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Liberty and Equality, Jinn's common birthri ght, God's richest giftReligion and Law their defence.
BY POLAND & BRIGGS.
MONTPELIEB, VT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1845.
VOL. II, NO. 49.
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Temperance.
The Desolated Home.
IT I. T, TRALL.
I've seen the wife, once love J and blessed,
With every prospect bright,
Heart-broken, haggard, soul-depressed,
A living, ghostly blight!
Fve seen the mother's blooming grace,
All raidiant, sailing fun
Again, I've looked upon th it face;
Despair was written there!
I've heard her little children cry
"O,.mother, give ine bread;"
But ah! what anguish swelled that sigh; .
"No food no fire no bed."
Why, why those weeping ones consign'd,
To hopeless grief control?
A husband, father, once so kind,
Now drink the poison bowl.
Oh! father! husband! bre?ik the chain!
The maddening draught resign.
Wife, children, all may smile again,
If you the pledge will sign.
Once more the tint of rosy health,
Their pale, wan cheeks may kiss.
And you recover home and wealth,
With friends and long lost bliss.
For Ote Green Mountain Freeman.
Effects of JJ urn.
In one corner of a town not forty miles from Mont
pelier, 'there is a school district or neighborhood where
each of the families use rum and cider, except one.
In the winter of 18423 there was an effort nude
in that town by the friends of temperance to further
the cause. Lecturers were appointed to visit each
school district and labor. In this district the meeting
Was opposed; some advised the committee to lock the
school house ; ithoy talked of doing it, but finally did
ntftjthe meeting was held; some men and boys attend
ed belonging to the district and so ne from other neigh
borhoods. Some who wou d fain be respected hung
around the home, and were passing to an 1 fro. The
old men in attendance would not sign tho pledge. Of
course the boys did not.
Time passed on, and in one yeir from the next Juno,
a poor, miserable dru nkurd living near the school house,
had a son who expected promotion in the military com
pany. He got a half barrel of rum. The night previ
ous to training day, several drunken rowdies went to
drink and fire in honor of the son. They shot and
drank, and drank and shot; they poured rum into and
filled the decanter waiter; they washed out their guns
with rum. A young man, sun of the former committee
spoken of, shot, his gun burst, his left hand was blown
to atoms. The next day his arm was amputated. The
old drunkard and a would be respected neighbor were
lugging decanters of liquor on to the training ground,
because their boys were voted for by drunken soldiers.
That young man is a cripple for life a burden on his
friends.
Peace Department.
For the Green Mountain Froomin.
Scraps of Useful Information.
COURSE NO. 1.
Mr. Editor : I see that many of the newspa
pers of the country are copying into their col
umns "Scraps of Curious Information," from
the New York Gazette. While reading the
interesting medley of facts they embrace, I con
ceived the idea, that a few soups cf mere speci
fic and sober information, if prepated with un
impeachable fidelity to truth, might make a salu
tary impression on the public mind. Here, then,
Mr Editor, area few items of such information,
which I have collected with some care, and for
which I would humbly solicit an admission into
some corner of your paper.
The mercantile shipping of the civilized world
amounts to about 8,01)0,000 tons, which is worth
new and old, $3 ) per ton, and nets cleir of in
terest, insurance &o. 10 percent., or $24,000,
000, per annum. Tiic appropriation to the
British Navy, for the current year, it .$33,620,7
200!! Is not this a sober fict? tint the annual
expense of one nation's n ivy exceeds the net pro
fit of all the mercantile shipping owned by the
civilized world ?
Thew;ir debts of the European nations amount
to $10,000,000,000. It would req lire the 1 i
feor of four millions of men, nt $15') per aniii-u
for each mm, to pay the intrmt of this su ri at
16 per cent. To pay the principal, it would be.
necessary to levy a tax of at least Tni Dollars
ou every inhabitant of the globe! Another f id, ;
rendering this more impressive, may be found in '
the "scraps of curious inform ition, tint no hei
then nations are in arrears f r the butcheries
they have perpetrated on the hum in race They
pay cash down for all that is done f. r the devil
under their hands. Christi in n ittons alone "go :
onJYick" for that kind of service.
From March 4th, 1739, D June 30th, 1844,
our Government expended on the War Depart
ment $063,433,8.51. The interest of this sum,
at 6 per ceut., would build Whitney's great rail
road from the Likes to the Pacific, of 2530
miles in length, at $15,000 per mile; and thus
erect a highway for the commerce and commun
ion of the fani Iy of nations, which should be
reckoned in all coming time one f the greatest
enterprises that ever blessed the race.
