The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-04-08
APRIL 8, 1859.
Southern Gallantry and Hospitality

manner in which a lady of Brooklyn hss
lately bcon driven from Aiken, S. q. She
had bocn spending tho winter at a hotel
thore, with sick daughter, who required .
mild climate. SOmo weeks she ago wrote
lotter to a brother 10 Western New York. in
which she spoke of the OWLS OF slavery.
This letter was published, and some one
sent q copy of tho paper TO the postmaster
at Aiken. A public meeting was immcdi-
ately called, and committee appointed 10
ferret out tho writer. A Northern gcntle-
man who, as an invalid, happened also TO be
at the hotel, was suspected, aud was uesth-
ened with lynch law It he did not Confess.
As, of cOurso. he could only persist in CO.
niai. no would probably have suffered ac-
cordingy, had not tho lady nobly come for
ward 10 exonerato him by acknowledging
the letter rs her own. affirming, at the
same time, that she was not prlvy to its
publication. The citizens then turned their
wrath upon her, aud she was pcremptoFlly
orderod to leave tho place III foTty-oight
hours The lady pleaded tor moro tim" ON
behalf of her sick dsugbtsr, bst the citizens
of Aiken knew no such Humanity. She asked
for liberty to remain until hsr husband could
arrive to escort her and her slak child. But
the citizens of Aiken knew nothing os gall
lantry or courtesy. Tue order was imPera-
tive. in spite of the earnest pleading OF tho
woman, wife and mother. Nor was this ALL
The landlord of the botol ordorcd tbe'moths
or aud the sick daughter to leave his prcm-
ses in half an hour what iurther occur
rod between tho lady ana inc hinuhsh GU.
zens OF Aiken, south Curonha' We are NOV
Informed, But wo lcarp tnat on "eoueD~
day morning last her husband received
letter apprisiDg hun OF her sltnaton' aho on
tho afternoon of the same day he started
fnr tho Sonth and IN et his wife and daughter
ut Columbia, on their way nome.
We subioin tho offensive letter above re-
| c,r,o,, D, T, u,s 6rst nublished in the
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! AIKEN, D. ", req z, looO'
| My DEAR BRoTnER:-Wo are in what 10
called tho Pine Wood District, l2o mlos
west of Charleston. Aiken is a small town
OF not moro than 900 inhabitants, aud the
dullest place was over in. All the work
that is done in this country is done 10y slaves,
aud they do just as little as they possibly
can.
Tho houses are open, and not half made.
with the doors off tho hinges, and the win
dows won't smut you could put your hand
in tho cracks all around tho sashos. Ihs
whole country has the uppearance OF lazy,
shftless, degoneratlng decay. Iho white
people arc tho nost aLy, shlitless, dirty,
,gnOrant SGT OF beings IL is possible to con-
ceiSe OF. They 20 lounging about the streets
and stores al! day, moving heap OF rags,
dirt, aud ignorance, looking ilttlo better ana
often knowing less, than tho slaves-loo
! proud 10 work, and too poor 10 hvo-Mrs.
Stoves description, III Uncle Toms Cabin
of the poor whites OF the South, m m DO
way over drawn, but often tails OF ars'
crlption OF their destltution ana ignorance.
Tho slaves are OF oil colors aud shados
from the most sooty black TO pcrfcct
"A white. lhofe was walter ~ inc Hntei AZ
Charleston who was ss white as you or l.
with blue eyes aud sandy hair, and not the
y least appearance OF African blood thst
E could suu. thought him an iFisbR'an, and
4 my husband thought hlm M Anep'eati
but from our host, 40 our surprise, We iouhd
y him to be a slave, the property OF planteV
o few miles south OF CbarlestOD.
Il Aiken is quite n rctort Tor consumptiYcs.
a II lies on high ground. and is surrounded
by = yellow pine forest Tho climate 10
= mild and warm, mo atmosphere pure ana
i uolightful. We have been out all the morn.
o ing without cloaks or shawis. And ought
Is not to conn lain ot "a country that gives my
:, daughter health; but, in spite of oil my
- wishes, tho hours hang heavily upon Me.
q We have no company except the two young
,. ladies' from New York--the one sick aud
II the other to take care OF her, aud gems
n from Ohio, also sick. aud "a testy old bachs,
l0r, which is worse than being sick.
' THIS monotonous lite is occasionally brok-
Q On by IL negro whipping. Tho other day, ~
@ was walking down street, l saw quite n
a crowd OF people, and soon boheld III their
midst alarge, tall negro, With his arms pin
ioned behind him, who had been driven IL
IS miles that morning by whte man; the
= man riding on horse and driving him be-
O fore him, using Two long ropes as We uso
4 limos TO drive our horses.
' Tho men said that the negro had started
o to run away, and he had caught him and
brought hun back. Tho negro said that he
, belonged to man a few mites south, aud
had Only lost his way in tho woods. and if
. = thoy would lot him,he would go right home.
70 They flogged him, pu, him in tho calaboose.
= "a negro piisou), and what has become Of
is him since do not know, but feel quite sure
., that they had the ropes on the wrong man
for the negro was much the smartest look
= ing of the two.
- Last Sunday, just after morning services
er wo heard great noise in the street, and