The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-08-23
JOSHUA LEAvITr, Socro,,,;es
MARCUS MoRToS, JR

There are over thousand princes in Germany, great
and small who receive annually from the people over
two hundred millions of dol airs while lacoer works
eighteen hours twenty Sour for 10 cents per week
Yet it's called By some red republlcanism " TO at
tempt TO right this monstrous wrong. Germ any cannni
have liberty prosperity while one .ot these royal
drones remains in power
We copy the above from an exchange paper ano
take the opportunity say that we are glad TO see me
attention of the press, and more directed 10 ue
various forms Of oppression under which men labor ano
to the remedies for those expressions. The poverty
vice. degradation and misery, which SO extensively pre-
vail are owing almost entirely TO those great curses OF
humanity, privileged classes such as kings princes, ana
nobities national church establishments; military
armamens, both land iahd naval; and slave ho'ders.
These are the great eeches that draw out The vety
life blood of the laborers, and demoralize the whole
world not less by the example Of their own vices than
by the degradation 10 which they reduce other classes
1t is the duty, then, Of the wise and good, the world
over do what they can 10 overthrow, cast down. and
uproot, every thing Of the kind from the face OF the
earth.
Let no one suppose, that because these evils are not
all located midst that we, BY any MEANS escape
being sufferers by their existence Such evils are dltu>
sve and tend constantly ards equilibrium Though
In thousand different avs we help support the de>
graded and downtodden sufferers OF Ireland; and, not
tax is levied on the people of the continent tnat we do
not extent, assist to pay Every thing that de,
presses the value OF labor in Europe takes from the
value, also, of every thing produce both because ii
lessons the ability of the laboters purchase of u.s. and
brings their own cheap labor in competition with
So too is with the curse of slaye>holdng. The pam
C,lo eb<tI1 tav,
US Ii takes for its support the earnings of The slave
which would otherwise be employed in procuringfrom
and Others personal comforts for HIMSELF and finding al
that insufficient for its purposes il comes upon US IN
more direct and tangible shape, lany one doubts this
let him institute inquiry into the course aud results
trade between tie North and the South for the last fort
years. He wtfe find that countless millions hav
been lost to the North, amounting, in The whole proba
bly,, very quite haf of the present valu
OF all The personal property Of the Southern States
This is an indirect Upon the whole North. 1t falls
al first, upon comparatively few individuals, but in h
end like every thing else of The kline is, by The nature
course OF business, averaged on the community, and be
comes tax on its productive labor.
Thus we are constantly contributing TO the supper
and UNFOLDING Of The splendid Imperial and Regal es
adjustments of Europe. We pay taxes to the Russa
Army, the British Navy, the great English Church Is
tabishment, and 10 the Lordy Slavehoding Nabob-
The poverty which these engender is slowly but certain
ly irfusing itself amongst For proof, refer
the fearful change vhch las taken pace in this respec
in New York, Boston, and all great cities and whc
has manifested Itself extent in the country
ITSELF II, then, deaf TO The calls OF Humanity
Self Interest would dictate tina. should strive for In
overthrow fthese evils. ill they are overthrow, Vi
can look for but lite Of Improvement in the race or
advancement in its onward and upward destiny.