' In 1842, there were pioduced in the United
States, 100,000,000 bushels of wheat nnd 140,
.000,000 bushels of Indian corn ; which, nt one
dollar per bushel for the former, nnd 25 cents
for the latter, were worth 1135,500,000. Fif
teen per cent, clear of the interest of the capital
invested in lands, implements, hired and person
al labor, is a liberal estimate of the profit accru
ing lo the wheat and corn grower. Then the
profit of this amount of graiu would be $20,
325,000. The appropriation to the army and
navy, during the same year, was $20,150,501.
lu other words, the army and n ivy ale up the
whole harvest of wheat and crn throughout tha
Union ! Will not the bard working farmers
think on this fact t , .
' VThp goyprnment, though tarrying on exten
sive armories of its own, has recently contracted
with a private company in Connecticut for '. the
supply of thirty thousand pistols, at $6,50 each;
or one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars'
worth of those weapons so much in vogue with
duelists and assassins. The American Bible So
ciety congratulates itself on receiving, the past
year, $166,052, the aggregate of all th it It is
been given through the Union for the dise mi na
tion of the word of Life at home and abroad.
So it gnes ; Christendom expends more in one
year on the means and instruments f human
si inciter, th 'ii h is been given to the promulgi
lion of the G spel since Jesus Christ died on the
cross! E. B.
W .reenter, Nov. 13th 1845.
ill oral T c a c li i n a s ,
mi .i
ine dim and ins icir.
Lot an was a Jew, living in captivity. His
nation was scattered abroad to the four winds of
heaven, and he and his family were exiled from
their sunny home on the banks of Jordan, to the
cold snows of the North Poveity and persecu
tion pursued them still. Man as well as nature
was unkind.
Lotan mourned as one without hope. Love
softened, but could not unrivet his shackles.
Day by day the iron entered his heart deeper and
deeper.
On a bright morning in November, Lotan snt
in sadness and grief by his friends. The heav
ens were 'fretted with the golden fire' of the ri
sing sun. And the icy forests flashed and quiv
ered with a thousand tremulous rays of silver
light. A bird, beguiled by the pomp and tran
quility of the morning, sat in the garden hedge
and swelled her little throat with a hymn to the
Almighty, and waked the echoes of nature's soli
tude, and filled the chambers of the human bo
som with gl id harmony. Out Lotan brooded ri
ver his exile and was exceeding sorrowful. The
snlundiy and glorious majesty of the rising king
of day communicated no delight. The silent
sympathy of Ad ih, his wife, and the lnppy pril
t e of his children, soothed not his chifed spirit.
He ihctight of his home in the holy laud. He
remembered the cave in the hill side where his
fit her and mother slept with their fithers. Oh,
bitter, bitter exile from these dear scenes of his
youthful love !
Lotan repined, an I fugot his blessings enjoy,
ed and preserved, in the reccllectic ii if his bles
sings lost. An unholy wish struggled in the
depths of his heart, and came into being, like .'
bubble shooting up from the dirk sea. Fie brea
thed a silent curse against his enemies, an I his
countenance darkened with the mingling lines
of wrath and grief.
But his eye caught a slender icicle pendant
from the lower roof, and glistening pure and
keenly in the sunbeam. An image of happy
home in the far East, mused the exile; So bright
were the joyful hopes that clustered around our
little circle, so pure was rur love, so calm were
the heavens of that blessed home. " My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken met"
The day advanced, and the sun poured forth
an atmosphere of light, and warmth, and love.
When suddenly the icicle was loosened fiom its
frail hold, and was dished in pieces on the icy
pavement beneath the window.
A tear started to Lotan's eye, and his wild
thoughts were stilled. I will mourn no more,
said he. The little icicle teaches me wisdom
submission. It has perished, but not without
cause. The universal sun, that fills the world
with beauty and gladness, Ins destroyed it.
What carries life to millions, causes death lo
one. I will weep no more. My home is over
whelmed in the convulsions of the world, and we
arc cast on this desolate coast, shipwrecked in
the world-storm. But the Judge of all the earth
does right. His winds and lightnings wreck the
lone vessel, but they give fresh life and elasticity
to the all-surrounding air. The dark world will
he enlightened by the children of God, banished
from their holy home, and wandering in exile.
"The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice, let
the multitude of isles thereof be glad."
And Lotan boned himsell in prayer, and when
he arose the wrath and the sorrow had departed,
and his eye was calm, nnd he looked on bis wife
and little ones, and his heart yearned towards
them.
Willi er is Comiii? I
There is more of sul reility in this short sen
tence than may 'I first npaeir. The eh.ll.u.;
winds, the filliirr leaf and drooping flovveis, nil
bear witness th it the sum ner i p;st, and tint
ere lung i.ll that is lovely and inviting on the
green eirth will be shrouded in the cold drapery
of winter.
Bit colder and more dreary is that shroud
whose icy f!ds encircle the he irts of the berea
ved, the unfortunate and the poor. C uild we see
the hum an heirt as it is, in nil its multiplied ph i
ses, in my a t al. of an juisli would be reveded,
at which humanity would weep.
