New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-05
A rf.vD CASE.


wages. The northern gentleman is Wiling 70
nav his gardener. his washerwomsn. his boot
b,ack. fair remuneration for the service rem
aered The southern gentleman persist that
Ia GILL have his soil titled, his linen washed, his
boots polished, without pay. He has got three
millions Of people in bis power. In order to
eo,nnel them TO work without wages, he crushes
them BY despotic laws, which Turkey never
.ousled. To prevent them from knowing how
ceeply they are defrauded, he dooms them to
he most AFFECT ignorance,
The outrage thus inflicted upon humanity by
this little handful Of thirty thousand oppress-
ors. leaves stain upon twenty.tbree millions
Of people, which no floods can wash out. 1t is
O hard case 1t is an intolersble wrong. The
very name of America these men have made an
oiense in the nostrils of the world Wherever
an American now goes ii is flung in his face,
with contumely and scorn.
The world cxclaims to these thirty thou
sand shareholders: Pay your servants honest
wages, as other gentlemen do" "We will not"
the STAKEHOLDER exclaims. We cannot afford
it, We have already compelled them to work
for us for ages We will continue to do so for ages
to come. We bid defiance to the contempt and
hatred of all ChristeDdom' Now, if these men
could be separated from the rest Of humanity,
and could bear the 0dium themselves, the case
would not be so utterly insupportable. But
that thirty thousand shareholders, should drag
nation of twenty-three millions Of people into
utter and irremediable disgrace, il intolerabe,
absolutely intolerable. The influence Of our
free institutions il converted into an engine to
strengthen the chains of despOtsm in other
lands. Nicholas, Frederic William. Ferdinand,
fll the shop windows Of St Petersburg, Berlin
and Vienna, with cuts illustrative Of the abom
nations of American Repubicanism. The
sla,e-drivers lash swings thrsugh the air The
infant is torn from the distracted mothers bos-
ON by the Auctieneer. The pretty, modest
girl has her points examined by the cigar-smok-
ing, mOustached debauchte, as he buys herbody
and soul. The American traveller, loving his
country and knowing that notwithstanding this
foul, foul blot il is still the noblest land on the
face of the globe, is compelled to pass along
through European despOtisms, in silence and
shame.
The American Bible Society has appointed
some distinguished clergymen, 10 attend the
meeting of tho British and Foreign Bible Soc-
ETY. in London, in May. Imagine one of our
eloquent divines upon the platform in Exeter
Hail. The vast building is thronged In glow
ing terms he speaks of the word OF God, the
Gift to all His children He speaks OF the
priceless treasure with which it il fraugbt TO
every human soul. He urges its universal DIFF
fusion through Europe, through Asia, through
Africa.
Some tongue, eloquent through envy and
malice, responds Have you, an American,
the efTrontery to urge us TO send the Bible to
the African Your eloquence is wasted here,
it is needed at home. Your own countrymen
protesting to be Christians, withhold the Bible
from three millions of souls. You not only re-
fuse TO give IL to them but you declare that
they shall not have it. Say not that this is the
work Of oppressive rulers, 20 which the people
are compelled to submit at the baysnet's point.
Tn your land the people rule. Go home then,
10 your own c0untrymea tell them their boast
cd liberty and christianity are despised in lands
which they call despotic."
IL ia i'm vain that our clerical friend attempts
defense. Indignation deaiens every ear, and
the clamor Of an audience, loving 20 reproach
Republican America, downs his voice. This
Is the reception which now awaits every Amer
lean i'm England. "WhO cares" some one va
Iantly exclaims Undeserved o5loquy, the
lSld heart can bear but mcrlted contempt
brushes the spirit. And who are they who are
tins degrading America, and sinking her in the
abyss of reproach and shame - They are thr-
" thousand men, who insist upon it, that they
will have their lands titled, their linen washed,
and their boots BACKED without pay. Their
fathers did il before them, and therefore they
will do the same And the deep disgrace tar
nishes the fair fame Of a noble, fberty-ioyins.
high-minded Nation, twenty'three millions
strong. II is intolerable. We do well to be
angry.
a gentleman is travelling down the shores of
the Danube: he sees the blight OF despotic
government resting upon the masses OF the
people. There Is no thrift, no Enterprise no
energy. A proud king and oppressive mobiles
absorb i'm their Injuries the revenues Of an
Empire The American thinks with pride OF
his own land-of New-York, of Massachusetts,
of Ohio, OF the majestic West He thinks Of
the free scope opened here for the energies of
every man Of the intelligence stamped upon
the countenance; of the liberty which ennobles
the heart Of the wealth which embellishes the
homestead Of the artisan and the farmer. He
turns to the Austrian stranger who sits at his
side, and in glowing terms speaks of his own
noble country, of the glorious career opening
for man in the New-World. His heart grows
warm with the grateful theme.
All" exclaims the Austrian, "you are an
American then. Look here, l have a very in
teresting book to show you" Out comes Uncle
Tom from his pocket. A crowd, exulting and
jeering gather around him. Look here"
says our tormenting Austrian; " see this beau
tiiul picture OF one of your slave markets.,
where parents and children are sold like swine
husband torn from wife, the infant snatched
from the mothers breast. Here is a pretty
girl of eighteen; perhaps she is member of
one Of your churches, How much will the
'young bucks of Newt Orleans and of Louisville
be willing TO pay for her. Look around. friend.
upon these thatched cottages of our humble
'peasantry Every man has his home, and his
mifa ani his ohildren and Is as secnra in H..