Fur the Jgitator.
COULD TOU LEAVE THEM?
Could you learn that lather noble
In whose breeel dark eotrowe roll I . -, ■
Aadilose heart-wOl krtetl rt**tWljr' *''' '
Eqr thftboy ho lovpdio weltt i , ,
Gould jou leaya tho*e tpaiyy brothere. ,
That to Vou will look rot aW, ti
Through the rough and etormr iporney.
That perhape for them te laid* .
Could you leave that gentle eteter t
foo would braW a w»rM tor root
And ne'er more on earth mT) pad one , 'i
With » heart >o good end true,
1 1 (L ’ '
And la titer yean yonU seek them
Hi the land that gare' you birth.
done fororer are the lored ones—
Ay, forever passed rram Berth.
In the ehurch-yerd on the htll-side,
father, stater, brothers sleep I
Thou canst kneel there by the tomhetone
And In bitter anguish, weep.
KOREA.
KnumUno Nari*atiup»
From The Independent,
Austrian Despotism la America.
We are ao accustomed to speak of our
selves as the only free nation on the face ol
me earth, that it may be well occasionally
to have our eyes opened to a class of facts
which are constantly and increasingly tiana
pinng in our own country, j We therefo.e
peg leave to call ihe allcnnoa of our readers
10 a most extraordinary narftliva, detailed
in :Vie following letter adtPessed by M'ss Delia
Wehster to Ihe Rev. Dr. Cheever:
W oRCBsTER, Friday, 0... 19,1355.
Rev. Dr. Cheever— Dear Sir : Agiwea
blv io your request I send you the following
summary of (acts.
la me year 1842, bv the advice or phy
sicans, I firsl wenl 10 Kentucky for me im
nrovemeai of my health, in company with
a clergyman and his wife from One. n, Ohio,
and visaed different portions of the Sia e, and
at lengih wenl to Lexington. Being short
of funds 1 opened a pain.mg class in that
citv lo defray current expenses, h was noi
m' - purpose io remain there many weeks,
Uu. Demg repeatedly and urged'iy solicited
U' c'ergrraen and other prominent men in
me cty to establish a permanent school for
vouq; laches, I at lengih founded he Lcxing
lor. Academy, which soon became one of
me most in.eresuog and flourishing msn u
tions in the Slate—bringing me an income of
fuoui 8300 per yea,.
Tne i omaie hemg adapted to my constim
tioo, my health had very greaily improved ;
and in 1844 mv school numbered from 80 lo
1110 norms, and I had the entire confidence
o 'he people, ■ notwithstanding it had been
undersioou from the beginning that I was
thorough'v Ami-Slaverv.
No suspicions were entertained against me
ud-'i after me arrest of Mr. Fairhank in Sep
tember, 1844, when an annoymous Idler
was found upon his person addressed, it would
seem, to some fiend at a dis.ance, and
commencing “Dear Brother,’ and signed
"Later ’
In this letter an allusion was made lo a
Miss H. Tms use of ihe initials of mv
name was eniireiv wiihout my consent .>■
Knowledge, nor d'd 1 know aught of ne ex
istence oi any such le ter. \et n resui ed
m mv immediate apprehension at me raid
n'gu. nou , Wiinou'. anv 10-rn or warrant of
law, and l was.comm'lled lo close jaii.—
Some erne allerw.. d 1 was secre ly cliarged
win, uemg accessory io me escape of the
iu \u**n m
in December following tirs indictment was I
l.'irown away, anu a new sei o indictments
was go: uii —a separate onelo' each mem
err nf tne family—and Ihe (ourlh loranolher
ra.io wno escaped some nme p-evious, In
aiese 1 jsl 1 was charged as principal instead
o. accomplice 1 was tned oniv on one m
aiciraen., lor the escape of the man Lewis.
Such were the eyciiemem and p ejudice
wmcn prevailed in the community, that a
wnoie dav was consumed impannelmg a
jurr The trial continued five days, during
which lime the Jury were at large mingling
and talking ad libitum with the excited pop
mac^
On the fourth day of the trial the letier
Shove referred to, contrary to aU law, was
introduced against me. The Court had re
peatedly ruled it out as illegal testimony;
out al last, ihe Commonwealth openly de
c'aring thev could make out no case without
it. ihe Court admitted it to the Jury, and they
wed :o consult of their verdict, taking 'he
said letter with them. But failing to agree,
mev amourned till >lie next day, when ihev
comnromised, and ihe foreman drew up a
sinmr ue • mo lo the Governor praying for
rov uninema'e re'ease, which petition was
siuiei. di every member of the Jury, ond
D'eseiiec me by the foreman as they resum
es win me verdic.. But before it was pre
sence ,o me Governor be received a stiong
remnnv .ance signed by 120 of the most re
wecauie cuzens.
