The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-21
HOW SOUTHERN OUTRAGES" ARE
MANUFACTURED.

WASHINGTON. Dec. IL, 1879.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The Inter-Ocean of Chicago recently published an
alleged interview with one John Jackson. ian intel
ligent contraband. just arrived in that city" from
Charleston c.. in which said Jackson narrates at
great length his narrowing experiences before and
after emancipation at the hands of "his MASTER Gov
ernor Wade Hampton" The following specimen ex-
will very well suffice to indicate the character
Of the whole story. and will. perhaps. suggest to
many minds the evident purposes OF the publication.
which has been greedly and widely copied by the
publican press OF the Northwest
near Columbia s. C. In the year 1856 his master Charles
4. Logan. soid HIM 70 Wade lamp for 81 500 This
hard cruel and relentless treating his slaves
On one occasion he, as coachnan to Hampton. cur
the horses in tho stable when his owner entered
horses hide and finding the linen slightly soiled thereby
ground.
early and late and for all they WORTH The
as whose duty wa. to ,nsn hs gu.
the DAY and keep Watch with leash of bloodnounas at
night to prevent escapes.
slaves in south Caroline Their condition according
lash was the strongest and the the
last eoar, appeal leaving Hampton pansa.
white oyorseer aud further coored women
request Inc white young ladies and for
causes
ga. you &c, paid Tor your labor nowadays dom. your,
take /, in stud and promises lie explains that each
and the ,Hs from s TO o
will tell him that he has him, but
.d at highest Iss ss
% S % nssss % sSsn
flour at $40 30 BARREL moas,es IS cents pint; 81
pound Tor bacon and cents to 81 for ham Dry goods
sold on like cents por yard for calico which
Sc
reject this method Of giving "a tar wage for fair days
sassy and is punished with the eowhide
for which his employer or master agreed to him 800
Ne paid hm r. cash and PROMISED tho baanee which
freedmen cannot get an honest honest
wish 70 leave tho plantations hey are compelled 70 sell
their hive stock at merely nominal prices and arc glad
or his own escape tho embraces OF solid sodhn
me facts ass ~ III story the proofs OF his 'uaer
seer one William Ticket Tor the cash ba.anee due him
tying Governors creditor by the
Wien tho Was Tired with this new way to pay
Wade lamptohs debts he drove the the dcd
lash the victim laborcd through weary t tho
turn his face to The and whose people seeve sas human
Ivy better than honsh sah aud liberty Of all
wado'sn place he met friendly coorcd woman who
Joutneyng from her shanty he Tell asleep and
~s % sa' Tsa a. ssi ps
lite 10 Dailc the four legged the creek
aud waded far enough to accomplish that purpose All of
one long dreadful night he fought OIL the and early
next da, hid in freight and by short journeygs NJ
night arrived AZ Charleston.
jackson declares the eolorod people auxious TO
oavo for Kansas. but closely watched and punished
the white men.
This plausible political Indictment has been for
warded to senator Hampton by some humane and
honest truth seekers in the Vest with request that
he should plead to tho charges made against him.
"You may state two facts IL you wish," he said TO
the writer OF this lin general reply to all that Is
here said about ine. The hrst IL that have never
owned slave named John Jackson, nor ever
poyod ~ contraband' of that name OH my 'planta-
ton known Gadsdcn's Turnout The second Ia
that have mover had plantation or any interest
in plantation at Gadsden or anywhere else in
South Carolina. have never planted outside of
Mississippi With these trihng corrections the in
t,rview NAV pass for what it is worth" X.