The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-03
From the New York Evening Post
x~.-sns veh ol6ePs In slave BtmocD.

From the New York Evening Post
Neu.sIavehoiders In slave ssnses.
IL has ever been the policy of slavery to deny
education. social position, political nghts, and
syen the means Of living, to the poor white men,
The on-slavsho lders In the south. The planter
takes his northern newspaper or his southern
magazine, but no cheap literature 10 provides
the families Of the poorer non-siaveno'den'
Who comprise three -fourths Of the white PePn-
lation Of the slave States. On this point, Mr..
Wise spoke for the planter, when he said on The
floor OF Congress, "There isno newspaper pub
Iished In my district, and / hope there never
will be-" The planter sends to the colleges oil
the north, or aids In building at the south, ex-
pensiye institutions, for the education OF tbs
sons of the wealthy; but the children Of the poor
must grow up in all ths ignorance and degrsda-
ton Of mi-barbarism. In their social condi-
ton, "poor white folks" are considered by the
master, and even by the slave, as one step lower
down in the scale Of social life than either
There Is no escape for these, while they contin.
ue In slave State. Their minds are In too
benighted a state to learn any of the mechanic
arts, or avail themselves Of any modern inven-
ton. To labor by the side Of the slave when
thew may, and starve or steal when they must,
IL their only resource. For political rights,
even the right of suffrage-the only one they
nominslly possess-is legslated away from
them, for the system of voting viva voce prevents
its being an expression Of their own will. In
Kentucky, at this moment. they are just begin
ming to discuss the proPriety Of introducing The
ballot; and in the Palmetto State, they have noS
a man in Jail, and hope to accomplish his death
because he has dared TO come between the white
slaves Of the south and their masters-his ONLY
crime being the circulation Of an address 4
poor white folks, showing them their rights
and how TO get them.
or the means Of living allowed by the lanG
and labor monopolists Of the south 10 thos'
that have awaken poor beside them,' We hay'
hardly need to speak; the wretched remnan
that do contrive TO escape across the Ohio, an
that are seen in one horse wagons, in dog carts
in gc-carts, and on foot, making their way Z
the interior, tell the sad story not only OF hel
own suffsringss but Of the greater number lei
behind to minister TO the wants Of some WHOM
, even the very slaves make contributions anon
themselves, and solicit charity from the planters
Although these things have been and are "
true Of the poor whites in the south, there
T still hope for them A little Of the light throw
{ out by the printing press, has reached then
}, They, too, have heard the echo Of the shou
i sent up by the millions Of Europe as they burs
/, although but for a moment, the chains the
o had for ages worn. The Imprisonment of Bal
= rett is but one Of a chain Of events destined
an article signed "Union," recently publsh'
o in the Danville, Va. Register, for the author
u which the editor vouches as "from the pen
j. one Of the first statesmen in the State" II
% intention Of the article is 10 show that the O
ljects OF Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Garrison are On
z will transcribe for you a few extTaets-hT
81 as TO Mr.. Calhoun and his schemes:
e extremes meet. The ultraist Of Sou
Ie Carolina and the ultraist Of Massachusetts, q
l. holding out their hand TO each other. TIL
Is the leaders Of South Carolina are ripe for da
lie gerous action, there is no doubt; and the on
d hope Of escape, q faint one Il Is true, Is, Nh
N the people will repudiate their rash advise
he The State, weak as she Is in numbers, In ter
IS tory, and in wealth, is nevertheless potent
IN mischief" On this point We think "UniOI
d. mistaken. Not even the politicians OF Sou
n Carolina are so benighted as to hope 10 susta
e. in this age of the world, slave State as an
Sc dependent existence, with no resources Of frs
p dom on which to draw, need be, for chars
- ter or men, or money. Some Of these difficr
I'D ties are referred to in the paper, but the port
IN OF the address most worthy Of special notice
lg that which records the present position and pi
ly efforts of the "poOr folks of the south to afr,
some of their rights.
lie at Is asked why the free laborer at present
ed net voting against the sIaveholder7 The q
lie, swer Is At hsnd-the free laborer is IN a hcI
ON less minority Give to him a hope Of succs
ed and You will find him with the new allies VIII
tie dsuniOn will give TO him. Did not very ia
Of hope Of success in 1892 draw out an alarmi
ny abolition vote in Virginia Did not the or
it, slaveholding county Of ALTERNATE sustain
Ike the polls one Of its Representatives who led
he abolition moEement1 When asked how he ca
to be returned, his characteristic reply was
ols appealed to the poor folks This appeal l
'e- always been responded 10 by the poor folks, a
re. always will. Can any one point TO a single
OF dividusl in Virginia who has been weak ened
en- popular favor by siding with abolition in Is:
lic Is not Mcdowell, who won his frs, and grea,
to laErels as an orator by an abolition spee,
ny cherished by the demoerscyl Has Preston
sr- caste with the whigs1 Or has the Richmu
X Enquirer had its subscription list curtailed
ed the lapse of a single namel''
in The drift Of the address is 10 show the n
all nopolists Of the south. who hold twelve humid
X millions in human flesh, and nearly all
or lands, that the wings, the Conservative party
as the country, who go for things as they are, q
OF not as they ought TO be, can alone save IN
from yielding the government Of the coun
he to the masses, "each free lsborer having
to political power Of the master Of a hund
mt slaves" IL Is quite as useful in showing
is free democracy Of both north and south wher
he lies their strength, and who are the enemies
ng reeoom' W. E. W