oeveiat geniiemen then came forward and
raaat strong affidavits in my behalf, upon
w h'ch 1 asked a new trial, but the life of ihe,
court being ihrea ened if he granled f. t m
mmior wa-> overruled, and i was sent m-ed
io iwo years confinemepi io the PeQ"eti u< v.
upon tins, me Hon. Henry Clay, Gen,
Leslie Coombs and others of mv counsel
risnec me Governor, laid before him the
lac s, ano asked a respite of .he semenee,
>na. i npgiu oe i -ied upon ihe other .hroe in f
owmeots. The Governor was very willing
10 tne respite, but before the papers
*6re compleied, my enemies succeeded in
secreiiv smuggling me inlo the Penitentiary
“"oe' me cover of darkness.
1 waa now too luiefor ihe respite, and the
Governor went himself to the warden ond
Rue orders that 1 was not lo be treated as a
wmmon prisoner.
keuuons soon came in from every pait of
'oe conirnonweallh for my speedy release.—
Jne Legislature was in session and presented
an urgent prayer to his Excellency in my
behalf, signed bv every member of that hon
orable body. Meantime I addressed a brief
note to the Governor asking him lo exanvne
the evidence. and .administer justice. He
sent forthwith lor Lexington for a copy- of the
tesumpqy which he carefully examined; and"
immediately thereupon sent me a pardon on
the ground that I Was convicted contrary ip
law and testimony.
At this datd I been in the Penitentiary
•tx weeks, onp in clqse confinement from ih.-
time of my arrest one hundred and forty
*ight days. 1 1
t was now fpr a (rial 1 upon the
w &er indictments ; bql Qpy, Oysley advised
not to insist upop-it, saying lhat I had
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expense, and he would see that these indict-,
rtieots were dismissed, that I need have no
further annoyance.
During ho next term of court (March, ’45,)
the CoromoDwealth’s attorney motioned lhai
all the remaining indictments against me
-be struck off the docket ,” which wpa done
by order of tbe Court.
After this I remained at the East a period
of four yeara, during the whole of which
ime I was constantly beset wiih entreaties
a id the most urgent solicitations io return to
Kentucky acd resume my teaching. Some
persons who, during the excitement, had
been very bitter in their prejudice against
me, acknowledged (heir error, and exptessed
a desire that some honorable reps radon be
made for the injuries 1 had received ; and in
deed some went ao far as lo offer io bui'd an
academy and present me with a deed of the
same, lo gua aotee me a handsome aalaiy
for leaching, and to g : ve me a city residence,
or, if 1 piefe .ed rural life, to present me
wi h a fine farm, ready slocked, and o as
sist me in any way that I mlgbi need. Time
al er lime d d they manifest their confidence,
to such a deg ee as io proffer me their ser
vants by ihe year. Others, again, wished
■ o tiling an ac ion against the S'aie for my
false imprisonment, and proffered me tbe ; r
graiuiious servh-es.
In ilie Spring of 1847, thev prevailed up
on my b olher-i.i law to move with his fam
ily to Frankfort, (Ky„) and in 1848 my
bro her was also induced to accept certain
nroposi ions lo move lo Kenlucky, and locate
w'lh his family near Georgetown. Eaily in
1849 ue ex-Lieutcnant Governor of Indiana
was employed lo visit me and lay before my
mind inducements lo return tolliat'climate.and
very soon (hereafter some Kenlucky friends
(slaveholders) made a trip to Vermont, ex
pressly to gain (be consent of my patents to
my returning with them, and I did return
and loealed in Madison, Indiana, frequently
visited diflerent portions of Kentucky, and
was everywhere recei-ed wish the u mosi
cordiali v, and Ihe same respect shown me
os though I had never been an inmate of
heir Siuie p-ison.
In ISud I purciiased a valuable farm, con
sis. : ng of six bund ed aces of Sjpe. ior up
land on he feilile hanks of 'he beautiful
Oiiio, (sou'll side,) dfecily oppusiiu and
o> ei looking the City of Madison. Herein
my ioral home I lived in peace until the
U in er of 1854, at which lime ihe persecu
loos were renewed with tenfold vigor.
