Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-24

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10y Oh. Drakes hemains dslli of ,whicl
lis evidently designed tolavor the trucking
spaniel covering pro.slavefy ISM Of 'thi
North. Ishave' been'hoping that the pen o
some ore scomps,ensif would have, ere this
pointedsout not. only ahe unphilasothical
fpurile reasoning it contains touching. the
system of American Slavery, but the great
lack Of either eandof or,intelfigence on The
part of its author. But, perhaps, in view
of the unreserved plunging Of the speaker
intosthe quagmiresofsshes s.da rk ages, = and
the wholesale manner in, which he, be
|smears himself, With the sickning] phil
Fosophy that knows no humanity, the effor,
may be regarded as wholly unworthy Of
notice, sors as "a So ffiicient confu,ation hofit.
selfaas But proposesto submi,sa eio com;
mems only upon its slapery. features, And
first,is it not a little singular that this gen.
tleman mali his grandiIoqoence, with his
labored efforts in depicting The eIandiDgzof
thesaPhgrina Fa,Iers,'a the glorieslof the
Revolution, the heaven born institutions Of
the government,the great impreyemonts in
the arts and sciences, ETC., should be him
self id the hoods, ignorant. unleamed, or
grossly contracted in his veiiws relnting 10
the rights of man, the issues nowbeforethe
nation, or the true interests softhe country?
This ..tweedledee and tweeledum''' over
American justice and equality, connected
with appeals in support Of the curse of
curses An,ericanzslavery sas ssnecessary to a
contf,tnancs ofthese vaunted glories, might
appear measurebly consistent, .perchance,
as Q sentiment Of Austrian or Russian birth;
but when broached by an American, es
pocially one Of northern birth and interests,
the phnseof the matter ismaieriully chang
ed There liso says. the, speaker. sssalso
another species. Of American slavery far
more degrading in and Of itself in my hum.
BILE view than all the revolving scenes ofthe
South. refere 10 the cotton mills Of the
Northswhere woman is degraded level
with she brulessl There stands, no auction
block there. But behold objects in hu-
mani,y's form on either hand crouching as
q tiger for his prey and dispossessing her Of
a gem a thousand times more priceless
than eutwnrdliberiv.' sThatslhezlaborers
insthese factories are many times, brutalized
and that labor is here poorly compensated
we admit, and dec:ded,and radical change
in this respect, constitutes an esse,ftialele-
nre,ita zn1ir racreed Of rcEofsnsaz Bat when
the gentlemen affirmssthnt the oppressi ion
here exercised far xceeds thai of southern
slavery, ace dsnaur, and take the liberty CT
saying that in promulging this remark he
demonstrates one Of two things, either, that
heis essentially wontinginahe veryawnrihy,
Characteristic , denominated aahonesty,z Or
TINT he knows comparatiyly nothing about
the subject on achach he pretends. to talk
Woman brutalized in these cotton mills
hey! An! iIndeedt and is this not athe
case south neighborf And do moi hundreds
there become victims, where one falls a
prey here at the Norihi Does not the
! caring of, children for commerce BY The
most shameful outrageous prostitution upon
which the sun ever shone, and compared
with which,i the ihhuman scenes ofantique
times, hardly furnishes o parallel, constis
tu,e the s"Sheet Anchor of the system?-
Again, do, we see the father selling as the
result Of this concubinage his own sons and
daughters into intern Unable bondage here
attheNer,has And yet, issnots history re-
plete, with instances Of this nature Southi
AND. still this cotton mill slavery is far
more degrading than the, revolving scenes
Of the South is Il? a'ssrhere is no auction
block there,,''then Of course no separation
OF parents and childrep, husbands
and wives, still this northern auhite slave
ry, as the gentleman terms it, is far worse
than southern slavery is il? p Alas, for the
consisiencyaofc fcertain persons. sButlet US.
be- candid in this. matter. Mere assertion
without the possibility Of proof in its sup
port may, perchance answer very we'll as
bar-roon chat, bulinttie columns ORA pub
lie journal its appearance is decidedly bad
Ennay possibly be- severe in these remarks,
and am latter all, rather induced TO believe
from the, great absurdity Of the gentleman 5
position that he is not really d1oars Of its
nature" Charity would seem Inclined to
the opinion, that sinzhis greatszeal to suit
his arguments 10, preconcieved prejudiciul
notions, he, as The, ,sayipg..is. "got his foot
inn much farther than be may suppose
am also well aware that continual pefses
yerarce in q wayward track, many times
has the effect apparently Of metamcph osing
the grossest haliucinations into living real.
tiles. Converting truth into serrer, sand
avice vsrsa.,n Tan sindisidual in this CON
diten, may, | suppose, as we understand
The phrase, be said 70 have on. "contracted
speclacles,n being utterly unable 10 see be-
yond sacertain circle which he has mark
ed out for, himself, and afound which he
may have many time piodded. But hear
our, friend again. awe hear. but little Of
ehis white slavery of the iNoHh.as Itis for