Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-13

labor systems. and the higher the nominal civili-
ziiion the heavier the burden-the more bIrbsric
the results,
II j. not necessary 10 think OF ,uthern slavery
a. the substitute for Eagli~h misery, our pug
ntci0n- nelgllbIr seems g, imagine We would do.
There ought u be golden mean between the
two systems, freedom and starvation, slavery aud
fatness. That goldep mean il Is the object of
the true philAnthropist find. IL is idle TO
waste words in talking about freedom" using
that word in the cant Specification now given il by
90 many. There Is no sGch thing a. "a free
condition OF society" in this country or in Eng.
land in the sense that abolitioni-is imply. Lib
erty does not consist in the right to do a. We
ple,se work as We plelse. Diy as We please feed
a. please. -tsrve please Liberty con-
s~'s in teuc - protected That other cannot
harm Us Pee labor" ia the proper sense OF
the term, Is not freedom to work when. where.
and tor what waves a mn pletses Establish
such rule OF labor. and u becomes necessary 10
the rich man heavily save the laZy poor
from starving. Adopt the Utop,n idea Of let
ting labor be absolutely free. and the rich man
also absolutely free from contributing to support
the libOrer when in suffering. and We would have
land full OF starvation, and the unouried bones
OF our poor would line our highways. We there
fore have laws TO compel the rich 10 contribute
to the support OF the pour and these are the pres
ent substitutes for the compulsory payment of
laborers We have laws in some States. New
England States too, by which sell the iib"r
OF the poor 10 the man who will feed aud take
care them: and. IN other States. We iorce them
to work in other WAYS and these are the Laws
which compel forced labor There Is not civil
lied country on earth in which there IS not AT
present a system of forced lahor and forced pay
in active operation and il was the Evening Post,
not We, who said that that is slavery. Perhaps il
= IL mi a f1
States than people giue.
These fanatcal anti-slavery men see a "slave
in every man who is not free 10 cut his own
throat OF his ghbors. when he pleises. They
are afraid YOU are naugurating system oil
slavery" whenever YOU propose 20 limit tbs
right OF "A man 20 bring up his children IN vice
and shamele~Sness. IL j. against the ianaticism
OF such men that philanthropy has TO labor, n;
well as against their false claim to lie the Onl,
philanthrUpi>ts
The idea that slavery exists in New England
NAV startle some men: but it is there. if forced
labor, without chuce, is slavery; and II Is at
tended with great evils. separation Oi husband
aud wife perpetual breaking no of families, SUI
ferng. sOrrow vice and crime The details are
abundant. known to every man who know. any
thing about what commonly called the poor
laws OF New England. We have ourselves seer
examples of the Inhumanity Of these laws, which
would shock the Sell~lOilte~ Oh hilN out HuA y
New England abolitionist. The present system
of free labor i'm New England. New York. and
orher States j. little better than that OF England
A careful investigation of the condition OF the
moor i'm our cities would show "a catalogu OifhOr
rnrs rivaling some of those viii IA Mr. kS has
given Let us not close eyes 20 this truth A
responsibility rests upun Us which must he IS
snmed and borne We have a. much need 10
reform the present system OF labor ~ MasSachu
sets as the system in South Carolina. and tht'
reform. made in our day or within the next fe"
ceniuries must he nude bv limiting what sbo
ltionsts call freedom" and extending, and i'm
proving. and eulqrging, what is true liberty
to wit, the protection OF the roor and The rich
alike against injury. wrong, suffering and temp
tation.
The enthusiasts idea of Utopia, in which
rich and poor will live lovingly together. ltsel
presuppcses n state of moral serytu'ie when the
evil passions and prOpenSties oi mau are TO bt
KEEP, in suhlection by sense OF duty or the
SUPERIOR law of love Until that moral suhiec
ton is complete. we may not hope Ia remove
from the poor the buruen of poverty and IT.
attendant emefs But we may devise regnla
ton of the different relations OF life. such a. e
save the poor from much sorrow and the worlt
from much vice and crime. AT the sumo time 'ha
we extend the true principles of liberty ant
bring men into their influence who now enjoy
only an imaginary freedom in Old England ant
New England.