The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-04-16
From the Public Leger.
DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY.

| DEMOCRAC4 AND ARlSIOCRACY.
La Reforme, French publication, say
that Of 33 millions of people Of France 81
millions do not drink wine, 81 millions neve
taste sugar, 20 millions never wear shoes, 81
millions never eat meat, 8 millions eat ne
wheaton bread, and A millions are clothed
in rags. Let us state these facts in differ
ent mode. OF 33 millions, Is millions only
or less than half, eper eat wheaton bread
Is millions only eper wear shoes, 6 million.
only suer drink wine, 2 millions only eve,
taste sugar, and only seven-eighths are cloth
ed in anything better than rags. We mus
add of the few who cper eat wheaton bread
meat or sugar, or drink wine, or wear shoes
portion can command such comforts, or as
Americans would call them, necessaries,
only occasionally; for we must suppose
many gradalious between those who con-
sumo such things constantly, and those who
never consume them at all. Hence some
procure one or more, or all Of them, only
on Sundays, others only on holidays. Some
can occasionally procure meant, without the
rest; some both wheat and wine; still few
er, meat, wine and sugar Some who nev-
er taste meat, wine or sugar, or wear shoes,
or whole clothes, occasionally find luxury
in whealen bread. ....
We ask Americans 10 think of this
Where, even among the miserable poor Of
our commercial cities, do we find those thus
habiiually destitute? Echo answers "where?"
And who are the ma jority Of The French pop
ualion who never cal wheaton bread, or
meat, or sugar, or drink wine, or wear
shoes? They are the agricultural popula-
tion! The ,iler, aye! or the owners of
the soil! Farmers and SHRED men" OF Penn
sylvania! Think of that! Think, ON sit
ting down to your we'll loaded tables, with
appeltes sharpened by toll, and just pride
inspired by freedom, think of 33 millions
ofpeople, more by sixty per cent than the
whole population Of the United States, Of
whom seven-eighths, and majority of them
farmers, never touch wheaton Tread or meat,
or sugar, OIL wine, or wear shoes!!! Can
you even imagine such poverty? Another
portion of these destitute sufferers are the
mechanics Of the great cities. Operatives
Of Philadelphia, and Manayunk, and Read
ing and Potlsville and Pittsburgh, and Allie
ghany, and Birmingham, and York, and
Chambersburg, and Bethany, and Meadville,
think of that.
And what is the other side ofthe piciurei
France is the richest nation Of Continental
Europe. Its natural wealth of fertile soil,
seacoast, mines, will support more people
in comfort, than of any other 100000 con-
tiguous square miles on that conlinent.-
But,-aye! But France is L monarchy, and
is contiguous TO powerful neighbors. Ithas
giganlc navy in time Of peace, and an army
of25O,0O0 men. 1t has throne, or royal
executive, of great magnifcence; and its
governments is elected by only $50, 900 votes,
and those the richest, from an adult male
population of five or six millions. And why
does it maintain this great army to devour
the bread of the peoplef To maintain a
king on his throne, and maintain frontier
against contiguous nations, continually "rest-
ing on their spears" and such will be the
condition of these United States, when they
are surrounded by the nation Of Canada,
lHe Hnt.oH Vi oieSoh, We HdHOn OI MexlcO,
and divided, upon Mr.. McDufie's sublime
project, into "three confederacies" Give
US Mr.. Webster, your independent nation
in Oregon; give us Mr.. McDufiie, your
"ihree con nfede,acies" of North, West ard
South; give US, Mr.. Mangum, your indie
pendent nation in Canada; give US, Sir
Richard Pakenham, your guarantee of Mex
lean independence under British protection:
give us, Mr.. Guizot, your independence Of
Texas and your balance of power among
these nations; and all of ye, gentlemen, give
us, the kings standing armies and wars nec-
essary to maintain this system, and then of
every SO millions ofpeople OH the continent,
seven-eights will never taste wheaton bread,
or meat, or wine, or sugar or wear shoes!
But give us the continent, the whole cont-
nenh and nothing but the continent, under
one confederacy, and every 33 millions of
people upon it will fare as we'll as the 30
millions do now. American voters think of
these things!