The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-11-14
]. HOLCOMB, Editor & Publisher.

ever detractS from the gains OF the tenant
falls with increased severity upon those
below him-.upon those whom he employs
the laborers. The remedy is easy, bul
there is little inclination 10 adopt it. By re-
ducing rents so as 10 allow the tenant 10
" live and let live" the circumstances OF
all would be made easier. Still better
would 1t be, by granting leases for a Civ.
en- number of years, to hold GU an induce
ment to the lessee to employ his capital
and his energies in a way the best calcu-
lated to secure an ample return for both.
Unfortunately, many of the aristocracy are
too embarrassed in their pecuniary cir
cumstances 10 allow them 10 reduce their
rents-they live up to their rent roll, and
many beyond them, Even where the
land proprietor is in easy circumstances,
he will refuse to grant leases for any con-
siderable period, because he thereby runs
the risk of sacrificing the political in1u-
ence he yields over his tenaHts'a at will. In
the meantime,a as neither the remedies hint
ed at are likely TO be carried out on a
scale sufficiently large to make them felt,
the landed gentry have hit upon the nota-
Bile scheme OF asking a few la5orers 10 meet
them annually at their agricultural din.
ners, where they are treated to a glass or
TWO Of wine, and then !ectureC in good set
phrase, on the ineslimabIe benefits accru.
ing from temperance. industry, and the
other cardinal virtuesl Pretty c%onsola-
ton truly, for men who exc out a wretch.
ed existence for themselves and families on
seven or eight shilllngs per week.
A praiseworthy effort is being made in
the large towns of England and Scotland
to provide cheap baths and washing hous-
es for the industrious poor. A meeting to
effect hat object was held in London on
Wednesday, at which the Bishop of Lon
don attended, and made a sensible aud
wellAimed speech in favor OF the project.
TO the credit OF the age be it spoken, a
greater desire has manifested itself of re-
cent years to study the comforts and the
happiness of the more humble & indus;ri.
Gus bees ia the social hive. 1t may be that
some amour, of seIfshness is mixed up
with this philanthropy, for, when poverty
stalks about in rags, and propagates fevers
and other fatal diseases, owing to the alb
sence of personal cleanliness and domestic
comfort, the contagion will speedily strike
down those of a higher class. Poverty in
England never had any influence at the
polls. 1t is politically n%on-existent, This
is one primary reason why, to the superb
or humanity OF the present age, has been
allotted the task of softening It's rigor.
TO the tone, too, Of the popular writer's of
the day,-!o the pure spirit, the humani-
zing influences, which breathe in the
pages OF the ablest authors, and in the col
umns of the most extensively circulated
newspapers, may be traced Inc kindly sym
pathy Tor those who are placed at the base
of the social pyramid which is now dawn
ing upon the land. Mahomet proved him
self an able regenator OF his species when
he inculcated the use of the bath, and pro-
hibited the products OF the vine. Ia the
race of competition which this country is
destined 10 run-and must run-wlth the
other great nations of the earth, it will re-
CURE all the aids which art can afford
and the nos, liberal and enlightened phi
IanlhrOpy can suggest and enforce. to en-
able the poorer classes of he community
the bones and muscles of the state-to play
their parts with becoming promp.lude ant
vigor.
Mr.. Daniel O'Connell has addressed q
long epistle from his retreat at Derrynans
10 the Repeal Association, in which he
dwelIs emphatically upon the federal pro-
Iject, and hints his Partially for it in con
ltradislinclion 10 Repeal. His tactics re-
Gently have had for their object the anal
oama,ion of all classes and shades of hi:
countrymen, aud they have been success
(ul 10 a much greater extent than the dis
cordan: materials upon which he has hat
to work would have led US to believe
Mr.. Grey Porter's pamphlet in favor o
the Federal Parliament is the text upor
which he still diIates. In giving Repea
The go.by, as he now virtually does, Mr.
lOConnell has subjected himself TO
charge of regeneration, and his inconsis
tency is the object of bitter attacks in thu
journals opposed 10 his views. He stands
II must Ue COHleSSeu' "o PoSi'l'H wv.
dissimilar to any in WHICH he has stool
previously. He may now be said to b
feeling his way in a new path, and hi
chance of success will mainly depend up
on the amount OF support which he Il
likely to receive from the middle ant
higher classes of the party which ma
hitherto stood either entirely aloof from o
slougly opposed to his previous move
) menls. Rumors are afloat that Mr.. Shar
man Crawford, Lord Charlemont, an
others of the Irish Liberals, who WOOL
l connect themselves with repeal, are abou
| to declare their adhesion TO federalism
e 1t is added that an imposing array Of nun
u bers and responsibility will shortly be pu
a forth in favor Of the new move. Ii MI
. O'Connell can throw oil on the trouble