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TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.

Duties 50 high, as to be almost prOhbitory, are
imposed by our Government ON books imported
from abroad. A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says that the entire proceeds annually from
/ this tax amount to but $4,000 1t cannot, then,
be said to be imposed for revenue purposes, for
is chiefly laid with a view to tho protection of
our book makers. The millions of readers in
the United States are taxed for the supposed
benefit of very limited class; supposed, We
ed by this class, were books admitted on pay
ment o: moderate duty.
We learn from the same correspondent that
Secretary Guthrie has just made decision
tionism than We should expect under a social
ed Democratic Administration 1t lis {" to the ef
feet that the importer who brings in thousand
volumes of periodical, purchased at uhoiesaie
price, in England and at half the ordinary sale
price there, shall pay the duty at the same rate
here as is charged upon single volume or
number of the same book or periodical which
may be purchased at the retail price in London
Of course, this decision prohibits the mporta-
ton of periodicals. and az to books, though of
a class never reprinted here, their introduction
is already prohibited by our tariff, except for
public Institutions
These taxes upon knowledge are kindred t.
the postage charged on newspapers going
abroad. On every copy Of the Era or Tribune,
for example, sent to a subscriber in England,
must be prepaid here 2 cents-and in England
it is again charged penny, or ? cents In
other words, he must pay as much for the car
rage of his paper as he pays for the paper it.
sell--so that it costs him for the Era Si year.
Under such rates it is impossible to establish
agencies for the circulation Of American ! a.
pers abroad or English papers here, for the
cost with charges Of agency &c, added, is so
great as to prevent their circulation Who is
the gamer by 50 narrow policy Not the
Government of either country, for the rates are
80 high as to prevent any revenue; and GER
tanly not the People. Nobody gains anything
but all in England who would become better
acquainted with our institutions and People,
and all in America who would understand bet
ter what is going on in England, are the losers
The tax may be called, Tax for the Proven
tion of knOwedyp
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bles, for the State is as responsible for their
ignorance as for the ignorance Of the whites
A comparison between the free and slave
States shows, that while the proportion of per-
sons over twenty who can neither read nor
write is as to 30 of the entire white pOpula-
ton in the former, it is as / to in the latter
But this does not tell the truth fairly, or indeed
half the story against Slavery for the proper
ton of four-ffths of the foreign population,
with its great mass of ignorance, lies in the free
States and is included in the comparison just
made. To obtain clear view of the ruinous in.
fiuences Of the Slave System on the cause OF
Education, we must compare the native popu-
lations Of the free and slave States over twenty,
that can neither read nor write and then We
find the proportion in the free States AZ to
90 of the entire native free population, and in
the slave States as to ~!
The most extensively educated population in
New England is that of Vermont in the Mid
die free States, that of New York; in the West
ern free States, that of Wisconsin in the slave
States, that of Mississippi. The least extern
sively educated in New England is that of
Rhode Island; in the Middle free States, that
of New Jersey; in the Western free States that
of Indiana; in the slave States, that of North
Carolina. And in this connection we may re.
mark. that the Independent Democratic Party
has cast smaller proportionate vote in Rhode
Island, New Jersey, and Indiana, than in any
other free State. 1t will be found, too that
Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, have had larger
proportionate amount OF immigrants from the
slave States than has been the case with the
other Western free States Thus, in every way
We trace the mischievous Influences of Slavery
on Education, and the tendency of Ignorance
to check the growth of Anti Slavery Sentiment
These tables should be held up constantly in
the face of the South, not with view to its
but to demonstrate the abomina.
BILE workings of a system which has covered it
with Egyptian darkness. 1t is not too much
to assume, that one in every six of the white
adult population Of the South can neither read
nor write. Are they deficient in natural ca.
paclty! DO they love ignorance Nothing of
the sort but Slavery denies them the blessings
Of common school system-t makes snch a
system an impossibilty. The children of the
wealthy planter may be educated at the we'll |
endowed academy, at college, or by the private
tutor; but the non-slaveholding masses in the
slave States cannot afford generally, the neces
'ary expenditure. They need the common
school, but Slavery requires large plantations,
'catters the population, plants slaves where the
rec laborer ought to be, and renders impossi.
Die that concentration of the masses necessary
% sustain such school
We have no disposition to glorify the free
States, but we are devoted to Freedom, and
Free Labor Institutions, and can neglect no
opportunity of "magnifying them and making
hem honorable"
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who favored it could hardly be a sound Dem

who favored it could hardly be a sound Dem
Ocrat
Ia the next Congress, We presume, the man
who shall oppose an increase of the navy, will
be denounced as anything but Republican.
Great Britain, by abolishing Slavery in the
West Indies, has left herself at liberty, in the
event Of another war with the United States,
to deal with this combustble aud dangerous
element among us, as she pleases. 1t is no
wonder that powerful navy should now be
insisted upon by our Southern friends, especial
" the Home Squadron portion Of it.
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THE NAVY.

