The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-08-16


FIVE hours that was playing the hanger-on, toa
vulgar and saucy custom house officer at Liver
pool, one or two contrast crept in at my dull eyes
contrast between what had felt, and what was
before me. The most striking was the utter ,oa'h
Of hope in the countenances Of the working clas-
ses-the look Of dogge d submission and animal en-
durance of their condition Of life. They act like
horses and cows. snowy equippage goes by
and they have not the curiosity to look up. Their
gaitis that of tired donkeys, saving as much trou-
BILE at leg lifting as possible. Their mouths and
eyes are wholly ens,al. expressing no cspability
of want above food. Their dress is without
thought of more than warmth and covering, drab
covered with dirt. Their voices are a half-note
above grunt Indeed, comparing their condition
with the horse, | would prefer being an English
horse to being an English working man. And you
will easily see the very strong contrast there is
between this picture, and that of the ambitious and
lively working men Of our country"
One OF these abotionists asserted in speech in
the Court House in this place, that as general
thing, the General Government had confined its
legislation. ALMOST exclusively to Southern inter
ests; but at the same time spoke of small appro-
priation made in 1888 for the imp rovement Of
river up to the town of Ashabua IN this State, as
an exception, and the only one he would make, or
that he knew of; he further said there might be
facts in relation to the appropriations for that year!
BY reference to the laws OF the United States for
the year 1888, page lis, we find that in that year
the General Government appropriated for improve
ments exclusively Northern and Western the sum
of 1927 ,075 53;and for improvements in the South
ern States, including those made for the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers and for improvements in the
State of Delaware, the sum of 1854 1929 Making
a difference in favor of the North and West of
three bundled and seventy two thousand one hun
dred and forty six dollars and fifty three cents ~!
If we take from this calculation the sums appro-
priated for the improvement Of the Ohio and Mis-
sssippi rivers and for Improvements in the State
of Delaware, and leave them out of the calculation
entirely. the South only received the sum of
$244,000. Making the difference in favor of the
North and West, six hundred and eighty three
thousand and seventy five dollars and fifty three
cents!! And further; by reference to the same
volume, page 40, we find that the General Govern
ment appropriated for the Cumberland road for the
State of Ohio $l5O,OO0; for the State of Ia $780,
O0O for the Sta te ol Illinois $50 ,0OO and for the
State of Pennsylvania $4,000 Making $459, 900
in addition to that OF which we have already spo.
ken. The appropriations to the North and West
then were more than five times greater than those
A. t,a 1alu haFc,
spoken of for the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and
for the State OF Delaware, or if we include them
they were about two and half times greatcr!!
Such is the reckless disregard for truth which these
men exhibit.
In order to exhibit the tendency of Abolitonism,
we here insert aparagraph from Brotonson's Quar-
terly Reuie,o:
''Men may think as they will on the question
of slavery; but no man, not blinded BY his fanati-
cal theories and prejudlces, WATCH AS we have,
the rise aud progress of the Abolition party in this
country. and not hold the least conceivable coun-
tenance oft to be recreancy to God and treason to
the State. A more subtle or dangerous enemy to
religion or to liberty il is impossible to CONCEIVE.
Our institutions could more easily Withstand the
whole combined force of Europe directed against
them. 1t is yet to give them severe trlal-to con-
vuse our whole nation, and to hasten civil
war, which we see already gathering on a no dis
tant horizon. The party gathers force and viru-
lence in its progress, it assmates to itself every
particular fanaticsm In the country, and rolls Oh
its accumulated andaccumuating waters TO the des-
trucon, not of negro slavery, but of the state, of
government, of religious Institutions, Of all social
organization, and of all law but the law every man
Is unto himself. The widest extravaganza can
conceive nothing more extravagant than its avow
ed principles; and the boldes and lveliest inagna-
ton falls short OF the terrible evils Its would
involve. The British government for reasons not
difficult to divine, gives this party its official sane
ton and urges it by all the indirect means in its
power. This excites in us 10 surprise"
10 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The delegates from the several townships met in