The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-24
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
Another Medley.

AnOtneT Me0tey.
a few years before the beginning OF
oul civil war a gentleman in Washing
ton sent to Mr.. Webster and to a South
| ern senator a fine fish each, which were
Wrapped in paper. and directed. The
carrier delivered them amiss. Webster
got the Southern mans and ate 1t. The
Soulherner. on seeing his was directed
To Webster. forthwith sent it To him.
Webster. On meeting with HIM. iocular-
lly told him he was an honester man
than himself. The city of Boston. if |
do not mi-rcmenber, ave to Webster
at two different times $50. 000. ayowed-
" on account OF what he had lone for
their interests. by means Of a protective
tariff. Aud yet. when he made hi, will.
he inserted a clause begging them u
give more 10 his family. Webster. after
voting for one Of Clay's compromise
bills. had a public dinner gwen To him.
and was toasted a. "a Northern man
with Southern principles In his re-
PLY lac SAID that. although he might not
come fully up to this description. he was
sure he did in Que particular. inasmuch
as he never troubled himself about the
payment OF his debts" This wa when
Mississippi reputation was making
much noise IN tlc world. Ifany North
ern man thinks | am treating Webster's
enc cruelty and unfairly, let him
read Theodore Parker'S funeral Grafton
on his death. and he Will iiud that in
comparison / treat Webster iender:y
and compassio .ately. When | read
Parker's u%ration. il produced "A >cn>H-
ton similar To what | would have felt
had | seen ~ nld SOW tearing To p egce
the dead body OF Il gentleman. Say and
link az the Northern man may. there
ha. been hitherto Il wide d Inference be-
tween the law oI morals at the North
and at the South. But If. a. | believe.
this has been distastrtul To our Northern
brethren. and that. whatever may have
been their boasts III asserting Northern
superiority. they have all along been
conscious of the contrary. | can believe
that this consciousness VA a lar4c nc
cor in melting them to drag down and
fImilia,e the Southern whites. But
bee them To possess for Il while their
souls i'll patience; at the rate we of TIE
South are now progressing under North
ern rule. we shall soon becOu e as BIZ
rascals as themselves. and be n homo
geneoGs people. | will he" 8 TT by
way of parenthesis that in Granville
county, as | was told by old citizens.
when | first moved INTO the county in
1881, there had peel but one capital ex-
ecution although several crimes be-
sides murder had been made by law
capital offences. Insanity among the
slaves was almost unknown; and | new
II heard of a case of suicide amongst
tI,..,, III Nnlr ,,1,. 80 .,i.il, :,
negroes. that | ever read of, occurred at
Savannah, III Georgia. \ U. ). vessel
captured a slave-ship. Ct think it was
called the Creole. but of this | am not
sure,) which with its cargo of Africans
was carried into the port Of Savannah.
The law of the Us directed that Afri-
cans thus taken should be sent back to
Africa, whence they were taken; but
inasmuch as Congress had made no APP
preparation for this purpose, they were
kept in Savannah bout a year. When
lac appropriation was made. and when
hey were about to be carried back to
their native home they begged ~piteously
To hc allowed to remain and expressed
"A Willingness To be sold as slaves and
finding this cOu d not be done. according
to the accounts given by newspapers OF
that day, many of them killed them
selves. Whilst at the Buffalo Springs
in % or '6S. in conversation with "A
very worthy and intelligent negro waiter
named Henry. he told me his wife was
in a lunatic asylum. Upon enquiring
into the cause of her arrangement, he
said it was responsibility As | did not
understand this, he explained that she
had had il kind master and mistress
leaving her with no care or anxiety for
the future Of herself and a large family
OF children but that since ~emancipa-
ton, when she had TO provide for all.
the thought of such responsibility had
made her insane. The best defence of
secession that | have ever seen may be
found in Irviugs knickerbocker history
OF New York, where he tells how the
New Englanders bv lying, cheating.
stealing. robbing. aud encroaching, al
most drove the souls of the honest.
supplemented Dutch. out of their
bodies. | have no patience when | hear
former slave owners declare that they
would not restore slavery if they could.
| would agree with them if they would
make the proper reservation, which is.
unless we could have it free from out
side interference. such as came when
the serpent of Abolition crawled into our
Eden. w. o. GREGORY.