Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-18
The Meeting on Saturday Night.

bpUSe on 'catnfQ1S HlHnt, ana tHCf"
being no Spccia! business before the
ma"lirr, tic Chairman aErCutcod,
that in compliance with request ihal
hat tccu made, DR.. Turner had COT
sentcd to deliver an address - thr
colored rcop'e, from t;:c steps IF thA
A!a.*talt House: and ti.crvupon the
Club aAja"rncl 10 tha: place.
The Doctor was cordially received!
and loudly chccrc.!, and proceeded 10
tclivcrH to:cib'c a>I effective address,
characterized Ivy his n.'"al ability AID
cioGucucc. He said, :!sat thcugh over
feeling deep Interest i:1 the prli,ic:,!
affairs Of the country, he had "o; ;a.,ic
a political speech sincc he was twonty
years of age. Eua in crisis: Ike l!:c
present, invoking SO many y it's! ;n'cr.
csts, ho felt i! to &c TIC d,it}. Ct crcry
good Citizen 20 DO son:ct:.i; :, 10 *vc; /
the impending danger, AID prorap'ci
by that feeling, ho had crn5:ntcd TO
address this meeting.
The objects l:'oros" :: in the address,
was to show that tho Northern white.
had never been friendly TO the black
racc-ha1 first cnslavcd ,hcm--hati
kept open tac slave trade for twenty
years, against Southc'" -cmors:rancc
bad maintained s!av cry 0s long as il
was profitable at homo, and then for
full consideration had transferred il
to tho Southland then under p:c:exL
Of rni's@th-npy 70 tha mcgro, but real
~ from jealousy OF &c S,n.:'.. Cd :,
desire TO appropriate - fcr;::y l;.",'-,
had wagri II fara'ic2! c,us,:,!a which,
finally ended in tio Abolition OF the
;1s.itutioa. These CONCLUSIONS warc
inc,n.:ovcr;ibly established hj- an ap-
peal TO past history, and to official
documents which were uni,npcachctl
and unimpcachable.
The speaker showed that Ior many
years tho African slave trade was
maintained by New Eng'a~d capital
in Now England ships, and that in
exchange for rum, notions anil powder
and shot, tho Yankees obtainod nc
grocs from tho coast of Africa, aud
sold them TO the South. In the Con-
vcntcn that formed tho Federal Con-
stituticn in 17SS, the nrEos:t:nn t., the
INN .i"tc abolition cc Tho slave trad ::
came frcm Now T. gi:!n!, AT! t':e
trade unit! 1859, Was c2;t:urcsi ~
Yarlico votes, 10 prc"c::t The sac:iii"c
Of YarIsco capital. A:!d even a:,er
that time, and an.r tic cma" cip":io;.
Of slaves whom they became urrrniit-
ablc at tho Norlh, al Illicit traffic VAS
carried on by Sa"kcc slips, AMI nc
Grocs from The coast cf Africa and
from tho North wcro smugg!cd into
tho ports Of Carolina and Georgia TO
such a degree that men a:J woiacn
were sold ut TWO hundred uIi:ar; o::c.:
Such is Northern philanthropy.
TO show the difference II tho :r,at.-
mcnt Of tho colorcd people n. the
North and in the South, tic spcal1:r
referred at length 10 tho Census Re
turns from 1910 10 1850, which ts!"',-
lished tho fact, that willis. in SON. C.:
tho New England States there had
been only small increase Of Va cy:.,'
cd element. in others no iacroas,, aaJ
in others an actual decrease, and thc
increase, whcro it>had occurred, had
been from those born 6Ss Of the State;
ut the South there had b,cn a very
large increase in al! Of tuc States, and
from those who had been born in tho
State. Massachusetts, witt, seeming
increase in forty years Of ::;j por cent.
could show no actual increase Of hc.
resident colorcd population, whilst
Virginia could boast an actual increase
within tho same period ofI77 per cant
The statistics of s!avcry' =: the South
showed also that the increase Of slaves
had then been abou. three fold. These
facts proved conclu>;voIy that tho;nc-
gro had been much better treated ;at
tho South than at the North, aud
showed clearly who wcro his iruo
friends.
The abolition of slavery had been
brought about by tho Yankees from no
love to the negro, or q desire to I'M
prove his condition, but from Jealousy
OF Southern property and a wish 10
appropriate tho rich cotton, sugar aod
tobacco lands of tho South. This
brought on the late war, and the ack
of emancipation was war measure,
designed to deprive the Conftdertca
States of tho ncgro's he!p during tho
late war.
The abovo is mere outline of th.
abio and conclusive argument, which
the distinguished speaker promi.es to