp,rn.n,
against his uomInati,n is that he cant he elected
II nominated. IL he runs an independent can.
didate, and Seward runs, and am nominated 4
Charleston, cnn beat them both OR if s,I'.a,.
Scr sovereignty Is plank Of Ihc platform ut
Charleston, and Douglas rs ,,,,Inate, the South
will run an independent candidate protection
principles. an, run l" vl,c;'"n into The Hons.
Where. then, would Mr.. Duu,:iaS be- Th..
lowest candidate the li,t. II ! have lin.
popular strength y"n *nrp" Il. i; will nsrli fix
the n",t ,a'I"n. Get that. and am cuuii.l.u,
of success.
Hon F. Wood is rfc<sc,i'v and really,
believe. Il friend, and oi c"u,se w.nil in r...!
tulh hc ga'; of his influence. aul would d,
s"'hng t" impair il. and c"ulG nu Justly rcc.,
ms KIND aud but yvu u,lv J.ly upon il ;ha, |
am nriiicr n'cte'y, nor al al. IN the hands
ot Mr. W""', "r amy o1!c, man who hrcath"s |
lie has always been fri"uI To me. nn,i am
10 hum. hut always fair and independent
tcr,ls There is nothing in relations wh.rh |
should keep al"cf nny friend of either. He |
knows as we'll rs "n" can tell him. that his |
iia,n Influence Is XXI ,h. city Of New York. |
aud judge %l,s, l"m say "f his country in. !
ucncc is correct. Int | nn counting All IN. |
t,mc without New York. and don't fear III.
Jesuit am depending solely upon open posi- !
'r'l OF princir!". independent "i all cIucs and !
dcfying all comer1. We will "vrrwl"lm ",po |
s,t'oa in Virginia. AMI her vu,c will he corscrvn
tive apti national.
At all events. | shall always he ula,, to hear
Eronryou, and am, yours truly.
HENRY a. WISE
TIE London 7im"s Free .E.yro"s-Thc
London Times mantully admits that the freed
West Indian negro ,av. will not Till the $ul for
wages the free s"n of the tx slave is all nnSi.
natr his sire. lie will cultivate Lands which
he has not bought inr his own y:,nIs nanu,s
and plan,ains. These satisfy his wants he
does not care for Yours Cotton, aud sugar, and
coffee. aud tobacco he cares li,ii. for them
And what matters il (" him that the En.liS!,r,an !
has sunk his thousands and tens "f thousands on
mills, machinery, and plant, which ter ON
the langusliIng estate that for wears has only
rctmrnr! beg AIRY and debts. lie eats his vans
anl singers at ''buckIa."
I'VE know not why this should be- but it il |
90. The negro has been bought with price,
the price Of Englisi, taxation and English toll
lie has been "rr,l.cmrd from hon,lnpc by the
sweat and travail Of some millions of hard work
ing Engs,ncn. Twenty millions Of pounds
stcrlimg-"ne hundred millions of d"llars-have
been distilled from, the brains and muscles Of
the free English lahorcr, of every degree to
fashion the West Iniian negro into q "frre and
independent laborcr." 'Free aud independently
enough lie has become, God knnws, but Iaburcr
he is not and, 10 Ear rs We See, he never
will be. lie will sing hymns and quote texts,
but honest steady industry he not only detcsts
hut drspiscs. We wisl, to Heaven that some
propic in England-ncither government, p.o.
pie, parsons, nor clcrgymcu-but some :
Just minded. honest hearted, aud clcar-sirhie.l
men. wouil Z" out to some Of the isands-snv
Jamaica. Dominica. or antigua, not for Il month
or three months, but for vear-wpud watch
the precious procgc Of Eur Iish rhlauthrophy
the freed negro. in his daily habits would
watch him us he lazy plants his little squat.
ting would See him as he proudly rejects arrl-
cultural or domestic service, or accepts it only
nt wages ludicruus'y dspropprtonnte to the value
Of his work. We wish, too they wou watch
him. with hide thicker than that of a hppo.
p"tnmus. and n hody To wch fcrvid heat is n
comfort rather than an annoyance. he druningly
lounges over the prescribed task on which the in
trcpti EnHlis.in'an, uninured to the burning sun
consumes his impatient energy nnd too often
sncriiices his life We wish they would 20 out
and view the negro in all tho blazumry Of his
idlencss, his prl-, his in.ra. itude conlenp,,ols.
ly Fnrrring at the industry Of that race which
made him Tree, ln! then come home anl teach
the memorable lesson Of th-ir experience to the
faraics who have perverted HIM INTO wha, tie
is"
The experiment Of English emancipation Of
n"g'"s has r"sulte'! like all experiments of n sim.
liar character. st. Domingo Is another exam.
pie. There is island OF the Wrs, I.,,!irs |
sp", the hab;,ahle globe, where the
emancipation OF negr" slaves has not resulted in
Diminishing. Their industry. drpravng their NOR
ais aud sinking them tower in the scale of pros
pcri'v, virtue and humanity.-Ei -Eic!tmomd De..
putch.
An Interesting Irini in F,rginin.--Tbe Coun-
ty Court of AIhcmarIc County. Virginia, dis.
posed OF an interesting last week. II
was that Of Stat" va. Judy. slave girl Of
w. o. T-rrll The Charlottesville. Republican
says
The charge against her WAS that, in April
last, she attempted I" kill her mistress, (who
was confined to her bel from protractr.l sick
ness. aud was very feeble, and entirely help.
less,) by choking her. dragging, her out Of bed,
and brualy beating her with The ton:.s, and |
burning her with Goals Of fire and hot embrrs
The probability is that she would have sne-
c"eled in killing Mira. Il. very soon. had she
not been prevented by the arrival OF the fam
iy physician, who found her upon the floor
IN n state of insensihll':y. The prisoner ut the
time OF the commission Of the deed was abou,
eight years and nine months old. The cause
consequently involved the consideration of the
interesting question in regard to ;hc age at
which legal responsibility for crime commences
or. in other words, at what age person is. as
the law writer's say, dei copos This question.
80 far as we are advised, has not been settled
by the Judicial decisions uf this country: tl,c
tendency of The decisions in England being to |