Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-12-21

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: wives and daughters will send them forth
to battle for their household gods, as any
the most highly favored of this once happy
uation, could ever boast The spirit Of The
fair is excited beyond that of the other sex
in this crisis. and be would be craven
base who would not fight for homes, graced
; with such inmates.
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But permit me here, in connexion With
this last subject, (the slave trade,) to do
justice to the people Of S. G and to defend
them fully and decidedly against this charge
brought against them. | speak what do
know, when say that not one sirth part
Of her population is in favor Of re-opening
> this tradeI have it from her Senators aud
Representatives,, from every part of the
4 State. and they disapprove of it unequiUo
Gully and most decidedly, as inhu,nane. cru
Ell, uncaised for, and inexpedent. They
lslall ne tai 4 few laen along the coast and
10 some OF the lower parishes, aEd, gonerany
Of the Rbett school. are in favor Of it. /
: have heard but one man advocate it, AMI
| have purposely sought conversations with
them, to fnd out their views could but
be impressed with the fact, that 5. c. is
ahead Of Virginia III humanity, in regard
= ing as sacred the marriage relation anon g
her slaves, and frowning down disposition
to separate husband aud wife, parent and
child. Public opinion is strong, decided.
unmistakable, and departure from this
course is the exception. In no part of the
South is the slave more cared for, more hu-
namely treated. better clothed, fed aud
nursed when sick; what untold and un-
speakable comfort would there be to the
thousands OF housele>s, homeless sufferers,
especially females, in the Northern States.
this winter and at this very moment, ifthey
could hot only share the same blessings Of
these slaves-aye, but ifthey conld bat en-
10y Wtat they waste, what they throw away.
/ And yet those aay1midons Of he'll - the
! Sumnefs and Garrisons and Wilson's, and
I'll that class Ct pseudo pElanthrophists-
net only Shut their eyes to these starving,
fsnharing, wretched thousands furnishing at
their doors, but must incite these hxpnv.
co.atented, well cared for slaves to murder
ant pilage, TO rapine and blood Not on
4 " 10 they in>tlgata, by their counsels and
their teachings, that all tits is doing G
service, but their blind fanaticism has ap
piled the incendiarys torch to this nopIe
fabric, that has sheltered Us for three parts
OF a century, and has rent this glorious u
nion into fragments IF there be sDot in
the region OF the damned where the torture
i greater where the serpent stingeth deep
er-to Htdt spot ought they to be Consigned
Pardon the tvarrsth Of this DEPRESSION. In
conversation with large rice planter from
the coast. who works some three hun
dred negroes he Informs me the task
system prevails, which the hand can accom-
pIi>il III half 81 three parts of day with
ease, and devote the remainder 70 his ogp
Amusement or profit And one source Of
doth is in shooting ducks which they sell.
1 On my expressing surprise at their being
permitted TO have arms. he remarked moth
lug was more common, and he supposed
that On his plantation there were forty or
/ fifty of one kind Or another and that ia
hostile invasion he felt perfectly assured those
arms would be used in the defence of their
master. instead Of against him. TO snew
the absurdity Of the idea entertained by
these aforesaid satellites of his Internal
| Majesty that the labor Of the South can as
we'll be performed BY tha white as the ne
gro--I will state that gentlemen of uuoues~
tonable integrity inform me. there are
plantations within dozen OF miles of the
city Of Charleston, the owners of whic:, would
no more dare to sleep on one night than to
lie do@n under the shade of the deadly r.
pas and yet the negroes enjoy uninterrup-
ted health The overseer, whose duty it is
TO be almost constantly with them. has his
residence Of on the sand hills, as conven-
ent as can be, and often falls victim to
disease. Of course refer to the cultiva-
ton of rice. find no sort ofapprehensio
entertained by the people, whether from the
| mountain, the interior. or the low land dis
trlcts, in regard to their slaves Such is
their humanity towards them, and the
strength Of attachment, that all the iihu-
ences the designing and lnischievous can,
with their limited opportunities, bring to
bear on this class, is imperative
(. IS have been disposed TO run parallel
between South Carolinian5 and Y irgiuians,
| will DO 20 in another instance, and, | re-
greet to say, the comparison is untayorable
to US | refer to the subject OF Temperance
have been now we'll nigh week in init
mate friendly social Intercourse with the
representatives of both branches Of the Le
gisatufe Of the State, ard seen much, also.
Of other dignitaries. such as Judges, ex
Governors, &c aud have ret seen a drink
at the bar INDUCED in by any Que of these
gentlemen since [ have been here | have
seen more liquor drank at tie bar of tie
| Virginia Hotter in TWO hours Of a Court day.
or ia a half hour at the bar OF the iExchaGge
hotel, than have seen drank by all classes
here since ca1ae. En- many Of tire dis
trlcts OF the State there is not licensed
grog-shop Of any kind, and The representa-
tive Of the district Of Marlboro informed me
;hat there had not been Que IL his for the
period OF twenty years; and what may seem
singular. the Board of Commissioners
whose caty It rs to gran, these licenses
were men fond Of the article, bus> yet, actu-
ated by q sense of duty to others, inyar;a-
bly, refused all applications | may have
observed III former letter the marked h0
mogeneous character OF this people Fl is
particularly true as applied to the repre-
seutatives. TO oae familiar With the mem
oers. Of our Legislature. the fact world be
quite noticeable They have no subjects