An on i-Wcoslcr meeting was appointed
to he held at ifie Bedford (.’ourt House oir the
6ih of February, which was attended by a
large crowd, and flaming and exciting speech
es were made and plans concocted to drive
me from the Si ate. A set oi resolutions
were drawn up and discussed and adopted,
'he purport of wh ch was as follows :
“Whereas, it is known lhat Miss Delia A. Web
ster ius rccen'fy -un oB’ numerous slaves from
Trimble County; ,herefore resolved, that it is tbe
toill and determination of the citizens of said counly
tUa: Miss Delia A. Webster leave (lie Stale."
A committee of fifty men, comprising the
most respectable and -wealthy ci izens of ihe
coun v, whose names were npnended io ihe
catalogue, were apriointed io wait upon me
nexl day lo enforce the resolu ions. This
whole conspiracy was formed without mv
knowledge, nnd wl hoiu any shade or color
of provocation. And on ibe 7ih bf Feb u
ary, while quietly sealed at my cheerful
fi-'eside, enjoying the peaceful retirement of
my own little paiddisc, 1 was suddenly sur
prised by the arrival of a large force who
had come io carry their plans into execution.
It was a dark and dismal day, and ihe rain
pourng down in torrents. Thoroughly
dieoched, and shivering with the cold, ihey
were invi.ed in lo warm. The weather was
seveieand I ordered the fires recruited. Thev
sat some three fourths of an hour before
thev broached the objeci of their visit, and,
at leng h (he president introduced the secre
tary, who reluctantly drew forth a paper,
and with a trembling voiqe read ihe weigh y
resolves.
When be had concluded I raised (wo ob
jections lo the resolunons. Fust, I heir ille
gality ; and secondly, they savored 100
stronglv of cowardice and mobocracy.
I told them lhat I bad cltosea Kentucky
(o-- mv home, and I told them that I e.xnec ed
lo live ond die ihere, notwithslanding iheir
“determination .” Thev then reqir-ed that
I send in a written renly to the resolutions to
be read al the nexl Counly Court, bui utterly
and positively refused me a copy of the ies
olulions lo whi'-h ihey required an answer.
1 however replied ihe best 1 could from mem
ory, assuring them io very decided terms
iltai I should exercise mv right as a "free
while < ilizen of the United Stales over the
age of twenty-one years," lo live where I
chose; that I was not intimidated bv their
threais, and should stand my ground defence
less ond alone; and when they should see
fit to carry their threats into execution, they
would not require so large an army to storm
so weak a fortress as > wailed upon me with
iheir resolutions, thought they might require
a larger ode lo hold- it, &c.
This reply I sent lo the CouW, as request
ed. Soon after another commiilsev ioeludirig
ilte Judge himself, was appointed tovvait upon
me, and add another clause to-lire resolu
lions. Ash.nmed of the business, notm man
of the former committee would server on
ibis.
Next day, being the 7ih of March, while
00 S a S in my dombsMc pursuits, I way again
suddenly surprised by. the arrival of. thdcmp.
mi tee, who had come to deliver the. riotous,
message in subsfflnce as follows; “Onldes
you consent; forthwith to sell us your plant
lation, and speedily leave the Stale, no more
10 return, you.will be mobbed-at a dead hour,
of the night, and the threats of the news ex
ecuted.” ’
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These threats tbey~did -notdeem it neces
sary to enumerate, knowing I had previously
been'informed of their character,! namely :
“Your fences will ail be torn down, your
fine orchard ruined, your valuable timber de
stroyed, your cattle and horses slain before
your eyes, your barns and out-houses burned,
your dwelling-houses blbwn up, and.yourself
assassinated at the midoight'hour." '*"
I tojd his venerable. Commit leeto tell their
constituents they could carry their nefarious
ill' eats into execution, os soon as they saw
lit; hat they would find me at home, and
though but a lone woman I should stand my
ground. That I had invested my “liile nil”
in lhat piecp of land, had paid my taxes
promptly, was a law-abiding citizen, and
would sacrifice both liberty ancHife before I
would be driven fiom the Geld ; that 1 loved
Liberty, that ray motto was “Freedom or
Death,” and if necessary I would shed the
lasi drop of my blood in defence of my con
stitutional rights.
I told them further that I supposed lhat
they were peiieclly aware of my position
before ihev came, as that was the substance
of ihe reply I sent to their former resolu
tions.
They declared hey had not heard a word
of any reply, aqd until now were not aware
I had replied. That it had all been concealed
fiorn them, and ihe general feeling was ’hat
1 had treated their resolutions with silent con
tempt. Thus saying, they apologized, as
sured me of their respect and kind feeling,
and tendering their good wishes, they, bade
me adieu j and I was once more le I in quiet.
