The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-10

him, smoking his pipe in peace and wondering # the
geoa people Z, nome have the same horror OF slavery as
formerly NOR are these the only additions TO whites
from the north Already the common laborer is coming
more ana more every year with his pckaxe and shovel
ms SPADE his hod and trowe, and his plough, to
MI up The demand for labor. The white population is
crowdmg upon you The far, far west has become al
most too far and the current already sets southwark
ms WnMor proviso, and all the slave-confnng
movement seems TO me but branch OF the old and per-
peual internal northern war of capital against labor
Northern capital seeks 10 conine southern slave labor
70 It's present limits IN order that may throw off every
day. by s increase, the growing tendency employ free
bor and shut up the open market of the latter which
~ daily growing wider in the slave States, and will ex
pand they Know, IN immense proportion with the distr
70 eonhne slaves 10 particular district, where they
now are the OBJECT IS to cheaper free labor in their
Snoflhern homes by keeping from the south The only
compelion for the free labor in the northern States has
sheito been The vast exrinse of open country to the
FNeSt AS that fills up and increases in distance It's
petition with eastern capital for eastern labour dnin-
ishes. And they wish to break down the growing
petition OF the South Every northern laborer including
all who work IN any way Tor living, who votes to
me slavery to ITS present limits votes to cut himself and
his family off from an immense market for his only
modify has laborncludng the whole country south Of
Pennsy lvania and Ohio, the existence of which
market enhances the price OF labor over the whole
Union and increases his actual wages though he may
never leave New England Thus the papable tendency
and real object of all slave combining schemes is really to
contne and reduce free labor for the benefit of capital,
until shall be reduced TO the starving paupersm of Eu
rope compared with which southern slave comfort is not
only happiness, but magnifcence if we may believe the
uniform testimony received from the Old World There
can be no freedom in such misery Men obey the
will OF employers die. The movement THEORETICALLY
squnts at destroying negro slavery at the SOUTH whilst
torgcs chains with both hands for the free labore at
the north
And this source of increasing free labor is not all The
gentleman from Vermont Mr. DLLINGHAM] spoke of the
few hands in which slaves held and the many who
held none, even in the southern States This dmnshes
every day by the acquisition of means to buy slaves by
poor people, by the division of the estates of the rich
ones AS you divide masses Of slaves the more white
labor is mingled with them, TO make them productive In
short the statesman must be wully blind that does
see that by the natural laws of population the days of
slavery are already numbered though distant and NAV
be calculated with mathematical precision and that the
law of the progress of that event will be accelerated by
every increase of slave territory into which slaves be
carried 10 advantage.
1t seems to me that gentlemen from the north might
find more grateful answer to give 10 their constituents
BY pointing them 10 this law of population and the sats
tics and telling them that they had kept the peace and
harmony OF the countryhey had not rent the temple Of
liberty in twain, from "uret top to foundation stone
that they had not burned the bible of repubcanism and
made the name OF America and her institutions mock
cry and byword among nations, thereby fulfilling the
envious predictions of the arbitrary powers of the world
and destroying the last hope and vestge of self-govern
men but they had left the institution of slavery in the
hands of the people where they found it, their fathers
had done before them and that, by law OF destiny laid
down by the Great Lawgi<er to the American people,
slavery destined, period which might be cacu
lated, without bloodshed, fraud violence to extnguish
itself, without murmur or a struggle to be no more a
stumbling block in legislation, and to be mentioned
IN the houses OF CONGRESS Would not such an answer
Believing that neither this proyiso nor future legisa-
ton will create real difficulty upon the subject of slavery
in territory TO be acquired by conquest purchase,
and not doubling the justice of the can view the
question OF the proprety Of acquisition without the
Had not believed it just never could have voted for
the act of the 18th of May, for supplies, the vgo-
rous prosecution of the war since that time.
ceive no principle of honor which will even extenuae
tho GRIM q still less
tnuance.
Gentlemen ask why prosecute the war They "scorn'
the land they "abhor the idea of dismembering Mexico"
Some would not "wage war for money--t is disgrace
full" Others say ''they never pay you" Some, on
the other side, recommend changing the blockade into
tariff and receiving customs at the Mexican ports to nav
the indemnity for spoations and expenses of the war
This may be well, i not more costly than profitable; for
know the blighting effects of high tariff; and if it
should prove disastrous to Mexico to the southern
States, 1t would be terrible instrument of war, and if
she understands her own interests would speedily restore
peace But the same gentlemen voted and argued to
keep heavy tariff upon us as great bessng-as one
which reduced the price of goods, promoted industry and
enterprise and forced upon us all the arts of civilization
and which tended TO promote the happiness and comfort
peace and kindness, 10 lay on Mexico in severity and
hostiy-to bless us, TO ruin them. We might prevent
the house frauds and smuggling in Mexican ports
which their government cannot prevent and thus secure
them the full measure of the blessings of tariff fire.
queny chaunted in this hall But at the same time
they tell us the MeNcans have no money. The gentle
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to send your armies for that purpose They protected
from payment by three powerful Mexican divines.
think he called them Incidence, ignorance, and want
Might he add three gols to perfect their system
anarchy, apathy, and gambling He [Mr. w j was un-
willing TO take land and thought it best to withdraw our
armies, and, presume, make peace on our side. -,
II such arguments prevail, why declare war That
power should be stricken from the constitution and with
ii all concerning. the army, navy, and militia. Declare
to the nations thai we on principle, wall submit TO any
wrong; as Christians, if smitten cheek, will
turn the other AS pous persons generally respected
by DULLES, this would excite the asonishment and pos
sibly the sympathy and forbearance of the world, or,
perhaps nations might eypend their resources in con-
test with each other which should take possession of U.S.
under the modest name of protection But, whatever
might be the result could moi be worse than to declare
war; wage war; and subject ourselves to all the disasters
and dsadvantageous incidents which may attend unsuc
cessu by the universal law OF nations and, at the
same time declare, that we will not avail ourselves of
any belgerent rights, if successulthat we will take
no land, make no conquest not exact money conrbu
TONS even demand payment OF ndemnltes for spoa
tons before the war-that will pay all our ex-
penses, and very literally, whilst in the enemy's
little as possible Gentlemen may well ask why wage
such war There is no reason but love of mischief
With such ideas of should retreat, for fear
cessiiy should compel TO take some Mexican soil
And when retreat, II the enemy should
foow--n we have wronged them by invasion, we
should permit them to retalate by invading us; and
when they shall have advanced far enough to return the
visit, clvilly ask them TO retreat disciple of
this school OF believer IN the inviolabiy
of waste lands or impossbily of conquest My idea of
war is the old-fashoned one, which implies violence
and fighting Whence this affected new terror of conquest
Nine enths of the world is held by that title Nations
used TO hight to conquer-now, IT seems to submit they
advance TO retreat, wien victors, Ii this Is
the law OF war, agree IT Is better to submit without
fighting, and retreat in the first instance Peace is al
fascinating but gentlemen deeply