The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-08-25

sudden Lound which upset reasvr for th>
moment.
I will Ect Pay it, exclaimed, stirling
the table violently with my clcnched
hard.
'lake that nan to Jail, Mr.. Sheriff. for
ccntumacy and continued contempt OF
ccrtt,' said the Judge, pointing lis lcrg,
bouy forcfnger at me.
The shades of evening were gradually
darkeuin3 the objects around me, rs sat
i'll my prison room, in the very same rosi
ton into which had sunk when Tie KEY
turned on ne in the morning. | viii! not
undertake to describe to you tie perfect
chaos Of feeling that had in the meantime
rci@ncu Niihin re. The stupor us OF ona
just stunned 10y some great catastrophe
winch he hardly yet omprchcnds-s shame
/! that h;t,i at last come to this pass-sclf
condemnation fer HAVING So wcakl- ei"eu
an enemy the advantage Of mc--rage
with its thousand frantic schemes of bitter
ie.e.le, ty turns had possession Of all
my faculties. My friends calIe,l-no al
mission. My servant. brought dinner
nn a'!sn soion. The Ja!ur lunblcd at Tie
,'oor as though intending to come in and
favor mo with his uuwc.cnme conlplence-
no admission. Hour after hour nas.rd -
AT length passion grew somcv.ha: .earv
from lis violence, and reason bcgau 10 lift lis
i!":,': a'a!n alovc TIE trounlrI watrrs.-
Aud "ow, as | sat there, the ,!a, kncss Of
h'%ht creeping over me, Il calm interior
light sccm"l 10 dawn, am! strange thou-h,s
;2'k n'',>r>sl"r Of my mind. had been
:.:a'..s"i, hrt hi not n.n unin,rntion
=: " wrua-,'i others in the same WAY I?
Tie =. had fHrI me, Il, first, for II
~ iyI'!c>s !:.,;,c!: of the rule bu, !. too.
la. often prs;,i,rl others for u.-ur"S
wi.i. III. =, easily have Le"n l. effect of
n.r. i!.,u.:"l "l,>>t">s, though very ann. V
:n- 10 M:.. began /" think ;hnt, not
wi'.!N'a"I:'- my pat theory AMI prari;c..
an apparent wrong ma! not Ia teal wrong
't'tCi ii.ftL i'''U itS Ntii tH r:.iilrSii.
| "!en dc" wlnolt thln.:ug, tI,:ng~ VIII 81.
! "n to be l':.', ard are very Li>ngr-,aH'..,
but >hpn'l n";, il: iins,icn, he punished
''cc:,u,9 ;i.cy ,a.!: he ;n"r2l.e .er:s uf mai.
ice.
Th"n The ,J"'g~ ':.j imprisoned me f..
refusing t" pay r.:. nr. i'-:, l"w often
| !.a'! used ~,'ins Mt n"s-',r:- with MA.
I vino rc;u>c /" pay ','v ~ r..c o,nrr dis
faction that ! c':.,,.,.e,. ,.,.. aud ,!osc
| very ncn too, may, like myself. have been
;" much Is. .'...,.! 10y anger or ,!:>..i,
! r"intinrmt, or cvyi ;tvaricr, rs 10. really t.,
see clearly ,hat they ~v..: wrong. should
therefore, have lr":cr'!el with them gently
aud patiently, and not put them down quite
SO hastily aS r;.sc,Is. | concluded, finally
that ot.:n, when men are really wrong,
| they may Ec ;:c:;ng under Influences which
bind them To the !ac;, or cxci!cmcnts vi ;c!,
make them almost Irresponsible for thei,
I "cts.
Men were not SO bad, then, after all
Lie began to dawn on me in Il more anna.
bic aspect, and ! e.. Il sensible increase o,
charity. Yes, J. thought, all these fellows
whom | have despised SO much, have, after
all, much o! coed N them, al even thci,
badness is more the result of warm passion
than Of cold malice. They ere, in fac.
10 te piticd rather than punished for nine
tcnths OF Their h;.;ccui;co.
The fact is, thought |, 1 have moi
treated my fclIow-man with common JUS
dce, and no wonder they are turning
against me. l have underestimate them
and ovcr-estimatcd myself. l sec that
am subject to the sane tIaiItics us the,
myself; and if would but give them rca
credit for their worth, anl show them tia,
appreciate their merits, might bc as
popular AS any body. Ny mind was mad,
up. llencc!orth compromise should be nv
mot. Il a:y ether di''r"cl f-cm me,
would, at least, give linn crc,!i: for every
thlng-iGn"rancc, prejudice, or passion-
that co"'G r::I!@tc his error and v;ndca,e
his sincerity, even though it should be q
Yankee on tie Abolition question, = South
Carolinan on notification, or a merchant, a.
10 our accounts. saw clearly that bu,
one thing was necessary 10 make any ans
every man like NE, which WAS to show hin
that | thought highly Of him in som,
| Il, ii
better.
thought and thought, till my mnt
was clear, and my resolution fixed.
would commence new system Of socia
inicrcours, and would commence irnmc-
dia'ely. l was impatient to test it. Blu
how Hero was in Jail and no one t,
operate OH, must send in the fue. Sill
no one could release me without an ordc