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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04

ton and misery Of the laborerin England,
and the wretched state Of labor. Tongue
cannot tell, pen cannot describe thou
sandth part Of its horrors. And TO what
is 1t all owing? To the uaorganized state
of labor, and the defenceless state Of the
laborer-to the grasping avarice of man,
against which tbs unorganized state fur
nishes no defence, no resistance. Let u
single individual, solitary and alone, al
temp, "io stem the wild torIen, Of n barba
rous age" and by the introduction of lei,
iers and civilization let HIM strive 10 Gle
vaie and chris:ianize heather people, and
he will hnd his task an easy one, when
compared with his " no would oppose the
refined cruelty Of civilized ambition and
cupidhy; far easier 10 convert nation Of
barbarans, than for an oppressed, down
trodden, deienceless laborer 10 assert and
| maintain his rights against a single opprcs-
sor. But let the many unite, LOT them take
the high stand OF justice and right, let them
consult for common good and common de-
fence, let them duly feel the high nature
of their des:inies and capacities, and, gov
erned by the principle tina. speaks ''good
will TO men," let them act for themselves
and for Humanity, and their action will be
wholesome, beneficial and effective.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04
n,1r ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.
ny HENRY w. LoNGFELLow.


Certainly if all who know, that to be men stands
o, IN the shape of bodies but in the power OF rea-
CON would listen awhile unto Chrlst's wholesome
and peaceful DEGREES, and not, pulled up with AFRO
qancc and concelt, rather believe their own oP'h-
IONS than his admontions; the whole world long
opo. turning the use of iron into mIider WORKS.
should have lived in most quiet tranquility ana
have met together in firm and lndissoluoe league
of most safe concord.-ARSoBIUs.
This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,
Like huge organ, rise the FURNISHED arms;
But from their silent pipes an anthem peallng,
Starles the villagers with strange alarms,
Ali what sound will rise, how wild and dreary,
When the Death Angel touches those swift Keys!
What loud lament and dismal Miserere
Will mingIe with their awful symphonies
i hear even now the infinite fierce chorus,
! he cries of agony, the endless groan-
Which, through the ages that have gone before US,
In long reverberatlons reach our own.
On helm and harness rings the Saxon hammer,
Through Cm5ric forest the Norseman $
song,
And loud amid the universal clamor,
Ger distant desert sounds the Tartar gong.
| hear the Florentinc, who from his palace
Wheels out his battle bell with dreadful DIN,
And Aztec priests upon their teocals
Beat the wild war drum made OF serpent s skin.
The tumult of each sacked and burning village;
The shout that every prayer for mercy browns;
The soldiers reyes in the midst OF pllage,
The wall of famine in belea guered towns!
The bursting she'll the gateway wrenched asunder,
The rafting musketry, the clashing bladei
And ever and anon, IN tones of thunder,
The diapason of the cannonade.
Is it, oh man. with such discordant noises,
With such accused instruments as these,
Thou drownest Nature sweet and kindly voices,
And iarrest the celestial hamonles!
We're half the power that fills the world with terror,
Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and
courts,
Given to redeem the human mind from error,
There were no need of arsenals and forts
The warriors name would be a name abhorred
And every nation that should lift again
Its hand against its brother, its forehead
Would wear for eYermore the curse OF Cain!
DowN Ne dark future through long generations,
The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease,
And ike a bell, with solemn. sweet vibrations,
/ hear once more the voice of Christ say Peace!
Pence, and no longer from its brazen portals
The blast of Wars great organ shakes the SKIES
Rut beautiful as songs of the lmmortals,
The holy melodies of Love arse.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04

THE FTRE.-The fire noticed yesterday,
proved TO be as We anticipated, in the sew
and valuable Steam Saw Mill Of S. Pits,
Esq, just above Town. The entire build
ing and contents were consumed, with the
excepioa OF she engine and boilers, which
were partially injured. The fire caugh,
from spark on the roof Of the engine
house, and in 80 M nutes, the work Of de-
stru'ton was complete. There was no in
surance. and tho loss, some four or FIVE
Thousand dollars, falls entirely on Mr.. Pitts.
f-Dar0n Adr.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04
THE NOUS lie TIE Z
sNrom the Monthly Magazine.

