The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-08-03
BARBARIsM AT THE SOUTH AND CULTIvA-
TON AT THE NORTH.

ing an array Of statements bavug an i'm
porlant bearing upon the great social and
political questions of the day The first
was Mr.. Summers elaborate exposition Of
tho barbarism Of the South, as developed
by the treatment Of the slaves in that region;
and the otLer, the papers in the celebrated
Bunch divorce case, which is shortly to
como before the courts of Illinois, and in
which honest old Abe as leader of the
bar, may have brief, or at least a retain
er.
Mr.. Summers review Of the history of
slavery in the South, and the consequent
extension Of barbaric institutions over the
aacotton tree, the tobacco plant and the
orange grove, is only important from the
exceeding toll which tie Senator has evil
IDENTIFY gone through with in order TO col
lect every fact, or statement presumed to be
fact, that could bear against the slave
master. 1t is the crowning work of the abo-
li'onists, wh9:bave been bowling and groan-
ingaand crying about the. negroes any time
these'five and twenty years, all to make a
substratum for the republican party, and to
show that our Southern brethern arc hope
lessly demoralized, and can only be saved
by being reduced to utter destitution while
we at the North are in a condition Of Ito
plan beatitude, and represent all the moral
virtues in.stheir most angelic and altogether
delightful phases.
This is the theory of honest, w. II. Sc
ward, honest old Abe Lincoln, honest Henry
Wilson, honest Mr.. Trumbul, honest Char
les Sumner, and all the savagely virtuous
and awfully Immaculate leaders in the black
republican camp. Look-sav these phil
osophers, in effect look, oh, voters Of the
North, at the contrast between the oligarchy
Of the South and yourselves. The South
erncr spends nearly all his time in swear
! ing and drinking juleps, the rest of it is
eempIoyed.in whipping and torturing his
negroes. He is a barbarian, worse than
Camanche, and his life is in the hand Of
any man who sees fit TO takesit. On the
other hand, to carry out the parallel, see
what pltiks Of perfection yon' n':favc been
made by the free institutions of the North.
Look at the record of divorces, elopcments
and SO on, in the Western States. Look at
the overcrowded prisons; the penal hospi-
tails; the long list Of criminals to bo tried
in the courts, the work of the knife, the
pistol or the slung shot, always in tie hand
ofthe freerufiiap. '"Mr. Sumner may direct
the attention Of the Senate 10 the fact that
large plumbers Of his constituents appear 10
be actively engaged in the agreeable occupa-
ton of poisoning each other; the Vermont
Senatersbas a similar case wherewith to
point their moral, and Mr.. Trumbull may
point 10 the, revelations Of domestic life
among the higher. classes of~his constitu-
.ents to sRoaathat Illinois is not behind the
oldsstates id*reproducing all the elegancies,
re6nements and prophecies Of manner Ito
say nothing of the absolute deccncies of:life)
fersswhich they are distinguished. Some
= osbes Sapators ,gon the same side Of The
chamber might make all instructive speech
upon the Extremely facie way in which
property in The freeSsates is conveyed from
one person to another without any consid-
eration forthe transfer, vast improvement
upon tie elAf@b Toned way Of doing busi-
mess, which IS still adheEsa TO in the South
where1heysB the new method of carry
ing outlhe 4heor5 Of free institutions, by
Wakingdyse WITH ano,her's property, by
.sa naases esspsfasswindling, robbery and
g HE like. No osSidence could be more con-
elusive as to the'shockiug ignorance Of our
Southern brethren than this. They are
absolqtalg a century behind the age, and all
owing toSheir negroes.
Here atlbe NoAhswe are all Free The
negro is free TO Starve for all that his friends
will de for him. Che. white man is free to
dsbasch his neigbbSr's wife; the parson is
frset&ga rid oka disagreeable marriage by
aeisoMng his partner; person holding a
y Fssponsible position jp the community is
n GA asplt the mother of his cbildren*by
petty asnoyances and small
:. ineas4 xaqSaAne in the an
gs'sa dot sspps are free to
tee rsiISsye dl4.eiass q kill Their
pssssefssis 4Ina.saei, is, f,ee to
maze evsssbeaS elssss .uncomfostable y
possible. in DE- Bk5ssfic South wliSse they
DO not hayefree institutions, cases Of delibe
rasriuaase Comparatively rafs:sFIt has
femains The cixigsation of,tbo Moth
to1syive al the 1axuriss Of Italy under 5
Bofgias.. ~
it NOT delightful picture, .abis Of the
civilization Of the North9 fAndsoueht no,
We to bsall yery glad that We ate not obi
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