New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-12

After changing care, hsd . gcco ssp uh ssyhBnS
when awaked In the midst Of great dsma gam
tree swamp Of many miles in extent, in the very heart
Of South Carolina. Il was ~ covered with the Hood
Of the WAserss River, which Vas in tate OF over
flow, ard which We ercsssd By creakins wooden
bridge, the railroad being laid upon usse work for
Eve OF miles through the swamp before res.hirg
the rivsr ard shout far ater crossing il. We had
hardly erged from the swamp Of the Wsteree, when
We plupged into that Of the Congsree great gloomy
vlderres. Of muddy water from which, in the other
swamp, rose up Ike sobhns the giant, moss covered
trees. A, sunrise ne halted at Kingsvile, branch
station of some importance though consisting only Of
one house. large fame hotel stua.sd in the ulst Of
pine ba,rsrs and sw.mps. 1t was Sunday, and we
had to lie by there until evening" as not to volse
the sancti.y OF the Sabbath by travelling; by which
mean, the hoe. Of house had the eeaing a. three
meals tf large number Of unwilling guests.
While sitting .hiverrg a: tie breakfast table In this
barn Of house some remark was made about the in
convenience Of this detention when l thoughtlessly
replied tha. had not expected TO find this close OBJ
servanee Of tie Sabbath in the South. To this my
friend the gre at m.n from Tennessee ~ho was still in
our company, with bis friend the restless man. an
sverd with q ssrcsstc smile: I'VE underttand the
observance Of the Sabbath quite ~ well 10 the South
as in the North" YES, and good deal better,
said Lis restless friend who seemed ready to eat me
up At mouthful-" good deal better; were not
such cantrg bypocrtes South as You Yankees are,
where you stop the from running on Sundays and
then preach Abolitionism and Woman's r ghts, and
Free. Love- and every other sbOminasion. Id like to
catch some Of tho,e scamps down South, if We
wouldn't teach them practical lesson in piety soud
be becauee hemp was scarce" replied as mildly s
could, while passed him the omelet, that perhaps
he did the North Injustice in attaching sush senti'
msnts those to all its citizens. mad no doubt that
come entertained the heresies he spoke Of bat that
large proportion free from the reprosch OF them
As to FreeLove said had never heard of its being
spoken Of in any other way than condemnation; but
did no. dare in the lions den To bead him by express
ing the mourrfu sonow that felt that more were not
tainted with the reprosch Of Abolitionism. A 6zzle
went ,ound the table at my expense and could see
how easy it wCud be to explode a magazine; but
kept my spsrhs to myself, and changed tae subject.
How strange it wa. thought we oonversed pless-
sntly over many other TOPICS that these men, 90 gen.
temanJy and so cordial when their powder was not
igred should so forget what is due to the character
of gentlemen as to violate all the courteses of life and
forfeit their boss.ed pre- tensions Of chivary and hop
tally by heaping insult upon the head of an unpro
cbivalry of the nineteenth century! stranger must
20 through their lard with paddock upon his mouth,
yet with his ears open. He must hear all their tire
some arguments in behalf Of Slavery, SO painfully
faacious to bis ears without the privilege OF srepy
and even the most unjust aspersiOns against his own
section without chance to defend it. This is South
ern liberty and hospitality
The day hung heavily on our hands; and, though il
- kk c~o~fxz ynptn a
mild, Indian summer like day, we could walk nowhere
in safety but on the track Of the railroad for bamboo
iunples and swamps extended in every direction. ln
ore of my railroad wallis was accompanied by my
friend Of the night before, old Quaker gentleman
from Ohio; and New. York merchant Ny Whining.
ton friend drew from the Quaker his residence, and
then attacked him thus: so you from that great
Woolly y-horse State. You are al Black Republ-
cans there; you Qualers are al Aboltioniss'; II Il
hadn't been for such ss you, Old Buck would never
have been elected. If had my way, I'd hang all yoa
ID Abolition Quskersp' These were his words
verbatim. The Nsw.York man joined with the South.
erner but the Friend bore the insults Of this hotspur
with as much good bumor ss if they had been the
highest compliments and in fact be said he considered
II An honor t. have voted for Fremont; and he woold
not assume the oontumely Of bis antagonist, bat
spswered in the mdest manner that he and his friends
had voted according to for sprincps
involving the best good of the whole country, believing
that Slavery was wrong and that every effort toward
restraining 1t and promoting its gradual aboh>n was
right that Slavery only was sectional, and Freedom
national And thus he went on in an able and ami
mated defense Of bis position all the way along till W
came back to the hotel aud often during the day did
ehm on the pszzs orn the dining saloon, with attls
crowd about him. engaged good.humorsdlyon on his part
in discussion Of the same topic, which called forth
many sneer sod jibs. was astonshed at bis daring
yet his gray hairs and his coat protsctsd him from
injury. His bearing was calm, dsni6ed and dsssr-
mined the discussion had been thrust upon him. and
bis conscience would not lot him hold his peace HE
opponent was chiefly the young lawyer who dealt in
Arguments about the compromises Of the Constitution
and always wound up With extravagant predictions
respecting the perpetuity of Slavery lsnghing TO scorn
the efforts of the AbotioEsts, saying that it would
some day be firmly established in a the States Of this
Union.
have been particular id giving the conversation Of
this young man, yet his was not an isola:ed cass, but
fair .smple Of the kind Of talk Sou wilt meet With oil
over the South. A nice community they have there.
In other countries communities organized for the
mutual protection and the individual oonfdel tly 70
pOses in the law for the protection Of his nights and
property. Here however it is different. They are
altogether too good judges of right to wait for the slow
processes Of law, accordingly peace Is preserved BY
every man being resdy TO shoot down bis neighbor at
the shortest notice. and thus all are kept in wholesome
fear of esch other and find it necessary swsys to 90
armed. The clans Of the Scottish Highlands never
wsRed more bitter huds than do the ciqnes and
neighborhoods Of South Carons and Georgia to-day.