r1"m the '''"'''S Az S'"'"'
To write an anonymous letter IS uh5ch-
tcmanIy; OF Inns There can D 40 io'"'- '"'
more. II IS mean, dastarddE' SNniA'"8, uoPa-
we'd! B1i want c""in ! d'' Co'o'''i '''''i
was bout To mary GO Il :.I..s..
Towric ~ anon, NOUS tc''c' - az "",i'1
e sag 1a lea5'; II W"'l' reg" 'e '''' SN'''
ola sopIS torcnicr IT JuS"HaOIc-PI'h't'S;
and yet when Col. fh:E" WIS gong 10 i'i'I-
~ his cook.
A viNen-a perfect olfaceh Oh Wo'ii'h
behind his BACK; ana IL h',' I" h'0o no-
ror, who had gained golden lures II Sc
ringprtam; an ad-de-c'mp 10 Or DN.o
Bdird-my iuc1G he INC" gene "'u
come like thunder Oo'''
To wiiIc an anonymous le''e' cNcel'' "h-
der the most imperative c'rcumS' ahces' Is
unquos:ionab'y at'TCc Gus HI 'hh' even
posted as | WIS, with the most benevolent
intentions: conscience, my conscience as a
gentleman aud an officer would hesitate TO
,x,nrovc of il. | passed. ] determined to
wciph the matter well; but the conviction
fell upon me like an avaanch, that not mo-
fhcnt was to be lost!-Colonel PGnth was on
the eve of marryiug his cook.
Rcbccca Morrs! And he my brother-in-
TIRE, the widowed husband of my sainted sis
ter. X c. b., a wearcr of four medals, two
crosses, End the order Of the golden fleece,
Il man who had received the thanks of Par
Lament, the written appreciation of my Lord
Cliyc-two freedoms in gold boxes; a man
who, had he uobly fell on axe ramparts of
Tlppoo's capital, would have been taken
home in rum and buried in STUNT Paul's.
His fragment, his living remains (for he
possessed only one organ of a sort, havin5
lost leg, an arm, an eye, and nostriD bad
resolved ON what considered sort of a de-
ni-post mortcm match with--whaR
4 blowsy. undcrbung mental. whose only
mcri, consisted in cooRinr mnll;notovney
and mbhino with soft. fat n,lm the woun-
ded ankle of his partially efficient leg; the
illegtimate offspring of Sepoy pioneers
trull; creature whom my lovely and accom-
plishcd sister had taken from the breast of
her dead mother, (thc woman, a camp fol-
lower, received an ttoh pan I'll nof ora''' from
one ofTppoo'S gullera troops in the Jungle. }
one whom Eyadne had brought up with ma
7ernal care in her kitchen; scullon! And
such one TO be Col Phnth.s w.ie, 10 take
the place OF EVadhe! "oou eouE
To write an anonymous letter Is fa'her re-
voting; much may be sad against II; IL Is
ones dcrnier resort, still II had MS advanta-
yes, and why neglect them? Had Col. Pimth
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system, in which they can find their true
and perfect expression.
The truth is, that we are more mo al than
other people, because we know how TO
make morality available in the highest de-
gree to The happiness OF mankind. If in
dividuals among the disciples of Fourier
are immoral, they are SO IN spite OF their
creed.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04

MURDER OF AN AMrRrcAS CoNsuL---Des
patches were received al Savannah FOR he
Government on The lflh inst relating to The
murder of the American Consul resident
'amlica. by the blacks. king,ion papers
Of later date Nuke no mention o. aav suu h
event.
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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04

CALLISG THINGS BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES
The verdci sometimes rendered by Corones'
Jurics, ..Died of maaia .a-potu," is transla-
led into plain English by The Plea, une. thus
died raving mad, il consequence Of ha!d
drnking.''
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04

