North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-09-16

10 their utility and sterling worth, Is con-
elusive that there is radical change want
ed in those customs, which have heretofore
prevailed Ii is high time that lhpse who
produce eli the wealth in the community,
should inquire into the workings OF that
system, BY which they are defrauded OF
the enjoyment of il. And il, in their in
quries, they should find, or imagine that
they find in The present system something
| at variance with correct principles Of truth
and Justice, upon which all Society is pre-
tendedly based lei them not iaier, nor
hesitate to expose the fraud, out Of respect
To preconceived opinions, nor fear 10 Crap
pie with error, whether " on eathen or
on Christian ground" When the working
classes shall have done their own thinking
their own voting, and we add their own
iatc- making, they will find that they have
removed the source Of their miseres, by
destroying the present oppressive and une-
quail system Of partial legislation, which
has emphalically made them "mere hew-
ers Of wood, and drawers Of water" to The
would-be Arstocrats in this land Of "equal
rights." Again, we commend the article
to the careful perusal Of all who lay claim
to the patent OF "Nature's nobility" and
wear the envable and honorable dis
tinction of tcorkingmen.
(From the Workingmans AdUocate)
CASTE OR ARlSTOCRACY, vER-
sus THE PEOPLE.
ADDRESSED TO THE WORKING CLASSES.
Few persons can estimate with any kind
of correctness, the real extent Of that spirit
of caste or ArStocracy which is generally
prevalent in our country which like the
little leaven seems to have spread in so
wide and successful manner over the
whole surface Of society. With the growth
of civil institutions Numerically opposed
to the spirit, in violation OF an established
theory, its influence appears hourly to in
crease and strengthen; and while the ma
ton is adorned with the outward embems
its core more dreadful and ruinous than
the most heated imagination could have
supposed an affection which must finally
end in either radical reformation, or in
military or civil despotsm.
Since the revolution, this influence has
gradually but efiectualIy been steadily es-
tablishing itself, and Notwithstanding the
formidable opposition it has met with from
the elective Ranchise, in league with that
inherent and noble spirit OF manly indie
pendence, which marks the character of an
American it has made successful head a.
ganst all its opponents, and now bids fair
to become the chief depository of political,
domestic, and religious power.
We have no disposition to awaken the
mind of any individual to an unnecessary
state of fear-real causes Of alarm are too
numerous to plead our apology for thus
arousing any class Of citizens TO sense OF
artificial danger.--Truth, however, will
not question the sincerity and candor of
our alarms when we assert, that at this
very moment the minority or aristocratic
class are virtually and practically in the
ascendancy. For the truth of this we
point the workingman TO our legislative
halls and benches ofJbdgment, where the
laborng interests are seldom pleaded, and
still more seldom protected. In the nation
al and State councils, majority Of mem
bers are attached to a profession which
by common consent is admitted 10 be in
every respect hostile 10 the elevation of
the people, and which can never prosper
under perfect Administration Of Demo
cratic principles and laws. Bank, canal,
or rail road charters are of greater momen,
10 these men, than either the Constitu-
ton of the United States, or the sacred
and valued liberties of the people. They
deem the creation OF system of exclusive
privileges, or the prosecution OF some
grand and extravagant scheme Of internal