The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-03-25

We have before portion Of letter from
one of the distinguished men of our land, aud
| the first paragraph in it reads thus:
Let us examine the effects Of slavery on in
dustry in all its forms. In the South, manual
labor is considered mental aud degrading: it is
the business of slaves. In the free States, the
| majority work with their hands. counting IL the
| natural business Of man, not a reproach, but a
duty and dignity. Thus, in Boston-the rich
| est city Of its population in America, and per-
haps in the workout Of 9,037 private fami-
lies in 1915, there were l5,7 IA who kept no
servant, ana only ,O69 who had more than one
| assistant To perform their household labor. In
| the South the free man shuns labor; Gin slave
| country every free man is aristocr rat" and Of
| course labor is avoided by such. Where work
is disgraceful, men of spirit will not submit to
it. So the high-minded but independent free
men are continually getting worse off. or else
| emigraiing out of the slave States, into the new
free States, not as the enterprising adventurer
goes from New England, because he wants
more room, but because his condition is a re-
Proach.
Is this true Answer US, stakeholder, An
swer US, citizen. Is this truel II so, then do
we Cypress our own race-our very kith and
kin-as men were never oppressed before in our
land.
Consider it.
Every community depends upon labor for its
prosperity, growth, strength. 1t is artizah labor
and daily toll which make citiss-which popu-
late the country-which give strength to the
State. Does slavery afix stain upon these
Is IL the blight and curse of what should be the
duty and dignity Of all' Does it exile-srpel
bv foree-from its borders our mechanics
Let one example. for the present, answer this
question.
Take the case Of an unmarried mechanic in
Louisville. He seeks employment. and finds it,
He gets good wages, and all promises fair, as
regards money making. He marries. He is
not able to live in style; but he wishes to be re-
spected, and to have his household respected.
What can he dos His wife is willing and able
to help him; willing to work; to economic.
Can she 20 to the public pump, and get water'
That would be considered degrading, and the
young mechanic will not consent to it. He will
not have her minging with slaves where she
will be compelled to bear their open or scarce
jeers and jibes. He must have SER
wants. Then their expenses begin and run
up, until after struggling few months, though
satisfied with his employment and his employ
er satisfied with him, he abandons his native |
home, and seeks, ia a free Stale, place where
labor is duty, and has, by public acknowledge !
ment, a dignity in il.
Is this an uncommon easel Go to your best |
and most intelligent manufacturers-,os such men
as Messrs GLovER or BALDWIN, and ask. We new |
er exchanged aword with them on the subject |
But we venture TO affirm, that they will say
hat hundreds of our mechanics, satisfied while
hey are single with their employment, and
with what they get for it, seek other homes
,fter they are married, because of this rank
Of slavery upon them, and their
household. They are made to feel fheir con-
fition reproseh. That is the difficulty.
A nd now tell me IL there is any excuse for
iardships like thsl Ought we to submit TO it'
Ought any class, upon any consideration what
've7, to hold on to any Institution which thus
Expresses labor and the laboring man.