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COMMUNICATIONS.
Murder will out.
This in an adage ll.nl w ill in general, I be
lieve, l.elrl (!M.il,yii it m iii linn s h:. ' ri.n
tint the inn-eel,! sufl. rt hi.iI ilic guilty es
Ciipe. Pi ib. ps this would bp ilie case g. ne
rally, if Hip testimony of llip guilty person
was to bp nclmittid ai.d riliid etu n by ti e
conn, nrnee great care slintnd hp ixerciscd
to ssccitain Ihe character of tlit witness. No
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court or justice will permit a man under a fie
tittnuii name lo tend by letter u statement
what lie may call fuels, and rely upon llii
statement a evidenee, his name and place of
residence not being know n.
In thP Anti-Slavpry Bugle of Jan. I5tb, J
find an article irt relation tow bat some would
call a diciis?ion between J. W. Walker nnd
myself. It it lb-light by many who beard
the discussion and have seen the article, thai
"Observer" n.ust have been n very earrien
otWrer, as hisarticlr evidi ntly lack the most
important ingredient, that is truth ! I do not
mpan to be understood that hp haa told no
truth, or that he intentionally asserted false-
hoods , but that he w as incompetent or un- j
Killing to give a true history of the case! j
We shall briefly notice a few things contain-
ed in the arlkle, allowing the rest lo remain !
for correction at some future period, and per- '
at the Judgment d.iy.
The first thing that I .hall noticP is. .hat !
in mvu.dertakimr to defend the M Krh-reh !
against (he attack of Ai.t.-Wavery men, I an-
nou need Hint if J did not satisfy the people
that the church was anti-slavery. I would then
debute Ihe question with any competent per
ai.n ; and the people not being a iliVtied, I w as
replied to by J. V. Walki r, who show ed
liial w hat had been said by me was cwitr..
dieted by facts. There is one truth in nil
this; that is, that I delivered a lecture, ilie
dei-ign of which was to show ibat the church
was not pro-slavery. Willi rfgard lo ibe test,
the ppople unacquainted with the matter
would undoubtedly be misled by such a st.ile
nipnt. The facts are thpe: a iiiPtnbpr if ;
our church had aked fur a letter of dUiniss.il
in conf qneneo of the repi ned pro-sl.ivery
character of the church, but -ri ed to wait four
weeks if I would agree to hcliire upon tbat
subjr-ct at thai time. At the request of sever- .
al niPinl.ers I agreed lo do so with the under
standing itwil ii he was not satisfied, he should .
then have leave peaceabl) to le'.ire. I did
not agree to try to satisfy any oilier person. (
lecture w as delivered and although more
than six weeks have passed, ai.d be baa had
frequent opportunities to do m, he has made
no such request. With regard to my propo
sal to debate Ibe question w ilh any compel, nt
person if the people were not satisfied, and
their not being satisfied, and the intimation
that Mr. W.'u lecture was a reply in conse.
queuce of dissatisfaction with my discourse,
I would fy, I had been volitited frequently
to say I would debate the question, " Is the
M. E. Church pro-slavery V nnd my uniform
reply was, that question will be readily hii
awered when the man who himself wibhed
to debate it will ask it.
Before I delivered my lecture il was pub
licly announced that Mr W. ,.f Cltveland
would licture nn that subject. But w here I
In that place 1 No. In the same low nship I
N, nor within several mi'eg ef ihe place.
Wis Mr. W. present at the time of my b c- at
No. Did be reply In my diCour.e, (
and show thai what I had said was contra-
by facial Nothing is f.riher from
truth ! At present I shall say nothing in re- (
la'ion to the merit of Mr. Walker's dic. nr-e,
may be considered at some olher lime. 1
What Mr. W. said and proved by the Disci
pline and the action of the Conferences, you
may learn from the most careless 'Observer,
if von are uillinir In ImLp the ti alitnotiv of a I
man w ho dare not let us know w ho and here J
he is. In regard to my having edified Ihe
audience until the last possible panicle of pa- j
;unA ke..i i ...i ......... i j i. c .t..