On the moMing of the 13'b (same month)
mv premises were invaded bv a gang'of'
ruffians armed with pistols clubs, &c., and
the whole day spent in industrious scotch,
but not finding me hev were constrained to
believe the statements of mv domestics, that
having been id lor several days 1 had taken
a trip to Ciocinno i for my health, and to get
some deeds acknowledged, and as soon as
that business was completed would teturn.
On the 14th I returned, but was still very
feeble. 1 had not been home an hour before
a band of men, headed by he High She'iff,
environed mv bouse and demanded of my
domes ics hat their mistress make her ap
pearance insianter. i was in my dessing
room a tending to the duties of Ihe toilet, and
sent them- wotd to be seated in the parlor end.'
I would be down in a few momen.s. Des
perate, and unwilling to wait an instant, thev
got an ax, with which they we e about
breaking down the door, when oneofthem
succeeded in tearing off the lock, and the
Sheriff was ascending the staircase, followed
by his ruthless gang, when 1 approached »nd
requested them to return to the pSrlor and
await mv convenience They apologized
and withdrew to (he parlor. In a few mo
men-s I went down and was. formally intro
duced to the She,iff, who handed me a war
rant, which read to this effect :
l ‘Wlie**eas Jolm W. Cole tian Male? unccr oath
that he suspects Delia A. Webster lias Made an o£.
tempt to cnlii c away Daniel McCarty Payne's stave
Torn, and divers other slaves from Trimble Couuy,
therefore I command that said Delta A. Webster bo
forthwith apprehended and brought before me lo be
dealt with according io law
(Signed) *• ROBERT GRAY”
Tiie sheriff said I his move was only to
apnease he excitement of a few individuals,
and afer an examination before ihe Judge I
would he discharged and return homo.
1 told him plainly that 1 understood - the
whole plo , that i he case was decided already,
and that I should go to jail, and I wished to
lake wi h me some articles of wearing ap
parel. He assured me it was n holly unnec
essary, as I would be back in a few horns ;
and thus ihev tore me away from home, not
allowing me even a change of raimen'. Nor
was I permiued to send for my attorney, or
to summon a single witness. Neither was I
allowed a trial by Jury. A score of wit
nesses and three attorneys were introduced
against me, and 1 had a mock trial. Not the
first particle of testimony was found to sus
tain their change, and yet this County Judge
placed me under $lO,OOO bonds to leave the.
Slate and never return or go to (he county
jadand there lie some four months, and un
less I could then prove a negative (a difficult
thing for mortal man to prove in such a case,
however innocent,) I must remain there du
ring Me, as (he charge not being criminal
or ind'c able { could not be sent to the' Peni
tentiary even though it were sustained, 1
The prison was a log hut of rude con
struction, foul and fihhy, bavin been usedmi
a pea for the confinement of negroes during
the time of collecting a sufficient gang to be
transported down the river. The weather
was cold, and the only means of having a
fire was a rusty iron stove without a pipe.—
When persons in the vicinity remonstrated at
the cruelty oTkeeping me without a fire, a.
fire was for some days kindled in the stove,
which filled the cabin with smoke, anti 'when
this reached to the point of suffocation they
dashed water upon it, and then it was confi-,
dentfy said that I bad enjoyed a tire id "my
prison. Observing me standing up by the
rude bole which served as a windoweodeay
oring to write, tfie jailbr'npiled.a board across
wjiich completely excluded (he light". In
vain I petitioned them to’sefid (or a change
of clothing,, and reduced as I was by sick
ness I was obliged to lie on a miserable bed
, with scanty'covering Tor'the greater part'of
my timei , ;
A Kentucky lady.io.tha neighbothood, the
wife of a,.lorgo, slaveholder, heating of the
indignities flndhwdshipajAy'hiQhtl was sub
jected, lookup:her carriage,^)h a,servant i#it
the paidal .of a dtcivipg stornr bringing wjth
her in a, basket, a supply,ofcfoi hjng and.otter
necessariessuiiedto wy suffering,Bt|ie), Thai
jailer, .however, doggedlyrefused tp open tbs
door pr allow her; tp.haye an interview with
me. lla.and.hia wife even refused to,convey
i* '') .■*»<«’ r»:?5 t,VA.;* tV?
M TUB AGITATtON OF THOUGHT IS THE BEGINtUNS OF .WISDOM,!! ■
uiu y.U iu «Miol.rrf/* ,lr
fP.ro® ihe com fb ria Vfa i ciT were j . •.
