Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-07-07
Efoaa the Northampton Democrat
White Slavery.

W AAso SAdtGEys
SIAy8aT-BIAcK AND WH1rE.-1sThe poor
seegrS must Tnrkfor. others, or be hogged; the
1eok white man must work for others. or be starry
~ The poor negro lis subjected to single
haster: the poor white man is subjected to many
nasters-to q master-elass. The poor negro
leads the life of farm-horse; the poor white
man, like horse kept at o. livery stable is work-
cd BY everybody and cared for by nobody The
poor negro has master bothin sickness and IN
health; the poor white man is slave only 50
long as he is able to toll, ami . .pauper when he
!. can toll no more."sE-s Piper.
II seems to Us that there is great
deal OF truth in the above paragraph.
We cannot see Why a. poor white man
Is not as properly asstavc as The enslavi
ed African. What is a siavc3 We
understand a slave to be one who Is
compelled to be obedient to another.
And what is The object Of slavery7 To
oblige one man to- labor for The benefit
Of another. I
Anv person who haspo property or
capital. mast sell himself, or at least
4: his services, for whatever he can get,
or starve. He is entirely dependent
on bis neighbors FOR permission TO pro.
cure subsisience. lie is Eot allowed
to cultivate ar vshare. Of that soil which
Natureshassfreely ly@sRiven for the use Of
All, and consequentlyscan only live on,
such terms as others see-fits 10 consent
10. rs the black slayc asEnore helpless
and dependen, being? is greater ad.
vantage taken Of The condition Of the
black slave Than Of The white? and is
the black slave in more pitiablc con,
diiion than the whi,e one?
The black slave is compelled to toll
for The benefit of others. The white
slave is also compelled 10 toll for the
: benefit Of others, and according 10 the
. aboitionists themselves, the labur Of the
white slave is % per cent. more pro-
niabse to the cmplcyer than slhat OF tie
-biack, ,whichs'is saying that the ,ohitc
slaue ,oorks one fourth cheaper, or re
ceipes t,oenty fue per cent. less Of ,chat
: he produces, than the black sLaee! The
/. family ofihe black slave is sometimes
: separated by forcc. The family Of
: the -whiie slave is as often compelled
!. TO separate ana the children are l:c-
. quentIy sent into the factories and cit
les where their t,eailh and morals are
: too generally seriously injured or To-
tally luincd. The black slave cannot
choose his own master. Very frequent
. ly is il so with The white slavc-he is
often thankful that he can have any
: mastcr,at-ail. The black female slave
is sometimes compelled to submit 10 the
( liccntious desires Of their masters. Sc
-, is lin regard to our own white sisters
and daugiiters. in large cities nanyof
them are. unable to. earn bare sub
s:slencc except by criminalmeans. A.
f1ong the thousands of abandoned fe-
malcs lin New York we have reas IN
70 believe there are great numbers who
@ohM gladly re-a-virtuous. honorable
and-respected iitr. if they could liai en-
sp.oynscnt ntsatz good-wagcs, asii lew in.
deed would ever have been irrecovera.
bly,, ruined and given themselves up to
an abandonedsliie had tEcy alwaysbeen
enable 10 reside sat Il comfortable
home-witI their parents. The black
slave cannot vote. Neither cln white
woman: y white ma Can indeed. but
IL he! has this favor allowed him
which, however fe-is not ia Rhode 81.
: and--and if, as ia most cases is The
; case, the white slave is allowed a com.
+son school education, the black slave
IS free Eotsa the care, responsibility and
pcrplexity which is the lot of the pecr
white. The negro slave is not at the
trouble toeprovide food. clothing, edu
: eafion, emptoyfncnt,~ etc. for himself
sad family, nor does he fear that either
< he or they will be compelled TO go to
: the almsheusc from want Of employ
Fnent or ia consequence Of old age,
sickness or misfortune.
TITUS fa- there is great Similarity III
&l,c twosystems Of wages aad chattel
slavery, but hook al anosher fact. The
penalty foE&fsobedience, laziness or in-
ability, in the one case, is the whip, in
iha other, hunger, lack Of clothing. etc.
- The black slave is seldom whipped to
death ormurdered, while AT this very
tine WHITE SLAVES ARE BE.
ING STARVED To DEATH BY
MIL LfONS!# What q tremendous
hue and cry would be raised if only a
few thousand negro slaves should be
murdered. not by the slow, horrible
torture of.hunger,. but even ins.antane-
ouzlyl Would not a radical remedy
aexAlayery lbe insisted son7 And vel
she British gosernmen, is starving their
white slavesvto,death by.,aiHioas, while
at the same timc clbcefandsetIlcr provis.
sons are being exported sand the very
Christian qusen. her household and the
aobility are feeding their hounds and
stags shout as aiberal!y and allowing
AS large share of the fertile soil for
their use as ever. @
We say the British government is
starving their slaves. Ii is ihe result
scf their laws NO being can live with
: out food .aHasfool can only come from
the soil. Henceaany government, our
+oWn not excepted, whIch.denies lis CIT
1ixens their right tothe soil denies their
right to life. Hence the poor can only
liEo by the consent and on the terms
; dictated by the rich. And the masses
/, of shi&country are being gradually .re>