From HAYTI.-We have accounts 10
day Of increased difficulties. BY a vessel
from St. Domingo, we learn that on the 9TH
and 9th May, the negro General, |. Acarn,
with large force OF blacks, had ma rched
from the interior upon Aux Cages, taken
possession Of the town, slaughtered tho
inhabitants, and driven out The regular
troops Nearly SEQ of the inhabitants had
escaped in vessels from Jamaica and else
where. The negro che was about scizing
the American orig MantiHa with her car
go, when the Council in,erfered.
A letter in this mornings Courier from
Cape Ilaytien of 4th May, states that that
town was taken possession on the 25th ult..
bv General PIert with a force Of 1000
men-aH in revolt against President Her
ard REVERE The section Of the ISLAM
was then erected into separate Department,
called The "Depar,me nj Of the Norlh"-to
embrace what formerly constituted the
Kingdom of Christopher, tx ending on the
coast from For, Libere, (for,neIy Douphin)
30 miles east of Cape Haytne to St Marc
on the west, and including, besides, Con
alves. Port dc Paix, and St. Nicholas Mole
General Pierrot has been declared Com
mander in Chief--ano with his Council Of
Stale. had imposed an cxpor, duty of $40
Hayden per 1000 lbs, OF cottee.--N Y.
American,
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Observation-Disclosures AFrAIR.-Wc
published about month slice, u 81 emcnt
from New Orleans p per, OF suit COM
menced by woman who h d been held as
Il Save in tht city for thirty years past, 10
recover her freedom on the ground tina. she
was free born, white, of German parentage.
The story on which her suit was then s;a-
ted 10 be basel. was that her parents had
been brough! TO this coun ry by the man
who nov held her as Il slave, and that they
had ente:ed into Il con raci 10 serve him 70
a s'ipulat time in pay for their passage
Tnat previous to the expiration of their
term of service they both died, since whic.
me she had been held and sold rs slave
This version appears to have been entrei
inco rect as we now learn that she sta;
that she was kidnapped from the reside,cc
Of her parents in Hartford county, not f.
from Baltimore, when he was quite SIN
6 ri. thirty years ago. An agent has a.
we'd in this city To take testimony in he
case, and we learn he has been very su
c. ssful, having corroborated her represcr.
tation in every particular. He has tor 4
the precise farm on which she stated IT,.
out of twenty families which she stall
lived in the neighborhood at the time of ht
alb luction-these surviving witnesses tes..
that the other persons named did live inil.
neghborhood Thirty year ago, some e
whom are now dead, and others removed;
and tina, German family Of the name e.
the applican, for freedom. also resided on 4
farm belonging to Mrs. Eliza Siansbury,
daughter of whom was missing about that
time, and never after heard from. What
became Of her parents could not be ascer.
tanned. By an examination of the custom
house books her story has been further co
firmed, it being found that a vessel of tn;
name which she states she was carried FROM
Baltimore in, commanded by Capt. ston'
did sail tho very day and date, which she
has testified to. This is certainly mys-
,erious case, and is the first veri6ea,ion al
the bugbear story of kidnapping and selling
white persons for slaves TINT has ever come
under our observation.-Bah Sun.
Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-13
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ORATOR PRENTlSS.

This parsonage who has the vanity to
think that the people of Mississippi will
not support Col. Polk because he did not
vote 10 please him on certain occasion, has
frequently denied of late that he did abuse
The democratic party a! the great whig
barbecue. The fact that he did abuse il
as reported in this paper by our cores
pendent, Agricota who was present, can
be established by competent witnesses, if
necessary. But our object now is to call
attention TO what he said recently at
Vicksburg. We find it in his own paper,
the Wing OF the oath ult.
addressing himself 10 the wings he
exhnrled them in strong terms. of the
tminent danger To which our coun-
try is exposed, from The dis rglnizing and
courupung tendencies of LocoIocOism.
He averred, soIemnly ave?re1, that The
doctrines OF that party, if carrie out,
would end in universal RIGHTEOUSNESS;
the orerthrop Of all iaU and order, and
the utter prostitution Of The social System,
itself"
ale declared that the fair face of Mis-
sissippi looks blacker than Olhello's He
then read portion of the tract circulated
BY The Democratic Association Of Wash
Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-13
From ,he Macon Telegraph Extra.
COL. S. T. BAILEY'S LETTER.

