Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-08-03
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST. s, 1873.

hircrs, and consequently matters
don't work smoothly. all such
servants" are addressed bEsevery-.
body as "NIr." and "Mis5sg It;sonnds
funny to hear The master of TIE house
say Miss "a glassSpfs water,
please" When l visite18e es,e -Presi-
dent >! heard him ask fr. Ross,
will you bring in The 6SssS This
is, of course, 4 great hindtSysee fatife
cultivation of land on alttaextensi4e
scale. especially when t;,ereage no
horses. 1t cramps lcarfuIlys the'sugar
production, where mucl aFtSsihelpi
labor is indispensable sst 20 qrtai IL
times. So, disguise it n they will,
the I.iberians have to depend on
slave labor at last, for its comics to
that. They hire tronrSa native king
a certain number Of his.se -ierstition-'
bound slaves for so much rum,- so.
many brass kettles, iron bars and
guns, and so much calico paid, tolrin:.
Ihc hands work we'll am ure filth
iii and obedicnt until Ties king;
!hr"ngh caprice or having 3aen paid J,
and wanting them 10 cut zee, seu1g
orders to Chem To coiuu butH.F Ih6nF
they leave in Il body, Just, may be ssas
the planter needs them mos, and the.
I.ibcrian cover nmcnt is toe weak ito
enforce the performance of CONTRACTS
made with its citizens. One secret of
my friend Sharp's success l told is
that he makes an excellent quality Of.
rum, with which he pays king for,
"help," and is shrewd enougs to keep
Oh good terms with the potentate by
sending him an extra cask now aud.
then. In this way he andS.a few
c-!,ers manage to secure laaer1when
they want it for their 30, 100 03and,
100 acre farms. One of'a ii}apsansiA
acres, though, it would be edi1tcult 70
work here. There are som, Acompar.
atively free natives who hireh hhsaply,
but they are unrelia5ls apt 10
~. al 50 .ss.y s.. fv5G
can pick up few always, enough to i
man your canoe or dotodd;j obs, and
Il You treat them kindly, they will
hire out to yon again, and do any
kind Of work. They CAP no be de-
pended upon i'll any considerable
number, however. These III tivcs are
abjcctly afraid Of the white man,
having acquired the idea probably
from the IIiberians) that he is not
only an habitual cheat, but an habi-
tual cut-throat. 1t requires sew eral
months Of acquaintance to get them
fairly reconcilcl to the Caucasia
Then unless he be bastard TO the
time who doth not smack of obser va
ton, they like him above al, and will
give him the preference in hiring.
These natives will take anything, and
the Libcrians (who "hed here from
the slave holders lash") do not
scruple to ndmi n;stor unto them a
trashing when provoked thereto. The
native frequently discerns the anger
in his employers face and the stick
i'll his hand, and prccipitatcly takes
to flight, leaving, if necessary, like
Joseph, his garment in the hands Of
the pursuer. All the revenge he
ever takes is to quit and 90 home. Il
must be ali mSpiriting spectacle TO
sec what was described to me in IN
incidental way by .he chief actor
himself, Il free black Liberian man,
sonndly cnd ceiling free black native
man with 4 stick, while two more free
black native men were flying over
The nciShboring hedges to avoid SINH
Tar. caStIgatIon, The three free black
natives having boon ought in tho act
ofdragging u bag ofricc through the
mud. Such things make me weep
when | think that Wendell Phillips
was not there. The native is rarely
Sassy and the most he does is to
complain in a sort Of whine, in his
broken English. 1t is q universal
custom for them to address all who