Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-20
WHOLE NUMBER 2N 4

Stedu OF SPenufDg moHlu Ia u Journey from
E iakeErie to Now York they nuss be whirlsd
; through the intermediate space ia %
: hours. Nor is the means Of locomotion ~ =
! TO which these contending elements, FIRE and
, water are applied. II woaves our gar-
>. menfs, saws the timber for our Eouses and
and tirs wood. Il net oily supplies our "a
outward wants but prepares food for the ir-ss
tellectual man. II prints our books, oursi
papers, and then With tbs speed Gf the wind 70
distributes them throughout the. length and
breath of the land. se1i'- - ifs'sis'Ja
/, Thus has steam, during the tsrst half ofod
the nineteenth century, made a complies =
revolution in many branches Of mechanics. %
al trades, in the means Of locomotion and ls
the spread Of intelligence. But lhis AGENT.
powerful and speedy as il is, cannot satis.aB
/ fy the age we live in The slow move- 9ss
lmen,s Of the cars must be superceded. .--ias
We must have more speedy nemscarfief.s
Ten years ago says Hoeace Greedy. 'Isatasa
tended by invitation private exhibition
! of Professor Morse's newly invented Elec.
itrlc Telegraph Now there are thousands
of miles of Telegraphic communication if1
this country alone, and Sit in Hhy work.
room in the city of New York, ard wriis
out question to ask afrieudinCinc nnati Of
Richmond, 10 which his answer is laid s,on 80
my table in the course Of two hours afer-sa
wards. Il is thus the spiri. of the age hasila
marched OF in improving the physical cor.Fl
di,ion ofihe couniry-thusthe army ofl@sel
Dor has done its work of regeneraiion.--a
But the vast improvements in the physicatl,ta
condition Of our country asd tue world forsss
the last fifty years, is, by no means. ,ss ses
only direction ID which the spirit of the
age has developed ITSELF The world has ~
begun 10 awaken 10 the great ideas emhod.,s,
4 led in the declaration of 10. The sparH sss
Of Freedom has broken forth il The old :,
world. Kings have been deihroned--p pre-K
tended Republics have been established--n q
Pope has been driven from bis EtefBalsss
/ Cisy--Europe has-been conyulsed witAsYss,
revolutions. mighty struggle fofe FIesa i
dom has been going on. and salthongh.s,isaR
fpresent prospects Of the friends of liberfvpr,
are crushed, ana dark cloGds hang soset.ss,
1 Ithem-ahheugh the iyfani has fofsthe snu=sa
! men, his foot upon the neckss of the suprrsp
1 ing people, progress has besn, and will - n
made towards the accomplishment sef SIS,
/ world liberty j.. Tyruhts discover that "a
they stand Upon volcano, which may ii. 81
any hour burst forth and enguiphslhsm.--ss8
4 Yea, they seq written on their castlsaIa
4 walls, "I.hou ari weighed ia, tho balaHcs 81
and found wanting;" and every day thes (,
I fear that the time may come when they,
may look back upon their lost power, and
behold Inscribed over their palace doors in, "A
letters Of blood, "Glory departed Truly =
| it may be said in this age, "Uneasy lies
the head thai wears crown" But, g.
1 mighty, peaceful, triumphant revolution. 10 j
Thn 1C l.h 10
wakening to fact by them hurtly reali- :,
zed in their degradation in gone BY ages 4,
They begin to see thai all their labor r.;
walls them nothing-that tyran,s have ein,ssS
pleyed them to fight their battles, 10 build =,
their castles, TO hew wood and draw water. 81
and receive in relIrn degradation, slavery.,g
for and fertillzed with their blood, and wa-,.,,
tered with their sweat and tears has been,,,.
seized Upon by those whose hands never
toll, and whsss bodies are loo we'll and !,
finely clothed to be exposed on the battle
| field: .f -sE,. ,,.sys ,......s,- ,.,. = -
| Look at European labor crushed, ,degrad. -
| ed, starving, ground down by King.craft, II
and Priest.craft; taxed TO fill the granaries -
of the capitalists, and feed corrupt religi- ~
GUS establishment--debnred from their right n
! 10 the soil-w,h no right 10 live excep, BY =,
suferance from the lords of land The n
degradation and starvation in suffering Ire,
land is but picture oflhe working out Of i,
the present system Of political economy -.
that governs the world. We're Ito attempt
TO sum up ell the misery ofthe poor, all the
curses OF Landess toll, all the maledic. I'd
lions Of starving manhood, the moans OF =,
dying mothers, and the cries Of famishsd
infancy, and utter at once the word which :
signifies the direst curse that ever fell upon s
The laboring ,oiling millions, ] would pre-.
nounce the two words, Land Monopoly,
The Land ofIreland is owned by ten thous..
and landbolders while her population y
over eight millions. Seven hundred and D
ninety.niDe persons ont of eight hundred =
are without any property in The soil. The
landowner have all the right Of oflegislatioR =
In their hands. They keep the .burthen
of ia axa,ion upon the lacklanders and charge
them enormous rents; and starvation y
Ithe inevitable consequence. England Cob.
teips thirty seven millions Of acres six
millions Of which are rendered useless, 10 =
please the luxury of wealthy monopolis.s
who think more Of their hunting grounds i
than the lives Of the laboring poor. The,
whole of the thirty.seyen millions Of acres
are owned by thirty seven thousand land
owners, leaving ,hir,y.six millions nine
hundred and seventy thousand, Without itheut1
properly or right in the soil. Twenty,.i
millions have no capital, and ive millions !;
are absolute paupers! And yet, Eng
land, chivalrous England, boasts of her
Christian Civilization! The horrible stnts
of destituiion in those countries Is caused
almost by land monopoly--that monopoly j,
wheh robs a man OF his means Of living
and his right to life. Weary Of his strug-s,
gle, the poor laborer turns isfonging eyes
10 the land of The setting sun, and perhaps,
he by hard labor secures enough 70 gain
a passage 10 the Land Of hope and TO bin