Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-08-15
spown with Free Labor!
DOwn with the Pricsts!!
Down with tlse Gialarch!!!
Down with the BsnnRls!!!!

Let the reader hear in mind, that it has lately
been announced by the Loco foco party, that the
sub.trcasury is only the entering wedge to other
measures and new experiments, In his lecture
at Wrenthun, Mr. Brownson HIMSELF held
this language What ac these new measures!
Let the reader examine the following extracts
from an article in the July number Of the Maga |
zine, above mentioned, written by Mr. BrownSUn |
himself, and see what some Of these measures are.
The writer speaks OF Others which ale not yet
disclosed ! But those which are disclosed are
enough to make mans blood run cold, particu.
lary when we see the possibility Of their now
being tried in this county. Here is an flee.
holder. (avorite paitisan and leader Of the Van
Buren, forces, avowing The worst doctrines of the
French ,Jacobins, and while he acknowledges
that they tend TO the most horrible bloodshcd, he
10 still urging on the people to the issue.
The following extracts show that the sub.treas.
ury is TO be regarded os but paving of the way
Tor the doctrines which follow:
"ln the coming contest there is deeper ques,
lion at issue than is commonly imagined; ques-
ton which is but remote touched in your contro
VERSES, about United States banks and sub. treas
uries, chartered banking and free banking, free
trade and corporations, although these coutfover-
sizes may be paving the way for it to come up.
His bias in favor Of Van Burcnism, Is easily
seen in the following passage in which, while he
pretends TO be in favor oil laborers, he gives
preference TO slavery and slave. holders over free
labor for wages, and those who pay them Hear
him:
"ln regard TO labor, two systems obtain; one,
that of slave labor, the other, that OF free labor
or the two, the first is, in our Judgment, ex.
sept SO far a the feelings are concerned, decidedly
the least oppressive E!!l If the slave has never
been a free man, we think, as general rule, his
sunerngs are less than those OF the free laborcr
at wages. As 10 actual freedom, one has Just
about as much as the other. The laborcr at
wages has all the disadvantages Of freedom, and
none of its blessings, while the slave, if denied
the blessing is freed from the disadvantages. J.
1--WE say, frankly, that, if there must always
be a laboring population, distinct from propre
tors and employers, we regard the slave system
decidedly preferable to the system Of wages''!!
"Wpges is a cunning device Of the devil, for
the benefit Of tender conscences, who would re.
tain all The advantages Of the slave system, with
out the expense, trouble, and odum OF being
Shareholder"
1--WE really believe our northern system OF
labor is more oppressive, and miscellaneous TO NOR.
ais than the southern.
But having traced the inequality we complain
OF TO lis origin, we proceed to ask again, what is
the remedy? The remedy is first to be sought in
the destruction Of the priest.
"The priest is universally the cnsIaver of his
brethren, and therefore it is Christianity condemns
hnI!!"
at may be supposed that we Protestonts, have
no priests; but for ourselves, we know no unda.
mental difference between Catholic priest and a
Protestant clergyman, as we know no difference
of any magnitude in relation TO the principles OF
which they arc based between Protestant churcI
and Catholic church.
There must be no class Of men set apart anc
authorised, either by law or fashion, to speak Il
us in the name Of God, or 10 be the interpreter
OF the word OF God. IL The word Of Goo
nevcr drops from the priests lips"
The Church, too, not the Catholic alone, bu
the visible Church, in all is forms, and OF al
erceds, must be hurled down. Mr. Brownsol
says:
'Dut one might as well undertake 10 dip tn
ocean dry with clam-shel, as 10 undertake t
cure the evils OF the social state by convcrn
men to the Christianity Ct the Church.
1--WE object not TO religious instruction; W
Obj ect not to the gathering toge her Of The people
one day in seven, to sing and pray, and to listen
to discourse from religsOus teacher; but W
object to every thing like an outward vishl
Church--to every thing that in the relnotest dc
gree parlakcs Of the pricsl,u'
Hear what the ollicehodcr says respecting tn
bank:
but what sholl government do: It's first don
must be an un doing
"But, again, what legislation do we want 81
fdr as this country is concerned! We want first
the legislation which shall free the government
whether state or federal. from the control Of III
banks"
"Unconrpromsing hostility to the whole bank
Ing system, should, therefore, be the no 10 Of ever
working man and Of every friend OF humanity
The system must be destroyed. On this pol
there must be no misgjvng no suberluge, Il
pallation.
Every friend Of the system must be watched q
an enemy TO his race, IL his country, and cspec
ally 10 the lahoIcr. No matter who he is, ia whi
party he is found, or what name he bears, he i,
IN our judgment, no true democrat, as he can
40 true christian"
Tie next and last step is to take away man
property, at lis death, from his wife aud children
and give il to the public
"Foliowing The destruction Of banks must com
that Of monopoies Of all privilege, There ar
many of these. We cannot S eci(y them al
we therefore only select one, the greatest Of thel
all. the privilege which some have Of being Dor
rich. while Others are born poor 1t will be see
a, once that we aude 10 the hereditary descer
oC property. An anomaly in our American sy.
lem, which must be destroyed
"a man shall have all he honestly acquires S
long as he himself belongs to the world in whic
he acquires it. But his power over his propert
must cease with his life, and his Property mus
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