Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-04-30
should be slaves under any circumstances.
Respectfully,
Your 0bedient Servant,
III IlANINllNn

Your 0hedient Servant,
j. Fl. HAMMOND.
Now, we contend that there is all the diff
ference in the world between Southern slave,
and free white laboring man Of the North
In the South the slave is owned, flesh and
blood, bones and gristte and all, By his master.
lie receives his food and clothing, such az it
is, only for his work How much that amounts
to, we have Scnator HnmmoniA own word
for, in speech made at home, for home con-
sumptiea. lie cutered into an estimate TO
show that ssa field hnnd could be supported for
| from eighteen TO nineteen dollars pc, anpum,
on the rice and cotton plantations lie has
also the privilege. as Senator Wilson remarks,
Of being ''fogged at discretion, and having his
wife and children sold from bin at the uecessi-
ty or will of biz ulaster.n esThere is not q
poor house III the free States, where there
would not be rebellion in three days if the
inmates were compelled to snbsst on the-auar-
| tty and quality Of the food the Senator esti-
males as ample compensation tor the labor oI
the slave in South Carolina.
Yet, according to the showing of thisSena-
tor, NORTHERN MECHANICS AND LABoaERs are
SLAVES aud MUD SILLS; on the same
equality as the SOUTHERN NEGRO This is
democracy with a vengeance Northern man.
how do you like il The Northern man who
labors for bis. living, who receives a fair con-
pensation for his labor, who acknowledges nc
tasknnster, who owns bis own soul aud body,
flesh and bleod and bones, 10 be compared in
sultogly to the Southern Slave In this let
ter Hammond says that slavery in the South
is filled by an INFERIOR RACE; AT TIE NORTH
BY OUR OWN RACE Honest frccmon,
you that are your own masters, that by your
own honest labor support yourselves. your
wives, and your little oues, do you hear this
arrogant DEMOCRATIC LENDER say that
because you 90 this, you are slaves OuI up
on such Democracy Away with it eve
viii have nore Of it, should be the cry of ey-
cry honest freeman in the North.
Mr.. Hammond, no doubt, in making this
sweeping assertion in his speech, apd also in
this letter, thai fsec white inch are 9ud- sHis
and sieres, that 'ssIayery ia filed al The North
b. our own race, had ii Ills miad tie sand
hilcrs Of the Carolinas 4 more ignorant and
| degraded class does not exist Oh the face Of the
earth. They are whites, and live il the most
atject misery aad siee. and have TO -f,6oY;lcdgc
of heaven Or he'll, know nothing 4 what's go
ing on in the world, plunder and steal iand beg
the sanc'ity Of marriage is nnknosp an them
hey occupy slnall one room bu;S MStT ages and
sexes together These are whites and the
poor negro slaves look down upon them Witl
pity and scorn! What has made theu sol <
THE CURSE or SLAVERY But for this they
would be like the free northern laboring mcn
who aae among he most enlightened in ,be land
and from which class, we might namc, Presi-
dents and Governors, Legislators ani PhiIoso-
piers, and persons, engaged in all the active
and useful pursuits Of life.
In conclusion we would call on all free men
all men who earn their living by the sweat a
their brows, to submit to this pEuocnArlc
DomNEERING nc longer. You ARE FREEMEN
/ DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS to the contrary MT
withstanding, then ACT LIKE FREEMEN in rid
dug the country of the most NAUGHTY AMI
I.ovERBEARING TYRANrs that ever held sway
iu any country. SNAKE way for liberty