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by the trick. They will tell the STAKEHOLDER in
Maryland, that white slavery is cheaper than
negro slavery; they tell their dupes up North,
that negro slavery enriches their owners only,
and the poor slave is wasted and worn by unre-
Quilted toll. Thus they kindle fires on both
spurs of the mountain and cry out to the beige
rent North and South to charge upon their enc
mics, while they skulk away in the dark The
inauguration of white slavery here is so desirable
to English abolitionists, that our aboitionists
hope to accomplish it IN the name of freedom
through the agency of the poor white man him
self.
Let us see if I am right.
Mr.. Seward, the acknowledged leader Of the
abolition party in this country, in his Rochester
speech Oct. 25th, 1858, says 1.-THE laborers
who are enslaved are all negroes, or persons
more or less purely of African derivation. But
this only is accidental. The principle of the
system is that labor, in every society, By achoso
e0er performed, IS necessarily unintellectual,
grorelli'g and base: and that the laborer, equally
for his own good and for the welfare of the
State, ought to be enslared! The uhite laJoring
man, achether aatice or foreign is not enslared,
only because he cannot, as get, be reduced to
bondage" That is bold, manly declaration of
Mr.. Seward: and however much we may abhor
the sentiment, we respect him for the honesty of
its utterance. But we are indebted to Gerrett
Smith for the disclosure, just on the eve of the
Gubernatorial election in New York. The
laboring white man cannot, as get, be re-
duced to bondage, and that is the only reason
why he is not a slave-so says Mr. Seward
But 1 fear the laboring white man will be en-
shaved yfhe tolloV Se'oard's teachings. 1t is the
South, and negro slavery in the South, that pre-
vents these abolitionists from enslaving the la
boring white man. The Barons of England Sc
cured Magma Charta; the Southern people will
not allow white slavery where they have the
power to prevent it..
In the North, where the Southern man can
have no voice, the meshes Of slavery are entoi-
ing the poor whites in so many ways, that will
give the evidences of this truth. The ssNew
York Courier and Enquirer" of Nov. 1854
good abolition paper-makes the following
"Appeal to Farmers, Mechanics, Housekeepers,
and others who need labor in the State of New
York and elseahere. All persons requiring la
Dor will please direct their orders as follows:
"For children of both sexes-To A. G. Pearcy,
Juvenile Asylum, % West 18th street, New
York.
''For girls and women-To Home OF the friend
less, 30th street, New York" What bleak
and cherries home that must be: thank God,
we have no such homes in the South
"For children and young women-To C. L.
Brace, Chidrens Aid Society, Astor Place, New
York" [Our Southern mothers are the only
Aids our children need.
"For Children young men and women, Fami-
| lies, Mechanics and Laborers-To l.. M. Pease,
Five Points Mission, New York" Signed R.
M. Hartley, Secretary of the association for im-
proving the condition Of the poor, 80 Bib House,
.Astor Place, New York"
Here is slavery, white slavery, unequivocaly;
but it is covered up with SO many nice, humane
illusions, that the casual reader would hardly
see through the veil. This Northern Slace Pen
far exceeds any thing of the kind ever saw in
the South, both in numbers and variety of it's
chatAes. Ineed labor but never sent any orders,
because I am opposed to white slavery The
abolitonists of the North must have ordered
pretty freely, for find by the "Independent, a
newspaper published in jamestown, in the State
Of Wisconsin, that in March following lot of
those white slaves was sold in that town, in the
following manner the Independent says -
''The price for each slave was $40 cash. The
Free Church was thrown open, the young fe-
males occupying the seats in rows some of them
crying! Customers then walked among the
ranks with perfect GOODNESS, examining their
condition one by one, and, as they found one
suitable, they p1anked the cash, and carried off
the prize"
Oh! what unfeeling, cold hearted slavery this
must be; to seize upon young white men, wo-
men and children, and sell them into slavery for
no other crime than poverty. What sacrilege
to pollute the sacred altar of God with their Of
ferings to the Devil. Our Saviour once expelled
from his temple similar gang of traders-say-
ing, they had 'smade it den of thieves The
cargo Of 800 negro slaves, landed at Charleston
the past summer, from the ship Echo, did not
cost per head, quite SO much as those white
slaves-the negroes averaged from SIS to $40
per head, on the coast of Africa, only
| To show that this trade in white slaves is
brisk and profitable one, communication to
the journal of Commerce" May 9Th, 1853, says:
can interesting lot Of fifty boys and girls may
now be seen at the House of Reception, (why
not call it barracoon,) No. % West 18th street.
They have been selected from about four hun
dred to supply the Illinois market. They are
met at central point bill Of sale is signed, and
they are taken to their new homes. Disposition
of fifty more has been made to 60 out in June"
A Mr.. Pearcy appears to be largely engaged in
this white slave trade
I see card in the "Courier and Enquirer" of
Oct. ~, 1858, signed by J. Fl. Ransom, 80 Dey
street, John Stewart, a5 Veasey street, and Sam
uel B. Calwell, 20 Old street; in which they
advertise to the Public, that they ':mtend to en-
gage in this traffic of running white slaves to
Western markets."
also find by communication in the Jour
nal of Commerce" of Oct. 1853, that ''four
thousand such slaves have been disposed of in
like manner, and that persons engaged in the
traffic gave notice they would regularly offer for
sale in the market, fifty head once in every two
months"
These Northern spectators in white slaves,
call it "benfgn institution, for without it's in
Il no Nv oP 81
gain :-"After thorough acquaintance with
the practical soorking Of the Institution, its OBJ
jects and plans have every thing to recommend
them to the practical philanthropist." Courier
and Enquirer Oct 27, 1858 This last paper.