Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-04-01
Free Soil Nominations.
Uncle Tom and Uncle John.


That ASSURE, able, and eloquent logcian, the Bos-
ton Courier, renews its ridiculous attack upon the
Duchess Of Sutherland, aud tells her, once more,
all the social evils of England, before she
says anything about the political evils of this coun-
Try.
We wonder If the Courier really can see the die
ference between the evils hat endure, ndePen-
dent of political institutions, and those which are
directly imposed by law. If brutal Euglishman
beats his wife, he does in spite of law. II bru-
tai American beats his white wife, he does so in
spite of law, also. If an Engshman sells his wife,
or sou, or daughter, he can be indicted and punish.
ed severely, because the law Of England protects
the personal liberty Of all its subjects; but Amer
lean father south of Mason and Dxon's line, can
sell his wife, son, daughter, and the law will
tain him, and has sustained him in such unnatural
inhumanily. This is the difference between the
cial evils of England and slavery The Englishman
has personal liberty He may be poor, ignorant, and
brutal in his temper, bur the law does not prevent
him from emancipating himself from his misery, if
he do SO by his personal exertions. The per-
sona exertions Of slave, however, only strengthen
his chains, because they increase his value, and
tighten his masters grasp him. We believe
that the condition of many English aburers, &c., is
physically much more pitiabe than that Of many
slaves. But the Euglishman, no matter how brutal
ignorant he may be, is still man, in the eye of
English law, while the best and nobest slave Ie
nothing more than thing, in our country. God
made man after his own image, and this divinity of
descent is acknowledged by the arstocratc govern
ment Of Britain, while il is denied to the slave by
republican governments
There is another important distinction between
the poor Englishman and the American slave (which
is worthy o. note and that is this. The English.
man can indulge in the fond hope that his children
will rise above his state of wretchedness From
the very depths of English poverty, have arisen
Goblet, the English statesman, Clifford the review
er, HaIgrave, the inventor Of the spinning Jenny,
Drew, the metaphysician, and Bloomfield, the poet,
not 10 mention thousands of others, who climbed to
honor and distinction in spite OF their position. The
slave has no children; he may live amongst his is.
long his master pleases but ne cannot even
remain beside his offspring an hour after the
ter's fat has been issued for his removal from Them
Theirs is eternal, hopeless bondage. Theirs is
law impUsed bondage. Though they inspir.
ed by the genius of Shakespeare, or a Newton, the
legal whip and cham are prepared TO scourge the
backs, and crush their aspirations of the souls
Many Of the "stern realities Of British life are
horrible enough, but they generated and en-
couraged by express enactments of the British leg.
islature. The "stern realities" of slavery
tanned by American law. 1t is in this distinction
that the great moral difference between British mis-
cry and American slavery lies.