Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-15
miscellaneous.
From an English Paper.
Keep him Out!

"Whn, does he wnnt?" "lle wants to get III
my lord" "Well, keep him out"
/ The audience is comfortably seated; the
case is going forward; to nInke room for the
! new. conner, some must shift their seats, and
pcrlat,s I've josiled about liItle so they are
all perfectly satisfied with the judges dictum
of "Keep him out"
You have yourself been in nn omnibus
when stout passenger has presented him
self TO the conductor, and petitioned for n
plncc, You are all snugly seuted-why
should YOU he disturbed? The seuts nre
iulw "keep him out" But the intruder
is in, he presses forward 10 the inner corner,
perhaps ireading on some iesty gcnllemnn's
toes. How you hate that newcomer until
Won yet fairly "shook down" aud settled again
J in your places! The door opens again
another passenger! "Kcep him out" cry
the company, aud strange to say, the loud
est vuciierulor OF the whole, is the very pas
senger who last came in. lie in his turn he
comes conservative, utter having iuirly got
place inside.
II is the samc through life. There is n
knocking from time to time at the door of
the constitution. "Whut's that noise z" ask
the men in power. "lt's lot OF men, my
lords aud geniemen." "What do they
wanti" "1'hey want TO come in" "Well,
keep them OUT" Aud those who nre COM
fortobly seated within the pale re-echo the
cry of "keep them out" Why should they
he disturbed in their seuts aud made uIl-
comfortable?
But somehow, by dint of loud knocking,
the men, or rush Of them, at length 40 con-
trive to get in; aud after sundry ,hovings
aud jnstlings, they get seated, aud begin to
feel comfortable, when there is another
knocking louder Than before. Would you
believe it? the last accumulated are now
the most eager of all to keep the door closed
against tho newcomers; aud keep them
out" is their vocilerous cry.
Here is batch OF learned men debating
the good of their order. They are consider
ing how their profession may bc advanced.
! What is the gst of their decisions? The
enactment OF laws against nll intrudcrs upon
their comfort and quiet. They make their
calling snug monopoly, aud contrive mat
ters so that us few ms possible are admitted
to share The good things Of their class.-
"Kecp them out % is the cry of all the learn.
ed professions.
keep them out !" cry the bnrristcrs, when
the attorneys claim 10 he admitted 10 plcnd
before certain courts. "Kecp them out !" cry
the attorneys, when ordinary illegal men
claim 10 argue case heinre the county court.
"Kcpp her OUT" cry both bnrrisiers and at.
torncys, when Mrs. Cobbett claims TO be
heard in her imprisoned husbands cause.-
"Whut! n woman plead in the courts? IT.
such thing he allowed, who knows where
such license is TO cnd?' And she IS kept
! out accordingly.
"Kecp them om!" cry the npothecnries
when II surgeon from beyond the Tweed or
the Irish Clpnnel claims To prescribe and
dispense medicine TO English Subjects
"kcep them out ~ cry the doctors when the
i!omnopalhists offer the public their mil
lionlh-gruin doses. "Kcep them outn cry
physicians aud surgeons aud npoihecarics OF
all ranks, when il is proposed to throw open
the profession TO the femnle sex.
But you find the same cry among the
working class of every grade. Mechanics
and trndesmen insist on all applicants for ad =
mission to their calling serving long nppren-
iicesllps. II the upprenliceships are not
served, then "Keep them oulw is the word
Shoulder to shoulder they exclude the nppli.
cauis for leave to toll. "Knob.sticks" are
pelted. They must join the union-Inust be
Tree OF the crnit-pay the f0oiings, and so
on; otherwise they are kept out with q
vengeance.
IN the circles of fashion the same cry is
"Who is he" SONY so aud SOL" He is n
retired grocer or us Cobbeit called Saddler,
"a linen drapsr;" aud the exclusive class
immediately club together for the purpose of
"keeping him out" Even the new man of
high sounding title is accounted as nothing
among the old families who boast of their
"blne blood" Wealth goes n great way, but
still that does not compensate for the accident
OF birth aud connections among these clns.
ses.
Every class has its own standard. The
money classes have theirs too. Even trades,
men and their wives go in sets, and there is
always some class outside their own set
which they cOnirive TO "keep out" The
nrlstocruiic contngion thus extends from the
highest 10 the verge of the lowest class of
society in England. Is not monopoly the
rule among US, whenever we can find nm op-
pOrlnnity OF establishing il? Monopoly or
eXclusiyisIn in nrt, IN theology, in trade, in
literature, in sociology. Look NJ the forty
Royal AcadenIicians setting their backs up
against every new conner in art, and conbi-
ming with one accord to "Keep him out"
That is the monopoly OF nrt and people at
large call il humbug; but they are not
more tolerant or wise when their own craft
comes TO be dealt with. Each in his turn is
IOunu ready 10 combine with somebody else,
to "keep out" all nlruders on their special
preserves. The "Flaming Tinman," in
Lnvengro, punmels and puts to flight the
poor tinker who intrudes upon his beat; the
coslers combine 10 keep out fresh men from
theirs; English Dnvies band together TO drive
Irish nayies off their contracts; aud Irish
tenants pick OIL, from behind a hedge, the
lntruders upon their holdings. Even the
! gparebare nf rho eaApars. o,n;.tn;,, an Lind ,c
monopoly Of their unholy calling, and will
recognize no man as brother who has not
been duly initiated in the mysteries of the
search. The sewer-searcher is as exclusive
in his way as the loader of The fashion at
Almacks. "Keep him outm is. i'm short. the