B P- C,t f had', got
by hardships t||i I 'would be willing to give,
up and leave the State 1 ?. . finding all.impor
tunities upelpgs, she commanded her servant
to take off the board from the window, and,
then resolutely stood by while he passed to
me the contents of 'he basket, and when the
jailor undertook to in erfere, she told him,“he.
would be made to. feel her husband’s influence
on his position if he did not desist.’’ I bad
(bund means, to communicate with my .law
yer ana on tbeSth ol April, 1854,1 Was ta--
ken out on a wim of habeas corpus and tried
before anoiner Judge and discharged on Ihd
ground of entire innocence, ifija charge being
pronounced groundless, I hod now been con?
lined in a most loathsome dungeon where f
was forbidden a breath of fresh air for the
period of 25 da vs.
Afer this I re'urned to my rural pursuits,
and after superintending the plowing and
planting of a hundred actes of corn, ten of
potatoes,'and the harvesting of my oats and
o'lier crops, I removed’my dwelling-place
across the river to Indiana.
On the 16th of June I wertt over to the
estate to see one of my tenants who was very
sick. The day was excessively hoi. I wos
overcome wi.h fatigue and taken suddenly ill,
and. l)ad to be carried to the house. I lav
there helpless under care of a phvsician until
1 1he 19 h, when I was again arrested upon a
waTant issued by a jus ice o( the peace in
the City of Le.vnglon, commanding my im
media e apprehension on account ofthees
- ape of the wife of Lewis Havden, who with
her family was missing ten years before.
You will recollect - licit I was arrested and
iiirpiisoned for Ihe aanpe, offense in 1844.
The oSLers found me oo sick to be removed,
wj noul endangering ray. life, and. thetefure
staJoped three armed men a.t llu house to
prevent my escape. Several, other office is
were stationed a Milo dis a nee from the house
to p,event the possibility of mv being rescued
by the Ind'aoiaos. In the course of Ihe next
dav; however, 1 found means to escape into
Indiana.
My pu jsuers had among them a man who,
from remain reasons of bis own, was mv
personal eiemy. By his agency, immediately
a Her t bis,< through his intrigues three old in
d'"tmenls, which the Commonwealth-attorney
had stricken from the 'docket ten yea's ago,
bv order of the Court, were re-docketed, and
warrants issued under them formvarrey.
Knowing that this might appear an iac.edible
ihing in our counrv, I hold in my binds
perfect documentary evidence of ha fact,
which [am able at anv titqe toexhihit. The
Movyioor uf Kcniuoky, oo the streng b of'
these iodirUnen's, sent ip the Governor of
Indiana demand'ng me os a fugiiive f.om
jus ice. VVi.hout any inquiry as o the mer
its of the case, the Governor delivered me up.
The Indianians, indignant at such an out
rage upon n peaceable citizen, hid me Hum
mv pursuers. Sometimes they secreted me
in the ci y and 'sometimes.m the country—
in a hay-mow, in 'he woods, under brush
heaps, in the rye-fields, in clefts of rocks—
some imes in one place and sometimes in an
other, until I was 100 feeble to be longer
moved ohoul.
While 1 lay prostrate with sickness, after
some twelve days search, Ihe officers got
t ack of me, look mo off from the bed, pot
me in an open buggy and drove ine some fif
teen miles under' a scorching July sun, and
after dark made a daring attempt'lo smuggle
me across the river. Here again Htev were
defea ed, and look me secretly to Madison,
where they confined mo in jail, lo await ilio
arrival of the Kentucky officers.
The vigilant Indianitfns determined I should
have the benefit of a “habeas corpus,” and a
large troop of volunleeis stationed themselves
a round I he j ill lo pi event mv being kiclnamied.
bv the Kentuckians ; and there f lav in close
ja'i 20 days be lb re I was able lobe token out
for trial, Tne evening prior te the trial, 10,
another requisition at rived demanding me
upon another ten year old indic.ment.
On the evening of the 21 si o( Julv, 1.854,
both warrants hav'ng been tried, I was dis
charged (rom custody by tne.decisionof Judge
Walker of Madison, Ind.
Again foiled, those slaveholding Kentuck
ians teturn to plunder my premises; and un
der the guise of law rnv house is robbed of
ils.eni'ie contents,,my farming utensils a-e
seized, my grain, hay, &c., aretaken-awav,
my cattle and other stock driven off, and 1
am deprived of my entire.personal propeily,.
even lo my wardrobe. Nothing whatever is
left upon (he ploce save (he growing crops,
the properly seized amounting to $9,000.
