Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-24

| showing an lhcTease Of 70 per cent, per an-
mum.
What are the elements Of our Cincinnati
population. We hive natives of every state
in the Union except California; natives of
nearly every European nation aud of mnny
OF the South American States. We have
$4,000 natives of OhiO-grnuine Burke,es (;
aud To otfet these there are 30 600 Of Ger
man birth. Ii we should include annuy the
foreigners all Of foreign pnrentagc, the gem
uine native population would only embrace
about 35 per cent. of the whole. But it mat
ters not where Il man is born if not IN Africa
--whnt his color # uoi black nor what his
religion If not AN iniidel, and il the utt,
he must be Milerizcd.
Bu this is wandering. We have 1900
of Irish birth and YET with this large rppre.
scntaion from the Erng,ald Isle, who ARE
erruneuusly taught hy many tn he intOlerihe
] IN their bad iIauuers--willi these 1900
! lrisnuen the city endnes aud prOspers.
II is hoped TINT we mny never have worse
| class than our Irish fellow citizens. Taking
| them all and in all they are nmnng nnr most
valuable ciliz"ns. Nearly us orderly as any
other class, they do more hard work aud get
! the least tor II.
/ Let us nnalyze our population in another
I respect. OF the $4,000 prrSuns who nrc
engaged IN the various pursuits, here follow.
/ ph 10 eco are common lHhurcrS whose wnrrs
average less than one dollar per diy. W..
have 1900 carpenters, 1900 merchants, 500
uouldrr-, over 200 phlSiriuns. 200 lawyers,
aud 1870 rlrrpyurn. One fth ,uf all ARE
cuniuuu lahurcrs Hs they are termed, who
work whru ihcrr IL any thing tn do, aud av.
rrngc about 200 days, or say 5000 per year.
For iHnrmrnis they are compelled tn seek
rnouis generally iu the old dingy wnudrn
bindings Ia tie tilthieSi allies of the rin,
where u breath ui pure air is never inhaled.
! The rent oi Two rooms in such siualinns j.
one dollar per week or $50 per year, aud
there remains Slj0 of their earnings tO feed
and clnilir the family ~ such an expensive
city. Living IN most uuwIiulcsnuIr alleys.
their children aud themselves ure liable tn
frequent Illness, aud the loss nf ti1n with
the doctors bills takes quite sum from this
small amount. One can readily rrurirvr
the toll and sorrow, anxiety and sufiuiug
that nre the closest companions at rhrsr
l0,C00. ur one filth of all unr industrious
pnpulniinn. Hence il happens IN this rom.
Try and in the youiliul city of Cinrimnnii
that tliusr who perform the mast lisigrrcabr
service To s0ririy aud work the hardest, get
suffer the most of lilr>' mi>inriunrs.
Again: OF the 30 600 timirs in our city
about eco inlHht their own dwellings, -
Thus mo-thiids of our people have mn
hnncS- ARE deprived of i'lar" nn the rnrIh.
the "ruinuunm iuhrritlnrp nl the whole Slir.
ries," aud, therefore, not permitted to eujo,
the greatest of MI the securities of comfort,
virtue aud happiness. Two thirds nrr thus
Al. :.
whose iiinistrp drsrrrnirS the abiding places
Of 2!0O0 our Of 30 COO ni our families. aud
whose sacrrligious lInnd is hid upon the
nlnrS of so many homes! II j. sail rlmt
que third of all tho voters of Cincinnati
dwell in their avn houses.
T'hpn of the 80 coo persons engaged in
industry about 10000 work ns their own
masters, employing themselves. The re-
mnindrr, 30 COO. are compelled IN look TO
others for labor Ia give them lrcad-fnr the
privilege of living. Some who look IL. u
master for labor dwell in their own houses
50 lhot il may he safely csiinintrd that all
hut 5000 of Our flmilics are dependent either
upon the employer or the landlord for the
poor privilege, tn them poor privilege of lv- |
ing. Hence it is that nine tenths of the
people nre Ioliug for, and IN some wny mnk- |
ing money for one tenth. But rs n portion
who live in their own housrs merely employ
themselves. IL follows that not more than
1000 or 1000 arc employers and landlprhs.-
and thus 10000, Mt lenst, nre in srrvitude to
.4OOO who speculate ont of their labor.
This is the condition Of things even in our
country. THUS should we accustom our. |
selves TO scan and nnnlyze our population,
in order to escape the dru>nn ihnt folows |
an observation of merely outward signs aud |
external splendor, inducing the conclusion |
that all onr people nre doing well and arn |
happy. There ARE great wrongs in our laws
That nre fundamental in there character, the |
correction of which would eventually redeem |
twn-thirds of our dependent population from
seryiinde aud more equitably distribute the |
rewards of labor.
To illustrate one mode in which the
wealth of the world, the prncecds of the
peoples labor are amassrd by n few individ. |
uals, let il for example be given IN the real
estate operations of Mr.. Nicholas L.onrworth.
About forty wears ago lac defended "A horse
ihiri, and his client not having money To pny
the fee, turned ont two brnSs stills, riyiup
him mn order on Joel Williams, Il land hold.
er, who had pusSessinn of them On pre
srnling the order, Mr.. Williams said he
would give LongwOrih deed of 33 ncres
on Westcrn.Row. The lawyer received the
deed, and that land is now worth aside lrou,
the buildings upon il, 81 100000 the avnils
of the two brass stls, the proceeds of few
hours labor in court. II is absurd 10 nreteud
that tins amount was earnt by Mr.. Long
worth. The people earnt it and every cent
Of the, perhaps five or six millions of dol.
lars whirh Mr.. LongworIh is worth. And
ye, he is hlli one of tho rich men of Cincin.
naii who have thus made their f;,rtunes
without earning cent of them; and This
with some other modes of sprruln,ing M the
expense of the peoples industry acro,m,s
for the unfortunate condition of the 10000
common IHhorers. lh" 10000 homeless lani.
lies, and the 10000 dependant men and wo-
men who nre mnking moneY for lln An0n