New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-23
THE SLAVE W. TIE FREEMAN.

THE SLAVE W TIE FREEMAN.
Mr. EDIToR ALLOW me through the medium
Of your paper sag feE words the difference be-
tween the labor Of the Save, South ard tAai OF the
poor Freeman. North.
10 ~ OF The grave charges against Snveholiers,
that their Slaves hard worked We admin that
may be the case IN some n-tanoos Bat are not these
exceptions 10 the general ruler We think they are.
Lct Us look into the condition Of Of the Apprenti
in the Free States in the hands Of hard MsstS and
We nilk on close Investigation, we viii tni as many
cruel tyraus over white men North ~ there cruel
Shareholders South. Yes. two 20 one
We aware that r. will be- said rhey free; they
are not obliged 10 work. Admit II but they have n
choose beiwetn work and siarvatOn-tlis Is freedom,
with a Vengeance
There thousands Of girls ~ The North who work
or the Of dollar per week and board. who lose
their time they are sick and pay their own doctors
bills, aud cotlc ihemfelyes and n the came time do
% much work when in health a. three slaye-women,
and IN many instances four II the South.
could name hundreds OF poor white men AZ the
North vito work by the day; get hfy cents and their
board having families Of from four 10 s& children 70
sETport To be they live and that j. all, but many
OF om cannot pay their debit d save their lives and.
10 suy the Tenet third Of the poor white people
never pay their debt till they DO IL by dying add hun
dreds Of them know nothing Of the uxuries Of life aud
hundreds DO not have it. comfort. when they
are sick. Many Of them will get In debt IN place.
and when they can got NJ more credit pull up and 60
@ Anohcg-and finally. Thousands OF them de N poor
house A NoRTHERSEA
~ We find the above in The Commercial,
Wilmington, n. C.. where it is especially COM
mended tn our notice, with threat Of moro
such to follow, and request that We copy the
series, and considerable talk about "wlfully
concealing the facts from their readers. " " the
atrocious, abOminable and heartless fssehoods
uttered by Mrs. Stowe in her Uncle Toms
Cabin, &c, &c.
Now we not only copy this with great pleas
ure, but We bear testimony 70 its substantial
truth Nay, more; we thank the writer for it,
and commend it to the attention Of our read
ers. But we beg leave to assure him that we
have published great many more and
stronger facts than these to the same effect,
and have given many more hours and columns
to the consideration of the means of abolishing
Northern than Southern Slavery, aud probably
incurred more oblOquy and hostility in this field
of philanthIopic effort than the other The
worst feature Of Northern Slavery he entirely
overwhelmingly, that of uncertainty and
deficiency of employment, even at the misera-
bic wages he mentions. We have girls who
work hard for dollar per week (and bOard)
with men who can obtain but fifty cents per
day, though the average of Northern wages is
considerably higher than these rates Those
who have work, even at such low rates Of CON-
pensation, can live; bnt the destitute, misedu-
Gated, unskilled, Inefficient man who would
gladly work but can get no work-perhaps is
unqualified to earn descent livelihood even If
he had works sadder object of compassion ;
still more, the destitute, unemployed, unskilled
woman.
This is sll very bad: we see il we lament
it We try TO improyeit and not without hopes
of ultimate success Yet there are great ob-
stacles in the way; sndeAief among them is the
/ faithessness, the thriitlessness, the Idle and
vicious habits OF the needy. Ii we could only
imbue our laboring class with confidence in each
other. and induce those who haze employment
al decent wages to labor and save .or the
emancipation Of their class from Social bond.
age, the rest would be easy. Unhappiiy, how.
ever, the poor single man who receives 80 or
over per week and ought 70 save at least half
fit, too generally squanlers on Liquors and
Cigars, Balls, Thesters, Gaming, &c, the
whole Of bis surplus earnings, and so finds him.
I self az Thirty without dollar ahead and with
growing family to support, so that he can DO
nothing 70 aid bis less fortunate and less capa-
Die brethren. If We coull only surmount this
difficulty, We think the residue might be soon
conquered
Mr. 'Northemer We pray you to 20 ahead
with your eaPOsf 81 the wrongs and sufTerings
, Of Poverty in the Free States. Speak plainly
and cut TO the quick We Of the North WI
neither get up riots therellr, nor rob The Post
Offices Of the papers containing your articles,
nor gas about dissolving the Union. We be.
lieve in FREE Discussion ard are not afraid of
the consequences oftelling the truth. Tell US
our faults for We know We hare faults; and
show Us how 70 redress the wrongs you so
justly depreeate. And ii you find among our
laws any that compel one man TO labor for an
other unrecoupensed from childhood TO old
age, and give the idler the right to FORBID the
workers learning 70 read, ALL enable the lux