The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-18

themseIVes, InTEe OF them
with the nse of arms. haya no apprehension that our
slaves would seize such opportunity to revolt. The
present generation of them born among us, would
think OF such thing ut time, unless instgated to
by others. Against such instigatiops on our
guard. In Time OF We should be more wstchful ana
better prepared to put down as,ffsectons than at any
other periods Should foreign nation be SO lost TO
every sentiment Of civilized humanity to attempt to
erect among the standard OF revolt, invade
With black troops for the base and babarous purpose Of
stirring up servile their efforts would be signally
rcbuked slaves could not be easily seduced nor
would any thing delight them more than TO assist in
stripping Cuee Of his regimenals to put him in the cot
ton field which would be the fate ofost invaders with.
out apy'yey polk form of .apprenticesbjpa IT, as
am satisfied would be the case, slaves remained
peacefuyom our plantations, and cultivated them tn
Der Of onr citizens it is obvious that could put forth
more strength IN such a Emergency ar tess sacrifice
than any other people Of the numbers. Apdt
We should in every point of view out OF this nettle dan
ger pluck tie flower OF safety st, >'' '-e'' -
How far slavery may be advantage disadvantage
10 hose got owning slaves Yet united with us IN po!itl'
cal associations aqueson for their sole consideration
tistrue that representation Cong increased
aysi lgt 30 are sur taxes and the non-slayeLoiding
States being the majority divide among themselves far
the greaterToon Of the amount levied by the Federal
Government And Idoub not that When 1t comes to
close calculations, they will not be so,y finding
that the balance Of prof, arising from the connection is
vastly in their favor. ........
,SLnsry i,.lis Social Esects DusLing MeLs Republic
nr-- lacsnionsaessy Compas.Gire.. EIpensa Of Frye
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In social point of view the ,Abotsnis.s pronounce
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u9 9Y ReS c9Rceln. and yinous benevolence
in them to lament ovegi Seeing their bitter hostility
own calamjes, But they make war upon us out OF
cess of charity and attempt to purify by covering us
great deal ABOUT ARRAYS, dges and murders occurring
hsEe. 9nSal the terble decentralization OF
slavery Not single event Of this sort takes place
paraded the world with endless comments, vara
tons and Congregations, Xou should npt take what
reaches you as peJe sample and infer that theirs is
vast deal more haty never hear You hear ALL and
II is tryethat the point heporjs Recognized through
out the slave region and the disputes of certain classes
frequently referred for adusnnen the "ial by
&c mia It would not be appropriate for eio ss
maintain at length thatt does not ia frisf thecha-
ssieUf s tAd O. hg neT
cannot be attributed to slavery since the notion
and custom prevails both III France and England: Few
nave escaped TIE eontagioh r believe The ARRAYS OF
Which SO much is SAID and nwhichrines, bowe:krves
tier States of the southwest They naturally Incl
dental to the Condition Of society as it exists in many
naturally cease il due time Aasentarcrs rornthe older
States and from Europe asdepefate in chaia as they
are fortune congIegae in these wild regions jcttng
into fencountefsin self defence slavery has nothing to
do With these Wings Stability and peace is the first dc.
system. 1t could not possibly exist amid the eternal
anarchy and civil brois Of the ancient Spanish domn
ions in America And fol- this very reason domestic sa.
very has ceased there so far from encouraging strife
such scenes of riot and bloodshed the few
years disgraced Northern cities, and as you have
lately Witnessed in Birmingham aud Bristol and Wales
not only never have occurred but viii venture to say
nevcrwil occur in our slaveholdng States. The only
thing that create mob (as you might call iD here
I is the ape of an Abolonist whom the people
assemble 70 astse. And this is no more of mob,
than rails shepherds to chase wolf out of their
pastures, would be one. s.e. e.. n, s.ssas
T.. Bnt we swinders and repudators! Pennsylvania
have failed meet their obligations punctuay are non
savehoding and twohrds the debt said to be repuda
Union are heavily encum bered with debtnone SO hope.
lessy England Pennsylvania S22 for each in
Acknowledgment Saaa' counting her paupers in; Nor
has there been any reputation definite and final, Of
lawful debt, that am aware Of Afew States have fail
ed to pay some instruments Of interest The extraord
nary financial difficulties which occurred few years
ago account for it, Time will set all things right again
Every dollar, of both principal and interest owed by
less the abolition Of slavery overwhelm us in one com
non ruin But have no other nations failed to pay
much did your National Bank pay on its immense
circulation from 1927 to 1927 during which period that
circulation was nconvertbe and for the time repudia
ted How much OF your National debt hos been incur
red for money borrowed to meet the interest it. thus
avoiding delinquency in detail, by nsurng inevitable
bankruptcy and reputation jn the end And what sort
Of operation that by which your present Ministry
recently expunged handsome amount Of that debt by
substituting througha process just not
species of security for anothera we'll aware that
the faults OF others do not excuse own but when
equal extent where does not exist surely sa
ye'y mustp be acquitted OF the accusation. :
IL & - Z.
In an economical point of view which will not omit
slavery presents some difficulties As general rule,
agree it must be admitted that free labor is cheaper than
labor The slave himself must Be paid Tor and thus his
labor is all purchased at once and for frifHg
His icc was in the rstplsee paid mostly your coun
and assisted in building up of those colos
sal English fortunes since llustratcAby patents Of
l.biy gpd splendid piles Of architecture, stained and
Kidnapped inIocents; but loaded with no heavier cnrse
Than and its begotten iahatcisms haye brought
But besides the first tte slave ne must be fed
clothed; we'll fell and well clothed if not for hui
and lie. and rear aiamiiy to supply his place When
old, Or. sick, he is clear expense, and so
i the helpless portion Of his family; No poor
brings up his children for service when need
them These are all heavy charges slave labor
Hence in all countries where the deseness of the popu
laton has reduced it to matter ofperfect certainty
that labor can be obtained whenever wanted and
the Iaborer be forced by sheer necessity to hire for
the small pittance that will keep soul and DO,
az together, and rags upon his back while in ac1
poor rates; in all such countries is found cheaper
TO pay this pance than to clothe feed nurse support
through childhood, and pension in old age race OF
compensate for the loss OF the value Of the slave And
have no hesitation in say ing that it could cultivate my
word, resign my slaves, provided they could.
be properly disposed Of But, the question is whe-
country at this time situated as we And is deci,
dcd at once by the fact that we cannot aya ourselves OF
any other than slave labor. We neither have nor can
we procure other labor to any extent on any thing
like the terms mentioned. We must therefore content
ourselves with dear labor under the consong re-
Election THAI what is lost TO is gain to humanty and
that inasmuch slave costs than your free
man costs you by SO much is he better of You will
promptyfay, emancpae your slaves and then you will
have free labor on suitable terms. That might be- if
there were five hundred where the and the
continent from tho Atlantic to the Pacific was as densey
populated your Island But until that comes to pass
no labor can beprocured in America on the terms you
have it. -
While thus freely admit that TO the individual propri,
etor slave labor is dearer than free do not mean to
adm it as equally clear that il is dearer to the commu-
nifty and to the State Though is certain that the slave
is far greater than your laborer the year
round yet your pauper system is costly and wasteful
Supported by your community at latge is not admin
istered by your hired agents with that interested care