The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-08-08
Northern Slave Penn.

Il may sound strange to some for Us 70
say we have slave pens at the North. Bat.
alas it's too true-we have the worst from
OF slave pens among US. where human be-
ings put themselves up for sale. These
pens are called by courtesy. and for the pur-
pose Of quieting the consciences of the pu.
ritanical public, ''Intelligence ofices."-
Here we encounter all the evils which the
hypocritical abOltiOnists charge upon the
Southern slave pens. Here husbands and
wives are sold apart children are separated
from their parents and parents from their
children. Here the keeper Of the slave pen
trots Onthis stock, that the purchaser may
examine their good points, and accomodate
his pocket and taste. Here the most beau.
tiful white wenehes are purchased for pros
titudon and the vilest of purposes. Here do
We encouater scar and deformities, ocsa.
stoned by the lash Of care and want, and the
burdens Of overworh imposed by tyranuical
masters. Here do we encounter all the
horrors Of bodily and mental suaering-Ihs
poor victims of oppression and cruelty be-,
ing driven to the dire necessity and putting
themselves up for sale, with the hope of
procuring the means of keeping soul and
body together barely keeping themtogeth-
er-notliing more. they have not the con.
ISOLATION of knowing even that they will be-
cared for in sickness and old age. BY those
in whose selfish service they wear them-
selves out, dying day by day, inch BY inch.
They could not effect permanent sale. If
they would as no one would take them and
hazard the trouble and expense Of providing
for them as long as they live. for what they
are able to do. They can sell themselves
but temporarily during health and bodily
and mental yigor. while they are able to
toll and drudge; and for this they get a.
mere pittance that serves to feed them on
coarse food and clothe them indfferently.
They areiu hopeless slavery. expecting ev-
cry day to be turned out, like pocr broken
down brutes, to die by the wayside. Such
Is the true condition of the inmates of our
: Northern slave pens. But no aboltionists
) thinks of dssoving the Union for their sake
he sympathizes only with the blacks who
$ are distant from his door. The whites, dy-
7 ing slowly all around him; excite no pain in
his breast, because they are his slaves, and
he cannot afford to emancipate them. They
q must support him in his idleness and luxu.
e ny, no matter what their own su6erings
may be. He has an easy ray Of enforcing
: obedicnce-they must use his capital, and
0 pay him interest on it; and if they do moi
!, obey as he thinks they ought, he allows
q them into submission. He can, therefore,
t purchase their services at any time, at his
own price, and they are thankful tOhm for
!, purchasing them; for life is sweet, and they
: cannot bear to die yet. Oh, it is a. horibls
. state Of society, which maintains the slave
Il pens of the North--it is terrible, this eter,
: nal vassalage Of labor, this unreenting u,
: ranny of money! Here the capitalists--ths
q Almighty Speculator in stocks and banks
e owns both slave and driver. The indus
: trious business man is but the agent, the
Is tool Of the capitalist, and the farmer, ths
e laborer, and the mechanic are but his slaves
!, N Y Despatch.