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house," I Aould say, that though I lectured
three hours it was not generally known, m r
do 1 think it known to any hut this careless
Observer" that any person left the house
until I had closed, and Mr. W. rose lo reply.
Il i quite possible, however, that Mr. "OA.
ttrter" left ihe house (if indeed he wag ever
in i) before 1 h. d recupi.d 15 minutes. As
lo patience, I have no doubt but Mr. Walk
er's and lhat of his friends f.iiled before I had
proceeded far. Indeed there would have been
no cause of rejoicing cr glorying in it if he
had taken it patiently when it evidently was
lufTeling for his f ults.
With reference to what is said about de
molishing S. S. Foster, cimhating O. Se tt,
and spending a long time in reading a reply
from my pen lo L. Lee, &c, I have only to
say that if my opponent steps into the track
of any other person, I shall not on that ac
count spare him or bis predecessor. I noti
fied the audience tbat if Mr. W. read or re
peated arguments contained in the words of
the men referred tn, be need not expect by
that means to escape my notice, that if I was
in pursuit of fox and be should try to es
cape by getting into a wolf's track, and the
wolf by getting into bear, track, while ihey
continued together and I pursued the one I
also pursued the oihers, and if I could catch
them all, so much the better. As to the arti
cle which look ine so long to read, it is all
ocntaioed oo ene quarter ef a sheet, and per-
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h "'' edition ef thp Discipline was
m":,' hp,"'r on ""jrct of discussion, and
,,,at ' ,,ad no "H"' to use tbp oiip I had, hut
in " failed, scd was ccnstri.ined lo con
haps 'I' 'l!,d applied lo him for oiip of the
UtrBt fiilionn "tn'" ,"id h"' "ifI hnA onP'
d""' '""k I would lei bl-n h'.VP illobre,k
heard ine knew that I advocattd no such doc
The trine, that 1 had not s.ii.l it was under any
being cli.irg. d with favoring thn system of
slavery, be it so ; that matter w ill be settled
sonin future day. As lo my having join
ture! hied into my reply (is he supposed.) every
thing which I had thought of fur a year. I rr
dicted mark, it is quite possible there were some
things he had never thought of; but we hope
he will not conclude that others are as desti
this lute of ideas us himself.
haps took nearly two minulpi to trad it, And
if Mr. Ohservpr" thought this n long time,
il must hp hpcmisp lie fell very unpnsy under
tin- operation.
Acd now in regard In lie Vp.rynn Di
(tptiir. which Iip says I examined Pr i early
nil Item. alihocgh tld il was net lliP Pi'd
plino. 1 a'k. w It" told mi- ii w as nnt li p Dis
cipline! None oilier than Mr. W. But why
did Iip do this 1 Evidently because he knpw
hp could nnt defend ii. Hut what m hi
, gcrpnse and consternation when I read from
j tbp prcf.ce llip follow ing: "The Discipline
of (be Wrsbyan Methodist Connection of
America, Canton Ohio. Pi.hlishp.l by J. R.
Miller fr the Weslpyan Methodist Conner.
linn. Daniel Cotskitl, Printer." Another
wns handed to n r. published by O.Scnti him
'"" w l,rn Mr. Walker acknowledged Ibat
" din wa the same inpvery rasp. I he
Discipline which Mr. W. was so nnwil'ing
10 own' Brd aboi.t which be m?de so much
"do, is siillclTVrrd for salp by tbp agents of the
"nr,k concern rf the Wrsleyan Methodist
Connrclinn, and lliP identical one. I held in
my '"""I had bepn gold by one of thpir preach
f r ""d recommended as the best rxt-nt. It
Mr- W. on the next evpning atlempt-
"r h'"''" wi,hr' . A vir,ul1 "knowledg.
ment thnl he knew it would not bear exami
nation. IIh could not Iip prevailed upon lo
stay and bear my reply, though earnestly an-
liciled 10 do so. The Wesleynn Discipline
was referred lo, lo show that however anli-
slavery they v ere as a church, ihal the lan
guage .f the Discipline was nM so decidedly
opposed to slavery as ours, and the conclu
sion must be that if our Discipline was pro-
slavery theirs must be; but as they declare
theirs is not; we show in. st conclusively
ours is not.
