Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-11-10

lucky, TO ONO, Indiana and Illinois, ana lhe
great west. Except a few Of the more intel
ligent mechanics, now settled in Kentucky
they leave our natives in the undisputed pos
session of the State. Wherever these Euro
rean laborers assemble, prices give way be-
fore their competition, and ii is now an indis-
putable fact that the wages of labor are eve
~ where lower in the free, than in slave
States. This | regard as an injury, instead
of benefit 10 the State. What can more clear
ly rebound TO the good of a State, than that
her mechanics should receive ample remune-
ration and support In the great praries of
the west, there is, | thank God, ample room
for this foreign and useful labor. The States
OF the Union, as yet, have scarcely stretched
half way across the continent. Let them
come then, freely, and at the setting sun, we
will show them the noble and majestic Asy-
lum, which an intelligent government has
provided for the unfortunate, but enterprising
portion of mankind from every quarter of the
Globe.
| proclaim 10 our Mechanics Of every grade
and condition, that Negro Slavery has nerer
Seen abolished IN any country, except By The
Influence, and far The benefit Of WeaHh. 1t is
true as Holy Writ. Let them remember it.
Whenever capitalists discover that they can
command more labor for any given sum, by
letting in upon you this intelligent white
composition from Europe, they will tear down
the barrier and abolish slavery. Your wages
will then be reduced one half, and you will
be swept away by the deluge which will flow
over your native land. Inquire into the pri-
ces here and in Ohio, or Massachusetts or
England, and you will understand The truth
of what | say. They turn aside from Ken
lucky nOu, because they have been taught
TO believe that we despise the laborer in the
slave States. You who have been born here
and know the contrary, have therefore the
whole field Of the Arts before you. Suffer
not ~demagogues to deprive you Of ii; suffer
not the parasites Of wealth to fatter you to
destruction. our vocation is honorable
the world cannot present a nobler spectacle
than the struggle of a fearless and honest
spirit with adversely. Be true TO yourselves,
as heretofore, and God will back you against
the world Kentucky will remain what your
noble souls have made her, the boast of our
children and the jewel of America.
Gentlemen, | have no words TO express the
infinite scorn and contempt which | feel when
l hear a native kentuckian compare you, in
reproach, with Ohio. There is something
proud and noble, generous, enthusiastic and
glorious, in our people a people who have
never stopped to mental occupations-free-
men, who neither fear honest labor, nor NOR
tai man and who rally TO the standard Of
their country wherever it is planted in def
ance of her enemies. We have no organized
bands within our borders, to steal the proper
ty Of Ohio; we have no canting hypocrites
TO preach against our neighbors and interfere
with their rights. Save your dollars, Ohio
Dollars and cents ARE good. Perhaps they
are worthy Of you. We have set our hearts
on something else we want Spartan men
and women with hearts and souls in their
bodies who despise cant; who love their God
and country, with all their strength, and
their neighbors as themselves
To compensate us for these great evils,
what benefit do the advocates of this measure
PROPOSED What is 1t that they want! Is il
a morbid love and admiration of Ohio and
Massachusetts Who has ever before con-
sidered a dense population as the e%ssentiaI
element OF happiness? Heretofore it has
been considered an evil! 1t is one, most Ger.
tainly, when the population press closely up
TO the means of support. l would think il
each man had more land, he would be better
off and if he had better wages, he would be
more independent. Wealth, through al
time, will have followers, to persuade man
kind into measures which subject labor Il
capital. This has been effected in England
and every patriot must regret that the sys
tenn is Fastening to perfect its growth in A
merica.
The negroes of Kentucky are the happies
class Of laborers in the world. Their care
are less and their tasks are light. They la
Dor, it is true-who, in all Christendom doe
mott If you will show me one truly i'd,
man, l will show you the most miserable
wretch in the Union, Industry produce
mental, moral and bodily health. 1t is the Sc
cret of content-it is the divine law of God
for the good of man. TO engtaft this en-
nobling principle into the sluggish nature c
the African, is the object of his associatlo
and dependence OH the white man. By in
dustry alone can we accomplish the gloriou
destiny before US. 1t is this which has give
man every thing which he has in the arts an
sciences; and it is this which will move mar
kind onward through an infinite eternity; a
he progresses, the boundaries of knowledg
enlarge upon his vision the laws of natur
are unfolded the purposes Of the most Hig
are revealed, and his eternal wisdom and bC
nevolence indicated. In this vast future
lies hidden the destiny of the African rac'
1t is sufficient that He who made animalculi
and thought of their least wants, has them
keeping"
We don't pretend 10 much sagacity, bl
the growing propensity of the free States
the West, with their thousands of acres
wild land that are yearly brought under Gu
ovation, the constant discovery and develO
ment of their mineral resources, the rap
growth of their cities, the magic existence
their villages, their canals, their ~rail-roa
and their telegraphs, would all seem to co
tradict the theory here advanced, for it is
the constant influx of emigrants that the
things are produced; while those State
which, like Kentucky, have negro slavery
a barrier, drag out a miserable and sickly e
islence. Il is true, their mechanics and ma