The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-01

y H All Is the gut OF industry
Whatever exalts, embellishss, and renders
ifedelightful.
Yet how are we to Prsssice H-how obtain
and pxpetuste this virtue-uuless we inspire
ourselves and others with a love for it-with
strong motives to cultivate and encourage III,
We may not disguise our condition, nor
mistake its consequences, five do, We shall
The wise men ofthe past saw and felt the ef.
feet Of slavery upon industry in their day
They made the same comparisons We do, to ex-
hibit it. Said Governor Morris in 1857:
Compare the regions of the middle States,
where rich and noble cultivation marks the
prosperity and happiness of the people, with the
misery and poverty which overspread the barren |
wastes Of Virginia, Maryland, and other States |
having slaves. Travel through the whole con- |
tinent, and you behold the prospect continually |
varying with the appearance and disappearance |
| Of slavery. The moment you leave the Eastern |
States, and enter New York, the effects of the
Institution become visible. Passing through |
the Jerseys, and entering pennsylvania. every |
criterion Of superior Improvement witnesses the
change. Proceed Southwardly, and every step
you take through the great regions of slaves pre-
| sents desert, Increasing with the increasing
proportion Of these wretched beings.
Is tho contrast less striking nowl 1t is more
SO. Exhausted lands are valueless; rich soils
made poor no progress any where; none Of the
means and appliances which make and mark
greatness and growth.
What is il that builds up the State
Simply this, that the poor and the enterpris-
ing make 1t their home, and love it such,
Ohio has been created out of the wilderness by
such men. All the new States are created in
this way. The free 20 there with their labor
hire it out Til they get enough to buy farm, or
own a shop-and then as propristors employ
Iothers who come on the same errand they did.
But our Kentucky slavery is an inseparabe
bar against the immigration of the poor and the
enterprsing from the older States and Europe.
They will not and they should not, settle. where
this richest and most creative Of all wealth-trse
Isbor-is degraded by slavery. Put the question
to yourself, reader, and ask whether you would
be willing to hire your time and intelligence in
State where your Industry would be stamped
us slavish. The South receives, comparatively,
mo immigration from free States. Nor can she.
; Hence are we cut off by the monster evil of our
!, lage and land, from the great source OF growth.
What is it that sustains Stats'
We hear people say sometimes "Oh you talk
of the dspopulation Of the South-look at Ala
bama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkansas, Tex
ss-these are new States-they are all filling up
all growing" Admit ii. But how are they
filling up BY planters from the old States, who
have left their homes and lands to exhaust again
= the rich virgin soil of the West. And wha
= will be their growth Just what South Caro-
lina's was. They win start well-look vigorou.
> for a season -aag-fslter-fall. For the rita
principle is wanting to sustain State wher,
slavery exists, as we may discern, If We will bu
!, look diligently upon the Northern States
' Where there is labor degraded All is recipro
!, cal. II the farmer hires laborers. or the manu-
u faeturer workmen, they have no cause Of quar-
' rel with each other. no ground for ill-will; M
il opposition. They all toll together employer
Il aud employed. They who hire their labor Il
farmers, do so for their gain, and expect ere loni
to obtain means to buy for themselves a farm
) Thus wealth goes on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
u increasing-and the power Of the State multi
plying with rapid progress. The reverse of thi
u is the case in the South. There the slav
J. comes in-degrades labor-robs it Of its vita
principle Of growth-and leaves it poor in re
J. source, weak in wealth, monotonous in employ
: ment, and sinks it lower and lower every yea
y in all that gives nurtures real power.
:. Nor can we, amid slavery, alter this conditio
Of things.
a We hear men say, d" introduce manufacture,
t, vary labor, scatter the wealth of the South teac
II it industry, force il to toll and become enter
prsing, and the South would be equal to tn
d North" Well, do it! 1t is easy to talk. Tn
}. South Carolina men are at this now. We hav
n before us an able article from the Columbia Car
Gilman, and two long letters. from distinguish
Is ed ci.izen,, asserting and showing, that tn
only want is Z" the resolve to do " to max
South Carolina as thrifty and thriving Con
n aectcut." II cannot be done. Gods eterns
: laws puts this beyond the power of mortal man
4, Only reason upon it a moment, Independent
wholly of the general effect Of slavery upon in
dustry. No man ut the North needs cash capi
!. tai to start with. Free air and firm tread, an
the opportunity to work, is all that he wants.
His muscles and head will do the rest. He vii
sell his labor, as we have already said, and wit
q that create wealth and buy his farm. And
q there be capital which seeks investment in man
2 ufactures, or foun,eries, or large establishment
Of any industrial character, the owners hire thei
operaiivss--fify all hundred, three hundred, fiv
9 hundred-to ply the machinery, or toll at III
3 forge, or do whatever is needed, giving then
: pay, weekly, for their work. But how IL il il
the slave States There operatives for farms
for manufacturing purposes, have to be bough
frst--and thus, at the outset, barrier is raises
up, which stops all healthy aud onward move
ments in this respect. We have few small ira
ders--few small farmers-few small manufac
turers; the tendency is to drive all such away
not only because slavery demands large planta
tions--but because II monopolizes business, an,
. property within limited circle of individuals
Add to this the facts already stated. that slavsr,
degrades labor, that the slaves are non produc
ers, and make, by their existence as such, tn,
laboring whites around them non-producers, t,
great extent also, and we must admit that W,
of the South, while slavery exists, cannot sue
coed, largely, in introducing manufactures, diff
fasing wealth. or teaching our people to be in
dustrious, enterprising-or making, in the tru
sense Of the word, the majority of our white Ia
borers, producers.