Mr. ' Observer" snys, ' the effect w as pow.
erful intense ws the f cling of indignation
towards tbp I, v.' abettors of sin, w hen Mr.
W.said that I stood there to plead Ibat under
some circumstances it w as right to steal ba
bies, and to tear husbands from theirwives."
There is no wond-r thai llnre was an "in
tense feeling of indignation against the Bev.
ahett'-rs of sin," for every person who had
circiimslanres rigbl lo Mini any human beinc
right under any circumstances to tear hus
bands from their wives; w by then, should
there not be indignant feelings towards ihe
man or men who, without any foundation,
would m ike such a statement as Ihisl As
low Iritis said about the pro-slavery priest
nnd Mr. Walker's success, nnd the declen
sion of pro-slivery tnethodUm, it may pass
for what it is worth. If the wrilir Ir.id been
manly enough lo give us his real name, I
should think it worth while t i aitend more
closely to bis case. But we deny the pro
slavery of both preacher and people in the
ease referred lo.
If we cannnl defend the church nor our
selves against the foulest aspersions, without
With reference lo my finding fault wiih
Mr. Walker because he did not open his meet
ing with prayer, I would say if Mr. "Obser
ver had not heen vi rv care ess. he would
,,nvp UflW ,,,, fiiu flj)I (1 w.8 no,
Cinlgp ,, M , ,, ifi Ulei.iw w ilh fnyt.u
bllt ,rc,lise ie stillp(I ,. jr milli,lpr nl.
tenie , , f.,. ,.. ,VH rlllrr,
would gag him. I inquired if this was ibe
reason he neither opened nor closed his meet
ing with prayer, and advised him to make his
allegation good, or recall what he had said ;
but he was speechless !
I now say as formerly, lhat wherever slave
ry exists there must b sin connected w ilh it
somewhere in some way; hut d.i not think it
a.'woyi chargeable upon ibe person who holds
ihe slaves, il he does it in obedience to lite
golden rule, do as you would be done by un-
der similar circum-lances. I envy nut the
min his thinking powers w ho concludes the
physician is Ibe cause of, or is accountable
for all ibe pain occasioned by amputation of
a limb which had been fractured, by a rohbi r
in un attempt to pn cure the money of ihe pa
tient. Il there is a case in which ilbr-cjtnes
necessary lo hold a slave for his ow n good,
either in a slate of infancy or under any other
possible circumstance; all ihe sin count cied
w ith it (I believe.) will be chargeable upon
those w ho create that neeessily , w hether il be
the owner or any ouo elte.
I will close by remarking that if Mr. Walk
er feels disposed to discuss Ihe question, 'g
Ihe M. E. Church pro-slavery 1" nnd we can
have the columns of ihe Bugle for that pur
pose, (should there be no preventing Provi
dence,) he w ill find the subscriber ready to
attend to his rage.
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L. PARKER.
Richfield, Feb. 3., 1847.
CAPE COD, March 12, 1847.
Dear Fbiunds:
For ilm first lime in my life, I am on the
s.imU of this wonderfulesl peninsuU in tlx)
w O'ld. S .iin b dy asked oi ce, what was the
most valuable nail ral production ,,f PW
Hampshire 1 The answer wa, MKN.
Tl.e sands of Cape Cod are Ihe nursery of
Naigalnrs. They are only sprouted here;
for as a-on as Ihcy can haul a m iclcerel, awvy
they embark and by the lime they are nine-
teen, ll.ey can siddlo and bridle a ship f
600 tons, and ride tier down to Canton or
Calcutta as coolly as ever man rode his niaro
t mill.
Nature evidently designed this barren
region as hpr liot-hou for the culture of
navigators. And she opens to theni the pe
rils of the gea even at their ow n cr idles, go
they may know the fatp which awaits them.
Fur the tonus lhat often awiep the ocean
are equally terrific on tl e Cape, which is on
ly a (IjI arm of land reaching out gome hun
dred miles, as if to stay ihe tempest on the
ocean, in or does me storm aoaie imir leal.
though in mockery of it, it so often hurl
their thousand vessels in iheir very faces on
the shore, with whole crews di owned in ibe
cabin, or swept over-hoard lo fodder the
monsters of the deep. In one storm the fa- i
mily w here I now am lost three gnn, from !
sixteen to twenly-eight years old. The dig-
tressed father, three days after, wnt an I to k
the youngest out of the cabin of the vessel,
t.ndn st and laid htm out with UU ow i hands.
