Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-07-14
Arlsiacracy and It's ssirif.

thefe nave boon developed Two social clio.
ments ench Of Them at li.nes predominant,
and both always manifest paipnbe, ,-per>
haPs, too, al"nys necessary, sinns,nuch Us
one is ,ho reflection of the a,hsY. ,hough
condensed by intense selasbucss into |
narrow circle These elo,reuts arc AaIs,
ToCRAcY and DEnooRAey. In oil the
raniheu interests aud iutcriacings of 80
| cie,y-~benoath all the Complexities aud
discordaut legislation, these two clements /
constitute tho whole moving power, no |
matter how subtle the conceal,aent, OF how
plausible the pfeloxt.sa,Ls sys Il 4A 4
AZ some peculiar periods. the anistocral-
lc element assumes the garb OF democracy,
and is FIJI of high h,sounding prelcnsions,
and loud,mou;hed professions oi anxioty for
| the people; but tho mask is, eventually.
| quito too thin 10 conceal for any great
long,h Of time, tho real naluro VI tho mo
two power which is driving society on
ward.
The origin Of these two elements is OBJ.
| vious. In the early stages Of society. man
is driven to such rude subsistence Us haiure
furnishes spontaneously; such as roots,
fruits, animals. fishes, add insects. .fhe
| constant recurrence Of his wants impel
hitnto constant labor 10 supply them. and
| unless nature, at all seasons, furnishes this
supply, prudence, sight, and cccHnsula-
tom, become necessary. a-aT r .s=s
I Where the means Of subsistence. at first,
/ are sbundani, labor being l;ghi, tho other
passions eceive on additional impulse, and
prostration soon increases s,cIety SO rap
1
cult na.tef, and emigration, or civilization,
| is ono OF the consequences, md accaasufa-
tion is another and still moro important
condition. @eeats 81 Va ~
Tho moment accumulation commences,
| Somo individuals, frum circumstances be-
| yend their individual CONTROL nre' better
| qualified to accumulate than others. When
all individual has accumulated more than
is required, for his immediate and prospect
i've wants incre case with his means of grul-
flying thom Natural physical wants be
ing supplied, largo class Of hitherto dor
mum facuitios begin to net and TASTE, scnli-
ment, fancy, and ambition appear, each
suggesting q new desire. and pointing to
/ new objec of grntitCat Oh. 3 aaaeT st1
The accumulation, OF more than he
| wants implies surplus in him, and defici,
elsewhere. This gives him source of
power over those who arc unsupplied,-
and this accumulation becomes n capital
for the o wner, 10 control the iuiule produc
tions of labor. - tf''
The accumulation increases until society
is divided into two clas>es: es:-Ihosc ,oho Ia.
Dor. to produce. and those auho consuntr,riiM
| out prolaeiag. hose who have succeeded
IN uccumulatlng large amount Of past Ia.
bors begin 10 acquire the political power
Of the nnti on, and thus they contrive 10
transmit tho accumulaticns to their chill
dren, who thus become favored class,
consumers on the largest scale, and pro-
ducers on the very smallest.
Grad ually, however, the, people, The pro-
ducers, begin to discover that all is not
righf; they perceive that they produce SUI.
lic,cn., for all. yet they get but small
share whilo those who produce nothing
GO: nearly all.
This is custom, running back 10 the OBJ
fliSion Of history. They cannot gainsuy
that fact, but they feel that i, is not right
Tn cultivated, inexperienced, they can sug,
gestno remedy can devise no legislative
remedy, but they call for 9eforM The
privileged class canRot respond, ns the
caim Of labor impairs their privileges.
And the result is, TeUoission which be
ing the result OF blind force, often iera,in-
ntcs in The same condition us before the
creation of new aristocracy, worse, il |
possible, than the old. i
The aristocratic element loves 10 shelter
itselfbeneath time hcnored institutions, and
.frown down every attempt nj reform by
pointing to osacr cd parcIiments sealed with
The blood Of martyred pattiots. itclusters |
and nestles in every now constitution, aid
in evory new colony, insipuatiDg itself d. |
'rectly into every laW.making department,
co ger to shape and mould the new statute, |
so as early to fix the germ thai Shall hntcI
the future ineubs Of labor an army ofl
drones, non.producing locusts, who Shall
gnaw in their greed The very vilais Of The |
laborer.
Aristocraey is nm enemy 10 patriotism,
preierring TO live with the subsidized pan
derers oil foreign 'despotisn,, rather Than
the mere citizens Of fatherland. And the
moneyed interests of country tend to
aristecracy. In as much rs they tend 10 |
connect foreign countries in interests, they
fear a war which would disturb these rela- |
tons, prcfering disgrace and sis per cent
am to independence and producing. o.
This is the true history Of nristecracy /
Canno, our readers, one and all, recognize
the features Of the heast all uroiFd thenil
!. Cannot they see in camp and court, in Con-
gress and pulpit-in The counting room and
| in the laclory-tho saTedsiinguishing fen.
lures, the samo iaordinaio greed for the
|productious of labor, the snmo arrogance
and con,onpt for the luboror, tho same ey.
| elusive and iordly spirit; the same yindict-
i've and heilish spite towards oil who would
seek TO equalizo produc,ian and consump,
lion? Is there an institution about them
that does not recognize in some iorm tho
Legitimacy of privilege? Are mol the mon-
eyed institutions of the country just so ma
Inv machines To monopnlixe tho productions