We call attention to the f,lowing cor.
respond, nee between Messrs. Hunter and
others, and Col. S. T Bailey. We trust
the wings Of Georgia who Congratulated
themselves on The victory obtained the
other day in Vermont, will pcruse it with
care.
Col. Bailey is well known in this dis
trict and Circuit, os a prominent and tai
enled lawyer OF the lar, and has hitherto
been a member Of the whig party:
MACON, 30th Sept, 1874.
DEAR SIR-We learn that Won hive
ecenlly returned from a somewhat pro.
tracled visit to the North, and white there,
met with some difficulty in reclalming
fugitive slave! May we ircspass upon
your attention for lriri staten, nj of the
trials under which YOU Iabred, IA history
of the personal peril you encountered in
the reclamation OF ymr property. You
will readily perceive that our OBJ ect in
addressing you this note, is to ascertain,
from reliable source, the true position OF
the whg and democratic parties at the
North, in regard 10 the great and absorb
lug question ui Abolition.
A Georg an by adoption, and identified
as you are with The South, in all the in
teresls OF il permanent citizen, and so ex
tensively known throughout our limits,
your statement cannot fail 10 carry with it
a most sautary influence.
Respectfully your lriends,
SAMUEL B. HUNTER,
WILLIAM SOLOMON,
A. p. POWERS,
II. X. GREEN,
DC. CAMPBELL,
ROBERT COLLINS.
Col. S. T. BAILEY, VneviIlc.
Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-13
VINEyILLE, LIST Del, 1914.

GENrLEMEN-Yuur note reached me
last night requiring statement of the tr-
ais and perIs which | encountered this
summer at the North, and the position of
the two great political parties there, touch.
ing abolition. 1t w,,li require too much
time and space I" detail half the striking
incidents which occurred in the affair 10
which you al!ude.
BrIefy--my servant was seduced away
from my sick family during my absence in
Cnadi: having lett them in Vermont.-
| a.certained on my return, in what parr
of the country she was concealed; went
with friend and relook her, and conveyed
her 10 Baltimore. was pursued through
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connec-
ticul, by the AbolitionIsts, with the energy
OF hlpod-houndS, but was saved by cor
responding energy and vigilance of few
faithful frinends. On my return to my
family in Vermont, myself and friend
were arrested on charge of dnaping,
punishable in that State, with ten wears
Imprisonment in the Peniieutlrv. De-
more ferocious malice than the gang who
arrested US, and ' ct the majority OF those
who had aided and took IL part in hat pros,
ecution, did not profess In he Abolition.
lists. Alter tedious tial we we're dis.
charged, and on The q und that it was moi
proven that my servant was loiceI away
against her will, and therefore No kidnap
ping. In thus affair, the difference in the
conduct OF the wings and democrats was
most striking. The democrats gathered
in from Il distance, even from New Hamp
shire, although most of them strangers 10
me, and gave utIerance loud and deep t.
their a6horance and detestaton OF The IN.
famous proceeding. Those from New
Hampshire swore that no Southern gen
tIeman could be treated tn s IN their state
while The wings, with but lew honorable
exceptions stoDd coolly aoot or directly
aided in the prosecution -onc OF my rela-
tves, q member of the PRESBYTERIAN church
informed me that whenever he attempted
10 vindlcate me TO members of his church,
they would utter one united voice of con.
demnation, and yet he as well rs they
were wings. Indeed | found through The |
New England and Middle StIes, ep
rooted hatred Of shareholders amongst the |
great mass of the wing parry. travelled
through all those States and vat he'd with
an anxious desire TO learn the truth. |
incog, as far as practicable, that
they might not know was southernor,
anu thus give them Tree scope 10 speak
their minds without infringing The rules
of polteness, aud came TO a settled con-
victlon in my own mind that majority of
the democratic party at The North, are the
warm friend, Ut The South, and that ma
jority of the wings there are our enemies
THAT large majority Of the Abolition.
lists are from the whig ranks no honest man
at the North Pretends 10 deny. Bat that
Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-13

