Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-11-14

sThe Southport Telegrapb says, Gas to the
dignity of labor, how can he or she be
Christian who does not recognize i, to the
fullest extent.n If the Telegraph can thus
doubt the Christian character of person
who is merely idle, or despses labor, what
must it think of those who are not only idle
themselves, and have made labor a badge of
disgrace, but compel others to labor for them
and support them in their idlcness without
paying for their work? Call not abolition
lists ultra when they deny that an cnlighten-
ed stakeholder can be Christian
Western Citizen.
We have no doubt but we think OH these
points very much as does the editor of the
Citizen. We have no idea that any one can
be christian, whatever his professions, who
is in the daily and hourly habit of violating
Gods law, as manifested in his word, in mans
constitution and the constitution of nature
around him. But the editors question is
propounded with special reference, we pre-
sumo to shareholders. Now we see but lit
tie difference between those who appropri-
ate the labor Of their fellows by virtue of the
property they claim to have in them, and
those who get it by their superior cunning,
aided by vicious laws and the depravcd con-
dition of society. The result in both cases
is about the same; the difference if any, is
in favor of him who claims by virtue of pro
perty, for whilst he gets the labor, he attends
to the wants of the laborer, whereas, on the
other hand, when the labor is had, he who
gets it, is apparently perfectly willing that
the laborer may starve. Witness, for instance
the difference in condition between the labo-
rer in Europe and the slave in the south.
From England proceeds the great cry against
slavery, and what is the condition of herpeo-
pie? She has the name and the glory of Ii
berry, whilst in fact, she has SLAVERY in its
most hideous forms; slavery which con-
dennis man to unremitting toll, drives him
frequently from actual want to the commits
sion Of crimes which in calm moments, his
soul abhors, blunts and perverts in every way
his moral and intellectual faculties, fills poor
houses, debtors courts, and jails; slavery
which drags thousands to apremature death
bed, where reflection is dark and hope dead.
On the other hand, they have the name OF
slavery with but very few indeed of the evils
suffered in the first mentioned instance.
The same comparison will hold good to con-
siderable extent in this country and inasmuch
as but little good is accomplished by striving
for shadows rather than substance, let us view
things according to their practical operations
and results, and 60 at once to the root OF the
evl-to the cause of practical slavery
throughout the world, which is, the false es-
Innate put upon labor, the consequent en-
deayor and success Of many in escaping from
/ il, and our laws which have taken their cha
racter from this prevalent opinion. And this
i too. is the basis and security Of southern
/ slavery: and it is here that when a change
is effected, we will not only have got rid Of
the name, but also of the substance and re-
ality ofslavery. We have already said more
on the subject, than we at first intended, but
since we have got our hand IN we cannon
/ forbear to say few words more. Slavery In
the south is peTetuated by the strong arm
Of might claiming the laborer as his proper