At the oext Circuit Court their writ of at
tachment is dismissed, and it becomes- the
duly of the officer lo return Ihe property lo
my possession. Instead of this, he secretly
sells what had not before been destroyed, and
the slaveholders pocket the moftey.'
Are they satisfied now? No. VVhile on
a visit lo my mother'in Vermont, they
steal and sell
my ctops', pocket (lie rtioriey'V'a'nd when I're
turS iti ; 'rnhi;e a payment 6f5>2.000 on 'mtr
place, lo 1 have‘n6i'h | hg with whicH tn' malte
ii—am bei-ep br niy tost dollar, the'payment
due, and I penniless,, ( -
This last. Spring, in., prevent nay /
op .tepantq to ipko r ca,re place, (hqy,
brio ke open.and. demolished si* of.rpy. d>yel|-,
ing houses, and burped i; ...\ r ,
My piose confinement in the Tour diSprepl
prisons, altnunip ip-193 daysiaod-ibejpaa of
prppprly to 811,000. , i .. . ,
You bsxAhere but the outlinaiof ray per,,
snnu'iopsi.and are at .liberty', toiineke-such
090 ; of them,, as .your .superior judgement
shall dictate. '1 Ut>.\ Jlf
Respectfully and truly yours,
DBWA A. WBBSTER.
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J This, remarkable history is authenticated
'by the most'perfect documentary evidence,
which Miss - Webster-is" able at any time io
produce, andwhich has been seen by many
persons of distinction in different parts of our
Slate. It shows very distinctly what sort of
laws, manners and usages are to be expected
in Slave States. Those who are indifferent
to (lie spread of Slave y over free (enilorv
may'yeflive To'Teeli hemselves 'tfie“’iron"Tod'
of that tyrrany about which now they are sn
indifferent. Miss Webster’s history shows
bat there are many individuals in Kentucky
who are -high minded, gallant, and disposed
to do-what li'lle lies in their 'powerTor the
relief'gf such suffering. But they are utterly
nowerless to stay the hand of injustice; and
so W‘ll all individuals ever be in a Stale whose
institutions recognize and uphold thfe most ar
bitrary despotism which is to be found on the
face of the earth. H. B. STOWE.
Dignity of Labor.
There is one fatal error committed by those 1
having Ihe care of educational in’erests in
the South, that ought to be corrected without
delay. The error to which we allude is this :
An omission to impress upon the the truth,
that there is dignity in labor, and that, to be
idle and unproductive, is disreputable. In
deed, it seems to us, that many parents and
teachers s.rive to teverse this g'eal truth, and 1
create an impression upon. he mind of youth,
‘that there is degradation in manual labor, and
that more handicraft is inconsistent with the
cha'acier of agentleman. How eironeous is
this !'how ve-y mischievous the delusion 1
Eve. v far-seeing and philosophic roan very
well knows that there is honor io palient la
bor, whether in the field or in the workshop.
In the whole range of industrial pursuit, from
the highest lo the lowest vocation, there is
nothing of dishonor. The humble artisan to
his workshop, who swings iiis ponderous ham
mer all day, thus producing something of
utility or ornament fur the use of the wot Id,
is, in fad, entitled to fur more respect than j
the polished loafer in 'he saloons of fashion,
who scorns to grasp the implements of labor
with his glove clad hands. The fo- mer is a |
working-bee, adding, by his honest toil, to |
Hie weal hof Ihe communt v. The laser is I
a me'e drone, consuming-Hhe substance ac.
cumulated by industry, andi.yieldmg no hing
in telu.'n. The one is a producer, the other
a consumer. And ye', by the laws of fashion :
and Hie regula ion of the social compact, 'he .
ti' isan is looked do,on upon by 'he loafer, 1
who happens lo have acquired some of I ho *
g aces, and has Ihe wonderful acquirement j
of being able to ext tact complicated sounds,.
called music, from the strings of a guitar, or,
'lie keys of a piano. Many of our sons at
tne age of ten yeats haveabendy been taught |
lo sneer at the swarthy mechanic, and to |
look upon him as sprung from an inferior |
race. Although it is not peculiarly our pro- {
vince lo advise, io matiers.,of this sort, yeti
wo venture lo suggest that, every boy, bow- 1
ever big bis expectations, however brilliant,
his talents, ought to be impressed with the j
sentiment, early io life, that it is honorable;
lo labor—that thelmnnrable laborer, whether
with the brain or the hand, is the true Amen- 1
can nobleman. And, in order to make the '
imp.ession, let the boy be encouraged lo la- >
hor himself. Gncoutage him in habits of
industry, Give him tools'—teach him'heir 1
use—let hitp produce some article of utility, J
fashioned from rudu materials, by bis own |
hand—then awa>d h'm the fair pecuniary
compensation doe to his skill and indust'-v.
