Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-23


equals for each individual per DAY the p!ice Of a SINGLE
PouND OF FLeUn less than The price Of ONE HAIT
POUND or MEAT! One-siy;h of that entire city beggars
and prostitutes The mind cannot grasp-cannot realize
this wholesale exhibition of shame and wo. ." The multi
tude Of sad groups as Slerne has expressed 1t. =" do hut
DISTRICT Us" Let Us take the Z" single captive" then. And
%touchingiy has the picture been drawn by one Of these
down-irodden millions "a Plobeian poet-a man who has
lived aud suffered among the sreues he well describes
God help the ;oor an infants feeble wall
Comes from ln narrow gateway; aud behold
IInGiia- her cGii TO s-reea il tom lie coli
Her ves'are srant, her bonnet crushed and torn,
\ thin shawl doth Ler baby dear enfoid:
And there she hides tie ruthless gale o. nor.
Aud now she sudden darts ravening LOOK.
Asone win new lot Tread comes past lie nookt
She Weepsl God help tlee, hapess one, forlorn ~
Let i, not he imagined hat such examples Of wretch
edness are found among the ouicasis Of great cities alone.
The leprosy If restitution has spread itself far and wide.
over the entire extent Of The land entering not alone the
cellar or the garrett of the crowded alley, but penetrating
Ia the hamlet of the cOttnger. To the cod and comforiless
tller Of the soil. He who feeds the world is himself on
the verge Of starvation There il not a step SAYS the
Westminster Review. " but simply a hands breath. be-
tween the agricultural laborer AMI pauPcrism.' a lahor-
er at Bidefort. in Devonshire, " recently TIED FIR steal
img a piece of bacon aud The wife OF his employer de-
posed:
Ny tu'aod Gives 80 p-iso"e- s1 s'iHmrs q dollar and for
tysiH cents p week. We sometimes rare han h. dinner. II ne
TERRI sTir 20 t as 80 ia n s wiz s' aas { re - ' sfi ff.sI re- a E ja - fo1oa
linn guu'fs, iui recommended lin to mery on sceoua, OF lis
poverty"
Where. then. i the abundant wealth, which En-iand's
political writers 'auntngly put ttih. ~ thor long siat>u-
cal Italics. as he heiIiage OF her tavoud leope = Where
We hear daily instances among her 'o'ilN ara Se"ry -
men dying. and leaving behind hem a million OF dllialS.
i've, TENN q recent case ficeniy milI'nS-to curse and
iuin. mind and toiy. thn>e who succeed 10 the tloaied inheI-
itarce. The fam laboler, wiih hs wife and her little ones
10 clothe and fced-,oiling t. 1--we, and living only u die
receives in icfu n for N ,n,i e week Of that ceasele>S toll.
the price of one lu-hel of wheat; but tie stock of cinrs Of
tie late Duke II Sussex was sold. tie cher day al auction,
fr Ten Thousand Dollars! (Note y
AMI his - tfn land -ic nforl crushed down with rover
~, lis mobiles rcyeliuG in p mg and plide-ihiS Is the wealthy
and powerful na'ion, whose sy>'ems 4 roi'cy We are to a.
dept; the wicked1cs-t at Is the honest wotd-ihe wick
edneSs # whose rulers we arc to 81 40 aS a Nhiains lisAt 10
guide cur statcsmen-sS a lamp II di Get our steps! Has
not tho WING Congressional Executive Committee ofiriii-
" 'Xto'lei the wisdom OF taat system eXpe>>lv
landed the skiIl Of the rn.er> who franel It? AID Is II
MT 50 wtitn here "WHY SHOULD VIZ nor FOLLOW sucH
a PRoSPrRtus FXAmPLF - Shane shame Ga that qur>-
ton. Thee may &c oHe ,xcu~e-'hrre i bat oae-iof The
man. lie ding tie soil Il the fee, who could put such a
cue stou 10 a republican audience and il i, that he knew
nothing e the actual state sc that county whose pr spcIous
example" he holds up, to on envy and imitation.
And =, ! be-and Such as hr-whO ale TERRIBLY shocked
at fleiga j. 20 iationS of Ii ems and /. oa'clothS and cali
Goes They dctest AID aijutc tic illumination Il clo,hin-
fon a Bntsh loom. All tuly hi> Politics her Phali. ces-
rs well as Reli.iou-m,n vh1 tram al a gnaf and swallow
a camel Foreign imp r''iions' Be't'r a whole world OF
British calicacs than onr British system Our wives an;
children m v wear the ono, and le 10 whit the worse lepub-
lican~ for the cheap and >i"ple wear but lei our statesmen
initiate and adpa' the otaci. anil 1t VIII sap the f'undatl n
e our insttu los ay! end sn-er.-iid 1t noi once m tn
4 Us e the blue cockaie AMI palmetto button !-eIdanSer
even lle integrity Of our Unin?
