Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-12-26

and of course they do not prosper in COM
parison with the former, and they viii
complain that they arc not as well treated,
and very likely as the degrees of cOnsan-
guinity decrease, with the lapse of time
their children will find fault with the treat
ment they are receiving from the others
This is natural, but the true philosophy of
their complaint is in their own conduct
Thus tits now with the slavehOlding States.
If such man as General jackson was
now President, we should hear little of dis
union; it would be crushed o't, as it should
be by the strong arm of Federal power.
1t is as true relative to civil as family
government, that 'he who spares the rod, ="
when justly due. "spOils the child"
South Carolina, by telegram, is very
much augmenting her military force 1t
has been reported to consist of sixty-hve
thousand able bodied men The 1ohoLs
white population of the State, in 1850,
was only 274,563. 1t is estimated that
only one in five, in community. where
the right of suffrage is not impaired by a
property qualification is voter; this would
give South Carolina s5Out $4,000 voters.
1t is hardly suppOsable that all the voters
are capable of bearing arms; besides, the
recent census shows that South Carolina
has only $4,000 white persons over 20
years of age. How many of the boys
would make good soldiers l do not know.
South Carolina according to the gasconade
of her traitors is very strong. Here is
another side of the picture, and your read
ers can judge which is the true one
The following letter is from a lady to
her uncle in the Free States
k, S c.. Saturday, Dec. 1, 1860.
My DEAR UNCLE 1t is with different
feelings that l set myself to pen these lines
to you, from those which .actuated me
when l wrote you last. Then all looked
bright and eheerily in the future-now
how Eloemy and protentious, still fervent-
ly pray Coz tthhat this cup may pass away
from us. The county, here is all agloW
with the fires Of revolution, and suchis the
intensity of excitement that we can Sesarec-
ly find time or inclination to talk or think
of anything else than the political topics
of the day, and the moral and social con-
sequences directly pertaining to secession
[ fear that secession and revolution are,
with our people. foregOne conclusions; that
we have gone so far, retractiOn and rec=s-
sion are impossible, and that civil war,
with all its consequent horrors, is already ,
upon us. 1 shudder for the wifes and
sisters and babes of South Caro-
lima, as contemplate the immediate future l
of the State. You need not be surprised I
at any time to see me and the children in ,
your midst, for no argument could induce
me to remain here an hour longer than |
should be compelled to, if the worst should 8
come to the worst. a
You may imagine, dear uncle, our stu s
.tion, but you never can realize it in its I
mess. Already We tremble in our own :,
ZONES Il, anticipation and expectancy of
ghat is liaL,e to S,,rst forth at any mo-
nent, a negro i2surrection. Could you D
ee the care and precadtiOn displayed here a
y the prOprietors of the negroes, not only 81
lanters, but others. you would not tor n,
loment envy US our possessions Not
light passes that we do not securely lock y
Ut field servants in their quarters; but l.
ur most loved and valued house servants en-
Tho in ordinary times we would trust to n
ny extent, are watched and guarded a. :.
ainst with all the security and care that =
e possess. Our planters and owners of CO
ave property do not allow their servants he
, have any intercourse with each other, WI
nd the negroes are confined strictly to the on
remiscs where they belong We arc all -
Dliged to increase our force of overseers -
, prevent tsO free intercourse even among w
lr own servants. The negroes feel and at
Otice these now restraints, and naturally We
X why is this?'' But it is unnecessary No
II them to ask the question, for they all =,
the cause as well as We Az
ho own them. They have already learn aP
enough to give them an idea Of what Is to
ping on in the State and nation. and this lio
they have not gainel from Alb 10;
itiOnists, as some suppose, but from the =
of their owners indirec ly Se'
Id in their presence. They have already
,ard Of Lincoln's election. and have heard
so that he is for giving them their liberty, ba
ID you may imagine the result.
You have heard that onr servants all i'''
We their masters, and their masters fam De;
es, and would lay down their lives for cal
the cOlOred race in the South the
efers Slavery to Freedom-that they to;
,uld not be free if they could, sc. That
but the poetry Of the case, the reality uP'
insists in sleeping upon our arms at night OF
in doubly boiling and barring cur doors the
in establishing and maintaining an efh- hea
Mt patrol force-buying watch dogs, and The
taking turns in watching our sleeping
ldren, to guard them and ourselves from
vengeance of these same glowing ser J
lts"-a vengeance which, though now arr
is liable to burst out at any roe,
ment, to overwhelm the State in spite Of -
Palmetto flags or State precautions. 'a''
You at the North are not the only ones oite
o are suffering financially by this new ven
lic The planters among US are really and
fering from the depreciation in their prop
:. Already negroes are not worth half
,e. No one dares to buy servant, 4
ring lest he, in doing 50, should be in ing
lucing upon his plantation one tinctur- not
with the idea Of freedom. won
Ny husband has but few servants =.
elieve but thirty-onc all told-still l p'OI
(and so does he) that there are thirty 'ted
too many in such times as these. He anti
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