Thus the you'h is linked to labor and identi
fied wi'h the noble sons of toil. The very
process by which this has been effected has
expended the intellect and’given development
to ’he body. We are satisfied that the at
tainment of some mechanical pursuit, some
easilv acquired vocation of - he son, ought lo
be part of Ihe education of our sons. Why 1
Because this will effuctualy remove the fatal
etror, so prevalent, that to labor is low and
groveling. Besides, a trade, in its acquire
ment—a healthv pursuit, that exercises both
brain and hand—lends wonderfully towards
the formation of a real man —strengthens
bo h mind and body—arid, moreover, in the
event of misfortune, affords a guarantee
against want or destitution. What a helpless
and pitiable object is a penniless spendthrift,
driven “from pillar to post,” who knows no
vocation, and in consequence of effeminacy,
cannot even “wield the spade or speed the
plow;” '
II isa dangerous experiment for one id lay
any blameiat the door o( r (Jio ladies. This
we are well convinced of; and yet, as a can
did journalist,, we must say that some of 'he
ladies are greatly (o blame in propagating
the idea, that there is degradation iq labor.
They bar the.door of the social circle to the
bard-handed son of toil,.lyhose whole life is
composed of virtuous action, simply because
he is aj "■mechanic" and.-.lhev .throw .those
doors wide open jo everv .polished, dissipated,
I .taler, whose..externals, bring himundertbe
false designation of gentleman. We should
all be l laborers. '• -There Shbuld.be.no distinc
tion bet weenMha,.different velasses of.labors,
as 1 such—no "distinction between those who.
labor with the headand Ihosewholubor with
the hand;''The only' distinction should be
produced by superior personal eminence in
voddtlOn, and by imellectual and moral-ntlri
bbtes;' '=*•" • ‘ ■ -■ :l --
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quayiei^, ( by. p|iijo?pphical..njid ; £eflectiy|i menj
Apd I y,el, : .i(va consider I)l9lAna i; ye.t)ii,tgents.hVpj
coj(wi}r!i».oi!iwrtby.oCi»fe,^ipl^y^Vo
apddipt the spaq^aspignaathem jo.Qnyouf'-'
UliCQuld not-be. more .profitably. ap'prppp'
icd.r—Riqkvumd-American.:~
HBka us, US notice arid pnttciae what Johnson
? a ? 'of Oolbtnbo
Life/* ■' 1 «'
|i- Arsenic; wr employed these people ’to
inake the; plum p l'and rubicund, and'to
Improve the brealhiog,oit of wh ch efiecis
reault* Thßarhijonale, qfits
modus ;operandi is pceciscly.jhp,snipe as, that
of. alcphol, tobacco, opium, hr.any Other nar
cotic,-end also like.-thalof .antimonyvcod
liyer-toil, iodine or other.poisons, when given
tq fatten men or animals.,. They lessen the
wasie of the,body-only by preventing depu
ration and causing an,accumulation of .fatty
or effete .matter.,in the .- areolar , tissue; and
they produce a.high color |>y the feverishness
which; attends the efforts of, the organism to
resist or get rid of poison, or “morbid.poi
son,” as our “up-to.wn’’ Professors said in
their lute inaugurals.
Arsenic, alcohol, tobacco, antimony and
various other poisons ‘improve the breathing’
because, in defending itself against the poi
son, the decarbonizing and oxidizing process
es are transferred in a measure from (be
lungs to the oilier emunclories. .
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This is fully treated in a small
work cow .being published by Fowlers &
Weils, entitled ‘The Alcoholic Controversy.’:
The woik in question is a review of a latej
article in the Westminster Review, under ibq
head of “The Physiological Errors of Teei
tntalism.”- In this article, the Wes.minsley
Review enters into an elaborate argument tq
prove, by the power of logic,.and on the auj
thorite of Liebig, Pereira and others, lhalal r
l ohol is fond ; and be alludes to the arsenic
eoting of the Sly nans to sustain his arguj
ment, and assuhtes that arsenic has power],
when taken inrjanderate quantities, to invigo
rate and even :b rejuvenate a person.