The friendly brine, in which, at the bidding
of the storm-god, he had been drowned ia
his berth, had preserved his form and feature.
complexion and expression, as if, instead of
death, a gentle sleep had been rocked upon
him, as he hounded on the billows. Hours
afterward, he seemed as one asleep. Just
before he left, he built a little model schoon
er, which he named "The Bride," furnished
with sails, colors and rigging in every part,
and giving her into the hands of his mother,
he said, " Keep I his till I time." She keeps
her yet. " wat lo kcrp her," said she just
now, with a tear, wnt In keep her until he
come. His schooner, the uncle, wag to
him only an emblem of a more precious trea-
sure he left behind, whose youthful widow-
is still mourned by her maiden asseci- ,
ales, as Ihey look upon her pale and sorrow-
stricken countenance, with the tendercst af- '
fiction. I
The village of Dennis, where I now write,
lost Iwenty-fivo persons in Ihe same storm,
but six of them under thirty ypars of age, .
am! nine of them leaving young families. j
Trnso, clese l y, w ith a population of only
1000, lost, nt Ihe same lime, sixty of it brave
youth and middle-aued, leaving twenty'
seven widows and fifly-rne orphan children,
besides tender and distracted mother, sot
rowing f.it'-ers ami brothers, weeping sisters,
and broken-hearted lovers. In Ihe town are
more than a hundred widows, most of whose
husbands perished at sea. So does the Kit
roclydon of Ocean sport with those who dare
brave bis terrors. The shark and the sword-fi-h
fallen on iheir flesh, and their frail barks,
all deserted, are dashed on shore, to bring
tidings to their loved ones of their melancho
ly doom.
As matter of course, the people of Ihe
Cape are as hospitable as ihey are hr.ive.-
One might say of lliein, in Burns' language
on the death of bis friend.
" With such as he, where'er it he,
May I be saved, or damned."
And. heller yet, they are lite freest people of
the Bay State. The priesthood endeavor
in vain lo enslave Ihem. Most of them are
loo intelligent. Indeed, the clergy, as a
are thn stupidest part of the pnpula-
I have been r commending lo the peo-
pie to send many of litem to sea, as a ineang !
of bettering iheir education and mending
their manners. If they would only go lo the
Grand Bank, or the straits of Dellislea fish- j
ing, it might make them more like Peter ar.d 1
those old fishermen, and better fit to become
fishers of men. We have thronged houses,
but Ihe priesthood generally slay prudently
and w isely away. They call ns wolves, de
vouring the flock, and Ihen, like their broth
er -hirelingt" we read of, they flee at our
approach, because " ihcy care nol for the
sheep," except for the mutton and the fleece.
Massachusetts is still raising men snd mo-
ney for ihe Mexican war. Governor Biiggs ;
is hub oi ine cnampions ol VVasliingioiiiau
ism, and President of the great Legislative
Temperance Society ; hut he is stilt helping
to gp boys drunk, that so ihey mar wrile
themselves murderers, and be sent to prey
upon female virtue, and the lives nf men, wo
men and children, better than themselves, in
Mexico.
W hen the regiment was shippej ed the
other day from Boston, on company of si. in
less and shoeless wretches who had not re
c. ived tin ir advance money, refused to go on
board. The glorious Colonel iinnnd.aiely
armed sixty men with muskets loaded with
bsll.and then loading himself and oihers with
handcuff., and olher gospel irons, headvanc
ed upon ihem, and told ihem tl.ey had just
three minute to make up their minds. The
poor fellows, surrounded by weeping wives
snd wailing children, were thus pitchforked
on board, on the points or bayonets, and hur
ried away from homes they ara to aee no
more. This is vou-nTr-ugiim in ih f-i,,i-
tianSUtteof Ma.sachuseti., under the most
Ifodly Deacon Briinrs G i ,m ,
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i be Legislature Is still la Ms.ln, but for J
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wliBt purpose nobody can tell. An old lady
who reads the newspapers, and watches the
vents that pass, said lo tne the other morn-
Ing. "there U our genenl courl, (hey come
together a most three months ago, and there
ce ;.t and ,l and W, and f.,r w I at. the
Lord only knows." I thought as much
They passed Ihe annual anli-blavery resoltt-
lions Ihe other day ) though, as an improve
u nntiiii aesRinns, ii w as loo tale lr
send them t. Congress, so th it M iss ichu-
geUs will not he laid on Ihe table at Wash-
ington thi lime in govereign coniempl an
annual indignity she haa re.it failed of before
for years. Yours ns evpr.
