The Ohio Organ, of the Temperance Reform, 1853-10-28

rushes to the auctioneer, bidding high er, supplicating to teach them sin in all its grades, - . ' i ' :. v ; " TU1 they giow too old for pity, i . k nA nu f... th !.. nl. l . i ! " v. . u .u B.uj i t , ! Mr. Church - and State Religion, passing accidentally, and hearing acci accidentally - dentally accidentally the uproar occasioned by the sule, accidentally sympathises, and ac accidentally - cidentally accidentally says to the auctioneer that he pities their condition, and will try to raise the funds (in and out of Par Parliament, - liament, Parliament, ) to have them properly edu educated - cated educated for earth and heaven, but he is interrupted by Mr. Dissenter rushing toward him as if to break him down, screaming loud enough for all the world to hear, that he i a liar and heretic, and shall not rain the chil children - dren children forever, saying that he will take charge of their souls ; but his words are more numerous than his deeds. At this juncture, Mr.' No-Sect, a near neighbor, more violent than either, calling both anti-Christ and bigot, as asserts - serts asserts he can prove they wish to train the little ones to be superstitious, and nothing else ; but getting absorbed in worldly speculations, torget entirely the blooming angels. The increasing hubbub wakes even the Lion from the sleep of ages : and England, attracted mostly by curiosity , .pompously enters the rowd ; but the Poet may tell the rest : ' r "And England, sorely puzsled To see such battle strong, Exclaimed witb voice of pity : ' 0, friends, you do me wrong t V cease your bitter wrangling, For 'till you all agree, I fear the little children Will plague both you and me!' , But all refused to listen Quoth they : ' We bide our time 1' And the bidders seiz'd the children : - Beggary, Filth and Crime : And tbe prisons teemed with victims, And the gallows rock'd on high, And the thick abomination Spread reeking through tbe rky !" 1 To carry out literary and philosoph philosophical - ical philosophical principles, Lord Brougham hoped that the happy end would arrived in the United Kingdom when every Eng Englishman - lishman Englishman could afford to read "Bacon," a work of note. Cobbett, unflinch unflinchingly - ingly unflinchingly the poor man's riend, said on hearing that expression : "It would be much more to the purpose if his lord lordship - ship lordship could use his influence to see that every man in the kingdom could eat Bacon!" Ha 1 ha I (excuse me, for I cannot avoid laughing.) The English, ridi ridiculing - culing ridiculing our country, some times ob observed - served observed to me, they hold (agreeing so far with our Declaration of Independ Independence,) - ence,) Independence,) that every man, woman and child has an "equal right to life, lib liberty - erty liberty and the pursuit of happiness 1" That is, every nobleman has a right to hold a hundred thousand acres, while another, not accidentally born a nobleman, has a right to starve in a wrong way without a shilling, a triple chain of caste, money and race, bind binding - ing binding the latter to lower degradation than that of the American black slave. One can buy his freedom while the British serf is hopelessly the bondman of his employer, followed by a fugi fugitive - tive fugitive slave law, if he leaves his parish'

OCTOBER 28, 1353. to' seek! higher wages, bringing him back as a vagrant, quenching the last spark of honorable ambition which lingeringly nickered in his breast 1 '' The English laborer or operative has a right to spend his wages as he likes! ne is lorcea to spenu mem in pun chasing the necessaries of life, and if not enough for that purpose, forced to beg or steal to keep soul and body to together, - gether, together, ' The right is nominal where the force is actual. Our slaves, at the worst, get enough to eat, and their filumpness generally shows that they ive on "the fat ot the land." I never heard of a slave mother in our South committing infanticide to save the rest of the family from starvation, an act which almost daily occurs in the Uni United - ted United Kingdom (united by force of arms) where mothers Eometimes put their children to death to' get a few shillings from a burial club. However, I must say that Burking for that purpose sel seldom - dom seldom happens there I , : , Hal ha! what inconsistency Great or Little Britain, emancipated else where 800,000 slaves at a cost of 20,000,000., or about $100,000,000, while, she does not give one shilling, in many an hour of need, to save her white slaves from death at the same time, so arranging the payment of that - 100,000,000, "that the ;-whit slaves at home are degraded lower to liquidate the debt j, I am neither in favor of American nor British slavery; but I must speak the truth, although the heavens of contumely fall on my head, and the hell of wrath rise to scorch my feet ! I must say that our Southerners (as a body,) are elevating the negro in spite of slavery ; and must observe that the British Govern Government - ment Government is degrading their white slaves without it; and, as a national jury pronouncing the famines, epidemics, and Btarvaticn desolating Great Brit Britain, - ain, Britain, and especially Ireland, "a visita visitation - tion visitation of God," while they are proceed proceeding - ing proceeding from a double devil in the shape ot Koyalty and JN obihty ! I must pro proclaim - claim proclaim the fact that the British Parlia Parliament - ment Parliament is insulting the common sense of mankind by boasting of the West In Indian - dian Indian emancipation, and East Indian Evangelization, while it is paupering and enslaving, intellectually, spiritu spiritually - ally spiritually and physically its millions at home. The Duchess of Sutherland and the ''Barren of lntelh cC may have "equal right" to hold a different opin opinion, - ion, opinion, but I know and feel that I .have "equal right" with Jehovah and Christ to . foster the truth and practically spread it. -Lancaster, Ohio. We never knew a scolding person that was ever able to govern a family. What makes people scold 1 because they cannot govern themselves, how can they govern others, Those who are in the habit of ma making - king making themselves "all honey," are very apt to be troubled with flies. ' ; ' , ..s'.'All "affectation .is the attempt of poverty to appear rioh. . i r. iM ; " True merit often finds its gold not distinguished from baser metal.

