The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31

this pill OF its sugar coating and hold it to the
palate of freemen of Western Virginia and let
them taste it with all its bitterness. In this
Congressional district there are about 500
slaves, mostly invalid old men and women
and children. There are upwards OF 100000
freemen. In Western Virginia there are up
wards of 400, 900 whites, with only about &c.
900 slaves. Who does the labor of this vast
section2 The free white men of the Vest
Who owns them? Your Democratic Senator
Hunter, in order to make logical argument,
assumes that the slave owner owns them; all
that labor is embraced in the "household"
and united to the master by ownership
Stealey says, referring to free labor IN the
North, care not the thousands Of the SOCIAL
led free laborers Of those States forced 10
(which is merely polite name given to slav-
esq labor by the inexorahle law ofnecesslty."
Now ask in what is free labor in Ohio differ
ent from free labor in Virginia. Put these two
pimps of Democracy together. Hunter says
the master owns the labor, Stealey says that
free labor is polite pane given to slaves. Is
not the statement perfectly logical then that
all men who work on the farm or in the shop,
are mental slaves, according to these Demo-
cratic expounders? Do not the Democratic
papers of the country publish these declara-
tons with appreciation and applause? Mr..
Stealey never lmbibed these heresies until he
gave himself up to the protection of Democra-
tic slavery propagandism. Mr.. Stealey, for
the sake of your ancestry, why do you try to
degrade them? Your father and my father
were bound together by the common ties Of
fellow tradesnen. They almost learned thei!
trades in the same shop. Both highly respec-
table for making good shoe leather, and as
honest Wings as ever trod shoe leather. They
honorably worked with their own hands, will
lingly, not forced, and honestly and couilorta-
bly, clothed you and me-; you shall not call
them slaves without rebuks from me. AS
for Hunter, he was raised aDeng slaves, and
have no doubt, INDUCED in his youthin that
manly luxury Of occasionally whipping one,
! to deyelope his physical powers and elevate
his chivslric feelings, and after spending up
wards of 20 years consecutively in Congress,
ard while at home living in great pomp and
secl usion, now that he is just ready to mount
the Presidential horse, ii would not be Surpri-
sing if he imagined that he and his neighbors
orned all the laboring class Of T'rginta.-
'UNITED IN THE HOUSEHOLD! No man shall
say he owns me without rebuke.
WESTERN VIRGISIANs! you must free your
selves from this Democratic slavery propagan-
da party This is no time to party about
names among opposition men, or those who
expect 10 be freemen. Rank and file OF the
people, look TO your rights. What has this
slave party done? They withhold from you
equal representations they exempt from taxa
ton to great extent their slave property,
tax it less than II cents in 500; tax your
property from pewter spoon to farm, 10
cents in $500; appropriate nearly all the mon
e. 20 tic Slave omnius l;aisistS. -'2e.r D~...'-
ocratic Governor says the tax on property
must be raised this year above 40 cents 10 the
500; that on slaves cannot be raised. Mer-
chants are TO be taxed one per cent on all the
sales; this comes of you; the slave wears but
!! few store goods; S240, 600 was appropriated
t his winter TO educate slave holders sor; none
comes West for that purpose. The Democratic
leaders Of the town and city cliques are bound
together by the cohesive ties Of public plumber
and slavery propagandism: they flatter and
cajole you, while they are taking the last
crumb from your children to uphold tho
Shareholder. These leaders are bound to he
loyal to the East, or the Richmond Enquirer,
Examiner, or Wheeling Union will write them
down not loyal to the peculiar institution; the
country is flooded with Hunter speeches tell
ing the people-that ave masters representing
the household, do justice to you laborers
and ourselves. The leaders come along and
exclaim amt that great speech of Hunters
Don't that show up the North in its true light.
S'S"ASg 'SAAS W. luoI yOu eiS all SldNcS. 1ue
Wheeling Union says hurrah for Stealey-
that's a pill for the opposition. But, fellow
citizens, does this pay or tighten taxation
does this tax slaves advalorem? We are will
ling to stand all the time pledged to defend
the master in the rightful possession of his
slaves with all the power of the State; but we
beseech him not to Cypress US to desperation,
and then taunt us with being slaves, called
politely free iaborers."
Fellow-Citizens, l tell you the democracy
are not to be trusted. There was only one
man in the late reform convention from the n.
W., who voted Tor the slave exemption clause
in the constitution of the State. That man,
to-day, was honored BY the assembled democ-
racy of this district as the standard bearer to
Charlestown Convention to nominate demo-
cratic President. Henry A. Wise was the
author of the negro exemption. The strongest
advocates ofslavery are those whom the dem
ocracy delight to honor,
But that the people may see further excuses
of this democratic slaUery propaganda party
ask them as Taxpayers, as Western Virgin
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