A year, a month or a day, may have cast t'.e
deep nnd lengthened shadows of sonow over the
fair and sunny prospects of a Inppy life. In yon
der li ill-warmed, half-lighted apartment sits a lit
tle group in iadness and sorrow, whose hearts,
when the spring-flowers last opened their fra
grant leaves, and smiled on the sun-light of hea
ven, beat in happy unison with every thing in
nature that spoke of tranquility and joy ; but ere
the falling leaf betokened the expiring year, they
droop beneath a withering stroke, and now in si
lent sadness weep tagetlier over their blighted
prospects. The presence and the ehewful voice
of a husband and father are no longer in their
midst to beguile the evening hours. The strong
hand that supplied their every want, alas! where
is it? That manly form Ins found n quiet rest
ing place it the silent and peaceable grave, while
the smiling face th it was once the j .y of a hap
py circle, exists only in the dearly cherished
memory of the past 1 To such a group lUe earn
ing of wintir is indeed the harbinger of sorrow
and care. With what aruious solicitude doeu
the bereaved mother look on her helpless one
who cling to her and her only for support I
B.ats there a heart within a huniii breast in
all this wide world, that would uot thrill with
heaven-born pleasure to become the instrument
of relief and consolation to these sorrowing fel
low mortals? Remember, then, the fatherless
and the widow in their afflictions.
To the aged and infirm, whose declining en
ergies have been partially renewed by fie cheer
ing bpanis of a summer sun and summer scene
ry, the approach of winter strikes with a death
like and cheerless effect that seems but the sum
mons to the tomb ?
Bat there is one on whose sinking heart the
thoughts of c lining wintei be its with more than
ocein surge the Drunkard's Wife! Alas! the
beauties f summer h lve lost their power to
ch inn back into life her broken and wasted en
ergies! The deep fountains of her bursting
heart, have long since been broken up ; and
floods of grief have swept away and buried in
;ne common grave all the bright anticipations of
bliss that sh ine on her eirly lite. Wall what
deep nnd d irk forebodings does the gathering
p ill of winter envelope her desponding 9011I !
Wnat is there of earthly good she can call her
own ? Of what avail to her is the sympathy ofj
friends? It is but the twinkling light of far Iis-
t ant stars, th it shine, it is true, but iheir bright
ness cannot warm into life a soul bereft of its
long cherished and life-giving sun. To her the
luminary of her early d iys has set, and the dark
ness that may in sad reality be felt, is the portion
of her cup.
To the kind and benevolent heart, the coming
of winter should be a season of gratitude to God
and active charity to the poor. Who, that ever
fed a hungry child, or clothed its tender limbs
from the blasts of the winter storm, would ex
change that thrill of heaven-pleasure (hat is the
sure reward of benevolence, for nil the fanciful
honors that cluster around the brows of ancient
or modern heroes! We are children of one
common fiith. Le'. us act towards each other
like brethren, an I tlti'i when the winter of tie ith
shall come upon us, it will be but the harbinger
of a never ending spring, where the chilling
frosts of adversity will be forever unknown.
.IgvicnllnvHl.
FiiUciiiiu A ill m :ils.
It should be made a priuruy object to f itten
nniml's fr slaughter as rapidly as possible, if
we wish to obtiiu the greitest q nntity of meat
in proportion to the fiiod consumed. The resaon
is this : It t ikes a certain amount of food, daily,
to support life, or to supply the n itural waste of
the body. For instance suppose fifteen bushels
of uie il and five hundred pounds of hay will bring
an animal to a certain degree of f .tness in forty
days ; that is allowing a peck and a half of menl
and 12 1-2 lbs. of h iy to lie consumed diily.
Now suppose it takes a fouith pan of his daily
allowance to sustain life and supply the waste of
the body ; then, if instead of ferding out our
whole quantity of food in forty days we prolong
the time to an hundred and sixty days, the food
would be wasted, and the trouble and labor of
feeding expended for nothing; as the nn'unal
might be in a worse condition at the expiration
of that time, th in when we began feeding.
This is a matter which has been too little re
garded and as a consequence, there has been n
useless expenditure of f od and labour. In the
anim il economy, the accumulation of fat and ex
tra flesh is only a deposile of superfluous nutri
ment, which not being required by the system nt
one time, is laid by for future emergencies ; and
it must be obvious that the larger the quantity of
food which the fattening animal can be made to
consume daily, with a good appetite, or to digest
thoroughly, the greater will be the amount of
flesh and fit gained, in proportion to the whole
quantity of food consumed.