From present indications, it is not probable
that the Treasury will long DO permitted to
groan under a surplus. Mr. Dobbn, We mo-
tee, is about 10 recommend To Congress large
increase Of our naval force, and the Southern
papers are particularly earnest in urging this
policy Times have somewhat changed since
the Jeifersonion era, when Southern politicians
thought it would be good thing if our mcr-
camille marine were sunk to the bottom of the
ocean, if We would con6ne ourselves solely to
agriculture, let commerce alone, and defend
our seaboard Ivy gun boats. A navy in those
days was decidedly anti rcpublicanoand man
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VOL. VII.

and what the President has done for Tho.
Territories, he can do for the Islands tn,
can have a Territorial Legislatrc. and ~,
Federal Government may appoint tbei, 3,
ecutivo and Judiciary.
We can see no difficulty in the way Of ~
nexation but one and that is. the I,,o.o-.
represented by the Richmond Enquirer ma
the Charleston Mercury is hopeless Of re,rina
any particular advantage from the measur.
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SENATOR ArcmsoS AND NEBRASKA. W.
have just seen speech Of senator Atchison
delivered ON the 9th OF November. ut Fayette
so, in which he avows himself opposed to thu
organization Of Nebraska, unless the Missouri
Compromi,e in relation to it is repealed : an,
~ which, too, be states that he furnished Mr.
Manypenny with the arguments against it
settlement, u,ed in his (ManyTenny'') state
ment We rball publish it ia iull next week
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Education, It will DO observed Is very limit
ed among tho foreign population--the p opor-
ton Of those who can neither read nor write,
over twenty, being as to 10 of the whole
number while that Of the native popu-
laton, even including 100000 free colored
people who are chiefly uneducated, is as to
- of the whole number. These people are
properly classed with the natives in these ia
There must be an error in relation to the NUN
Der OF foreigners in Alabama. Mississippi and sever
al oi the Southern States who are qnedueated tho
discrepancies are too great to be explained any
other suppositon.
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90

O-y- Mr. H. r knight has been appointed publish.
ing agent Of the American and Foreign Anti Slavery
Society in place Of h. j. Bates resigned and is also
the authorized agent of the Era for the city Of New
York and may be found at No. As Beckman street.
T. Post & Co., Periodical Agents, Third street
near Main Cincinnati are authorized to receive sub
srriptions for the Era Single copies Of the paper
may also be had Of them at all times.
Il Mr.. Caleb A. Wall is our authorized agent Tor
Worcester, Mass
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STATISTICS OF EDUCATION.

We find in some Of our exchanges, copied
from the Census Returns, which are just com
plctcd, the following interesting statistics in
relation to Education:
Persons IN the United States over twenty gears
of age IOhO cannot read or aOrite.
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totals s5S,3O6 1873 ia 1858, 400
We have analysed this table, by States, so
as to show the proportion Of persons over TWEEN
whole white population of a State; 2dly, tonative
population 3dly to the foreign population-and
present the following tables
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JUDICIAL RUFFIANIsM.

