Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-07
SPEECH or SAMUEL r. VlNTON.
OF OHIO,
Ga the bill 10 admit The Stars Of Iora and
Florida INTO Me Union
(coNcLupEDl

Florida INTO rae Umioa
(coHcLuDED)
Ag ain. Mr.. Chair man. in ano her view
Of the whole country, he West now cy>
srts, aud br a loug time IN come mus con.
uuue to exert. n con rolling meliaiory III.
Il sence over b tin = brlh aud SAITH. u
must be borne m ninl Ibu legislator is
an aH,ir al bus MSS. intrn led not merely
To project what we have ot life. iibcr,y.
and pr 'PerIy. hut I" bring its -ir.ctiv, AID
To the sres' w"rk ri progressive c.vilizt
uon. OF III" iev, o.nnen, vIh OF the social
and individual mn. For this great bust
ncSs We in tins county are surrounded
with pecu lar Jiiiiuaoies. IN Tie first plac.
we have lao d,sun t social systems. two
forms of c,v,liZa;i,n, one based cp free,
and the other on slave labor, .oinr un.
eide by side, each working on, gradually
their own peculiar results, and each hav>
ing wants peculiar To itself IN the next
pi1se We are composed of conmumi les
Eal have made very different degrees OF
progressive civi!iz ,iiou, some parts Of the
country being AT least one ha. century
IN a-vance Of the others. In some parts.
and. for example. in Massac husets. ul,
ready great tivision Of labor has taken
place; u applied Ia the bIsin-s OF pro
ouI',on IN many varieties OF forms Cap.
hai mas MS many corresponding modes III
investment. Many ioru,s OF social organ
iza'ion have sprung up in aid of the el,
forts o! capita, Of labor. aud OF intellect
ual development. On the other hand, a.
long the Atlantic, at the extreme South.
asin South Carnlins, for example. capital
and Labor are for tho most part devoted 10
one pursui, and applied in one form .,.iv
mere, Of course, that pr, uil AMI ttiat
mode %; invest sent is p..am..,.nt TO al
others; II Controls -, .,.ners, makes all
o'hsrs su6ss.".>>..i ~. Now, for;una,e>
W ioI'ae VT ole country, it so happens
.Lt, as in the other respects al eady point.
cd out. tho West holds, and for long
ume To come will continue 10 occupy, u
middle ground between he Two extremes.
1t we look at western Pennsylvania and
westcra Virginia. both l., ing n the wa>
ters OF The Mississippi. At Ohio, Kentucky.
aud at the whole of Vie uraIn-gron inv
section Of the West, with the exception OF
the very newly formed settlements, we
shall find tina; labor and capial have al
re'dy assume many forms. and ar. dai'y
seeking new modes Of app icallon and IN
vestmcnt. In all this, however. they are
aud Will long continue 10 be far below the
standard OF Massachusetts. but quite in
advance OF that OF Caro- ina, where, as |
have already said, capital and labor ar,
substantially devoted To one pursui; only.
Indeed. have been tul III 1t il is only
month n ~ ,hut a.,
.on press has been put in operation in
Charleston; that till now they have gone
on without the aid of this great labor
saving machine, which has been in full
operation IN the valley Of the Mississippi
Tor many years past. We have in hi
country many degrees OF civilization, and
every stage Of il requires Il syst, IN of la Tvs
adapted 10 its own condition We have
aisp, as ! hivc already sal |, two distinct
systems OF civil ltICn, each calling for
iegh regulations SUITED 10 its wants aud
CONDITION; while the laws that we make
mere must OF necessity be general and
Uniform IN their application 10 the whole
al these different states Of society. And
here lies the gtca, tiff ;uliy in our path:
difficulty. the pre- sure or which | fell,
the hrs, day that took my seat on This
moor. twenty two years agr and which
! sun continue to feel with increasing
iolce as the old communities become IN re
complex, as new ones spring up aim ST
ANY, and as the two sy stems, based OH
Tree and slave labor, gradually disclose
and develop their own peculiar wants and
results. Tne question h wv we shall leg.
is'ate Tor such Country is a problem of
very Complex and diiicut solution. We
cannon come up To- the standard of Mass.
scnuse'is, nor can we come down TO that
" Sarolina; and hence II is thai, for more
uhah qIa ter Of cen ury past. both have
complained OF the ne lect and lpIust;ce of
the General Government both have bla
med each other; both have laborsd unJe,
excited feeling; b til have Invei,bed 8,
ga.nst each other; both have oc.a ,ionoI,
'"ou,geu I'D thr'a's OF the dissolution of
the Onion. Now, il we were 10 adapt
our legislation TO the condition of Massa
cnasoIs, u would be to the new ,r,lepents
IKE putting tho garments of The fail
grown man upon the in FAINT chill: and II
we iegislated with single eve IN tbs
new CON nunities, such Legislation wo,Il
DC 10 NJ 'ssachuselis like iJrcing Tho -.
ments OF the infant upon the man Stand.
ing iull six feet six in hi, shoe, No
sir, u both the S,u'h and the North ,yo ,,i
eoolly and imparlially look at the f,c,s a.
,hey are at The con lition of things n
nave described II, they would mi dovn 80
unavoidable necessity much tbev ba,o
been IN the habit Of blaning e,cb a,ha.
Tor I; they would both come TO Tho c,na'o
SION that. considering the comp'iraleJ ooJ
diversified condition Of our soc;' 90 49,
wonder is that our laws have. in tbs ~ ~
worked SO well; th-t they have done sn
much good an So little harm.
wow. these diversilies Of condi ion coil,
continue, for long time at Iens, ,o 90, + I,n -
~, ,ln'e the old communities will 60 on win
n sleal work OF Development. wLilr
non,;s soc'e'',' Tor very long period viii
commune to,rl,c up IN success ION ovs, nn,
vast unpeopled domiin betyssn ,,o &c, &c. ou'
Hacihc ocean. While M. -. ~" '"e