Another essential point in fattening .animals,
is to keep them in a quiet and comfortable con
dition. ,We do not propose to engage at pres
ent in eoiisideiation of tho relitive action of the
different organs of the animal body. Every
firmer has, however, more r less noticed the
connection which the nervous system has with
the digestive and secretive organs. An animal
may consume a large amount of food, hut if it
is so situated that it is restless an I discontented,
the accumulation of f.t will be only at a si nv
and uiinr fit ible rate
We hive seen llo,rs nnd
cattle intended f.-r si unliter. rendered so entire-
i. , . I i .,, it i i-i.i- ., ,
y ii icoiu ..rt i de ron the c d loess mi d i tin ipss !
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d tlu-it situ ili n, th it tiny scarcely throve at all, j
th nail they cuns i ned and wasted much morel
food thin they would hive required, -if properly
cared f r. Hence the saying, that " an animal
will fret ofT flesh fisler thin it can be gained."
Aniiuils should not be confined to wet and
mild ly places above all things they .-h. uld nt t
be obliged to tike their food in such places.
Cattle and sheep tint are fetl with grain nnd veg
etables, should be provided with clean mangers.
Fatting hogs should be fed in clean troughs, oi
on clean dry floors nnd their sleeping places
should be dry and sufficiently warm. They
hould not he expected to pe.f.rn, much labor i ' Rrcat gun biwiTjit over by the ship John K. Biddy,
1 1 J. 'on.-.igned to K Thompson, I sq. JNew ork, weighed
II t n fotviMMut u:ir,l tll .t ef.ri'lf K lulltrl TV.' - ..l ...rnnii rpi. ...... ... .,
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in the compost yard ; tint service should twTtou. or iibouf lti CC0 lbs. The duty on it amounted
rendered while thev are in worKina trim, niiti not
alter they are full fed nnd are becoming over
loaded with fat. All exertion is attended with
a waste of muscular tissue, and the more I ibori
ous the exertion, the greater is the expenditure.
Hence the increase in weight will be most rapid,
by allowing the animal to remain at rest as much
lis is consistent with the preservation of its health.
Substances in which the nutriment is much
concentrated, should be fed with care. There
is danger, especially wluui the animal is put to
feed, that more mny be eaten at once thau the
digestive organs can manage. Aleul of Indian
corn is highly nutritive, and when properly fed
causes animals to fatten fistcr th in almost any
other food. They will not, however, bear to be
exclusively kept on this article for a great length
cf lime. Meal made from the heaviest varieties
flieni mace irom me nenviesi varieuisi
oi corn, especially in uirom ine naru unity .'"a.
r - . . - .... .1- . jr .L.I. ..J L ...
grown in me ortnern nnr, r, irn owies, ,
unite too stroiis food fi r Cult e. sheep or bow,
I befnl I fTuSnn IWa of ihe advanta :
to be full-fed upon. Hence one of ihe advanu-
ges oi naving me con grouuu witn trie corn uy
which the nutriment ii diffused through a great-
er bulk, lays lighter m the stomnch, and w more
thoroughly digested. The effect of pure corn
meal on animals, we suppose to bo similar to
that sometimes produced on our own species ,by
the use of. -fine wheaten flower- the subject be
comes ciy.yeptir, and is' forced to use bre it)
which has the bran mixed with ths flour, Tht
mixture of .the cob with the meal, answers the
purpose of the hrn the health of the animal i
pres. rved, and the process of digest ii n goes on
uninteruptedly. In fact the advantages of grind
ing the Cob and corn together for feeding entile,
may be said to be well established. Fcr hogs,
the benefit of the cob, is not we think, so evi
dent ; those animals appearing to be better a
dapted for taking their nourishment in a con
centrated form, than' those which ruminate, or
chew the cud. . Yet food sufficiently bulky to
effect the distention of the bowels, is necessary
for hogs.
II ty or straw, cut into lengths short as t' be
readily raised with meal answers a good purpose
in rendering the meal easy of digestion, and in
enabling the animal to extract from it all thenu-
-
triment.
Much ha been said on cooJcing food for stock,
and it .s to have been pretty well settled that
for hogi it is attended with considerable" advan
tages, but as regirds cattle, we are yet without
any reliable experiments made in this country.
The Highland Society of Scotland instituted a
series of experiments a few years ago, with a
view of ascertaining the advantage, if any, of
cooking different kinds of food for different
species of animals. The conclusion arrived nt
from the result of tfiese experiments was, tint
the superiority of cooked over uncooked food for
cattle is but trifling, and nut sufficient to balance
the cot ; but for hogs, the extra cost of prepar
lion was repaid. The articles tried were turnips,
potatoes, barley, and oat-meal, oil-cake, and flax
seed. The appetite and health of animals are promo
ted by giving a vatiety of food. This fact has
led to the preparation of compounds fur the fit
tening of stock. For fattening hogs, we have
used with advantage the tollowing mixtures. I.
