The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-11-14
Shareholders and Non-Slaveholders of
the South.

Northern Ab"'Il'OniSts-that there is Al
autag"n'sn between the shareholders anc
non shareholders of the South = that ba
tired and hostility. with desire to iber
ate the negros, aud not confidence anc
respect, exists between them.
We believe that there is not in tn,
world. more harmonious population
than th" white population oi the South
"rn States. Every white man feels and
Knows, that the negro is not Of his race
mat one race Is the superior race, and
!ha' h" Is one Of the superior race. A
N"rlh"rn"r may pirate his dogma AL
day, OF All men being equal and may
strives |" persuade the white mau Of ,h 6
South THAI He is on a dead level with .he
negro ;--hut he will strive in vain
Facts, are stronger than theories The
White mar knows his superiority, and
ais.alns the logic which would degrade
him to he level Of the negro. With the
sam" privileges and rights, his afEinities
are with his race. All his aspirations, his
secni!ty, his interests, are bound up in
their destiny. Nor is he left TO specula
lion, /" know The tate Of white men in n
community Of liberated negros. Where
are the wnl;c non Shareholders Of Hav,i 4?
Stats Etcred or driven out Of that grand
paradise OF Aboij"onism- where, in Port
an l'rncc, there me SIX married couples,
out of a ropulntion Of fifteen thousand.
The object Of tne Black Republican
panty, is cmeucjpation. Suppose the ob
ject Of Northern Abotionis,s then nc
conp!ished, and the four millions of
slaves liberated at the South-what lie
COMES Of the poorer whites The rich
the sagaclous-wiII leave the county
None will remain, but those WHO are un'
able 10 leave it, or WHO do not realize the
fearful terrors Of their condition. A strife
viii arise between the white men who re.
main IN the South and the negros, com
pared with which, the atrocities aud
crimes Of ordinary wars, are peace itself.
lhe midnight glare Of the inceudiary's
'"rch, will illuminate the country from
one end 10 another while pilIage, vio.
Ience, murder, Folsoms and rape will fill
The alr with the demoniac reveIry, Of all
the bad passions OF An ignorant, semi.
barOarOus race, urged to madness bv the
hcenu"us teachings of our Northern
brethren. war Of races-a WAT Of ex
termlnation-must arise, like that which
took place IT. ST. Domingo Or, possibly,
suppose no antagonism between the two
races-and harmony and identification
takes place-dmdigamatiOn must be the
result. lhere Is no portion Of our peo
PIE who contemplate such a fate, with AS
much horror as our white non slavehoIGs
ers-because thev are the people VINO
"l! DO exposed 10 it in the wreck Of our
institutions, not oHly their industrial oc.
cupatlons, but their political and social
station-the'r domestic safety-the pu.
rity Of their homes, is identified. And
the white man OF The South, is as proud
as the haughtiest aristocrat that walks
MaII-street, or lives in Fifth Avenue
palace with his wife and chiIdreu. The
consequence is, that there are no people
III the South who a5hor Abol:ionists
more than the non Shareholders Of the
south, II who are more ready to resist
their macl nations. With them, it is not
only the patriotic hatred of public foe
who would involve the country in convul,
SION aud iuln but 1t is also the hatred
OF a social personal enemy, the Black
Republican, who would force upon them
the Alternative either of the most terrible
degradation and barbarism, or slaughter.
ing tie negro, or being slaughtered by
him, In i war Of determination.
The people of the Northern States
cannot, or will not, understand this stale
OF things. They gIoat with secret JOY, at
The anucIyatIons of conflicts among the
citizens OF the South, by which their fen
DISH policy will be consummaled. The
few negros they have amongs. them, DO
not Joslie them, in their public marls,
their theatres, their bathrooms. They do
not enter their households, as visiting
equals. They are down in holes and eel.
lars, filling their jails and poorhousss, and
coming not at all between the wind and
their nobility" Bu; if Abolition meant
The elisienee suddenly flour millions OF
en'dncipated RegyoS amongst their labor.
ing population, their equals, there would
not be IA single Abo!itionist, even in New
England. The doom they are ready 10
visit upon the poor white man Of the
South, they would not dare to propose to
the white laborer Of the North. They
would De crushed out, like grapes iD the
wine press, under the proud feer Of the
Anglo Saxon race. Our people-slavs
holders aud non aveholders-tbey will
finp not unworthy Of the great and free
destiny before them. They are one ia
sympathy, interest, and feelings. They
have equal rights and priviIeges--on,
fate. They will stand together in de
fence Of their liberties and institutions
and will yet exist at the South power
ful and prosperous confederation Of com
mon weaiihs, controlling the welfare ant
destiny Of other nations, but controlle,
! by none.- Charleston Mercury.