Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-05-11


real ownership in human being, knows tha
the slave is not slave but man. and that he
has a right to himself, and to such remmcr.
alton for his labor as united capital chooses tc
allow. lie (the slavc) is hired out, for instance
for sum of $50 year. Thtrsit is, the $3.50
No matter how selfish, how unjust to labor the
present competitive system, IL yet awards tc
this man for his services his sum in hard cash
and he is yet never to touch the first cent
Of it. This proves that he can take care o
himself, for there's the money. But the mar
who stole him steals also his earnings, and
most probably obligcs him to work over hours
to provide his own clothing This is very com.
monty the case to my certain knowledge. Is
not this plain matter Is not chattcl slavery
the very worst form of life, if it b. life at all
The STAKEHOLDER is fully aware that the whole
civilized world condemns him, and his own
common sense, not to mention conscience, adj
mits the justice of the verdict. lie secs that he
has nothing to do but to rclinquish his preten-
dcd right, and pay the laborcr wages, and Let
him go or stay at will and this change is abso-
lutcly necessary both for master and slave,
before either could become recipients OF higher
social truths. It unjust as said, to class tho
merchant, the manufacturer, each part of q
world wide and almost unqucsuoncd system,
ono which OF necessity demands extensive CO.
operation ih case of change, with the slave
holder. The most dwarled machine in an En-
glish factory, tho most inbrutcd Irishman, oven
if drunk, would perceive the hoavonwide diff
ference and spurn the idea of exchanging mas
tcrs.
In free countries 1t is possible for mechanics
to become both noted and wealthy, even If they
start from the very lowest ranks. Witness Ark
wright, the founder of the cotton manufacture
in the last century; James Ferguson, Eli Whit
ncy, the inventor of the cotton gin. Franklin,
and host of others, both living and dead then
contrast this with the very hasty manner in
which the South ships Off to Liberia those col
orcd mechanics whose genius even their bitter
oppression could not stiAc-ships them off to
foreign climate to die of fever, or waste disap-
pointed life far from thei friends and associates
With Apprentices Libraries, Lycoums, Com
mon Schools and Freedom of speech, the work
crs at the North have some chance to gropc
their way to the great fact of cooperative la
Dor and equal distribution ofprofts g but think
of the famishing soul denied by law, with thrca;
of lashcs on the bare back, the epnvlcgc OF learn
ing to read. Think Of the 400 men shot down
in the free city of Washington while cmigra-
ting northward, and you will decide that it is
about as sensible to preach the truths of Assoc
cntion to shareholders, as to instruct child in
Algebra before he has mastered simple addition.
He will listen to this far off reform with gen.
tcel respect, and sell Dinah and John down the
river the next day with good conscience, SO
far as the reform is concerned. 1t even hardens
them in their guilt, as advanced by some short
sighted advocates OF the cause, who soothc them,
saying, Z" You arc not to blame; you suffer
equally with the slave, and can only exchange
this for thorough associative life" This is
almost as interesting a scheme for them TO dis
cuss as that of Colonization. They arc, as it
were, called on to believe in the millennium
As said before, am now used to them. l
have rcad them through and through, and hear
ty Associationist as am, yet say to the Abo
litonist Work on, never flag; all approach to
a better state of things is prccludcd by this in
cubus of Slavery. This is tho great work of to-
day in our country. The future will demand
more of us. and am not whit afraid but that
your labors and devotion in this cause will have
widcncd your vision and strengthened your
hands for the moro complete but not more diff
cult reform that must follow.
Finally, my friend, I'm right glad that
came here. The Aimsy arguments of those who
would take moro pleasure in shaking hands
with ono of these gcntlcmanly wholesale thieves
than with a man like Garrison, who has per-
haps too much zeal in the cause ofhuman rights,
of Gods TRUTH will stand in trucr light to me.
If ever get into free State, nothing on earth
will tempt me into a slave State again. II did
not know Of friend this side the Allcghonies,
should yet grow younger and happier in the
frccr air Two months of exile have passed,
but when only two remain, l shall begin to ina
gine myself with you again.
p. S. This afternoon Cor this evening as they
call it horo,) ID. drove us across the prairie to
visit family who had called on me- The house
was pretty white one, pecping from between
the locust trees on the edge of the prairie. The
lady, (who graduated ut Mr.. Halls school in
KY, and was, should judge, premium scho-
lar, since she conversed with much huency and
oven elegance, and had white hands,) met us
with her hair in a most disordcrly state, wear
ing a very untidy drabbling dress. The rooms
were not busted, and that most offensive object,
a dirty comb, lay on the parlor mantel-picce.-
During our conversation, she alluded to jour
ncy she intended to tako in the ensuing summer,
and in a tone that intimated expense was a word
too common to enter tho mind of lady. She
had visited Kentucky once and was going again.
Meanwhile two filthy looking little children
madn their aupearance and were acknowledged |