Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-12-19

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cause, and in putting her ina position worthy
her name and her pride.
| am in Broadway. My window opens
south. | hear the hiss of steam, the clamJr of
machinery, and the eternal din Of human in
dustfy. Chatter! c%latter! Hiss! hiss! Buzz!
buzz! Tireless-ceaselesS-thpy 20 on as
it there We're no rest here Tor machinery or
man. And I have gone abroad and looked
into shops, and furnaces. and manufactures.
and mechanical establishments, and seen with
my eyes why Cincinnati-Vhy Ohio
stands where they are-and why Louisville
why kentucky-stdnds where they do. us
hz5or. There is the secret. IT'S voLUNrA-
ny LABOR THAT DOES IT ALL. That makes
the difference. That sets Cincinnati away
ahead of Louisville, and makes Ohio distance
Kentucky. And shall we not see il? Shall
we bite the nose of orr faces. and cry "we
wont examine-we won't discuss-we won't
do anything because a set Of fanatics abroad
roar against Slavery, or a set Of ~flnatics at
home roar for itl' | go for my own interest
Il 60 for the interest of kenlucky-AND |
GO, THEREFORE, AGAINST SLAVERY.
| went up, with a friend. to one Of these
Cincinnati factories. The owner of it isa
man every inch of him. He looked toll
worn-his face was blachened with SCOT and
sweat; and his hands roughencd with labor;
but his large full eyo-his lofty brow--his
strong frdlne-and his directness Of speech
assured me, at once, who and what he was;
and he has two hundred and fifty hands I'M
der his employ! But no matter about him
the selfinade. Enter that room; you see a
dozen OF more workmen; they are all busy.
But stop and speak to one Of them;d don't fear;
speak; how ready and Intelligent his answer;
he is well-inforIned, and knows what to say,
and when to say it. Go now into the room
adjoining. It is darker. and there is harder
work apparently. The men look blacker;
they don't notice you, and you fear to disturb
them. But there! one looks up--speak.-
How very Intelligent he is; how clear his eX-
plantations. And more than half of these
hands are married! What a little village this
one establishment supports! ! hear that near
two thousand souls, a fourth Of the popula-
tioa Of Lexington, are dependent on this fac
tory.
"Why can't we have such establishments
in Kentuckyl" asked the proprie:or.--
I'VE have water power, and everything else
necessary"
.sWhites and slaves won't work where
there are slaves. Labor, to be effective and
honorable, mnst be free"
But resumed !, tive can work our
slaves
1t won't do he r%ojoined. "Manufdctur-
ing labor must be intelligent. Then you have
to whip slaves to make them do their task
and when done, it is not well done. No safe
ty, either. One bad slave, whether for re-
venge or out OF l~a2iness, may destroy in one
niTht all your buildings. Free labor is the
only paying labor--il is the only safe labor"
i said no more; for | felt what he said to
be true, every word of it. But never mind
this conversation. want to follow up these
laborers-I want to see and know all about
them--for they are The State. SO said to
my friend, "do you know where any Of them
liye?'' 81 DO" "Well show me, and, il
possible, let ne 60 into their houses" con-
tinued. "Nothing easier. Come on" re-
piled my friend, and | will make an appoint
mont for you," and SO we entered the first
room, and | was introduced to several Of thu
worNmen, and told what | wanted, and at
noon, | agreed to visit them. Well am
there. And neatness, comfort, and abundance
are to be seen all around me, They are well
OF; they are Independent; they are happy
For they are conided in at the mlnuiLctGry
and loved at home, and have enough and to
spare. Say YOU ! saw c~Xceptiousl Friends,
Kentuckians, l. visited four OF FIVE Of the
woramen's houses, and in all--lya, in ALL
there was every comfort man or woman could
desire.
Nor did I stop here. Satisfied ofth well
doing and wcll-being Of the laborers--l de-
sired yet more to know what was their Socia,
position, and the prospects of their families
and children. | said so to my friend. "NC
difficulty replied he. And he takes dowr
the names of children, and asks, "Nill yot
be at school to-morrow!' Tomorrow is here
and at ten | am waited upon. Now for thu
Free Schools. We dash away, and soon ar
rive at the schooIhouse. Pause. For tn,
building is a fine. one, and has a neat garden
in front-it is temple dedicated to Freedom
Satislied-delighted-wit this outdoor gaze
we enter. ''There," said my friend-"thes,
are the girls we saw yesterday--anC
these entering different rooms, ''are tn,
boys" They were examined. They rea,
were put to the black-bolrd-re cited, &c,
The picture was complete. And it was
glorious one to gaze upon and to initiate.
Fathers in Cincinnati toll cheerfully, be
: cause it is honorable for them to make ihei
8 living by the sweat of their brow; they ar
content, because their homes are made gla,
: by warm and loving hearts; and they are hap
| py, because their boys and girls are well ed
= uclted, and are destined to take their static
: by the side, or before the richest and proud
? est in the land: and thus with small farm
] without the city, and small capital within
n through voluntary labor, and industry, Cin
| ~cinnati and Ohio are becoming great, intelli
e gent, happy, and powerful.
Tne cause! The cause! Irepoat it, friends