Two parts potatoes and two parts pumpkins;
boil together till they can be e as:lv m islie I li.ie
then add one p'rt meal, stirring and mixing
immedi a ely together. The heat of the p it.itoes
,u,.l punipKins win he uu or cm h ine meai, ,.u
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when cold the inixtuie will be a still' pudding.
2. Two parts of potatoes, and two of ripe p dat
able apples, (either sweet or sour.) boil till they
can be mashed tine then add one part meal,
(either that of com, barley, or oats, and peas,
allowing the same weights,) an I mix together
while the potatoes and apples are hot.
Hogs seem more find of this loud when it has
slightly fermented, (not become pnngently sour,)
and they appear to fatten f ister if it is fed in this
state. We h ive neer seen hags (hi ive fisterthm
when fed on these mixtures, with occasionally a
little d dry slop, and we have always found the
pork solid and of good quality. Albany Ctilti-
vator.
Deferred Items.
C'Ikjwcues in Massachusetts. A correspondent
of the Puritan, who says he has recently been taking a
"walk about Zion, marking well her bulwarks, consid
ering her palaces, and telling the towers thereof "
states, as the result of his investigations; tint thare were
in M.iss ichusetts on the first of January last, of the Or-1
4'20 Churches, and (!7,3!)7 Members. The average nu.ai-
bor ofnw.nbers in each church is about lijO. In 359
of the churches tho nu nher is as follows:
118 have lesj thin 100 member?,
144 " between 100 and !i00 members,
fil " " f;00 and :j"00 "
24 " .'lOOanddCO
7 " " 400 und.r)C0 "
H " " 500 and CCO
2 " over 10
Ut tlwwiioio 4W ciiurcuos, Have settled pistors
an; wiwium jw,iuis, miti ilmuuu ir.ti ia cuueu ft sta
ted supply. Of the pastors, one only has been settled
in his present place over 50 years,
11 between 40 and 50 years,
li 30 and 40 "
11 20nnl30 "
42 " lOan.liiO "
51 less than 10 "
Mos'et Foum A few d iy3 since, a boy in Fco.l
iiiL' Hills. (West .Sor'mirlield.luccideiitilv noticed intlin
crevice of a rock, so nedistmce from any hous.;, a jmiU
package of sliest le id, rn itly trapped and secured with
wire. On opening it, he loan I in thee sen irate thvis-1
ions, fventv seven 10 dollar bills. fSffOlo "the Phmnix
Buds. Hirtlbrd goo i money aid in nice order, ill of,
the d ito ot Is J7. I Ins old d it j is evidence t hit 1 13
,u.,i ;;.,i,;i i. , rn,
money his be;m in its linling pi ice in iiivy.'irs. Tiiarc
j8 yet, n: chu to the tnn ownership o'f the money, or
who put it in its hiding place. Sprin?fe'.d IhpuU'.can.
One-f.yed Soldiers. Dr. Durbin, in his "Observa
tions in tho east," just published, mentions that in so ne
parts of Egypt, to avoid the conscriptions of Mehcmct
Ali, the women h ive been in the hibit for ye ns back,
of maiming their children so as to until then for mili
tary S3rviec. The destroying of one eye was a com
mon operation. But the Pacha h is took an cfl'ectuil
way to put an en 1 to this cruelty, by forming two regi
ments of one eyed soldiers. The evil is said to bo al
ready much diminished.
A Giie.it Gux. We loirn fro n the Express that
'to jsuuo. me treighton it crutaout $vou. ine con
signec, It. Korinit, Esn. paid iUO for hoisting nnd Ian
inn it on the wharf. It took a largo truck and seven o;
eight horses to move it.
Serious Fkacus on the Erie Can.vi,
We learn;
from the Horn an Citizen, that the picket boit Syracuse,
pissing west from Utici on Sundiy night, encountered
a croud of line boats, one of which lav across the cm il;
a dispute nroso, when ono of the crew of tin line boat
fired upon tha othars, an I wounded a in in in t'n Iot.
It is s lid th it this collision was premeditated that
the lino boat laid up, to retali ite for an insult commit
ted by the packet crew. Tho wounded man died from
lockjaw.
Tho Whigs are beginning to talk about tho next
Presidency. The New York Tribune thus disoourso u
"We said then, whit we have uniformly said in pub
lic and private, th it tha Whig party will not patiently
hear ot new ciniidites lor President tor a long time
.Ilul 1'IIUUIJ lu .'.u
nil bs fir clearer thin it now
If, in 1847, it .hill api3ir tint t'a W.iig party cm
e.ec m ,t pleas r nu l it ..t ea ma noao y i f he (J u , 8t;lk nmo illl(t mW m.
but Henry C iy. If cloula anl dirknas.' oe-sjti e the :'ou" ' J ' . . .