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A N T I-S LAV 1) 11 Y JiUGLK.
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SALKM, MARCH 20, 1917.
"I love nfjltatlon when there is cause for it
the alarm bell which startles the ioluibt- !
city, saves them from being burn- '
ed in their beds." Edmund liurnc.
dT Persons having business connected
with the paper, will please call on James
Barnuby, corner of Main nnd Chesnut sts.
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Special Notice.
The treasury of the Western Anti-Slavery
Society is in immediate need of about one
hundred dullurt. Will those who have made
pledges, oblige by forwarding the amount if
convenient 1 If those w ho have neither made
pledges nor given anything in the funds of
Ihe Society are disposed lo contribute, will
they please do so at once 1
All the money forwarded will be acknow
ledged in Ihe Bugle.
Special Notice. SAML. BROOKE, Gen. Agent.
LABOR AND LABORERS.
principle and practice of chattel slavery be
hood ing the express purpose which called it inio
treatment of their own laborers. An aboli
all lionist should hate oppression as much at
home as abroad tyranny in his own house
far hold should be ns odious lo him a on a South
body, cm plantation his enlire life should be a liv
tion. ing epistle in favor of justice, equality, and
the rights of all. If it is not, he ii jures ihe
ami-slavery causo far more, perhaps, than ho
is aware of. " Don't talk lu me," says one,
about Mr. B.'s abolitionism; what does he
care for the niotrers when he Ireals his own
The Anti-Slavery enterprise embraces thn
generally acknowledged principle, that the
laborer is woiihy of his hire. It is true it
does not make the application of this doc
trine lo the condition of nil laborers ; it is more
specific in its object, the destruction of the
existence. Yet no onec.in really believe lhat
the colon d laborer of the South is worthy of
bis hire, wit limit also believintr lhat all labor-
ers the world over, are entitled m a just coin-
pens ition for their si rvices; nor can any who
urge the enforcement of Ibis principle in re
gard lo w hite laborers, consistently deny lo
colored slaves an equal riaht lo share in its
heneliis. Although the Anti-Slavery enter
prise was only designed to act Hgainsi chat
tel slavery, yet the doctrine it advocates will
benefit the laborer every where; for the in
terests of the laborer are one, and everything
which tends to elevate Labor, and secure for
it its just dues, must benefit those who uru
identified with it.
It is true and we are sorry that truth com
pels us lo admit it there lire those who
claim Ihe name of abolitionist w ho do nit
make an application of ami-slavery pinei.e.
to those with whom they sustain business re
lations in coiiiiniiniiy. Tiny have nit yel
adopted the principle entire, they do not ful
ly understand the nature of christian demi era.
cy. Alllangh Ihe testimony of such again!
chattel slavery is valuable, yel its valuo is
materially lessened by the spice if tyranny
and oppression with which they season the
hands so meanly 1" "Ive no faith," says
another, " in Mr. C.'s sermons on equality,
hen he don't practice ii in bis own family.''
Such men as B. and C. ni y hate rhal'el sla
vety, may truly desire lo see it tiholishrd, but
they have not yet become thoroughly imbued
with the principles of the ami-slavery reform, j
and their character al home creates a pr.ju
dice against cboliiionism. Enlistment and
at.tive service in tl.e . n-er, rise is, I.
owevrr.
one of the best possible means l.i lay a firm
und lasting foundation for universal democ
racy a democracy which, like clnistianiiy,
knows neither creed, caste, nor nation.
