The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1859-09-14


llst every man vail realise i stitis
~ hhpleasant faeti
When any vne asls me tho hess
howss.dsys. ! lhvaf sblv Hawtf him
''isg mata mggrr We have taa
mach hlffef N Congress, tao mach
hIggef " We newspaper, 700 maeh
higsuf hetseen ne iso parties. shi
Too much niRger IN our oWh party.
! am Indebted for llls Iaea ~ a ".
gro woman IN MaFylahi, wllo, when
qnlie young eml lgraicll ~ Lllefis, ahd
who returned 70 iha United states,
few yeats ago, under ihr following
circumstances fhe had been living
abou, ten years IN tho interior " Vi.
bcrla, some sky miles from The SEQ
coast, and On hearing that q ,osael
had arrived from Baltimore. she
packed up her clothes, bade good
bye to her friends and started on
Too, 10 the port where the vessel wns
10 be found. less than three days
travel bfough, her On board the vessel
and IN the presence Of the Captain.
When hc asked her what she wanted,
she said. "Good Massa, ! want to
20 back to Maryland again, aud !
will cook, wash and do other services
for you and the crew iOr carrying me
across the ocean"
Tho Captain endoavorel TO argue
her out OF such Oh intention, aud tried
to persuade her sho WAS just in the
country whore alI Of her color ought
to be-. Fearing from this kind of
talk she would be refused u passage,
tho woman poured ou, n torrent Of
tears, amid the most distressing sobs,
aud sometime elapsed before she
could control her emotions sufficient
" to allow her to speak. As soon,
| however, rs she was able to do so,
| she renewed her cnircsties. aud prom
iscd herself to the Captain us u slave
for life il he would only take her ont
of that country. The generous Cap.
tain, overcome more BY tho distress
Of the woman than any hope cf gain
from her services, finally agreed to
bring her back, but he had TO ask
"what in the name Of the Lord made
her SO distressed abou, living in Ii.
IBERIA, and 80 anxious 10 get back ta
Maryland" She answered him al.
most word for word as follows:
"Too much niggcr here for me-
mns'a, too much ulsgcr! rs niegc'
|, IN the morning, uisger u, night, uls'
ger all the week, ami Niger OF
Sunday, and when it all.', fdme nig'
ger then its uih nisgcr. No Whit
man or woman ever to lie seen here
sir, DO, lis nigger, Niger. nisge'
|, everywhere, aud nothing but n'gger
. Niger was bad enough where | can't
: from in Maryland, but the whit
|. folks KEEP, him in order there, an'
!, did no, show all has wosi. Bu
: here YOU see the niger all vcr.-
4 Good Lord, masss, | can't stand .
i much niger, no how, anl blessed b
. to God il eau, &c, away with you
III drown myself right under you
! vessel. | must 20 where ! can Sc
the faces Of white folks now IN
then, INDEED must, sir. On hush
4 Can't 20 back amous>s them nls
. gers spy more, not NCary n
" back TO Baltimore. and IN sing ha
: leIajahs al the way over. Too mu'
- niger in this country for met
,, sirely too much niger" :.
ar Well, as !. was with that amlab
female darkcy In Liberia, 50 u
with me in these United States,
:. the present condition Of parties.
:" There is entirely too much witt,
and talking abou. the negro, crs
J. = question Of slavery in the Tcrrisorie
\. Y. which 10 the same thing. We ha
~ too much about Intervention and no
isservention By Congress with slsv
~ ~ In the Territories; too much .eo
the Supreme Court and the Or
.. Scott decision; and too much abe
~ ne time whes the people Of q !.
ne risory can legislase for the admi's'
~ A. sxelnsio0 Of slavery.