, 1860-10-02

It is standing assertion ofpro-slavery men
that negroes are go aw.ul1y irdolent and lazy
that unless forced they will not work !. and,
therefore, they must have a master and q dri-
yer to get any labor out Of them. 1t is vocif.
srously denied, that the same motives which
cause white man 10 toll, viz: wages, and
acquisition Of property, will have any effect on
a negro.
Now read the refutation given to this argu-
ment by the special correspondent Of the New
York Herald, writing from Augusta, Georgia,
Sept %. Passing over the egregious errors
Of the writer in regard to the opinion North
ern people Aoli respecting plantation life, We
invite the rea3er's attention to what he says
concerning the industrisl character of the
slaves:
Many Northern people labor under the most
shsurd prejudices re.ative to life upon the
Bouthern Plantations. They hold up continu-
aly the terr'b'e pc ure Of slaves eco, .gcd,
manac'ed. branded a1d burned They i5are
to themselves IRE pcs't:o, o: *eres in the
whipped 1o: esel5 s sigit neglect o. duty.
Nothing could be more d :u ols. Laskkad Of
The lash 1ein1 the stimul7n: 10 lr;3r. cupidi,p
aad ~ prosItefs Of persen = gcta gre the dc:uat
iacentipts. On may well regulated cotton
plantations the slave laa an inGe9fit in tie crop
and in its &xptdl;o.u g4thtring. srd, however
small his proportion 1nrv be, it ID, nevertheless,
. sy@ient stimulus to tbs n.qrc's cupidity to
render The use Of the who s'tope.hcr unneces.
sary. thy soork hard, faith tutty, and eate,s{y,
aud wien the dsy's Nork is done they have their
merry dancing ard singing frolits so full Of
mi Al ht1n, that fhav wnf1l3 In a MI
urable senlaton in the leart Of the stifIest abo-
lisionist the North caa produce.
It appears, then, that on "many we'll regu-
lated plantations the whip is not the stimu-
liant to labor, but the "cupidity and the pros-
pect Of personal gain are the actual incen-
tives employed. 1t is voluntarily affirmed,
that "however small the negroes' interest in
"the crop may be. they will work hard, faith
fully, and cheeriully, and no whip is needed"
We submit that the negro is very much like
the white man in respect to laboring. Both Of
them prefer being Paid for their york. Wo
suspect tbat if q white man were Obliged 10 lar
bor without prospect cf wages, be would be
esteemed very lazy, inefficient worker; and
the 1ash would have to be applied frequently
aud severely to cure him OF his Incidence and
s'othfulnefs- 10 make vigorous willing,
aud profitable looorer OF f'm' it is necessary
t. resort to the stratagem 50 successfully ap-
Piled to the black man, Viz: stsnu17fe hss Gu
pldt'y 1oth the prospect cf Personal gain. Then
hs will pull oil lis coat and pitch INTO tue job,
working hard, ialthtully, and cheertully, rem
"der1pg the whip altogether unnecessary"
What striking similarity there is between
1he white and tho black man, a1'er Oil! How
very much OF plantation n'sgers naturs may
% found IN pemoc1 atlc nod car:er'
ate aeePty ooneeo 70 tn'a ooorela cor
respondent 'or 1he valuable information he has
1p1eaa oe'oIe toe People o1 Tue norm. Tsp
Peats a'en 1l"s ~ ene a'le lux WHICH
We oA''y near ABOUT 'ae na'ufal 'noolence
ana n1lne'a o. negroes 9e1eFs Only 70 n'ose
whose cup'o't5 Is nos s'lmula'ed W Inc
prospect OF personal gam, and vino have no
interest IN the crops they are compelled to
produce. This uapald class Of darkeys con
stitute the worthless lazy characters. The
proportion must be large who get only the
"lash as stimulant 10 labor" to stigmatfze
the whole race as torpid and droniah. 1t is
only On the "well regulated" plantations that
the slaves have an interest in the crop. It is
aadng rather too much Of human nature that
man, though he may be black as the acc of
spades should, shall be "mety, frollcsome, aid
nhnundiDr II ORIGINAL h41N1nf u r hn 1aa t,c{