Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-03-19

In the language of Rolla. the Peruvian &C.
neral, they were fain TO exclaim, awe seek
no change; and least of all such change as
you propose" 1t is plain that from this
source, no effort, could have effect, except
from the moral force it carried Under the
circumstances then its moral force, could be
nothing, for the reality of practice gave the
lie point blank, to the professions and to the
sincerity of the recommendations. What
then prompts the plainest dictates of COM
mon sense? Reform the evils at home.--
Cast off your jewelled baubles, which are
but the CONCEALED tears of millions, and Law
your hand to the work where it will be eff.
fectve. If nation would reform evil. let
it show at home the beauty of the practice
it recommends. 1t is there twill be looked
Tor, and If there it is found not, the preach
ing will be considered as that of the hollow
hearted hypocrite, who believes not himself
the truth he seeks to inculcate, and the
mora; force of the plainest precepts are lost
in the disgust which under such circumstan-
ces occupies the mind.
1t is this state Of things which has kept
US from joining the Liberty Party. We
could not seek to pluck the mote out of our
neighbors' eye, having the beam in our own:
} but removing our own defects, we can then
with propriety seek to remove the defecus
of our neighbor. In the states of the north
we are liable TO the same imputation as rests
upon England. ''Ah," says the sleek and
heavy pursed capitalist, "slavery is a great
moral, social and political evil; let rs do it
away! 1t is stain upon our young Repub-
lc--her honor demands that the uord should
be erased from her escutcheon.'' Just so.
and yet within an hour perhaps, this same
sleek fed capitalist exclaims, ''What, have
; my i'll hammered and i'll conditioned opera
tires mot slarcs) dared to ask an incease of
wages. Do they expect to live as well as
: do myself. I'll see them die of starvation
before yield to their demands" So il is:
} and with family dear to him, dependant
, upon him for support, if the law does not
lndict him for conspiracy, the operative is
fam to 60 back to his scanty pittance N
fact, servile slave, bound down by the
chains of necessity, more imperious than the
slave holders lash. five have pictured an
} extreme case, the truth of the principle, and
It's actual existence and application in all
IFS degrees, isl nevertheless apparent In al
most every branch of business does it exh;-
bit itself. Can it be possible then, that persua-
son from such source can have influence
1t must fail precisely as does the admoni-
tons of England; and that which is good
and pure and desirable in itself. gels hide
business from the caricature presented bv its
advocates. True, there is another course of
action proposed by the Liberty party. They
want the political power, and although they
cannot abolish slavery in the states, they
will hem it round and create such state of
things, as will make the slave holder glad
to get rid of this slaves in self defence
Now we cannot believe that this is the bes,
mode of doing business. 1t will readily be
F seen that this course creates two antagonist
parties, dependant for success, alone upon
their physical strength, prepared to battle
every thing and yield nothing. Every step
of the contest would be marked by increas
ing bitterness, and we can see no result. but
a dissolution of the Union-a civil war: and
as consequence, an interruption to the
principles of human liberty, for which the
abolition of negro slavery hundred years
earlier, would but lily atone. We would
have no one believe us in favor of American
negro slavery. We are speaking only of the
means to effect its abolition which we as ar
IDENTITY desire as any one can.
The remedy we propose we have before
stated. II is simply that we free our land
from slavery and fill it with rejoicing; we
can then accompany our precepts with the
example of all men .'free and equal" in re-
atty and by the picture of real enjoyment
and happiness we should present, the very
strongest inducement would be furnished
the stakeholder to follow our example.
But how should we do it? The mode is
beautifully laid down in message of An
drew Jackson. In our laws shy protecting
all and granting favors TO none, but dspen-
sing the blessings of government like the
dews of heaven alike on the rich and the
poor" The mode is there, but we do not
follow it. The blessings of government are
not so dispensed; on the contrary by granting
favors TO some all are not equally protected.
The Fictitious advantages of law have ele-
waited men to positions which their intrinsic
worth and usefulness to society, do not en-