The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-26

yiding for his family no more. Hedetermines to
bid adieu to the green lard Of his nativity; he
relies upon the truth of the statement. Why
should he nots He has voted to place the power
Of the nation in the hands Of those who now
WELD it. This is paper devoted to the inter
ests of that party, when it has denounced the
merchants, mechanics, and traders OF the land,
as spectators and rag barons He has believed
it, when it has solemnly and emPhatically pro-
nounced that call who trade on borrowed capital
ought to break" He has agreed with it, when
it called upon e'the democrats to arm themselves
and patrol the country, because the wings had
placed arms in the hands of the slaves to muir
der their democratic masters" He becomes hor-
ror struck, and forthwith picks the flint OF his
rifle, and nerves himself for the deadly strife
True, his neighbor is his brother, and drew ''thc
living liquid pearl of democracy from his patri-
otto mothers breasts together with himself; is
the tenant of ''nigger cabin" and a whig.-
He cannot, does not believe that he is party to
such ferocious and blood-thirsty design; nor
does he believe that Others of his neighbors and
friends, who are divided from him by an honest
difference of opinion upon political subjects, are
guilty of even the knowledge of such neiari-
Gus project. Yet it is so asserted by the organ OF
his party; and if those wings whom he knows
are not guilty, others whom he does not know
must be, and he believes it. Is it asking too
much Of him, then, to place faith in the declara-
ton that he can better support himself and fami-
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The editor, from no ostensible motive other
than to exemplify some favorite political doc
trine, sets forth the fact with priees-currentlke
exactness. IT'S true, the reader is personally UNI
acquainted with the character he bears, where he
is personally known; but then the party have
endorsed it, by permitting him to be the herald
of their opinions; and the conclusion is irressta-
BILE, that he is to be believed in all things by
member of his own party. 1t is not mere specu-
lation to catch the unwary, but positive as
surance, which challenges the scrutiny of the
most cautious; nor is he called upon to behold
a mere glimmer, which sparkles occasionally in
the gloom of the distance, but broad and pow
erful stream of light, which is to illumine the
narrow road to competence and wealth
The period of examination has passed away,
and the time for action has arrived. He gathers
together as much means as he can command,
leaves sufficient to support his family, if he can
spare it; if not, he leaves them to support them
selves the best way they can, until he may be in
condition to remit, and departs for the nearest
seaport town, to take passage for Havana, which
he finds will cost him fifty dollars and sometimes
seventy-fve. Upon his arrival in Havana, the
business of boarding up money is to be begun,
and he proceeds in search of employment, when
he finds, to his utter amazement, that the high
st price paid for labor is 81 so per day that
the duty alone upon -four is S10,62 per barrel,
and that slave labor is the only labor employed.
Now, indeed, investigation is seriously begun,
but it unfortunately has commenced at the wrong
end of the road-at its termination instead of its
beginning; and the poor deluded unfortunate as
cerans that in the other ports of the Island, la
Dor is even lower than in Havana; for instance,
at Neuvitas, it is often low as six bits as
cents per day, and never higher than eight bits,
81 ,00); that in the interior of the Island, his
services are not required, as Senator Walker
says that sugar is there produced at the cost of
one cent per pound. Without employment, with
out means, ga stranger in a strange Land" he
awakens to sad consciousness of the fact that
the tale he read was in the language of romance,
and the scenes which he viewed were drawn by
the hand of esspirit;" but it leaves not even a
shadowy trace behind.
Let DIR. Murphy apply the foregoing to his
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bearing, and the probable effects noted in another
point of view; is it not likely such case may
occur, the untruth has gone forth where this re-
futation may never overtake it; it has awakened
attention where this paper may never be seen; is
it not therefore, solemn duty incumbent upon
the editor, to correct its error if it be one. An
opportunity has already passed, and it remains
ncorrected-if it be so suffered to rest, we must
conclude that it was wilfully published, and it
must therefore assume the shape and character
Of falsehood, put forth for the sake of political
effect, and that which was merely ''speclt'd
Murphy" before, has now become 0hollow heart
ed" 1t is good for to put his hand on his
breast and exclaim in the language of holy writ,
eAnd herein do exercise myself, to have always
a conscience void of offence toward God, and to-
ward men," trust the edi or of the Pilot will
excuse me for the length of this article; it was
not designed when commenced. | may proba-
bly, in some future article, glance at the sayings
and doings of some of the disconnected Locos in
this region; one of poor old Ireland's curses, and
which has caused some of her best blood to flow
in rivers, in days bye-gone. An infcnner, one of
the fire, has recently set down his bed in this
Hundred. He shall be carefully attended to, to-
gether with such of the Custom House and Rev
enuc officers, as bring it uron themselves. Also,
Bond street dover end) Loco, who is in search
of an Office and has been making himself some
what conspicuous of late-F'these and sundries,n
shall be attended to. DEPTFoRD HUNDRED