UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

indication of the death and dissolutionof
nations, is a
republic,
justice and
KEY TO UNCLE TOM S CABIN. 129
doublydangerousdiseasein a
isin intelligence, a judicious
have taught such a thing;
whose onlypower
virtue.
CHAPTER
II.
The subscriberwill sell at Auction,on the 15th
of this
influenceof slavery, she
month, at the Plantation on which
related
he
the following
resides, distant eleven miles from the Town of
incident : Lookingout of her nursery Newberry,and near the Laurens Railroad,
newspapers, he sees in every column such
notices as the following from a lateRichmo?^
Whig, and other papers.
in his interesting
work on the ReligiousInstructionof
PUBLIC OPINION FORMED BY EDUCATION.
Rev. Charles C. Jones,
Negroes,has a
passage which so LARGE SALE OF NEGROES,
peculiarly
HORSES,
MILES, CATTLE, "c.
describesthat influence of publicopinion
The
which
subscriber, under a decree
we have been
of the Circuit
endeavoring to illustrate, Superior Court for Fluvanna County,will proceed
that we
shall copy it.
prejudices in relationto
Habits of feeling and
any subject are wont to take their rise out of our
education or circumstances. Every man knows
negroes, stock,"c, of allkinds,belonging to the
their influence to be greatin shapingopinionsestate,consisting
of 175 negroes, amongst ivhom are
and conduct,and ofttimes how unwittingly they some Carpenters and "
Blacksmiths, 10 horses,
are formed ; that while we
may be unconscious 33 mules, 100 head of cattle,100
of their existence,theymay grow with sheep,200 hogs,
our growth 1500 barrels corn, oats, fodder,"c, the plantation
and strengthenwith our strength. Familiarity and shoptools of all kinds.
converts deformityinto comeliness. Hence we The Negroeswill be sold for cash ; the other
are not alwaysthe best judgesof our condition.
property
Another
may remark inconveniences,
on a credit of nine months,the purchaser
and,indeed, givingbond,with approvedsecurity.
real evils,in it,of which Ave
may be said to have
James Galt,Administrator of
been all our lives scarcely conscious. So, also, Oct. 19. William Gait,deceased
evils which, upon firstacquaintance, revolted our
whole nature,and appeared intolerable, custom From the Nashville Gazette,Nov. 23
almost makes us forget even to see. Men passing1852:
out of one state of society into another encounter
a thousand things to which theyfeel that they
can never be reconciled ; yet,shortlyafterțheir
sensibilitiesbecome
"
dulled, a
"
change passes
over them,theyscarcelyknow how. They have
accommodated themselves to their new circumstances
and relations, theyare Romans in Rome.
Let us now inquirewhat are the educational
influenceswhich bear upon the mind
educated in constant
slavesystem.
Take
familiarity with the
any child of ingenuous mind and of
generous heart,and educate him under the
influencesof slavery, and what are
which go to form his character? An anecdote
which a ladyrelatedto the writer may
be in pointin this place. In givingan account
of some of the thingswhich induced
her to remove her familyfrom under the
the thingsHogs,1200
Two Wagons,One Cart,FarmingUtensils, "c.
window one day, she saw her daughter,
22'
about three years of
Young age, seated in her little
and LikelyNegroes;
carriage, with six or eight
comprisingable-bodied young
field-hands,
negro
good cooks,
childrenharnessed into it for
house-servants, and an excellent blacksmith
horses. Two
;
"
about 1500 bushels of
or three corn, a
of the older slaves
quantity
were standing
of fodder,
hogs,mules, sheep,
around theirlittlemistress,
neat cattle,household and
and one of them,
kitchen furniture, and other "
property. Terms
putting a whipinto her hand,said,
" "made publicon
There,
day of Sale.
Misse,whip 'em well ; make 'em "
go, they 're
M. C. "
Gary.
Dec. 1.
all your
HT LaurensvilleHerald copy tilldayof sale.
niggers."
9
What a moral and religious lesson was
thisfor that young soul ! The mother was
woman, who never would herself
but the whole
influenceof slave society had burnt it into
the soul of every negro, and through them it
was communicated to the child.
As soon as a child isold enoughto read the
to sell,by publicauction,at the lateresidence of
William Gait,deceased,on Tuesday,the 30th
day of November, and Wednesday, the 1st day
of December next,beginningat 11 o'clockțhe
GREAT SALE OP NEGROES, MULES, CAT
TLE, "c.
On Tuesday,the 21st day of December next,at
the Plantation of the late N. A. McNairy, on the
Franklin Turnpike, on account of Mrs. C B.
McNairy,Executrix, we
FIFTY VALUABLE NEGROES.
will offerat Public Sale
These Negroes are goodPlantation Negroes,and
will be sold in families. Those wishing to purchase
will do well to see them before the dayof
sale.
Also, TEN FINE WORK. MuLES, TWO JACKS AND
one Jennet,Milch Cows and Calves,CattleȘtock
barrels Corn,Oats,Hay, Fodder,"e.
From
the NewberryiSe?iti?iel :
FOR
SALE.