Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1863.
rrom the Daily oT August 10.

@ An INCIDENT OF rHg PECULIAR In
gIrurloN, The following statement of
dmocrat of New York City, which is Civ
Al by the Tribune, strlkmgly illustrates
Az fact that the masses at the South are
lhndy doing all in their power to make
pmanent their own degradation and en-
Y Elyement, in lighting, willingly or unwil-
My, for the success of slaveocratic
aes. 1t also as strikingly illustrates
kr other fact that those who satisfy them
y YES Of the abstract rightfulness of slav-
ID on the ground that it is the proper
auJtion of the negro, are still wonderful
Il far from having justified the worst fea-
nrr of the peculiar institution, 'ifone ofits
etures can be called " orse than another,
u ere all are exeerable. If, as is general
n supposed, "a white man is as good AS a
egro,n what natural or acquired right
ave negroes to be elevated" and "educa-
sd" and "ehristianlzed" by "beneacent"
II TEN, which, for every negro" $50 elevated
Il educated and chrishanized, plunges a
h. man into the lowest depths of igno-
Il zee, degradation, hopeless poverty and
ii t4tbenjsm Z? That this is and must be the
IL T., under the peculiar institution" is
II enough known. The following is but
III ident illustrating the fact. The Tri-
III ays:
E romnent Democrat who lives and
e9 business IN our city (and whose
Mn. not for publication but for the verl-
III ION # this statement is at the service
dIae Horld) was induced some years
NC. to buy AN estate in Eastern Virgin
III eputed rich in gold. He employed a
Meman to develop it, hired twenty-five or
hrty of the poor whites residing upon or
niacent to it to assist as laborers, and
anne here to attend other business. But
few weeks had elapsed when he received
kispatch from his foreman, urging him
$durry oack to Louisa County and help
said foreman out of trouble. He
Romptly obeyed and,-soon after reaching
ii estate, was waited upon by three gen
amrn, who proclaimed themselves
cmmittee from the nelghboring proprie-
H., appointed 10 notify him that he must
ii employ white labor on his estate, but
D. hire or buy slaves. He ventured to
enonstrate-urged that he had imported
N laborers into Virginia that his men
Y fre all natives of the State and fixed res
dents of the vicinage, &c, but was cut
hbrt by the spokesman (now tue rebel
itneral Jenkins with a curt reminder
III they had not proposed to argue the
leElt-that ii was not the policy Of Vir-
aAa to encourage white labor where
lxEes were to be had-~and that they on
Ydeslred to know whether he proposed
ocomply with their demand or take the
Nnsequences of a refusal. Here one of
" white laborers-a respectable, worthy
ahzen, over fifty years old, who happened
: be present or passing-interposed the
nery: "But what are aee TO do to sup
nj our families ?" "Don't you know
hugh to hold you tongue ?" responded
M scion of chivalry, with such look as
Knight have bestowed on toad who
M undertaken to lecture him on trigo-
l6Retrv. The Poor White was cowed in
tAbect silence the New Yorker said
had no choice, so he submitted with
le best possible grace, dismissed his
White Vlrginians to their sorry huts and
lgged, unsehooled children, and proceed
ITO hire the negroes of his domineering
elghbors as he needs must. He was
eIng the whites in cash eighty cents per
ay in cash they told hlm they wodiiaa
yxaly work for sixty cents ratner than be
lpwn off; bnt, though he wanted their
NIL and they wanted his money, they
l4e all under the yoke of an iron despot-
u and had to succumb.