Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-06-12

taxing rom you the means Oh future ELS
chief
The Republicans and Abolitionists nigh,
do that if they had the power. but nearly
one half of the North is on our side. and
viii not fight us
Perhaps so. but If + had this thing
to manage. I'd put you down without
fghting'
How would you do it--by preaching
Abolition where even the nigsers would
mob you? There's not slave in South
Carolina but would shoot Garrison OF
Greedy on sight.
That may be. but If so. it is because
you keep them in ignorance. Build free
school at every cross-road. and teach the
poor whites. and what would become OF
slavery If these people were on par
with the farmers OF New England, would
It last for On hour? Would they not see
that it stands in the way of their advance
msnt. and vote it GU; Of existence as q
nuisance?'
Yes. perhaps they would: but the school
housss are not at the crossroads. and
thank God. they will not be there in this
generation
The greater the pity; that which will
not flourish alongside of school house.
can not. in the nature Of things. outlast
this century. Its time must soon come
| Enough for the day is the evil thereof.
1 I'll risk the future of slavery il the South.
in body. goes out of the Union
IN other words. you'll shut out schools
and knowledge. in order to keep slavery
in existence. The Abolitionists claim to
be relic of harbarism. and you admit it
could not exist with general education a.
mong the people,
OF course it could not. If Sandy. for
instance. knew he we're as good a man as
am-and he would be if he were educated
do you suppose he would vote as tell
him. go and come at my bidding, and live
on my charity? No sir! give man
knowledge. and however poor he may be,
he'll act for himself.'
Then free schools and general education
would destroy slavery
| vi course they would. The few can
not rule when the many know their rights
But the South. and the world. are long
way off from general education. When il
comes to that. we shall need no laws, and
no slavery. for the millennium will have
arrived
Pm glad you think slavery will not ex-
list during the Millennium I replied,
laughing; but how is it that you insist the
negro is naturally inferior to the white,
and still admit that the white trash are
far below the black slaves?
Education makes the difference. We
educate the negro enough to make him
useful to US. but the poor white man
knows nothing. He can neither read nor
write. and not only that. he is not trained
to any useful employment Sandy. here.
who is fair specimen Of the tribe. obtains
his living just like an Indian. by hunting.
fishing. stealing. in:erspersed with Niger
catching. His whole wealth consists of
two hounds and their pups: his house
even the wooden trough his miserable
children eat from--belongs to me- If he
didn't catch runaway niger once in a
while. he wouldn't see dime from one
year to another
Then you have to support this man
and his family?'
Yes. what don't give him he steals.
Half-a dozen others poach on me in the
same way -.~..r-
why don't Jon set them at work.
They can't be made to work. / have
hired them time and again, hoping to
make something Of them. but never got
one to work more than half-a-day at a
time. It's their nature to lounge and TO
steal
Then why do you keep them about
you?' rsrs
We'll. to be candid. their presence is of
use in keeping the blacks in subordina-
ton. and they are worth all they cost me.
because control their votes.'
/ thought the blacks were said to be
entirely satisfied
No, not contented. l do not claim
that / only say that they arc unit for
freedom. / might cite hundred instances
in which it has been their ruin ~
1 Il have never heard Of one. 1t seems
strange to me that man who can support
another can not support himself
'Ohl no. its not at all strange. The
slave has hands, and when the master
, gives him brains he works well enough
but to support himself he needs both hands
and brains. and he has only hands. III
give you case in point: At Whining
ton. N. g.. some years ago lived negro
! By the name of Jack Campbell. He ha'
slave. and he was employed. before the
river below the town was deepened a,
, TO admit Of the passage of large vessels
in Tightening cargoes up to the city. III,
) hired his time of his master, and carried
D on business on bis own account Ever,
one knew him. aud his charactet for hon
+ esty. sobriety. and punctuslity stood 81
. high that his word among merchants va
{ considered as good as that Of the first bu
r siness- men of the place. Well. Jack
: wife and childred were free. and he FINAL,
took it into his head to be free himself
D He arranged with his master to purchase
himself within specified time. at eigh
e hundred dollars. and was to deposit hi
: earnings, till they reached the requires
, sum. in the hands Of certain merchant
J He went on. and in three years had accu
e INFLATED nearly seven hundred dollars
Q ,Ohen HE master failed As the slave ba
e no right to property. Jacks earnings be
: longed by law to his master. and the
: were attached by the creditors. and take