His positions ore all completely demolished
and the prevailing fallacies in relation to the
action or effects of arsenical, alcoholic aqd
all other poisons, thoroughly exposed in thjis
work. It will be ready in a days, at 25
[ ceu s a copv.— -_sfater-Cure Journal,
Troth Stranger than Fiction.—A
widow lady, advanced in life, noiv a resident
of the Cily of Philadelphia, can fell with
truth, ihe following story, showing what
strange coincidences the current of events
will sometimes bring to light. The lady
owns real estate in Michigan, and the follow
ing facts were given to us by her attorney,
who learned them from her own lips- This
ladv was born and brought up in the Stale of
New Jersey, and upon being married removed
to Michigan and settled in the county of Mon
roe. There her husband built a house, im
proved land, and they struggled on together,
as many a young couple has done before and
since. Upon that fjrmVhis lady buried her
first born child, and a few years after her hus
band died and was buried there. Afier hrs
death she sold out everything and removed
with het two sons back lo New lersCy, where
one oC her sons died from the effects of a
fall received on the passage across Lake Erie
on the wav home. The oilier son removed
to Philadelphia wl'h his mother, acquired
properly, and, seeking (6 increase it, went to
California in 1853. While there, designing
to return home, he,exchanged properly in
Marysville with a man who owned properly
in Michigan for a farm, of which he look the
deed, without knowing the situation or char
acter of the properly. While preparing to/
return lo Philadelphia he was taken sick and
died, leaving his mother sole heir. The deed
of this property in Michigan came into her
hands, and after a time she in .dr journev
to visit it. Upon reaching the place she found
it to be the very homestead which she and
her husband had built more than thirty years
before, and found in thfc wainscot her own in
itials. cut bv herself years before. She now
is annin the possessor of her earlv homestead,
the graves of her husband and eldest child.
—Detroit Daily Advertiser.
A Love-Leteer.—The followin'! is a Inie
copy of a billet received hy a truant lover in
C:il itirnin from his Atlantic flame :
“My dear, sweet Ichabod, how I want In
see your big gray eyes. Oh, how horror
si'ieken 1«m at your long absence I I want
lo see tou and hear your hen ll. thump. Oh,
sweei Ichabod, now do come home and let us
gel maniedif you love me. God bless you,
iflyou are not sufficiently blest in being sweet.
Oh, you marigold, you hollyhoclt, you tulip,
you cabbage l Jh, you sweet owl, do come
and comfort your dying, smi ten Caroline I
Oh, but 1 do love your big red lips ! Oh, you
trim, tall fellow, lull of the manna of sweet
love, how 1 So want ’to see your model of
perfection I You have been gone two years,
and to me it seems like a hundred years.
Your dear presence would be more lo mo
than (he cooling spiingsio (he thirsty travel
er in 'he desert—more than the pebbly bronk
ts the wanton duck—yes, more than bu ter
and honey to buckwheat slapjacks. Why,
then, will you not come? yes, fly as swill as
lightning (b kiss the tears from the dimpled
cheeks of your rpad love I Oh; bleak and
wild is the house and especially the lother
room, and the woods and the Woild without
thee! Oh, yes, bless thee, my dumplin, my
jewsharp, my rooster mv gentleman !”
The Poor, Rich Children. —Butchers
usually kill their victims before dressing
them. Mothers frequently dress before kilh
log them. VVe‘'nd!icfed an innocent little girl
of about five years, in the street -yesterday;
dressed' arid pinched within an inch of hdr
life; ’'For healih and coniforlshe mtghtas
wall have’been in the embrace Of oh anacon
da. ■ But then, though thd pattern was (scant
it was a love of a the Irtilfei crea
te re .wore p .buiterfiyon, her head, ahd of
course it was,alf rightqpcl she was,a girling.
Mpw would ypu rpanqge fo,have a -game of
rpmpsj lhi pit y.pp, an anatony of
silk? and lace,.and, rilihpns) One mljjht ns
well atlenipUoromp, with a fancy .show
They Jia,yQ, I passod l ,a law,.and a very
onp,it,!s, to project quails.,, W'p want i
ec,; r onc tp., prpleCl, .pbddf.en. If the
afraid the race of quails,, will be de?l,
what arc,wp,say- of children ? Why,
are, places ip,'this laud of ours whhre oi
see.p.ve hundred epitpmps ol humanity
singlp, specimen of ah oh
ioppd,, refltcheelt, chrclie]df-ap yoncd ‘ ol
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