There are on ihe olher baud, men who say
ihey do and ever will emend for the p.inci
ple that the laborer is worthy of his hire, but
who entirely overlook ihe condition of the
Southern slaves, and confine tin ir sympathy
lo the white lahoier of tie Noiih some, of
wl om. we fear, are governed rather by world
ly policy or fancied intrresl, than by princi
ple. If the I .boring man at the North would
be himself elevated; if he would occupy a
true position in the estimation of the woild.
and clothe labor in the dignity which belongs
to it, he and bis friends should strive lu first
elevate the lowest class of laborers, and ob
lain for ihem tome of their just rights. This '
is a course that appears to us to be dictated
hy principle, or keeping lhat in the back-
ground, by sound policy. '
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inl ,l,ree etae. (0 "hose who are tolera-
Wei f M ) ,Uote who ,re mirabij,
paid j (3) these who axe not paid, t aJL It
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is true that any improvement in the condition
j of rither of these classes would benefit ihe
olher to a greater or less exlenl, for Ihe inle-
rests of Ibe laborer are one nid indivisible the
world over ( but w Itich is the most to be i-
lied ? w hich most needs lo he elevated I
. which has been most outraged ! It is some-
limes asserted lhat while slavery is worse
than black slavery, ibat the condiiior. of '.
victims of" wages si .very," all tin ir o pres.- .
ion.f w hich we In r. rather under Urn,, over-
ges slaves is less toler .lile than that of chattel
slaves. A suflii-ienl refulaiion to this absurdity
is lotind in ihe fact that Ihe latter are cnnlinu-
oily striving to exchange their rhaitol rbuii.s
fur wagea w itbeg, but we never heard of the
former longing for service on a Southern plan.
t.ition. We do not hi lie' e there is any sys
tem of oppression lhat darkens lite biijililiie.s
of God green eiirlh, which fo degrades labor
and the laborer, us does chattel slavery ; mid
this appears so palpably true that we cannot
understand bow it can be denied. Admit all
Id be true that is s.iid of the dcslttulioii of tl.e
rated, yet when we content). 1-tte the results of
Iher-e systems, and see the lei ling which
exists ill regard to hitter mid the laborer in
the rvspictive ci nut, unities in which they are
found, what have wut It ii true, the labor
ing man, even here in the Western Stall s, is
not regaided as be should be, not esteemed
so highly ly nume as if bis toil-hardened hand
was delicately professional ; but there cannot
found in any part of the North such a iini- (
vcrsal idea of the disgracefulness of L.bor,
and such t tier contempt for the laborer as ex- j
isis in those Slates where the working man
is bought and sold as property. And iheie
is no doubt but that much of the idea of di:
which here in some cases attach- ;
es lo the h borer, original, d in the caught-up '
notions f some of those Souihern nabobs
ever and anon scatter their views of slave-
holding justice throughout the North, nnd hy j
a practical ixhibirioii of their contempt or ail
l.ibonrs, indoctrinate those whose highest
ambition is to ape the manners and adopt the
feelings of these petty and contemptible des
pots. We will suppose labor lo bo worth Si per
day. Here is one class of laborers who re
ceive but 75 cents lor their day's toil; an
other who have bul 12 cents, w bile a third
is compelled to l.ihor for nothing. Which of
these present ibe strongest claim to our sym-
pathy! Is It the man who by moderate toil
btains ihree-f.iurlhs of bis rightful due, or
the poor woman who by more constant labor !
is able only to procure iine-eiil of what is !
justly hers Of these two, the latter, every j
one would say ; and there is nut a man ol the ,
former class but would be ashamed lo stitiid i
up hefure an audience and whine about the
of receiving but 75 rents a day, .
