The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-05-16

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~ " iast a. = 80 dissl.g labor
md ~ soaseq6onDe - - . hrgS por-
tion II lpf poov ~kite - eare wholly
sseglectc1, anAaee sa1es1o "a While =
M an existencs i1A 61gte - ees eep
Il advance ef1Ie de- =
The whits ri. .siea q -. Oass'isa
In 1850 ~ ~, T. = whssh dipg
to Sho ebUse extrae1, neesiJ SaSA1H are
'lfvfns h d kffftiess, 6sttodselive idleness.
In 1850 0ss. HaAnes4 6slitszed %
address before the South Carolina lnsti-
tate. in.whisi he spsaks Of the po0 shtss
= follows: III I'll. IL
"They obtain precarioas substance
by occasional jobs, by hunting, By fishing
BY plundering fields Or folds, and too Of.
ten BY what Is in its effects far worse
trading with slaves, and seducing them
70 plumber for their benefit. 49,
And to complete the picture, weqro'o
letter from an English Traveller in Mis-
sissippi to the London Daily News. lie
says: . A
ssThrouEh the central portion Of tho
State Of Mississippi, that which lies on
each side OF the road from Columbus on
to jackson, n soon y one leaves the
prairie land twenty-five miles from tho
former Of these towns, one Is treated to
pine forest at discretion while occasional
DISHES Of swamp by way Of variety. =
The population 10 scanty; and the houses
such q they are, for the most part arc
inhabited BY that n,cst wretched, most
cadaverous, most thisly clad, most lean,
most haggard, most wobegonc, forlorn,
hopeless, God forsaken hooking portion OF
che human race-the poor niggerless
whites Of the slave States. i have seen
many varieties Of the genius homo, and
many varieties Of the misery to which he
10 at al times liable, but ! have never
seen men in whom hope, energy and
courage, to oil outward appcarencc,
seemed 10 utterly extingaished ~ in
these. Their .ttenuated trsmes, hollow
checks, freless, expressionless eyes, drawl-
ing, feeble accents, spiritlcss movements
and ghastly complication, spoke either OF
race degenerated beyond redeinptionor
of the extremity Of physical misery /
never met one of them without going
away with the feeling thst had just
seen man on whom either famine or fe-
yer had done its worst Their position is
certainly most demoralizing and dis
heartening. They are despiscd alike BY
negroes and planters. They manage to
drsx . wretched substance from = patch
Of Indian corn round their log cabins,
but they will not work for others, u this
would put them on level with the slaves.
Those who can muster up enough
money for the journey invariably make
their escape to the Western wilds; but
. great number Of course, are compelled
to stand their ground, and get along ~
best they can; society they have nome
there are among them none Of the hearty
enjoyments Of existence none Of the
pleasures, frivelties, gayeties OF pleasant
life in al European countries. They are
generally far removed from all neighbors
Of their own rank; they cannot associate
with the negroes. They claw, spit, .1caf'
and die, melancholy, taciturn, surly and
sickly With these passing remarks, let
me drop the curtain on them. The world
has been for years ringing with wrongs
and miseries Of the Turkish rapah and
the Irish peasant. / have seen good
deal of both. In physical comfort the
rayah occupies position Of which "poor
whites" hardly dream; in lightncss Of
heart, in the joys Of the mind the Irish
peasant is king in comparison"
Pleasant prospect this for the poor
dough-heads who believe in Sham De-
mocracy, aud who think "Blsck Rcpub-
licanism" is the devil because it endeav-
ors to elevate and save, not to degrade
and destroy the human race
Ifthey-the so-called Democracy-dc-
sire their children and their children .
children to stand on the same level Of
hopeless misery that IS now the fate Of
the ..poor rhites OF the South, 1T them
submit to and applaud the decision Of
the stakeholder Supreme Court, ss, Tie
other decision yet to come, eeualiy false
and towards the North, equally malicious.
The Supreme Court has taken upon its
elf the Legislative power and will re-
open the African Slave trade, aud de-
clare that Freedom shall not exist in the
Free Stats.
We cannot wish cur poor doughfece-
and their posterity In worse plight then
/ Is presel.gd in the above extracts, Il IL
d condition which the slave powers d..
sires to fasten on the North and In which
they will, in the course Of single gen.
Grafton surely succeed, unless resolutely
and successfully repealed. Our duty Is
to "prostratc the oIigarchy." Weakness
supineness or submission is crime =.
gainst humanity, against God and against
our own our children's birthright. Free.
DOM. Sooner let the Union and Consti.
tuition perish than that the North should
be bound in chains, and her bold, hardy,
enlightrned millions left, as they are
left in the South, to rot on the dung.
hill. Let it never be said Of the North
as has been said Of Athens:
.Even great Epamondas strove in vain
To curb that spiriit with Theban chain
but ali how low her free-born spirit now,
Like abject sons TO naughty t,rants bow
/ A cursed, degenerate. superstitious race
/ Infest thy region and thy name Disgrace"
i Th1e Circuscs mt Oacc.
] We are to have ! sort Of Circus ccle.
bration on Wednespay May 9th whcS
Spandlins Il Rogers three combined Cir.
cuses are to be exhibited here, al undo,
one tent, and all for one price Of admis-