Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-30
Letter from John Orvfs.
Port Byron, N. Y.


Port Byron, N. Y. ! t.
9th mo. / lth, l843.
Dear Brother Murray, Since last
wrote you "a flying note, we have had
stirring times at Syracuse, that great
salt-cellar Of the world. II is beauti-
full village which has recently spung up
as by touch of the magician's wand.
There are manufactured in this region
alone ten million bushels of salt per an
mum, A sufficient quantity one would
think to kill the whole race to inAame
their blood with lus', and to cover their
skins with pimples. Out of the traffic in
salt, with its various commercial ties,
has risen the fourishing village of Syr-
acuse. But you will ask do the laborers,
the saIt-makers, dwell in the splendid
mansions which throng the town? Or
do IordIy, aristocratic capitalists, roll in
luxury, dwell in palaces, the cost Of
which has been stolen from the laborer?
The latter is the fact The laborer, who
supplies the material for all those luxu
ries and refinements, is none the better
for all his tolls He is but pandering TO
an appetite which grows gredier with
supply, and which will one day, feed up
on his quivering heart. Beautiful as
many of the mansions are, that beauty is
strongly married, by contrast with mud
towels or tenements no better. Will
you believe the fact, that in that village,
in the center Of the Empire State, poor
women and girls, are compelled to make
n1fo for rfS FOL
for 10 l-2 cts. and shirts for 6 cts. apiece;
and board themselves and take pay in
orders on "sharang shops" to boot?-|
Yet such is the fact. l was told this by
the most veritable citizens Of that place,
and also had the fact in addition from a
young woman, who is thus employs ed
This young woman gets money for her
work, but she informed me that she did
not L. ow another one who did. Let re-
publicans cease their pratings about the
oppressi@n Of Old England. They have
already 100000 of chattel slaves and
their government is dashing thunderbolt
like towards the same results as are
wrought out in the Old World, in regard
TO their white laborers.
We spent week, of most useful and
interesting labor a Syracuse. " have
many strong friends there. Our meet
ines were full, most ofthem crowded u
the interest continuing to the last. Our
principles have made Judgement with
MANY of what in common paliance are
called the respecta5les. Many of the
wealthiest people of he place, threw
their houses and inequalities freely open
to US. expressed Their convictions ofthe
truthfulness Of our position, felt that we
set forth the true relations, knew that
they should te happier in those relations
than elsewhere and some while they look
forth TO enter fully into them, are willing
TO aid in the establishment of community,
for the purpose Of demonstrating the
great problem Of mans capability Of be-
ing in love-relatioEs, and OF incarnating
the love-principles But they have ac-
cumulated their wealth, by d strusting
and not by loving them. la |
the antagonisms Of society they have seen
all others acting in the same way, and
these have come to think, that man is
the natural foe % man, and is under no
to be con6ded i'm. But
what an ;mputatioL does it not cast up
on the Father of the race! Has he /
Created eatures of like natures, pow
ers, relations and destinies to prev upon
one another. Do you wonder Moham-
medans bite their lips, and bend their
brows in whitening scorn upon the
sham christians Of our age: Is it mat
ter OF wonder that the Turk calls them
+" christian dogs" There is immeasur-
ably more knavery in any christian
village OF this country than in the thronr-
ed markets of Constantinople. A Turk
has more confidence in Turk. than a
christian in his brother. In Constant
noPle, il is no; necessary for the seller
to guard his goods about with watch
dogs. He has but to mark his goods
and then may leave them exposed with
comparative safety. lie purchaser
come along, he has but 10 leave his
money ia place provided, and take
his goods The Turk has but one price.
The sham christian has as many prices
as arehasers--ofien more.