North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-07-31

NOBLE h's motives may be- can take the
broad grpunds upon which the, 'Fulure. il
based, without meeting with more or less
opposition even from profrssedly liberal
Journals. Such isthe tenaeity with which
men cling 70 old notions, old doctrines
old habits and old cusio ns, that %. breach
any new ,heory, however corFvct or just
spbjecss the author To opposition, iasnlI
and persecution, from, the ignorant, super,
s,i,ious and bigoted.
sid F--.Eill, 4 sg.olai..zy lss@kfs
EscLisH Seldom do we PEI.
rpse file OF English newspapers with.
out having our synnpaihies excited by
INTERPRETATIONS respecting the abject mis-
ery Of some portion Of the operative
classes.
| 1t IL not here and there one ndivieu al
or family, who, By improvidence or mis-.
fortune, Rave been cast down, bot whole
trades and districts iamiharIzed 10 distress
by the natural operation OF the systems
by which they are governed. II is a sad
picture TO contempiate--one that causes
the heart OF the phiianthrnpisi. 10 ache as
he reviews il, as il was unalterably fixed.
II is an undecided question whether there
| is ia any civiiised nation upon the face OF
the earth, q more complete and fixed, sys
Tan Of ahiect slavery Than that existing in
the manufacturing districts Of England.
| There are features Of IL that are infinitely
worse than any which really characteristics
the general system OF African slavery in
the United States. In many cases they
work harder-more hours-and for more
scanty ,itance, Than many a hundred
Slaves in the Southland We, perhaps IN
their journals there appears liberal pro
fusion Of prihen sympathy for the woes
Of the oppressed Of the human family IN
whatever CLINE, concluding with TRADE
Of sbuce mon the citizens and institutions
Of this country, 10 whom the most opPro.
hrinus epithets are profusely applied, be-
capse of the servilude which exists among
them. Such exhibitions cant and hypoc-
risv are quite common, as every perul's'e.rr
Of British Journals must have observed.
These rsendo phianthtopisis Of Britain
who have such an ample field at home
Tor The exercise Of their .henevnlence- :
are no, cuntented with merely speaking
Through their journals Of our institutions
and exhausting their unchrisllan tibaldff,y
mon the citizens Of our Slates-some OF
whom they hesitate not 10 attack person
llly-bnt we are everv now and then VISIT
81 nv some rcnee ade fanatic, delegated
with. authority from a congregation. o.
spins,ers, Or a clu or queer Old gentlemen
ins, launching into their do'age. who M
aoine themselves called by Heaven 70
reform HE, world, who prqwls lhFopg
our nothern eities-a fit candidate Tor The
nenitentiarv- stirring up spirit Of lncen'
Idiarism, and preaehipg upon suhlec'
which he knows Just as moeb aoont, IN
noint Of fact, ms he does Of the cis1 insihi''
lion If the most distant habitahle planet o.
m. soalr system. ,rhis'' sle wd fellow oil the
baser sort ,,--perhaps the inmate OF a work'
house brfore he was sent To US on 90
GRAND of mercu---s spends a. few months IN
,e,a;ling llies--villifying citizens--sowlng
the seeds of dislovaltv - and living 70
rather more gen,eeia state goi pappeflsH
TN, no was used 10 al homes make, snddep
rvi, il. view of the storm of,taf and death'
.rs that IL gathering, ronnd him. and we
4 are lett undlStufOtH uut" ""'
nary sernh is dispatched on similar e.
rand. This is no fiction. hut the words Q
snberness and truth based upon iacis At
ready transpired. #8 @H H9 "fF
We do not refer TO these facts as mat
! ,ers calculated TO produce surprise M
merely TO shows the gross byPocrsy ahf
inconsistency orathat people, We know
lpc, that there ia any occasion Tor snTpfs'
when we reu,embsr the exceedingly lea'
ous eve with which onr institutions aof
i ,beir prosperity are viewed nv the mi mon
lor despo.ic government. ami the eSnhas"'
which onrruin would produce among tnem
4 II is their special aim TO SOW, 81 F'osS'ns
d;xse usitai in our midst. In cripple oar pros
r;tv a nd Oh efebv cast eiscTedH upon IN,
! free aad enlightened goyefnuaen's ana
Ihehooves our statesmen, IN view OF I'M
fact. TO b.. wa,chfId and circamspect' ~
\ There are other deploEshle. scenes 2
English slavery BESIDE that OF ber Q ~n im
u,rdi ate kin rdom--enongh oil Itself tpfn
lolnv.rhesrmssihv and exefisonss Of ever
pb;lan,hropiSr7 wirhin "a. Isook' al ~
condition &c Irelssd. now manipav sHog
cl;rg "a req ain It's long lest rghis. a
Ind;a and IFS millions af slaves given up =
~. cpniaity nf English specplslion; ~
lhes, r1 Eng lsh missionaries someehTy,ns
.,b. Bihle. and Others the apesson. 70 tnA
-. --.t~ nd 90 her W est l1Bi;