when he knew his fellow-tenant the poor
widow in Ihe third story was laboring a
greater number of hours for 13 cents. But
suppose that instead of the 12 cents, w hich,
when she n reives, ' htr own, she was com- ;
pellid lo toil w ithout warjes upon a cotton
plantation, w ithoul the riijht of calling her fa
theiloss babe hers, would her condition be
improved ihrr by ? We think not; and yet
ibpre are Iiiii.iIh ds mid thousand of men w ho
will 6trivp to move heaven nnd earth lo pro
cure an advance in the w aires of frcewhito
l.'hnrers, or obtain for them some improve
ment in iheir condition, w bile lb. y permit,
the millions in our land, to whom the very '
iitiine iiftiiisf, is an m. mi anitig sound, lo be
trampled into the dust w iilu ill making an ef
fort for their doliver.nce. The condition of
the poor seamstresses in our large rilies is
worthy of commissi' ration ; nnd because they
are I.. borers and labor is degnded in them,
they have especial claim upon the sympathy
of the laborers of our laiuf; yet inasmuch as
ihe condition of the slave is far worse, and
his character as ah.honrfar more degraded
than 'wages slavery' could possible make il,
his claim for sympathy and aid are n.uch
stronger. t
The outrages infiictid upon the Southern
slaves are so gross, thai when public, atten
tion is drawn to Ihem, il cannot but admit
ihem lo be a violation of every principle of
justice and of right. Il does not require a
very clear moial perception lo enable one lo
ui.deit.tand lhat the laborer is worthy of his
hire, and this is a principle upon which a fr
more forcible appeal can be based, than in
tltp alledged fact tbat he does not receive a
tioy'iWffi Compensation. The dullest compre.
bi nsioh will at i nee decide thai every Woman
has a riy In to her child, even though it should
be staggered to determine bow it should be
clothed and f. .1, and w hat would he lite best
agency for accomplishing this. I. does i.ot
need a very bright intclhct to understand
lhat every human b-dog should he permitted
lo acquire know Ii due, though it might puzzle
a l.ilosoidii r to do ide. whether a person
kho.ilil he Pill if:. t.d fit hiri fiU'ii i.r Iim .i.l.t .. '
- - - i """" -
expense. So on lite ground of expediency
alone, those who wish to see labor elevated
and lite laborer respected, should present the
strongest case of outrage, abuse and degrada-
lion and Ibis is to be found on the planta
tions of the South.
Northern laborers sometimes complain that
their wages are ten low, and that capitalists
manifest a desire to reduce them yet lower.
There may he some other cause operating
xo produce this fJ. ct than those generally as-
. . . . .i .
2 ' PmmM t0 ,u,l,orlu"1
laborer should overlook it. We believe there
it nJ wi ,ndMVor ,0 pre,ent our ideas
in rvlstioo to this mallei io familiar Ulaa-
.
,
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tralion. The Shoe makcra in Columbiana
county receive l per day for iheir labor j
but this morning intelligence is received in
j Salem, that in all the adjoining counties ihey
! are working for 50 cents per day. IftheSa
Ury I let.i i mplo) ers continue lo pay per day,
I they must he content w ilh less piofil on llit ir
slim s, for iheir customers w iil not pay Ihem
' much more than they can get the eame anU
0r rather a complete nniiihilalion of ihe pys
tanHofa ,.t . ...A if .t,- i.....
great mistake. The vast amount if slave la
be bur thai is thrown into the maikel and ihe low
p. ice put upon it, cannot but depiiciate the
value if Irte L.bor. The two act nnd nact
upon each other. Wl in Yai.kie skill ai.d
jndtistiy can be bought for a shilling a day,
there is not one slave in a thousand whu
grad.ilion w ould be rrth the food he wnild consume ;
and the fact that tl.e toil of the latt. r can now
be compelled without compensation has les
who scned ihe receipts of thr Yankee and other
Northern laborers. Labor has a reh.tive val-
of laborers in this land who are compelled to
woik without compensation, does very male
hardship rially lessen ihe wages of ihose whose claim
lo remuneration is freely acknowledged, and
lhat ihe degradation cf (be laborer at tl.e South
tends to degrade labor the world over; that
Iho interests of Ihe laborer rvep where are
one, and that il ia in vain to hope to elevate
the Northern laborer as he shoi Id be elevated.
cle for in Caiifield or Kavenna. This is not
lo be expected, for Ihe employers can now
find plenty of journeymen in the counties re
ferred to, who will manufacture for them at
50 per cent, less than what they havo been
paying their Salem bands; so that the Utter,
if tin y hope to be employed must ri duee iheir
wages in order lo he able to compete with
the former, and aa the expense of semilog the
Work to a dtstani'4 and bringing it back w ould
be something, ihey may pcibaps gel CSi cents
instead of their former dollar. Ntxt week
in'elligt nee is received if a further n dtcticn,
continue to mai.iifaciure for their empkyers
here, ihey can gel but the slightest ccmi.en-
sition.
