Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-02
Prom the New Yo,k Evening Post.
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into all the livery stables and saw. pens. and had
not been able to discover that n single animal had
suffered from hanger or peri>hei by starvation,
in consequence of it IT he should then add that
he had gone through the haIitatiSno of the poor
in this city and found many who were suffering
from destitutinn and il he should thence con-
clnde that il we're better to he . Nurse or n COZ"
than a human being, we could scarcely admire
his logic or his humanity.
Yet this IS precisely the logic and the humanity
of those who undertake to compare the condition
OF the Southern slaves and the Northern work
ingman in this time of tent Orary distress. and
to argue that, because tho personal wants of the
slave are cared for. while the personal wants OF
the wo"kingman are precariously supplied, the
on lit - OF ths Il vs is batter than the cnndi.
tion of the w0rkingman. The slave is property,
like the horse aud the cow. and So long as he can
be sold for II price, will be kept in Il tOlerahle
substance, like the horse and the COW but the
wOrkingmiu is not property, he is u person, and
a. a person he is exposed to the vieissi;udes Of the
personal condition.
We cut, not long since, from n Richmond papcr.
which announced the stopoage of certain tobacco-
factories in which slaves were employed, the FOL
lowing commentary:
''What becomes of the unhappy slaves? Are
they reduced to want, or driven to earn Il scant
substance by excessive Labor Not mt all. On
the contrary they are as well supplied with all the
provisions vt II comfortable existence as il they
were yielding the largest profit to their EN- 2Ioyers.
They may be seen idling along the streets with
an aspect of perfect content aud exuberant good
nature Cor they are secure against restitution,
whatever calamity may overtake their masters.
"The panic has produced the same effect in the
North, only in an infinitely more intense degree.
There, tho II great number of operatives are
thro Sn out OF employment: but. for them this
circumstance is fraught with the most terrible
Consequences. Dependent upon the wages os their
daily labor, the shortest pause i'll their tolls me
pufsultS IN involves, "A prupOTtluOutc dlnlluulOn IN
the means Of subsistence,
"iudeed labor in the North will be stricken
with instantaneous and universal parai isis,
and hundreds of thousands of operatives will he
thrown npon the world without a penny when
winter sets in with all its seventies. In want OF
bread. in want OF fuel. in want Of clotbing-des.
titute, in short, of all the necessities Of life, they
are condemned to endure inc,nceivsble suffering.
Physical privitatiOn always e~ngenders sncial aud
political discomfort, and this multitude of hungry
and shivering malcOntents will view tho marble
palaces, sumptuous tables aud gorgeous rrment
of the wealthy class with any other feeling than
quiet submission to the caprices of fortune. Nel
Their will they think any The better of institutions
which allow. it they 60 not occasion. snch unjust
inequalities of condition. Their destitution will
declare itself in some demonstration against the
rpposs of society and the stability Of government.
Men ut last are animals, and when suffering from
hunger and II sense of injustice. they are capable
Of n ferocity that might shame brute beasts.
Famine gave the tragic touch to the first French
revolution. Under similar circumstances, the
mob OF New York will exhibit as little humani
ty as is recorded Of the camille of St. Antoine
We hope this man is not whistling before he i
out of the wonis, we hope that the later report
from the manufacturing districts in England, AM
.he fall in the price of cotton. will not cUnvinc
him, pra;tic,lly. that his self CON placent gratu
lations were rather to hasty we hope what HI
suppuses will prove true. and that the South vii
steer clear of the distress which il Just now aflict
,u. a.. 4, ,-Arll r.
granting that it should escape in this Instance
which is not prObable-wonll that justify his a.
sum ptions and reasoninGs? Is it true that tn
slave enjoys, under all circumstances, such n fo
tunate immunity from the evils incident to tn
social state? judging BY the experience of IN
past, We answer, decidedly, No! In season
distress the slaves suffer with their masters
which fact WAS frequently proved in the veal
following the great explosion Of 1887. y Ne
Orleans editor. writing from Mississippi in th'
year. said Of the planters in that state; +,
example
They are now left without provisions and II
means IF living for the present year. In this d
lemmA, planters whose craps have been from ~
hundred TO seven hundred bales, find themselvt
forced to sacrifice many OF their slaves in order
get the cummnn necessaries of life for the suppo
of themselves and their negroes In many ulact
heavy planters compel their slaves to fsh for Il
means of subsistence. rather than sell them
such ruinous rates. Tier. are at ills moment tho
sands Of sldoes ia Mississippi that kno,o' not ache
the Iert morseL is 10 come from. The master mu
be ruined to save these Tre,ches from being stal
ed"
We might quote a dozen other paragraphs,
the same pnrpnrt. in reference to thar period n
would it he difficult TO pick from the newspapc,
even in the ordinary times, instances of actu
starvation OF slaves through the neglect or power
of their owners. When the crops fail at the Sou
as they sometimes do, there is destitution the
for the laboring class. as there is everyw here ell
under a similar calamity. Ia 1855, we rememb
the corn WAS shortat the South. and tho pape
were burdened with complaints of the general d
tress' For severa! weeks past" wrote the Pic
ems. (Alabama). Republican Of June 5,h, -,
have notiCed accounts of distress, for the wan!
bread. particularly in Western Georgia. and E'
and middle Alabina" I'VE regret" says t
Jacksonville Sunny South of lay 26,h. same We
THAT we are unable TO publish the letter Of q,
ernor Winston acc0mnanied by "a memorial to b
from the citizens Of Randolph county, shown,
great destitotion Of breadstutf' liz that vicinity. u
calling loudly for relief" The Claiborne S.ur
erRer said alec. that ':great destitution in rega
10 provisions of all kinds. especially corn. preva
IN Perry county" Having escaped famine, as
hope we have d" says the Montgomery Mail. cOpi
into the Savannah Georgian Of June 25th, ~
trust the planting community will never again 81
fer themselves TO be brought So closely in view
il. Their want Of thrift ard foresight has eur
near paacfHg the whole couarry in an awful cont
ton" ! am free To confess wrote the Hon. Sa
Pearson. Judge of PROBATE for Chambers ccunl
Alabama. 90 she editor os the Montgomery jour
al. that | had no idea ,f the destitut.on that p
vaits in this eoahtrg. Why, sir. what do YOU thi
Of = widow aud her children living for three da
and nights on boiled weeds, called pepper grass
He states in the . ,me letter that heCommissiOne
Court were obliged to distribute corn to the de-
tute Of that region. The u ,lton tGeorgia) Tim
about the same period, said, Many people
without corn or the means TO procure any. A
besides, there 10 none for sale. Poor men are
sring TO work for a peck Of corn a day. Is
pleads, NY children will starye,' they arc answ
Cd, so will mine. if ] part with the little ! have