The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-03-07

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cotton as all Europe will receive from us-;hoagn
our own Consumption Sc deducted from the mighty
aggregate. The sun will not retire behind eiouo
because Gov. Hamilton wills it, or Gen ifayne
commands it--nor will Mr.. McDutie tax Gay si
light into darkness andthe LAWS OF TRADE.
as affected by scarcity and supply. will no more De
set aside Cor the special benefit OF the cotton mas
crs of South Carolina, than the sun au4!1seaN US
benign influence over the world on Inc feau'si-
tou OF the honorable gentlemen named
And what is II these people seek nave oe-
fore me full aud precise statement OF all me COZ
ton manufactures of England exported IN to'o' 10
all parts of the world, with many Important cor
lateral facts. In that yeSr the Value, W hfs- Gus;
OF all srch manufactures exported 10 .iIe Ch"ec
States, lit appears by the treasury taoies'l was
nearly SIX millions OF doars-sut the whole guam
tity Of cetten consumed in these Manufactures
making full allowance for waste was equ'l "
only about 81 GOO bales 'SS5 lbs each' WHICH
understand. is nearly the real average weignt oil
the bales exported from the United States-aoout
100000 lbs and worth less to us than SoopVo
dollars IVhat then is The English market for cot
tos cs dependent on her supplies Of cotton goodS
forSe United STATES About that OF some OF the
manufacturing riiIageS to the eastward We shall
soon BRIG out these facts in a way that will cause
them to be felt Ave, and they will speak-lt not
with the logis of nultfer, 10 all the power OF
truth. They slsll b. pushed home" upon those
who desire to reduce free white man and his lam
iy to a subsistence on l78 cents per week, H.
GLIDING house rent and clothing, &c, for of these
we are disposed TO speak piaialy-dnd tre tciH
We are not of those who would reduce the labor |
ing white men of the United States twho have 10
bear q the burthen and heat OF the day" in peace
as well as in trdr to subsistence on potatoes on
IL land not enough even OF themA that England
may glory. because that people are as miserable
as her own and Messing Save on trf6se Who live
upon the iabors ofothers Sc long as the GA
tEer of waters" rolls drop to the sea, so long
nay any compromise be rejected with such selfish
and dr,op will tn TIyIs
fdr, as many opponents of the m-jority) did in
times past-let them for the few shall not ex-
pound the constitution and prescribe the law to the
many. The majority, in self-preseryation. will
nullifcate nullifCatioR-though always, we hope
disposed 20 listen to argument and render Justice
having regard to the greater interests to be served
on all questions of expediency; but Welding no
principle which shall send the free American sup
PEERLESS TO bed, that white slaves in England NAV
gain more to feed their king and his mobiles. his
armies of priests, legions of soldiers and mighty
herd of squalid pauperst-mere remnants of man.
kind. The gift of life without the means of living
is-valueless; and we have feeling with that cor
rrptien of mind las made known by high dgnitary
OF the south s,ich prefers black Slare labor to that
of free tphite men. As these and such as these
a. make their bed, so let them ie'' If slavery
pleases them 5est-let them have their fill of it
1t is not our concern. We only ask that they will
suffer to prefer ourselves--but we will do that
whether they consent not; and shall see the end
OF Rigorous or WTetcheG, as the case NAV be
fields clothed with the richest verdure Of nature,
and the busy hum of happy industry resounding-l
or becoming again the habitation of the feet and
timid deer, and the voice of gladness be uttered
only by the owl, as, at midnight, he relolces in
having fixed the home OF his young in the former
chamber of the wealthy and the proud rhlch latter
process is already going on at a rapid rate in |
parts that might be named bfcd,tSe that free labor
has been diShOnored there. The fox shall burrow
in the wine Eault,-the rattlesnakes ,epose among
the rubbish Of the green house, and bats take pos
session of the ball room. II is THE WILL OF
HEAvEN-AED JUST.
