The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-23


VOLUNTARY" AND "INvOLuNrARY" sVxvnUpH.
The wrath Of the phlosophic Greeley Il stirred to
it, foundations by certain Advertisements which he
has encsuntersd in the New Orleans papers. He
there finds hundreds Of farmers and mechAnios offer
ed for sale, and not one reverend doctor, lawyer
honorable, or general. The enormity is awful. His
love Of justice and equality !: outraged beyond the
mechanics and tillers Of the earth ~ II there had
only bsen doctor, or parson, or lawyer in the
crowd, the philosopher would have been content.
We pray the New Orleans papers to amend their
advertisements in this particular for the quiet Of
philosophers conscience.
Upon the strength Of this inhuman omission Gree
ley aafsts forth
Hss action lost its sieni0osnse2 Has lavruass osased
to be the symbol Of thoush9 Has chaos ssAia? Or
to what are We TO stiouts the qualification the free
men OF tbs North ON thsqussio1? Mechanics And
leg f.rnsrs Of the North US YOU WHO vow the
democratic ticket listen Here ID tails nouslss, who
ovDe you in the psrsf Ct black raechaae would
hcss or asie But hss he pnysis,sn lawyer or even
Al srtis,l No. II Is mechsaics and working fArnsrs
professions is bred FOR ths shsbiss No mar Vi h..
rnb5e3 against college AID imoibss the sumaniss of
me los.st 70 N, l. 30 fates ~ Douglas wssppssl %
brutsd lethsrey.
harder task master, we apprehend, than Douglas,
bad these poor white WORRIES" of the North under
the ash, and il they knew what was good for them
selves, they would gladly exchange taeir voluntary
slavery for the involuntary servituds OF their hiack
csnPeers Of New Orleans. Perhaps it is 70 recon
Gle them to their hard lot that so many aud such
exaggerated accounts Of the horrors OF Southern
slavery are held up to their imsgnatioDs. The white
slaves, If left to their OWE reflections and to media
lions on their own pecula ar mseries-on the wrongs
inflicted upon them and on the suherings they endure
81 tbe bands OF their unfeeling moneyed tasknaers
might be tempted ~ seek deyerancs from their
tbraldom. They might inquire "Wny 1t is, that We
who are IS white rs the tyrants who drive as within
an inch Of our lives and extort the last pittanoe
when health and strength fall from our furnishing
hmiies--why is it that we should submit to such
cruel injustice and intolerase oppresoa! What
IL - a.
organization gives these hard masters OF ourr the
right work TO DEATH that they may roll In luxury,
Why should dear friend Greeley for exam 81 reye
IN his hsndred thousands made by the swea and labor
are - White as he is, and by God and the constt-
ton OF our country endowed with the sarne right 10
feedon asd . bellyfall. He, aud the rich cap
itaits like him, te " thst we are far AetSpr on ts
the negro ssvss Of the South-that sur seryitVde "a
voluntary, while theirs is involuntary thsirs by IA n
ours without laws though that altered the case
voluntary or not, we know and feel that We are
compelled to toll day and night for bare subsntsncs
and when our health fahs or age svertakes u.s. we
are thrown pennies upon the world to beg or starvc
Involuntary sNvitude cannot BE- mush worse than
We are not to be hsmsuggsd after this fashon. You,
and the like OF you, have the fruits Of labor In
your pockets We we're igsorapt or weak, or both,
and You proitsd by our weakness and ignorasse 70
opprsss US You must disgsrge-ws are starving,
and you must surrender NJ portion of that heap OF
which you robbed u.s. will take it by these sanc
strong arms BY which i: vas made"
As long A. Greeley Co. can, by harp,g On the
horrors OF negro slavery, divert the minds OF their
white asves from this train Of thought aud this more
serious determination, they 1ay congratulate them
selves that they viii securely enjoy the fruits OF vol
untary slavery. Bat this cannot Do the csss WAYS
Cunning ~ they may be- In time all their arts Wi
fail Their whits serfs viii rebel they will NOS for
ever submit TO toll without being permitted, Like
Southers slaves, - share the fruits OF their la
Dor ssd the abundance or their mAstera The dsll-
kude IL VOL ill tO
impose upon them. Hunger and want will make the
scales fal from their eyes, and enable thsm to
ditten.
The Northern capitalists, Ia KEGS their white
slaves In subsection, viii be compelled 70 resort 20
standing army, - every other country where white
slavery existed has been compelled to do-ssd tbes
eases public liberty or Il they .eelecs that prscau
newa OF the Jacqueris In France There 4 no alter
native. Slavery in the Seutb and the vids ertert
Of new country, have combined TO protect them Thus
far, but their conservative qualities viii be sxhaus&
ed In the end.