It may be said that inasmuch as the South
ern slaves are mostly employ pd in raising co
ton, tobacco, sugar and rice, their labor is net
brought into competition w iih Northern labor
'and therefore does not nffiel it. This is
lie if we may life the lertn. If the shoema
kers and car) enters of Salem were each re
ceiving $1 per r'ey.an.l the wages of ihe for
mer should be rc'uctd to 12 cents, the pay
of the latter wculd sieidily be reduced, for
every one would see the injustice of requiring
the shoemaker to give eight of his days to
purchase what the carpenter could procure for
one of his. If you depneiate the value of the
dollar to one half its present standard, the
copper coin is worth but half a cent, end the
eagle but $5,00. The exceptions tu this rule
some of w hich may be ro .dily named, do not
weaken, but strengthen us in Ihe coi.clusion
we have come to.
In conclusion we ask, who cannot compre-
liPnd lhat the lact that there are three humors
while ihe Southern laborer, w hose hand is
linked w ith his, is crushed prostrate to the
earth 1
The Fugitive Slave Case.
The Decision of the Supreme Court in the
case of Van Zand! is thus stated in the Na
tional Intclligt ncer :
ll'mrlnn Jonen, plaintllT, vs. Juhn Van
Zm.dl. On a cerl'f.cale of division in opin
ion between the Judges of the Circuit Court
cf the United Suites f..r Ohio, Mr. Justice
Wiodlmry delivered the opinion of this
Court, lhi.i under the 4 ill section nf the ret
of 12ih Kibruary, 1793. resp. cling fugitives
Irnm justice, and persons escapiiio from ihe
service of their masters, on a charge lor har
boring and concealing fugitives from labor,
that notice in writing hy the claimant or bis
agent, or general notice to Ibe uhlic in a
newspaper is not i ccessary ; ill it clear proof
i f the knowledge of the defendant lhat he
knew the colored person was a slave nnd fu
gitive from l.ibor is siirficiet t tn charge him
wiih notice ; lhat a claim of the fugitive from ,
labor need nol precede or accompany the no
tice; that any overt act so marked in iis cha
racter ns to show an intention to elude the
vigilance of Ihe master or his egenl, and is
calculated in attain such an object, is a hnr
hnring of lite fugitive, wilbin the statute; und
thai the s.,i.l act of Congr-ss of 12lh Februa
ry. 1793, is not repugnant either lo the Con
stitution of the United Stales, rr In Ihe ordi
nance of Congress adopted July, I7H7, "for
ihe uovernniont of the Territory nf the Unit
ed Slates north-west of the river Ohio."
What is to be done w ill, this decision 1
Will the Supreme Court of Libel ty parly
Judges Coodell and Spooner on tiie bench
review and reverse ii 1 It prob .lily w ill ;
but unfortunately for John Van Zindt lhat
Court ia not ihe appointed expounder of the
Constitution and laws of tho I'niled Stiles,
arid its decision will h.tve but little effect to
prevent ihe seizure and sale of his properly
to satisfy the claim of the law of '93. This
decii-i n is a most unrighteous one. but we
innsi, renieuioer inai ine L.orisiiiiiiion unilrr
w it was ,n lje ig mf(&, I11,liui,,P0U.
Constitution, nnd all of Liberty party's while
washing will only make il a w hi led sepul
chre, full of dead men's bones and all un
cleanness. Who is in favor of fining John Van Zinr't
$j00 fur helping a fugitive slave in his flight
Canadaward I Who desires to have every
one w ho does the same act fined in the same
amount I Who goes for the law of '93 and
the Constitution of '891 Let all such step
up to the ballot-box on next election day and
signify the same by depositing their implied
promise to stand by the Constitution, the
Laws f the Union, snd ths Decisions cf tLsr