Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-05-01
RUTLAND. TUESDAY, MAY l. 1898.

lakts---bnt lhc northern lasorcrs Yes. they ,nci
the enemy and made them theirs" Who. s,f.
have made ON ships the models Cor ell Europe.
and sent forth n the late wRr those gallant ycsscls
that gave our lille nays The frsi place la the IVA
tiDc bBnuls of the Vorl1. end covered arms on
the ocean ia blaze Of glory, bot the XII and
intellect and patriotism Of the northern lsb0rcrs ,
Aud who sir manned those gosfols and went forth
and for he fret lime huublct the BRUSH Lion on
ihc otoan- but the northern lhborcrsl And who,
siT, vas he that noble tar "a lao wounded and bleed.
ing and msncled. aud to all appearance licess on
the deck Of one Of onr ships, on hearing that the
flag Of the enemy had struck aud that victory had
perchcd on he proud banner Of hs counry--rais-
ed up his feeble. and mangcd form, opcdri his
languia eyes once more to the light Of heaven.
waived hs palsicd hand round bs head in token Of
his Joy and tell hack aud died. WHO s,r, was he ;
why northern oboter! And We, these men are
the slaves Of the north TO whom the honorable
gentleman is about to preach insurtocton'
(Mr Pckens explained and said, in substance,
that he had spoken only Of the tendency Of nor
thofn institutions TO make the workngmen Of the
north tributary to the capitalist, and TO prevent
them from rising from their ,oborous situaton.--
That he had not degraded them INTO a comparison
with the slaves but had said that if the people Of
the north would continue TO interfere with the
slaves Of the south that then he (Mr plckons)
would preach instruction to the northern labor
crs y
Mr. Naylor resumed and said have not misun-
dcretood the honorable gentleman. That the hon-
orable gentc does treat the northern working
men az southcr slaves, is evident from what he has
Just said. If he had not intended to place them
in the same degraded situation of elavcs, bow
could he threaten to preach iasmrectioa among
them : Sir the honorable gentlemen has mstn
ken the tendency of northern institutions, as mucl
as be has miscouceived the worth aud spirit OF
northern character. Oar institutions have nc
such tendency, no, sir but exactly the retcrso
They raise up the laborer They place every mar
upon an equality. They give 10 oil equal rlght'
and equal privileges, and hold out to all equal in
ducemenis to action. Northern institutions ten'
/ TO keep down the northern laborers! The whole
history of the north, from the landing of the frs
pilgrims on the rock OF Plymouth to this hour
conlradlcls this position.
! appeal to the representatives Of Pennsylvania
ask YOU, sirs, who is Joseph Rtner, that distin
guished man, who, OF this very moment fills The
executive chair Of your great State man, who
in all that constitutes hugh moral and intellectual
worth has few supeflors IN this cduntry-one wh,
mas all the qualities Of head and heart necessar!
TO accomplish the great statesman, aud who pos
scsslng, in the most enlarged degree oil the oIo
nents of human Ercatness.-Whu sir, Is he
northern aborcr,- Pennsylvania wogoner- who
for wears, drove his team from Pittsburgh 20 PHI
adelphn cover the mountain and over the moor,
not rwh;stleiBg as he went,"--no sir. but prepar
ing himself then, by deep cogitauon aud earne'
apphcat on, for the high destiny which the futur
had ia store for him. And who, let me ask til
same gentlemen who Is James Todd the pfeser
attorney general Of Pennsy lvana-dlstingus
for the extent of his legal requirements for III
comprehensive energy OF his mind, Tor his slfengl
: Of argument and vigorous elocution; who sir,
, he lie too, is northern aborer, Pennsylr'
} MIA wood-chopper curly childhood, destIiul,
dcsola,e orphan, bound out by the overseers
The poor as an apprentice to lsborer Thes
sir. arc some Of the fruits of northern institutions
, some Of the slaves to whom the hon. genteml
, viii preach instruction
But If the northern institutions be hostile
equality. naA have the elec, the honorable gentl
, man contends for, to keep down the workmen, al
make them tributary to the caplaist; how CONT
II that am nov, at an early age, representati'
in this hall Sir, the gentleman Is utterly, d
ceiyed ns 10 the effect Of Institutions, aud u
: character Of public sentiment IN tue north.
! Fellow Freemen of my own, my native district
G bankers. capitalists, and merchants, $50 much d
uaunccd.) manufacturers. mechanics and laborel
{ appeal TO you all: Did it ever occur TO any o
o. Of YOU q ben ! was candidate Tor The high Off
, 90 which your free svfioges have elevated nc, &
, r., cay ever occur 70 any one Of you to oble
e 20 me because poverty, orphauage, aud tes'iiul
D had once made me a aborcf for my dally breaC
d No sire no. wall do you the justice 10 ausw
e. f5rsou, aai Your inquiry vas NOT, rs hc re
e or poor .lborcr, capitalist, banker, or ne
r. chant y but "i- be mau--Has hc ability opoH.
u moderately 20 sustain our interests 10 the eie
councils 81 lba nation, aud nerve and moral cOu
- age enough ieodcss'y 10 defy the assaults II pos
L er aud 10 uudcqle the outraged principles Of o
70 constitution" Aud here, or, uo~ an o.
70 ahai s there 10 prevent me from tsking my STAT
p ~ 'hc ride Of the pro1tes. man 10 this boil
u Mr Chaifmsn u BE- not lbe nnt ume thal
q haze heard o parallel ron betaceu The slaves
D the south, aud tho Wofkiugmen Of The north
o For while. fir, the parable. was made as 70 q
= relative condition OF TIE free negrocs ot iAc nor
d aud The slaves 81 tie south. Recently, blwef'
. some 81 those vino slyotate the fIfpagsng e
: ceiencc 81 lhe s.1te Institutions OF The s0ai
have taken a bolter and more daring stand
s Hacking their bbins f.r Arguments and ii'Usir
tlglt Ia trtfy slavery o. q prevails among lbci