To no inibe~l pejuiice viii ! appeal. lie is the enemy
sire. tie evil spirit Of national A. i'm sity. 80 tar a. the do
jig ~ Other rafi, ms ac Jn>i a. wise. we ae not permitted
o'iy-av 'hc dictit ties of enlightened Policy We are Ell med
It, initiate them; an there Is an example nohie exam
ple-set u, hy Great Brian. which we would DO well to
follow bat an example ct by her suffering Many, rot by
her ruling Few. Let us dist ngui.h-and we ae too apt 10
overlook ihS-lct US Distinguish well between TIC People
and their su!erS-ieiwcen the oppte>>or> and the o, ptcs.ed
These PpieSSots we mi1hi Still ADD eS'' as W' apostle o.
freedom, good oil John Milton, aid.e>sei them, two hun
dTcd years ago:
LORDS and Commons of Eagllnli Consider wat it is
whereof ye are. and whereof We are the governors; a nation
not slow and duh, but Of n quick, ingenious, and piercing
s.irit acute 10 invent, subtle md lncwy 10 discourse; rot
beneath any point-the highest that human ca'aciiy can soar
to. What wants there. L such a towAidly and llegn nj
soil. but y isc and faithful la5oIcrs, to make a knowing pco-
pie ;"
such f,ithful lahorers have been found. The sririt of
IIampdon and Of Sidney-'hai spiIit from which an Offset was
fl I tau>pl4nicd u these shc 9 : 20 spiead, and Il lutI>h, and
bless the western re ubiic-ihat >tuldy ,liiit lives in the IT.
tie island vet. II i, even mw. ,t,uiug ur her ihouS MS and
tens Of thousands and these are handing themselves I geth-
or. t. destoy, by the slow, tnl 'esiStlcss i'ice OF re'So" ana
of public 81 Union. that iniquitou> system, which cur OWN al
i-iociary sill hope 10 retain ami pei petu,te.
Alta recent uc,tins of The feet e lea suc, held At Non
chester. ,iXiy h u>and dollars (pa'tic proof Of sluooti'y,
that y wee collected IN q Sia1e dag. Three bundled and
fits ih'u> nj dollars nave ben subscribed 10 ne League
fund Thu, soason, already aid he { lend t. whom | have a.
ready ie.ctled, writes me, that. "f necessary, dontle Tie
am mt Will be risei next year" These vast sums aIc cX-
uontci IN disseminating cheap pamphlet l. explaining and IN
forcing the 4. clIincs Il fee trade. LaSi year. ~ tic course
Of six weeks on million pacLa. yes >imilsr 10 that winch |
hold ia my hand. each c ntainrS twelve shout tr'tt, were
grstul'ou>l, distributed Throughout Great B,iia.n.
But while the hicnds Of equal ri-hiS IN Enslanf arc thus
n,hly waving battle against the monopoly Of Their rr iective
system, we are called upon + foster the iniln''y they are
di-dnriin-; and aS they chase Tic unsi-htly monster fon
his den 10 tic cd Word We are 10 receive AID ,ainpeT HIN
in The rich ILLS .nl Zee tor IS Of the New
The success. however, u the failure Of io.ei-n attempts at
reform, should not influence our o'uT>e. LIT tuio!ean uH-
ton. ac' IS hey vii, on duty a, siTnrle AID si'ishtloi-
watd. \ fec coveinm,nt has 10 light 20 heI chi'ilcn II
preference. \ law expressly famed 10 tivar onr class. or
say. I, relieve one class Of community from a bud ty
shifting ilat lntt,n, directly OF intiT'cily. 10 tic shan deis
If another tlas-. l. more taaa az n JnSice-l l. ar>"ip'-
Il H.. Tic ecos.ify FL ro,e' " iu-iIh's taxation NofhiHg
cI,c can. 10 tax Ieimaucnflv, ~ any io'rs, with am itton-
lion, leyoLd tie .imit O. Necessary icFe"ue, IS 10 ooNFI-
CATE.
AID fr whom. in our country. lii> u.urpa'ion? FIR
who.e b'noht This conl.raitn OF ne property Of lee G'-
zen. Ii i bad enough wien to rccklc-- Many an e
rute # ihcir hume icsl ~ief- d. tte wi the if-h'> # the
helylcs, Few 4; II Is fsg W re Wien tie y ~ >uher. In tie
Few mas gain Class l~ssi-lt"n l. eyer % re e'Itec led
Vel Il II have an ex' u>aaie ihase, II =. when nor mae
wealth 1, mae T." tear d''?iopat'oDa'e 0u'deh I'D l''OF'
AMI for Tie relief. Of pov'ry.
But how I id- TIE ca>e iov tcfo.c ~ I'll" a-iicn'iur-
al inter = iesr = g iGItCu h tail y AMI Manufacturing
classes reap tn, tcneft. NV, for eveiy person. actually ell
gagged in u de o. mlnuf cture. in HE III ci States, ;teie
ae upwards of -FOUR 'm,l',ei an asi'uSufei ad the
ate estimate. upwards OF FIFTY PER CENf. higher Than
those OF The litter. IN thr proportion 81 Jvteea co.h'S .
month % tie IA mer, and moi~ ihan f~rsnfg-fre a'.lG'S a
month 10 the uauuf 4ciurer. (N0fe . iHp>. tAen, a H.
,ilerin, ia.iT acts. ltt4kes Tom The rockets 1t 70 r men.
u fu he fur.c Of orc; aBi-usng lie term 1ica tmi - :
hv oompai.nu-.t selects the p 0. f.om whom ic Ak, AMI
the nch to whom - -ise. LIT the people 4 tbs iepe.ie
bur ZEE and tcSt. ard thoroughly understand e a sseet
and its cxlsie.ce an IL iajlsiice vii sooa teiu-aate -
1 geiheT
know. aaa Al ice % know. that ihere arc Wy mrny
among on. Uan0Iaciu.cr who are m1c@a'e abll !. S"'i
enough 10 ieyiet the i'm .oifuAsts AID unrfa,oa0e c'fn'
ct M ty the q g to which they he .onE; ont Who nc sff-
fed wi;h that measure f protection winch a ,tiicuY 'r'+-
nue. t4Iif Of necessity alol ds them. They feel. - ae seH-
~ NNrrfhr.rN m tie our U