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them comfortably that such slaves become entirely
nsubordinate, and are generally pest to the neigh
horbood and hence permitting them to do nothing,
which by some is termed humanity, is attended alike
with the injury Of the slave and the speedy ruin OF
,he owner, who surrenders himself to this misgui
ded indulgence. Their diet should be bread with
on, limit.-a daily Gf it be small one) allowance
of meat, (bacon if practcablej- milk in the sum.
rner and autumn-aId cider, with those who have
orchards, n the winter and spring, to supply the
absence of milk. Add to this on proper occasions
small quantity OF whiskey-six or seven gallons
TO laboring hand during the year. The advan.
tage is believed to be far beyond the cost. Their
clothing should be three suits-s good warm one
for winter, and two linen for summer and there
should be estate OF any extent hand to cook
and wash for the laborers. The humane attention
Of the master is particularly appealed to in sickness,
or when they become old and in6rm. In the for.
mer situation, they are entitled not only to medical
eid,s but to the eimmediatr attention Of the master
lie should give OF his stores at that time with TO
,paring hand. In raising children, one place Of
rendezvous, under lhe superintendent Of some ell
dery woman, who unites kindness with authority,
and who is responsible for their comfort and safety,
is productive OF The beat results.t To this kind oil
treatment have added rewards to the most deserv-
ing. The cost is tring, and the effect manifestly
beneficial 1t inspires gratitude to the master, and
becomes stimulus 10 good conduct





is deprived OF its otherwise harsh and unfriendly
character, produces the consoling reflection. that
every thing has been accomplished which the actu
posture Of our sitration admits leaves regret,
except what results from uncomfortable circumstsn-
and in its practical operation on the slaves them
selves is attended with content, with comfort, and
degree Of happiness far beyond what their country
men enjoy in their native land, and challenging with
out fear comparison with the laborng classes in
some of the civilized countries of Europe. Any ef-
fort iorcbly to disturb their relation with view to
change oflher condition. which can be attempted
only by those who do foresee, seeing are reck
less OF the consequences, cannot fail to make worse
the condition Of the slaves For our own daily ex-
petence teaches that the condition of the slaves
when we'll treated, is infinitely preferable to that Of
Tree people Of color. We know that they gno
rant, insolen and demorazed having no os'ensble
means OF acquiring their subsistence, wretched as II
is, to leave no doubt that ii is derived from
prostitution, from THEFT, and from begging, and to be
rid OF whom is an object of our FIRST desire. Our
slaves brought among US by other generations, not
only under the sanction OF, but by the existing soy
-reign authority-mxed with US 10 such numbers as
10 be unmanageabe except in their present condition;
guaranteed property to by the fundamental prin
cipes of society, both implied and expressed they
are. and Of necessity must continue exclusively
under con!rol-and such believe is the settled
conviction OF a vast proportion OF the American peo
piet ~ WndtcFct otCtiOu We IelcT. Hc CIOdhlnbs
OF the disempered, who seek to establish character
for philanthropy, at the expense Of o,hers-whose
spec uations are ndulged without scruple at the haz
ard OF the lu,ufe peace and happiness of great ma
ton, who encounter neither risk nor sacrifice in the
projects they PROPOSE will be consigned to the
oblivion they merit Every man oil observation, is
sensible that this is chord of great sensibiiiy
which, when rudely touched by strange unskil
ful hand, ybraes in terrible dlscord through large
portion Of this Union. He therefore who looks to
this Union as the pledge OF future hopes, no
matter where accident may have placed him, will
unite heart and hand in scowling into contempt
those wild or incendiary projects"


u think it well worthy ofconmunication that my prnc
pal manager keeps by him the Virginia Epicac-vulgarly
called Indian physic which he has admnlste red with the
greatest for upwards Of twenty years. in that
time he has never lost single adult BY sickness.
As an evidence of which my slaves have duplicated
in less than twenty-five years.


- 7JJj1o Ou-
From Eurore.--Thc ship Tallyho, arrived al
Charleston on the 24th ult in the short passage of
90 days from London, bringing the Southampton
Herald Of the Gath of October, containing London