We haze heard muck from the south about the
-" monOpolists" and nabDb manufacturers" of
the north. 1t favorite saying of President
Jackson that g. the tree is known by its fruits =
and, so, also, We told higher authority
When the traveller gets within the influence Of a /
manufacturing establishment, he instantly discov- |
erS a change in every thing about him-tr fields |
are better enclosed, and more carefully cultivated
See buildings are in better repair, neat and com
Portable; aud the very animals, horses, cattle.
swine, seem TO rejoice in their fatness. though it
may only render them more fit for the uses of man;
aud he will find on inquiry, that thousands ofacres
Of Turning land, within the range of the influence
spoken of, bear SO g to 30, OF 100 per cent
though peighboring, locations Such is the fact :
let sophists account for 1t they please, it is !
sufficient that II Is so. And, as he more nearly |
approaches the village or hamlet, the traveller |
will see many neat and snug houses, wherein he
-nust believe that there is comfort and peace, with
mall lots of land attached; the freehold perhaps.
!. u spinner OF weaver, fireman, hammer man or
nachnst, or Of the carpenter or shoemaker, who
mere ever finds plentiful employment and prompt !
3av and if he enters he will see these houses !
iled with children. whose rosy cheeks aad spark |
ling ewes will excite much pleasure, If enry has /
rot esnkered the kindness of his heart. And
- nen arrived in the village or hamlet, he may see |
pndreds of sober discreet. and temperate, and in !
: ell gent people, OF whom many are young women,
whose personal attractions and state of health, he
raay wish for his own daughters, and whose moral
experiment is as correct as theirs. Such is I" ma /
lbism" in the north-bu, what is the 90 nabobism"
South Carolina There, as am informed, the !
,avelcr is warned of mis- approach to the domain !
# great cotton planter by the desolation and
= loom that more closely surrounds hiEl-the rum
Il huts and squalid poverty that here and there he
meets with for this nabob has consumed every
green thing" and filed the range Of his influence
nth Stare machinery, monopoiizng ali comforts tor
own precious self What picture might be /
. avn Of the facts-but shall refrain.
1t was thus in France before the reEolution-the |
ioroaches 30 palace always known by the |
creased wretchedness of the cottages. and the |
ssened comforts Of their inhabitants. Such are |
fruits" of the different systems! If any
efer the latter let them enjoy tiff they like |
lined houses, and fields planted with scrubbs
nes and brambles. let them have them, in all
.undance but the liberty that give to these,
: st be granted TO others, who prefer comfortable |
uses and'happy faces-valleys covered with crops
golden grain and mountains whitened by hocks
=. sheep, all things shelving the fullness and fat
S. increased number and growing wealth, of in
lligent and sducy l1boring freemen. There the
ad which is hardened by toll is not rejected by
ose whom its power might smite to the earth
n Is the young lady who spins, dishonored, be-
use she does something better than strike the
Tvs of a pinano with delicate fingers. She is
ized because of her industry-she knows the
.lue of property-and her vrtuoUs and useful
e qualities her for Offices in society further than
lose Of sucking fools and chrencling small
sr" She looks beyond the class in which she
placed-she aims at improvement, and obtains
!; and thousands of q factory girls" are already
long the most respected and worthy wives or
atrons in the land. The stand-stiu policy 10 not
sirs-forward, always forward, is their motto !;
- farrara tney 60. Those who were poor have
.ecome rich--and those ,ehO are rich do not des-
.e labor In the last is the secret worth know
f"-but the darkness comprehendeth II not
5w should itf Il is too lazy to investigate, too
oud TO acknowledge and so it lies still. and
rses that prosperity which it wal not strive to
tain-and prays (f pray it can be without labor y
at its own misery may be the portion of others
II the prayers Of the wicked shall not prevail.
Except because of foreign events-spch as
vii wars in Brazil, India. Egypt, and other COT
n growing countries which may, for while, d.
inish supplies and advance prices.
Say ftoo millions Of persons
A letter from Valparaiso, Nov. Is, says