Ppect-if we aro to select a e indid ita on whan to Iy is the lime (or acm. Let who wnl higgle,
v v ,imn-ftni.Mt.Mr. n.iveanl .... i i.M;.,. ,i ,t.i 1 n il! m i. Iam for
hlrbly c,DJant ta b3 plloJ1, in iUeh a p, It u
dign.ty and hu.niliation enoaghfor such a man to bo
oeaton oaca by a D3ing oi un rois orae.
Tho best of New England ruin has modo tha worst
of fiuaiin fiends, tho world over.
THE MENS
For the Green Xovnh'n Frtmin.
Messrs Editors. In your paper of August 14, I
introduce a principle by asking, "Was Onesimus a
slave?" If this were the fact, then was he no more to
blame for leaving Philemon, nnd taking so much of his
goods as would bo a reasonable condensation for his
past service?, thin the Israelites were for leaving E
gypt, an! keeping ths good3 which they had borrowed
of the Egyptians. If one nct was justifiable, so was
the other. "77i laborer is worthy of h'.t reward:" 1
Tim. 5: 18. To this an objection is raised by a friend,
who siys, ' tint the reference to the Israelites borrow
ing of thr Egyptians is no proof, as they were directed
by God so to do; but the slave is not. Or if lie is to be
justified on gonsril principles, then cvory defrauded
sirvant has the sime right; all men have a right to
collect their debts in the si'ri3 way, whenever they can
got t iem in no other way and all the banib of civil
society must immediately be sundered." So far
aj Onesimus is concerned, I might as well give up
my position ns not; for if he wan a thief, this would not
I prove linn a sTlvs. And if i!ic p:-i.ei;.-Si aJr3S 1 sv-
not bo sustained, and is destructive of all well regulat
ed society, I ought to discard it; but of this I nm not
satisfied. An J as tliis question enters closely into the
slave discu33ion, I hope no one will be .(Tended if I
attempt to defend the position which I have taken. I
hive referred to the ex implo of the Israelites, and to
the gcnoral principle, that tht lalortr is worthy of li s
reward, to justify my position. But I am told that the
reference to the Israelites is no proof. Why not? The
reply is, "They wore directed by God so to do; hut the
slave is not." Here the question arises, "Did tiio God
of Moses direct bis chosen people to do an un'ust, im
moral act an act that id is urong in ilse'J and contrary
lo natural just'ec? Shockingjko tlilnl: of! It soem3 to
!, . ,.-, n- a,.r,f i,,t i,',o
, r , , ' . , , , ,
way the Lord took cirotlnt tlieir hard earned wages
.i. ' i.i .. i.... i. ..i .,. i i,.,ia i.
well supplied for their jnurnrjy." Place thr; whole trans
action on the ground of equity, and there ii nothing
unworthy of a righteous God. His people had lung
been oppressed, nnd the Egyptians o.ved tliim an i n
mense debt, lie hid now co.nc down to deliver them;
and it was jus', and cpt'LtVc that they should bo com-
j pcngUB(1 befure thev lcft tho countiV. As the kin? of
Egypt was not disposed to do them jns'.ico, it be'.ongtd
of right to the God and king of Israel to tike care of
their interests, and to s.;e tint justice was done them.
This he might have done by directing them to make
ropris lis upon tlnir oppressors, nnd taking a spoil for
themselves; but he was pleased to adopt n
different
course to 8.?cure an indemnity to his people for their
sarvices. The neonln were directed to borrow iewels
of gold and of silver of th?ir neighbors the Egyptians;
and tho Lord g ive the people favor in the si2ht ofthcir
oppressors, so that thev lent unto the' Israelites such
things as thev required: and thevsnoiled the Etrvntians.
Such are the facst
And I think it much safer to siy,
iction was founded on cmutii ,'.r
that the whole tran
right, than on any other ground. But if it uas just
and equitable for tin Israelites to secure a reasonable j
compensation for their labors, by war or by stratagem,
why, I ask, may not the skive, when fleeing from his
oppressor, follow their example, and do the same thing?
If one act was kini and c.ji''i.:i, how can !e other be
tm and wMcfi It is granted that Goi' command-
cd'tho Iiracdites so to do; and in his providence he;
mves the slave
:m onnortnnitv to cscaDe from opores-
s on. and to take from Ins onnrcssor such tinners as are
1 11 -liul t0 ''ni!)le hlm to make good in? escape, ana to
coupons ite hui, in some measure, for his past s:rvicn. j done. .No satety, either. Una Did slave, wnetner lor
why, then, may he not do a just and righteous act by refuge, or oat of fcj'.neso, may destioy, in one night,
the leave of providence, as well as tho Israelites by a i a" )'nul' buildings. Free labor is the only paying la
divine command? I hope no one will bo disposed hmil the only sale labor."
tint r.n.l ,-,,-,,m-,r,.l,.,l limn, t ,' 1 ..VJW. inrnr l I S'"'! 110 'n0"e i I Wt 'hlt ho Slid to bo true
net. This I do not choosr- to do. I am, therefore, led
to believe, that it was morally right for the Israe'ite:
I to gucllrc a reasonable compensation for Uieir services
by indirect mums; iniJ if s wVn their example murt j
be some proof ai any slave, who is ficc'.ng fiom op-1
press'.on, may do the e line. God has s inctiened the i
.act as being, morally right. And if any are wiser or ;
holier than lb, thou they nr.ul btUer ins'.rud I!'m.