II VII be remembered that three slaves recently
landed in Cine nnat IN their transit from Virginia 10 Ken
lucky or Tennessee BY sundry Judicial decisions has
ben held thar slaves taken free State by consent Of
teir master become free Presunng this 10 Be good law
some friend Of tie helpless took out writ Of Aeas eoa
and brougt the slaves before Judge Finn Of the Criminal
Court Of Hamilton County Ohio. The Judge reminded
them in very summary manner to the custody Of their
usastfr or hs agent who had brought them 70 Cincinnati
One Of them q little girl four five years Of age ~ We
barn from tie Cincinnai paper he sent back TO slavery
wihout the least form pretense Of ra and before
.rQe witness IN the case Lad been examined Some Of the
ctzcas Of Cincinnati thinking this eourse OF pr0eeedEg
rot exactly he thing cared public meeting which WAS
quite nuHerouiiy attended to consider the subject VII
meeting with great unzlny, adopted The following reao
Iu.crs.
PsA That I.eob Flisn Jade Ct he Grin
irz c. II q Conn., te o. kt~tFd se.n an
an lath q A1Es s1cs t,2 te o1s1i - - ~
100 Tea Conn - ofssrrs b. s,por 81 iBsurs a.o
a. ey,rcs ui1n lie sGs SEA ssd prsat ne rars aad
tee b rf1 L. sGsinrr
pcrfCd hat Committee,
Z sr1ea.s ia. 3r ycTrs syl-od eoaspcalllg 10 lis
uctfrcc 4 re rccr,c gret p'cuoHsy te 0p'n
u ofLe urr b. ledge HIM ard ihaa wor ny bang Una
be eLer T, 81 liz dece tie Pug I've nv, q for wani
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no fear that he viii object to any movement which does
rot mean intend an insuh to him or hs Goverpneni
Mr. Ssndfcrd for bis independence has been rawariel
with the compliments OF every American be has met with
the approval Of large proportion OF the frsncn people
even such IN act and with the approval Of the Belgian
German and English newspapers. The Cosstttnf!cassr
ministerial paper Of this city, which Is evidently hgay
diI leased at the affair in replying to an article in re
Loa<cn Tnes the subject resorts to shallow subier
uge which betrsys either ignorance or desire to
deceive its resders Taking an air of being well posted
on this subject il You how well IhS TINES u
instructed The Minister Of the United States bad not
yet arrived Paris the 18th Of August To this the
Si,e Of this city the organ Of the republican party no
pies in bold and pointed article. part of which OF sui
hcen importance 10 merit translation After quoting the
words Of the CONSTITUTIONAL the Sscle says:
We to The Constitutions that the
nomination Of the successor Of Mr. Ryes Is yet OIL
cisny known but at the same time inform our co
temporary that Mr. Sandford first Secretary Of Legation
and Charge des Affairs of the United States N the absence
Of the Minister did in effect, 20 TO the Tueries the 18Th
Of August in the simple costume OF American citizen
General Pierce sometime after his accession 70 the Pres
idency requested his Secretary Of State Marcy 10 prepare
uar 10 all the diplomatic and consular agents abroad
requiring them not 20 strip themselves Of their American
ism in the presence of the European courts and to make
them understand by their attitude by their costume
that they had the honor of belonging TO srepnbcaa coun
try. Under the question OF costume, there visiDiy
question OF principle.
few more words this subject, and have done.
Among the lot Of Diplomatic and Consular agents just
rived three Of them strong Democrats, and issuing from
under Nr Marcys order as il may be said. have
brought uniforms with them 10 wear 10 Court One OF
them this morning, Mr. DeLeon formerly editor Of
the Southern Press Wahngon whc goes to Alexandra
Consul General uniting diplomatic with consu lar duties
who has made Washington, which has three gold
each collar and eagle each breast Is
that carrying out the order did Mr. Marcy say in
his circular 80 far as YOU can do IT, so as TO allow OF
sliding scale for Democratic patriotism
In conclusion, repeat that too much praise cannot be
bestove MIR Sandord for his bold and patriotic ntia
ton of the order, and for the striking contrast which
offers to the conduct of the political adherents of the si
minstratOn from which il emanated.
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~ ne Editor Of n> ". " Trfbane
sR-In this mornings paper 10 an article over the
signature OF c. NJ. Severance which charges me with
entertainments and Misrepresentation as to my recep
ton at the late "Woman's Rights Convention" |
hope you will act Of justice, allow my defense In
the columns that made the attack
Mr. Seyerances bill OF exceptions against my state
ments amount to as follows: chat have forgot the
"loysy due TO my sex; to which answer that my pro
ject OF "WOman's Printing Office" which was
spurned by the Convention, the best proof OF my
true atty, as il embraced our wrongs
our real ability ~ help meets the worlds workshops and
the necessary destiny Of all Of to toll to live Mr. 5
ssys, II had liberty to bring forward my proposal
Only was not encouraged 10 do So bat fatty refused
Az 10 Mr. s. statement that mention was made OF
me in connection with Mrs Daviss paper all say is
that reported in the papers and leave him and the
reporters 70 settle the question OF veracity lie further
says that the Convention intended taking action my
