Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-02-29
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may not be amiss, now that : morbid fanat-
icism runs wild, and plain reasons and stub
born facts are no longer clamps to eur feet
or guides to our pathway. The great mass
|of men are only seeking how to b clothed
and how to be fed, as the great objects of
their existence. "The human necessity for
daily bread" is forcing their undivided At.
tention to that subject. Politicians and
Office seekers, however, from constable to
Governor, are doing rushing business ont
Of the niger agitation but IS theirs is only
a n.ercennry interest, let Us inquire into the
interest of this large class Of bread eaters
and clothes seekers. 80.
The products of slave labor enter into the
minutest details Of our life. We advise the
fanatics to consider that we drink big drops
Of African sweat in every cup of our morn
ing coffee. Every buckwheat cake is sweet.
ened BY . small groau from the plantation
slave. Every boiled shirt that decorates the
" human form divine" has felt some touch
from the overseer's lash. Add just one
more picture to this panorama Of griefs =
Scene-A Northern Abolition meeting. Au.
dience-A sympsthizing asssmblage Of H.
dies and gentlemen, large, respectable, and
enthusiastic. Suddenly, Is ponderous an.
athemas against slavery awaken the echoes
that lie hid in every boot heel, umbrella and
walking stick, every particle Of slave grown
cotton fabric follsfrom their gar ments. The
imposing cotton shirt collars have vanished
Their pants Of glossy satinet thres-fourtha
disappear. In male attire tho change il
complete and perfect. The ladies can liter
ally take up the vail Of Flora McFlimsey
shout nothing to wear" The well dressed
Spanish gentleman, with his spurs, is now
L fashionable man, and the ladies, whose
handkerchies have disappeared, furnish a
scene Ia Venus de Medici, beyond the
power Of Hogarth's brush to delineate, or
the most vivid Imagination to protray.
We have drawn this picture to illustrate
the practical and never realized dependence
Of our people upon the products Of slave
labor. Cotton, and sugar, and coffee-our
comforts and our luxur:es-keep the lash in
motion, and the big drops Of healthy sweat
rolling down the negro's back, and We thus
quietly encourage and su.tain "this traffic
in human souls'-we strengthen tive
support it. Who ? Why, we Abelitionists
|of the North-we buyers Of Southern pro-
|ducts--we lovers Of sugar and candy-we
who luxuriate in cotton shirts and calico
dresses. and at the same time our eyes fill
with great large round tears Of pity and
administration, for, the evil we aid in
STRENGTHENING and supporting. This is the
.''''a ~f '.'v''v" iiypocnt'ca' sympathy We
practice Place this preaching and prac-
ticing together. It is humbug But our
opponents do not forget that it elects "pop-
corn" and sell me out" to the Legislature,
and county officers and town constables to
match. Vive le humbug! 1t pays. Sla-
very is none Of our business, it is true. We
have no part or lot in either establishing or
supporting slavery, but it pays to ag;tats.
Well may official gentlemen, who are riding
on the: highest seats with the tax gatherer,,
eating out the peoples substance, and waxing
fat with county orders. cry out. A little
louder about the horrors Of slavery, Elder ~ r.,
Il is time to stop this nonsense, and in
quire where we are drifting These men
are humbuggine, it is apparent; but the
people should recollect they are humbugged
at the same time. The people no doubt re-
ally believe that all this means something.
It does. II means Offices sec :red-nothing
more. What can we here do about sla-
very? We have kept it out Of Minnesota.
and no one wants, to get It here; 50 there
is no fight about that. The people have.
and can, keepit out Of the Torritrries, much
better than we can, and will do It Is we did
it-and il they want it. there is no consti:
tutional power to prevent but they don't
and won't have it. With slavery in the
States, no one pretends to interfere, or to
claim the right even, to interfere, This .*ir-
repressible conflict" is all conflict for Office
by getting on the soft side Of human nature,
by shedding hypocritical tears, in regard to
wrongs which we are .powerless to prevent
and only make mischief and create sectional
commotion, BY discussing. Our hypocriti.
cal tears would be shed 70 some purpose By
|crying out . contribution to drain til.
swamps Of Louisiana, and prevent the b.
loved nigegsr population from having the
yellow tever. ,1zU5aYi1iHa bae 2niuaa
Il Is about time to adopt the principle the
MS: adopted and got rich by it, viz Mind
ling our own ai,:;;rs, and try and let others
do the same" To inquire how our county
Officers manage to thrive 60 we'll, and Why
% many county orders ara issued, and ~ Il
IN future we can't send men to the Legisla-
ture who might at least b safely employed
o. clerks to = pair Of hay scales. $50 : .