Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-07-25
SIGNS OF THE TINES.
From Fredrseksburs IVA, Banner.
Throw off the Veil.

which has produced the present, wicked, ci- a
vii war, cannot be long disguised. Is there :,
a solitary man in our whole community,
who has any claim to intelligence, whatever, j.,
who can longer deny the fact? No, not
one. ,
Suppose the Confederate States should
gain her independence, and should establish ,
a permanent government based upon Afri-
can slavery, as it certainly woald be, what
would become Of the poor white population
in such Government The condition of
the poor whites would be infinitely worse
than that of the negroes themselves. The
negroes would be cared for by their owners,
housed, fed, clothed, attended in sickness,
and buried when dead, when owned by
good, humane masters.
The rich being independent of the labor
of the poor white population, except so far
as overseers and house-keepers are concern
ed, would have no respect, nor sympathy
for the poor, laboring, white class of the
people, whatever. IL requires no argument |
to prove this fact 1t is lesson which the.
laboring poor have learned, long ago, IN all
slave holding communities. And even the
labor of the poor white mechanics is rednc-
ed to an insignificant figure in the South.
Already there are in the South, thousands
upon thousands Of negro carpenters, shoe
makers. blacksitmhs, brick masons, plaster
ers. &c. &c. All this labor comes in con-
hict with the labor of poor white mechanics.
They know it, they feel it, they quarrel a
bout it, and stll they wish to establish it
permanently, thus fastening the cure upon
themselves and entailing it on their children
9 through all time to come. Colored labor
) costs the masters nothing more than the
hoard and tax Of the laborers, and the board
of the cheapest kind, and the tax mere
trife. Hence, slave owners can have work
executed much cheaper than white men can
possibly do it. Therefore, when coiored
labor comes in competition with the labor OF
moor white men, how can the poor white
laLoriug classes support their families, pay
all continent expenses, and educate then
: children, so as to give them position N
society, and rank with rich, slavesholders
They cannot do it, it is impossible
Nor is this all, it is a fact well known
that wealthy citizens Of the South, instead
of patronizing their own m chanics, as
: general practice, send to the North TO pur
chase articles which would be manufacturer
at home, could the manufacturers be encour
aged. As long as this state of things con
tinues, the poor viii reman poor, and thei
children must of necessity be brought up
comnaratiye ignorance, which according I
the opinion of some men, is just as it ousf
j. TO be. Because, say they, poor people
- children have no need Of education.-Wh h.
not? Because, if the masses were educa
ed, they would no longer become the vassa
IN an of political tricksters and aspiring demagc
em CUES. Our country would be safe in tt
= hands of an intelligent and virtuous peopl'
and this, aspirants know, and hence the
n aversion to popular education.
We have always been Pro-stacery in OF
eS, feelings; more, however, on account OF ii
negroes, than any permanent, solid goc
they are to their owners. Our opinion hi
ever been, that to change the relation whiC
servants hold to their masters, would be
great evil to the former; because only sem
civilized and semi-christianized, as most
them are, and being uneducated they are
- capable Of fself-government. 1t seems, no
ever, that the time has actually come, wh
important changes are to be made and ne
ed relations are TO be formed. And while
sympathize for the condition of the color
hing population of our country. we sympathl
for our country more. And now, since
country is thrown into one end OF the b
II, ance, and negroes into the other, and
question is being asked, which we will tai
our country OF the negro, we answer e
phatically, and uncompromisngly, our coe
''' Try, Jorever.