Clearly, if there be any thieving in the cisrj, the E-j
fxyptians were the greater sinners, and mu.-t be so nc-1
counted by ail who judge rightcom judgment. Here j
1 leivo the argument from tha conduct of tin Israelites,
i and request candid men to decide wbeilier slaves, Cs -
j in f)om ppmesslon have not the same moral right to
. . . . . .
1 tlk0 tnoir pay, that tne Israelis tnJ when. lpmj
Koa Ejryrt.
KIAII BAILEY.
JFrotfi C. M. Clay's True American.
isrr t; cic;.v.nat;...sicuts sf.ex
PKOSI'KIUT i' OF, AM) TilK CAUSE OF
it KE.vrueitv.
I)V A SLAVE-HOLDKR.
I'll play the foci no longer. I have beer, stark
blind when I thought ou stark mad. I know
not how you fcel n w, but I am as one whose
eyes arc just opened, and I look ii;:ii a new
world. I love Kentucky. There is not a s;mt in her,
or about her, th it I do'nt cling to with a woman's
allectiiui ; and I was crazy enough fool enough
toj iiii in the hiie-and-ciy abuiit you, because 1
a i thought you agai.mt Kentucky, ileneu t irgive
ine; I know you will, ton wer?
ii v thiii's. as I bulicve, but light
w rong in ma-
it heart and
riirht in aim, and I n -w go for you n r.v as open-
j mj fe;iressly lis I went agiinst you bcline.
The Lexington mob first turned me. 1 hale
Ipso lisui. See how men cringe before it. Se
how it dwarfs them. Not a press in old Kea -
lucky, where men vote openly, talk rpcnlv, and
bear themselves bravely, that ventiuesto resist it
Shame! shame! Uveu thu Journal cries jw-rtfin,
and thinks this not the time for discussion ! Why,
where would these editors hive been when Co-
luinbus in Spiinsaw, in vision, the new conti- py anJ powerful.
nent, and claimed the means from his govern-! Tko causal Tho cause! I repeat it, fiiends! Free
ment to go nnd find it? Against him, as ihey 'dom. Voj, Kealac'iiM3, Free Labor, and nothing t!tet
would h ive been against every leforn.er from Lu-' tlocs it a'l. Ineversiw it before. I did notundef,
ther lo the present day. Not the time ! Wheic stand it before. Buthoioitis, as plain as tho m;: in
! I)y
State's interest is concerned whero the in -
Ksn1cl( 1)e ,vhnc ,)f Kentucky fur all her
n?"nlo for the "re alest food of the greatest n inn-
ber; und, therefore, I am for I iw, tna treeuoin
of speech, the liberty cf the press, und for gradu -
al emancipation.
Another thing has clinched me. Here I am,
in Cincinnati. From my window' I see the hills
of Kentucky ; bold, lofty and beautiful : but go
to them, nnd nature only blooms not man tha
rich soil tells from its native growth what may
come out of it ; but it is untitled by human
hands. And from them cast your eyes upon O
hio, and what life, what energy, what progress
you behold 1 Barren hill-tops subdued & made
rich, glens teeming with life, plains all astir with
industry and prosperity ; nnd yet few owning
more than fifty acres apiece! ' Why this difler-"
ence? I tell you I could not i-hut my eyes to
the fact Slcwrry in the ravse. Out with the
f ict, fur it is so ! That keeps Kentucky down.
But she sha'nt be kept down ; she sha'ut lag be
hind; so let us join in ridding her of this curse,
and in putting her in a position worthy ber name
and her pride.
I am in Broadway. My window opens south,
I hear the hifs of steam, the clamor of machine
ry, and tlac eternal din of human industry. Clat
ter! cl itter! hiss! hiss! buzz! buzz! Tire
less ceaseless they go on as if there were no
rest Iiere fur machinery c r man. And I have
gnnc abroad and looked into shi ps, and furna
ces, and manufactories, and me dianicnl estab
lishments, and seen with nay own eyes why Cin
cinnati why Ohio stands where they are, and
why Louisville why Kentucky stand where
they do. 'Tis Labor. There is the secret,-
'Tis voluntary labor that does it all. That makes
the difference. That sets Cincinnati away a
hc id of L'uiisville and makes Ohio distance Ken
tucky. And shall we not fee it? Shall we bite
the" nose rffour faces, and cry 'we won't exafti
l ine we won't discus? we won't do anything,
I because a set of fanatics abroad roar against sin
iverv, or a set of fanatics at home roar fir it?'