Central NeU York "A private letter
dated Syracuse, Oct 25th, says: "One
word as TO politics, and that is. that the
democratic party in this section of the
State is in good condition, is in good spir-
its, is working faithfully, and is constantly
gaining ground. The centre of the State
will give its full proportion Of the fifteen
thousand which New York will not fail to
give for Polk and Dallas. This county
will not be found behindhand, notwith.
standing that famous traveller ('Roorbacko
has been on visit of couple of days TO
our saline neighborhood. If his visit
serves any better purpose 10 the whig
cause than to enable him 10 determine with
more precision the actual source Of Salt
river, about which imagine he feels some
interest about these days, I am entirely at
fault in my calculation of the signs Of the
times. Our noble friend, George P. Bar.
ker, speaks 10 US tomorrow evening"
N. Y. Erening Post.
Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-13

there ere many Abolitionists from the
Democratic ranks, and many good friends
among The wings is just as certain.
This state of things Is easily accounted
for; the democratic party at the North, is
with few exceptions, the same that sustain.
ed the country during the last war, while
nearly all The leaders of the wings in New
England are the old FederaIists of the
worst school. The democrats retain all
their ancient hatred of British arrogance
and aggression, and therefore, when the
British SANDER The Southern people or ag-
gress upon their rights, they feel ii an in
suit to themselves as Americans, while the
FcderaIlsts side with England, and join
in her ISLANDERS Of the Southern people.
| trust, gentlemen, | have sufficiently
answered your questions. 1t is with re-
luc,ance that have answered you; moth
ing but the rules Of poliieness has drawn
forth this answer; civil question demands
reply. do not desire TO lie drawn into
the disturbing current of politics: all ask.
IS to he permitted, as heretofore. to glide
along in an humble station, while others
worry each other like dogs, on the polti-
cal arena; and while shall neither seek
office nor set myself up as teacher of
political science, | shall claim the privilege
of voting with whatever party may hon
eStIy believe will best secure the interest
and safety of the South. But, gentlemen,
allow me in conclusion to quote from the
speech of the Hon. Rufus Choate, Ssna.
tor from Massachusetts, delivered before
the Clay Club Of Boston, in August last.
"Does he reflect how vast change the
sentiments of civilization have undergone
on that whole subject Slavery since lS2Ol
Does he remember that in learning the
world is five hundred years Older than it
was then? Can he not read the gathering
signs of the times? Does he not mark
the blazing characters traced by tho lodi.
less hand as in the unfinished picture?-
Does he not remember what the nations
have done aud especially what England
has done within twenty yearsa Does he
not see and feel that within that interval
ii public opinion has been generated, has
been organized wholly new, aggressive,
in,olerant of the sight, intoerant Of the
cry of man in chains"
There, gentlemen, you have the embed,
led-the printed sentiments OF the wing
party of the North and of some of the
democrats of the North. And he must be
blind, indeed, who can travel and larry
any considerable time at the North, and
mot read the gathering signs of The times"
nor "see the bodiless hand on the WALL"
And if | might be permitted without AFRO.
yance, | would beseech the whole South
10 lay asde'their party warfare and SQUAD.
Die for Office, and mite their best counsels
md !heir best energies, to provide for their
ntue safety, before the "bodiless hand"
writes their lrrevocable doom. The time
: surcl, cunning when they cannot rely on
either wings or democrats at the North,
md when that day comes, happy will il
De for them, if they have provided means
# self reliance.
| remain, gentlemen, respectfully,
yours, &c.
s. r. BAUEY