Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-25

the catchwOrdS, " me j'rire Of idHd * the Tier
mometer Of Hbsrtyr' for their special benefit.
But al in vain. They still boast of their dear
lands and cheap labor, all unconscious that
they are admitting thereby that laborcrs are
worse of at the North than 1T the South where
lands are cheaper
Now, although, aS far as mere physical com
fort and we'll being are concerned, or slaves
are better situated than any laborers on earth
yet liberty is itselfa good, AMI we would not take
away the liberties of Northern laborcrS. by coop
ing them upin Mr.. Grcclcy's philansterics, or BY
reducing them to the more orthodox and natural
form Of slavery. that exists at the South. EX-
cept in the large cities on the Scaboard, Nor
thcrn laborcrs arc doing well and will continue
to 10 well. until the whole continent is dcnsely
settled. This may never happen, Cfor popula-
ton does not always increase or is at least too
far off to excite present apprehension and
alarm.
MrGrrclcv is destructive, and wiclds through
the mighty circulation of the Tribune, a great
er power for destructive purposes than any other
living man. lie has become more cautious, it is
true, and will not let his book be seen, but his
caution renders him more dangerous. The
Tribune" daily administers in disguised and
broken doses, to hundreds Of thousands of de-
ludcd patients. the moral poison, which appears
in grosser and more palpable form in the book
which We are reviewing
The conservative press at the North should
rc-publSh this article. as well To expose the
dangerous Vaccinations ofMr. Greeley. as an act
OF Justice to us. who have been most unmcrcl-
fully abused by the Tribune for asserting
what that paper had most in'luStrion>ly main
taincd for years before.
I'm ''CannibalS il,' We have shown that all
the leading Abolitionists Of the North, agree
with Mr. Greeley in the theory of the failure Of
free society. When we wrote that work we could
not obtain copy Of Mr.. Grecley's famous con-
trovcrsy Since we obtained one, We have
frequently cndcavorcd to elicit from Mr.. Greeley
some vndication of its doctrines compatible
with his dcnunciationS Of slave society, which
he then maintained was no .fai}rT, but Il
most happy and delightful social condition.
He has remained silent and will 10 doubt con-
tinIc so to remain. In the meanwhile, We will
occasionally expose and sibhct him, 'j''o b""o
p~biirO."
We WILL for the present. content ourselves
with single quotation. AZ PAGE Il, contrast
ing the condition Of laborerS now with that oi
feudal !aborcrS, he says: That in those ages
Of rude implements and unskillu hu>bandry
there were sometimes fanneS after bad liar-
vests or the ,lcyastations of war. is true; 50
there are now These do not affect the gene
raj and apDuhing ruth, Mat dVriEg Nt Losi
FIVE CENTURIES there has been complete and
disastrous revolution in the ordinary condition
of the tolling millions of civilized Europe dor
the same is true of other countries. Us well is
a ,,,,,rt;n,, Va tl,,,,r 1 n
population and III individual Wealth. rcvo-
luton which has depressed them .,i"m r"m.f"rf
10 rretche.ine's, .tiom cGrei'~ f''e :" 'hre~&'tt
"nrietp d"d s'rugyie .ror he b"n me""S ct eF-
isirn",. They have reached that point where.
in the words Of the Westminster Review
there is not step hut merely u hands breadth,
between the condition Of the agricultural Ia
borcr and paupcrsm. Instead OF the Fare ol
his ancestors, described above, his family are
Scanty SubsSted on potatoes and salt, bread
and lard, with a little intensely SKINNED milk
as an occasional luxury His weekly wages
will barely procure this diet and pay the rent
of his cot and when sickness or failure
Of employment orcrtakcS him, he is irlv-
en- to bc.gary nr the Union work-holi>c.-
Will any say YOU are talking of British distress
c.; what do they prove rs to us: Ah, sr>, the
same general causes which have produced this
fearful change in Europe, are now at work
here. Population is rapidly Increasing; "calth
is concentrating the public lands are rapidly
passing into private ownership, often by tc''> OF
thousands of acres to single Individual. And
Is our population becomes compact. and lal''l
As costly a> in England, tie evils now eNpc-
ricnccd hy the many in Europe will gradually
Elsten upon their brethren here. Our political
institutions NAV ,lo something Ia mitigate thi,;
but how much? The master evil Ill Tie rondl-
ton Of the English and Irish, Is The mo'inr"ly
of the few of the tiod-givcn elements ol pro-
ducton which are necessary toall. Aboii>h mo-
narchv. titles of nobility. church establishment
national debt. and whatever else you please,
so lon., as the land shall remain the exclusive
property of small and isolated class, compctl-
lion for the Use Of it aS active as now, and rents
consequently ~ high, 50 long will nothing have
hern ACCOMPLISHED beyond clearing away some
of the elementary obstacles 10 the real and cN-
Scntial reform.
But in our own country, the footsteps oi
advancing drstitution and abjcct dependence
for the miny. already sound ominouSly near.
I'm our journals, are advertisements. To let ou'
hundreds of our robust men from the emf
grant aims houses. To- work through the winter
for their board. while tens of thousands III our
city would gladly have been 80 disposed ol
from December to April Nor l. tins lack ci
employment, by any means confined TO cin''
grants. or to those displaced by them. Thou
sands of American born women, are ut tins
moment working long days IN our city Tor less
than the cost of one good meal of victIial> per
,lay. lsav twenty-five ccnts3 and it wa> but
Yesterday. that a friend living i'll the country,
casually informed Us that he could hire Is
much farm labor in the winter aS he wanted
for the laborcrs' own board, or for 3,l cents
pcr day. without board. And these laborcrS are
not foreigners. but the descendants of thoS,
who won our liberties Ou the battle fields ot the
Revolution.
rest here nv argument on the point that
there MIST Rn \ SOCIAL REroRM-a reform tha
shall secure to labor unfaing employment anc
aleo,,atc rccompcnse to children and youth
universally, ample and thorough education
moral. intellectual and physical and 10 th'
moor. ~ well aS the rich. the largest oiportrni
ties for social and moral elevation. with free
dom from incc>sant anxiety Tor work an'
bread. We have the confessions ot the bc-
thinkers and able>t Journals in the nl'
world, (scc the London Times and "Morn
inr Chronicle. that the OLD ORDER or THING
IA, PROVED ArAILtRE that new principles mus
he invoked. and new and pr"ioundcr rcmcdic
for social evil resortcd Ia. tSec. also. TN
Queens late Spccch.)
Has not Mr. Greeley. according to his owl
showing his hand full at hOms' Did it ncvc
occur to him, that society in Europe might b
restored to its healthy fcudal state. by rc-ln>ti
tuting frudali>m: His picture Of .tmcrlca
free society is drawn in colorS too dark AM
sombrc. 1t is doing well; and Socialists an
AbolitoniStS should 'let we'll enough alone -
both North and South. tiEo. firzIIt"i.
VuaIyrAxs AnRoAn-Thos. W. tiilmcr. Tor
rurrly Of charlottesville. Va, hs- been elected III
roiliu. Clerk "f the Senate Of Missouri and y. i
Rector. formerly oi famiuicr "'ui;y, Va: ia, bee
chosen 10 the saline position III IN" House" 'ec2a'
81,