The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-05-27

such: on the contrary, there are men in that
Cabinet who would do honor to any stage Of
our nations history-but let Inc say to these
intrigGers, who look out of the northern win
dow OF that room where so many treachcrou;
and contradictory schemes have been devised
upon the equestrian statue Of that immortal
hero whose iron nerves, reSiS'lesS will, and
chansclcss purpose, invariably triuinphed
whcntver and wherever the Constitution OF
his country and the gre at cardinal principles
Of his party were either assa' cl or threatened
Let thcm look there. and blush with shame
at thcii faithltss yacilation Then let thtn
look nearer, within the inclosurc. and under
the very windows Of the White House, upon
the stern figure Of the illustrious father of
Democracy, the inspired author of the Decla
rati eof Independence, and recol abashvd at
their own gross departure from tie pure pa.
triotic principles to which he so Garllssy and
unswcrvingly adhered.
! Then let them look to the south, upon the
waters Of the Potomac-tlat classic stream
hallowed by so many rccoltct ons of the past
that stream whose waves wash the shore
where rest the sacred ashes of the Father of
his country. Let them gaze upon the lofty
Column now rising to perpetuate his memo
! ies, then let them look up into the broad
llre canopy of heaven, wherein is mirrorcd
that purity, that ncblcncSs of character to
which man should aspire: and while thus en-
gagged in this simple duty, let them pause and
| determine whether these circumstances,
whether circumstances so emintntly calcula-
ted TO inspire nobler sentiments, will not at
least avalon them to cons iousncss of their
own selfish and disrepuable intriguing. Let
them then remember that to their temporary
keeping is now confded the destinies of the
same great, glorious, and promising Union,
at the head Of which, at three several and
equally cvcnttul periods, stood this departed
trio. Let them remember that they are at the
head 'fa Rel ublic which is now tie only
beacon ofhopc for long suffering and griev-
iously outraged humanity in this sadly mis-.
governed world. Let th,m determine a once
10 use the largely increased means placed at
their disposal in seeking the forgi, eness of an
lnsul cd people, by employing those means in
.levatiilg the social and political morals of the
Union, i'll dit's:ng. by wise and happy exam
pie, and by all other means which a great and
pres. eIous people may lcgitimatcly employ,
the benefits oFour own democratic institutions
among tie nations of the earth. Then, sir,
and not until then, | solomnly assure YOU,
may they, i'll my belief ever hope to even par
TALLY regain the confidence and respect of the
masses Of the people, who believe that they
nave been grossly outraged, ifnot shameless
~ betrayed.
Now, was going to read an affidavit to the
ccmniittrc. hut my time is too short: so
will only state the substance Off. 1t is one
Of nearly thousand cases that know of my
self. 1t is an afli laylt wherein it is stated
that woman after havin. lived for eight or
nine years III the town Of South bridge, in
Massachusetts, where she had had children
born, and whore she had been herself employ
cd by the selcctmen of the town to scrub out
the public building, and where she had caught
cold and had become unable unable to sup
port herself and children, was, under the pro-
visions Of law of Massachusetts, which
haze here, taken--nOt upon the order of a
court, but upon an order written by magis-
traic-and transported to New York, for fear
She should become an incum hrancc on Massa-
chusctts. 1t is all very well for gentlemen to
get up here and clamor about the wrongs and
OutlageS Of the southern slaves but, sir, in
the city of New York alone, during the last
year, there have been over thirteen hundred
eople deprived of their liberty wihout any
show or color Of an offence, but because they
We're poor and too hone st to commit crime
Now what is the appeal that these men make
when they 60 to the South! They do not
make the appeals to them that they make here
and at the North. They do not appeal to the
magnanimity, sense of justice, or Christianity
of the southern STAKEHOLDER, but they appeal to
his avarice. They tell him, abolish your ne
gro slavery in the South, and adopt the slave
ny OF wages that we have substituted forit in
the North, and it will put money into your
pockets, and add to the oppression of those
who do your work. Why, sir, a poor man
at Tie North will, for fifty cents day, drag
more in a hand cart than three negroes, with
four mules, will bring into Washington though
they have a white man to watch them.
Laughter. A man at the south gives 81 POO
for negro lie has to support him; he has to
feed and clothc him; he has to provide for him
in old age; TO take care of him in his sickness,
and to bury him when he is dead. In the
North we have no such bold, manly, open,
and above board oppression. Oh, no, sir.
There are no lashcs in the North. Here is a
specimen Of the kind of lashcs we have there.
These are the bys, exhibiting a pawnbro-
kcrs duplicate amidst great laughter l
will read it:
mo 1872. Joseph Simpson Company, % Chat
ham street, July 1853. Gold watch $b Mike Walsh
Not answcrabe in case of fire for damages by fire
or robbery; twenty-five per cent. per anum."
Great laughter
And it is more. as a general thing. AT
twenty-five per cent. he has $500 year. and
his $1,000 eats nothing, wears nothing. con-
sumes nothing, and can be used as the same
instrument of oppression after he is dead.
His children after him can be used as the
same instrument of oppression among the
children and grandchildren of the survivor.
One thousand two hundred dollars invested in
northern pawn-broking-and it is almost
the same thing in brings
$500 year. For that $500 man can own
one of the best living, breathing, white, think
ing men of the North: and after he has worn
him out at the age of forty years, he can pass
him away and take younger fellow. The
difference between the two systems is simply
this: If a dozen of us own horse in COM
mon, we want to ride him as much as posi-
bic, and feed him as little as possible. Laugh
ter. But if you or own horse exclusive
ly, we will take good care that we do not feed
him too much to endanger his health, but
just enough to keep him in good travelling or
der. But as find my time is getting short
| must conclude by brief allusion to anoth-
err matter.