I go for my own interest I go for the Intel est of
, ' . . , . ...
! Kentucky and I go, therefore, agamst slavery.
I went up with a friend to one of these Cincinnati
factories. The owner is a man, every inch of him.
Ho looked toil-worn his face waa blackened with
soot oud sveat, and his hands roughened with labor)
but hi; hrgc, full eye, his or'j ' row, his strong framo
and his directness of speech, aosuretl me at once who
and whit he was ; and he haa two hundred and fifty
hands in his employ! But no mntter about him the
self made. Enter that room; you see a dozen or more
workmen ; they are all busy. But stop and speak to
one of the. n ; dont fear; speak; how ready and intelli
gent his answer; he is well-informed, and knows what
' sl-' ani w'icn to aayit- Go "now into the room ad-
j)0,11"1"'
It is darker, and there is harder work, appa
rently. The men look blacker; they dor.'t not'ee you.
an:1 -V0!' rclr to ,,,aJurb lhem' B,,t lj,ero! one look
j "''' IIo;v vor' ,ntell,Scnt 1,0 18 ' how clear his
! --- And more than half these bands are
i UT10"1! Wl,lt I,ttlc viI,aSc t,lis ono csttWishment
; sPP 1 r t' near twotnousinu sows, a louruj
! of the population of Lexington, are dependent on this
fiictoiy
"Why can't we have such factories in Kentucky?" I
asked the proprietor. "We have water power, and ev
ery thing else necessary."
"Whites and slaves won't work-together," he repli-
" Vhlt33 won't work where there are slaves. La
"or, to be effective an 1 konorublc; must be free."
' But," resumed I, "we can work our slaves."
' It won't do," ho rejoined. " Manufacturing labor
i "u "W"- '"" juu l" 11 r '""
mnfce them do tneir tis' ana wnen oone, it is not wen
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OVO!'i' .-d r il
Bat nevor mind this conversation.
I want to follow up t:ie3S laborers: wan't to see and
know all about thoTi; far they are the State. So I said
to my friend, ''do yon know where any of them live?'
'I do." "Well show m", and if possible, let me go in
to their houses," I continued. "Not .ing easier. Come
on," replied my frienl, "and I will make an appoint
ment for you," and so we entered the first room, and I
was int. o liio.l to srveral of the workmen, and told
whit 1 wanted, and at i.oon I agreed to visit them.
Well, I am there. And neatness, comfort and abun
.Iinio are to bo seen all around me! They are well
Ui they tire independent; they arc happy. For they
j are confided ia at the manufactory and loved nt home,
...ii i. a. ., c Tnnnn.
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tions? Friends, Kentuclii ins, I visited four or hv of
j the workmen's houses, and in all yea, in ai.i. there
i was every comfort man or woman could desire.
! Xor did I stop here. Satisfied of tho well doing and
j well being of the laborers, I desired yet more to know
j what .was their soda! position and also the prospects
I of their families; and children. I said so to my friend.
"No difficulty ," replied he. And ho takes down the
niiiies of children, and asks, "Will you be at school to
1 morrow-?" To-morrow is here, and ut 10 I am waited
upon. Now for the Freo Schools. We dash away,'
i nnd anon arrive at tho school house. Pause. For the
building is a fun one, and Ins a neat garden in front ;
it is a temple do be itod to Freedom! Satisfied, delight
ed with this otil-dojr gaze, wo enter. "There," said
my friend, '-these are the girls we saw yesterday j and
thoie and these," entering different rooms, "arc the
boys." They were examined. They read; were put
lo the black board; recited, &.c. The picture was
j complete
: to hint it
And it was a glorious one to gaze upon and
Fathers in Cincinnati toil cheerfully because it is
honorable for thorn to malic their living by tho sweat
of their brow; they are content because their homes aie
nude glad by warm and loving hearts; and they are
1 h ippy because their boys and g iris are well educated,
land are destined to toko their station by the side, or
before, the richest and proudest m wo lanu ; ana uius
with s.nall farms, witlnut the c.ty, and s.nall capital
within, through volunttry labor and in Justry, Cincin
nati, and Ohio, are becoming great, intelligent, hap-
, tha hs ivensl and if yoa look at it you can't help seeing
it; t;lu lhicke3t film wW fcjl from your eyes if you but
n , ,, . ,.
ga;3 upon it. DiynwM Sodo I; they are
nairlv mv alL But I sav. let' tret clear of them, and
substitute in their stead voluntary labor. It is our only
salvation. It would bo betterforiaa and my children
j -or yoa aaa your children tor us state, uoni yw
, aXn. any t Then io God'3 na-EO work work day
j night thnt you and yours may be, and do,nd Ht