project know what they intended doing but neither
he nor they did anything therefore matter of truth
reiterate my former accusations that morally and
truly gagged and dare plain simple and unequivocal
demonstration 10 the contrary Mr. y calls my opinions
prejudice" and "mOrt6cations The assertion Is both
unmany and ippant stated what calmly conceived to
make Tetracon Nevertheless, however, gladly would
see Women emancpated from any real grievances they
suffer especially at the hands Of Man or legislation, can
not with my present experience believe that such an az
gregation OF women met at the Tabernacle ever
elevate the moral build up perfect social fabric
than the present Their treatment OF myself and PROPOSE
ton anything but charitable Chrstianlke On re-
firing from the Convention, inward ejaculation
Of ANGELS and ministers Of grace defend poor sex =
They who have faith in sympathy for, apOron of
their struggling serhood how shall they ever realize
plan Of redemption for the whole
Yours respectfully, Mrs PH9nE PATERSON go Broadway
Hrs Paterson ia one of that very large class who
regard every Reform movement as a grindstone and
Judge Of grit by the facilities it proers for the grinding
of their personal axes That the WOmans Rights
Convention failed to lend itself to her USE is to our
mind strong evidence that its counscls governed
by principle and wisdom. Ed
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mos. devoted and bard working friends OF N
the CIV of Nv York men n chances that the Society
had NO woman among IL members long prominent in the
cause while no one dened that s Delegate only three
in number were strict eetctaers and wei known IN me
erterpr,e But win say, what might have told thst
fence and might have told the Convention had no, been
gsrg.d-thaf like many other MEMBER had several
On upds for claiming seat No matter whether my ere
Genital, were good or bad still came within yonr Call
beirr lone ard well known friend of Temperance.
Your Cali not only invited all ignorance ASSOCIATIONS
and orrarza:Ons &c. 20 appear by representatives.
but added do srfkrfaore ertead our ta7tf1oa 70
"He FRIENDS OF TExPLRAycE ~ EvERT PART OF IHE
WoRLp assurlng them Of cordial reooze 70 IL 7iay
aon1 an opzorfrav 10 exJI fully The a9raaes Of n
casse n esr ora rrspcfirS Dstrcts Sixteen years Of
aid 10 the Temperance by example plbe efforts ani
yecunsry contribution and cordial support Of the hane
LIQUOR law ent.le me claim the character Of "frenf
al Tenperance' and such. seat under that CAL
Su Sir quite agree with your Committee thst an total
Nv unfit TO belong to CoDv enton that mobs down IL own
Chairman aud locks third Of IL members out OF d)ors
in order to perTeirste votes .
cannot o; TO mention the generous sense OF justice
Of one Massachusetts, man, unknown to bat whose
name am told il StOddard in moving thai the creden
tiels Of the whole Massachusetts delegation should be
tered with mine az he could reason for making any
distinction The Convention shrunk back from dealing
with whole State they hal dealt with unpopular
individual and refused the motion.
consider you, sir mainly responsible Tor these tlmulu
ous scenes and this disgraoeul result You showed your
self fully convinced that women had right 70 speak
that platform. You decided again and again s1ch
was the weight of your personal character with the meet
ing that had you made earnest, manly and decisive
effort TO sustain your decisions, you would have been
obeyed in silence and with perfect respect That effort
Won never made You're WESDELL PHILLIPS.
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IN our critcisms on these important productions we
have been guided entirely by the principles WIZ regala
to asality with the statement OF when we coinohes
this article We believe we cannot better serve inc
manufacturer Q the United States and The best inter
eats of the eoSntry than BY candid statement OF an
,nbisssed opiuion. whether favorable or not TO the
present state Of our manufacturing science; and We
fru,t Il viii be seen that our object is 10 encourage
TIE home trade not BY any 1aterng mutations Of ia
Erior articles because they American but BY CIV
me credit where il il justly due, and holding up for
public approval what in our judgment is most worthy
81 praise irrespective Of the Country State which
NAV have produced il knowing that the only sure
foundation for successful manufacturing enterprise con
sists in steady determination to excea constant and
undertaking effort to attain perfection II is this alone
which will remove all prejudice in favor Of foreign
goods and if may judge from the progress already
made and the degree Of excellence attained, we have
every 10 congratulate the American manuiactu-
and readers generally on the prospect before
q nation in this respect II we go on as We have
DONE the perfection Of wooden manufactures, so
a. to supplant foreign supplies must be near and
we would urge forward the work as well worthy the
skill industry and perseverance, OF great and indie
pendent republic.
Beavers broadcloths, cassimercs, csshneres, and
other wooden products, will be discussed in future
paper.
Number of Tickets sold Sept. 10, 7O37.