r NO- 42 WHOLE NO. 94 The Bugle Sounds. , . The columns are moving. The sound of energetic preparation, .al .already - ready .already comes from every quarter. " ; Tne State of New York will be the theatre of one of the most determined struggles ever yet known, between Right and its "allied" enemy. ; The result will tell more than any yet on record. A rebuke will be administer ed to demagogism which will never be forgotten, and recreant Legislators taught a lesson of popular will as merited, as it will be sweeping. Men who have sold humanity for a less noble consideration than thjrty pieces of silver, will be consigned to political damnation beyond the power of re demption. . Amen! . That hanger on to party must have a check who can say a , word in de deprecation' - precation' deprecation' of carrying the issue to the polls. It has been carried there for many a year. Hence the failure of all our petitions for redress. The Demon has grimly smiled in the Capitol, and the prayers of fathers, j .i j j i-ii uuu wuuieia, wu wives ana cnuaren, have beeannually spurned with taunts and sneers. " And do such men expect that the people will always send them to the Legislature, and then silently submit to their bold and shameless ti eachery to virtue, justice, Humanity and Truth? This long forbearance has already becc me a disgrace. Many a good man was last year sent up by this new element in our election. There is its place at the, elections. Peti Petitions - tions Petitions such as ours would, in any other country, have secured the object asked for. We will not petition longer. Our enemy has led the way to the foun fountain - tain fountain head of power the ballot box. With God, Humpnity, and warm pray prayers - ers prayers with us, there we follow and " Qod defend the Right." The auguries are all favorable. The great heart of the people is heaving up into the light of the truth. Honest men are casting off the bondage of party slavery and marshaling for in interests - terests interests of as much more value than those of pariy, as eternity is more than time. The fall elections will be clean of the usual catch-words of party ral rally. - ly. rally. The sublime and glorious issues of the temperance reform will stand out before the christian citizen. The voter who loves family, country or TT !n i e i J, iieaveu, win ue ioudu in, pnaianz against the black iniquity which has so long and bitterly cursed us. The red cross is speeding! and from Niagara to the Ocean, answering watchfires are lighting up. There is a stirring among the people which gives an earnest of triumph. The ground telegraphs the mighty tread. The Capitol will be reached with a power more potent than hnmble pray prayers - ers prayers for relief.. Men who regard the right shall be placed where cringing rum slaves disgraced a great State and injured and outraged a great people Cayuga Chief. ' ; . y A Drunkarb.-A blind man with eyes; a cripple with legs on; an insult to his Maker and a curse to his fellow.

'- ''' Prom or the Garland. ; KOTE-BOOKIKGS IN EUROPE. BT E. B. H. LEVERING. The Briilsh White Slaves, and Wilberforce Rehnectine the Same. A Graphic Poem. -' Lord Brougham and Cobbett. The con condition - dition condition of the English White Slaves Worse than that of the American Black Slaves. . . While touring throigh..Europer I ; mingled oftenest with the lower ranks of society, especially in Great Britain, remembering and knowing that wher wher-. - . wher-. ever those classes are prosperous and i happy, the nation itself is right and .' just at heart. With oiher unprfjudiced ' travelers, ot course L round tnem in : a deplorable condition. But as I am ' a yankee author, and may be too free ''' in my remarks, I will commence this No. with their own bona fide philan philanthropist, - thropist, philanthropist, Wilberforce, respecting the . crime and consequences. He emphat emphat-: - : emphat-: ically says : "As we hare been great in crime, ' let us be early in repentance. There will be a day of retribution, wherein -we shall have to give an account of . all the talents, faculties and opportu- nities which hare been intrusted to us. Let it not then appear that our supe supe-. - . supe-. rior power has been employed to op oppose - pose oppose our fellow-creatures, and our su- ! perior light to darken the creation of liod l" One of her own Poets proclaims the fact most energetically and truth truth-: - : truth-: fully .. . The curse of the poor on England lies Now and forevermore : The curse of the beggar, who, starving, dies In sight of the nobleman's palace door 1 And that curse one day will work its way : Aod with many a groan, - The H irlot of Nations, in scarlet arrayed, ' Shall die on her gilded throne 1" I read ft graphic English poem de de-. - . de-. scribing Fate auctioneering off the children of the lowest classes. Young and sinless he otters them to the high est bidder. 1 First Pestilence and Fam Fam-! - ! Fam-! ine eagerly bid, saying that when they get too numerous they will hide them away in untimely graves. Beggarv 1 next, howling for his prey, bids furi furiously, - ously, furiously, exclaiming that he will teach them a thousand lessons, viz.: to lie, to sculk, to crawl, to whine and rot in moral and physical putridity. Crime

1 ' Btt crowing on your knee, .'' - ) ; While jou iir,g iom little ditty, ' Pulli jour hair or lUunibi jour ' ee," j.j. .' ' Would yon think it wain't pretty J , , l'.: . i. Tell me, could yon 1 ' t .r ... : II you owned ;Uie UUy," would you t u ' "Wife, with arm about your neck, i. 8aji you look just like the babyj " .... . Wantt tome eaeh to make a "apec," ' 1 And you would reluae her may be t ; ' ' Could you t ahould you t . If yon owned "the woman, would jroa t ' ' ' little labor, little trite, ' ',' ' ' ' 1 Little care and little cot ; '' , ; Would you iigh for aingle life t ' , Would you murmur at your lot 1 . Tell me, ahould you ? i If you owned "the cottage," would you 1 Health and comfort, children fair, Wife to meet you at the door, Fond hearta throbbing for you there; ' Tell me, would ynu aak for more ! , ' Should you T could you t If yon 'owned "the baby," weuld you t