The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-19

let me- treai % 10 economical or finsacisI- M
secondly, Of It's moral aspects
Ihoagh slaves ara said 70 be property. m. ~
are The Prsventers, the MASTERS, the antagonl,ts
o. property. SO far nom facilitating the in
retards both II blssts worldly sro~,-r,,v. :,
other taiags being equal, a nee peoole viii
-nfNe and prosper, IN mere worldly sense.
more than q people divided into master, ard
saves Were We so constituted N 10 care for
aothings 70 aspire 70 nothing. beyond mere t,,.,
Porai eil-being, tbs wel-bsing woald con as-.l
us 70 abolish slavery wherever Il exists, and 40
lrePei IL approach wherever it threatens.
hnslave man, and yoa destroy his ambition.
MS enserPrise. his capacity. In the con.true-
ton Of human nature, the desire Of beftsriag
ZONES condition is the mainspring OF sfEort =
The hrst touch Of slavery snaps this spring
TIE slave does not participate in the value Of
ms wealth ne creates. An he earns ano,hsr
seizes- free man labors, not only 70 Improve
ma own condition, bat to batter the condition
Of his children The mighty impulse Of pa
rental s1ection repays for diligence, and MAJ g.
exertion sweet The slaves heart never beats
with this high emotion. However industrioa.
and frugal he may BE, he has nothing TO be-
questh 70 his ehiIdrsn-or nothing ave- m. -
bonds he himself has won. Fess nav nal,
him Sork, bat hope never Whsa he moves
tns fardy limbs, II . because Of the suffsriz,
Mai goads him from behind, and not fon,
NE Alright prospects that beekon him for~ari IN,
s''Shas<s-is>-'s-.~<>zp>>sks s,nrL laisk
| should ne come 10 sasss.chnseit.> ana there SEE
iarmsr seize upon hired maa, call In a sur
geon, and cut on all the dexor Inu.cle- Of h6s
arms and legsl lido not asx What he xouId ,hiak
Of his humanity, but what would he think Of
bis sanity Yet the planter does more than
4 this when ne makes a man a slave. He emit.
deeper than the muscles; he DESTROYS the soirit
that moves the muscles.
In all ages Of the world, among all nations,
wherever the earnings Of the laborer have been
stolen away from him, his energies have gone
WIN MS earnings. Under the villeinage system
Of England, the villeins were a low idle. shirt
less race; dead to responsibility; groysllinr ia
their desires; resistant Of labor; without enter
prise; without foresight THIS principle Is now
exemPliiied in the landlord and tenant systen,
OF Ireland. IL q tenants 10 be no better OF for
the improvements he makes on an estate. h.,
will not make the improvements Look al the
seigniories Of New Iork-ths anti rent districts
as hey are now called-eVery man acquainted
with the subject knows that both people and
husbandry are half a century behind the con.
dition Of contiguous fee-sinple propristorships.
All history illustrates the principle, that when
property is insecure, il will not be earned liza
sesPOt can seize and coniscals the property Of
his subject at pleasure, the subject will not se-
quire property, and thereby give to himself that
lcOnsPicuousness that invites the plumber. And
Il this DO 50, when property Is merely insecure.
what must be the effect when a man b. no
property whatever in his earningsl WHO does
not know that slave, who can nationally hope
to purchase his freedom, will DO all the work he
ever did before, and earn his frsedom-money
besidesl Slavery, therefore, though claiming
10 be a kind Of property, is the bane Of proper
"; and the more slaves there are found In the
inventory Of nations wealth, the less In value
win the aggregate Of that inventory be.
This Is one Of the resons why slave labor is 50
much less Efficient than free labor. The former
can never compete with the latter; and. while
the greater service is performed with cheerful
ness, the smaller hs extorted by fear. Just 50
certain as that the locomotive can o1i-un the
horse, and the lightning outsPeed the loeomo-
tive, Just so certain i il that he who Is ANNA
ted BY the hopes and the rewards Of freedom
will OutstriP the disheartened and fssr-drivsn
slave.
The intelligent freeman can sffors TO live y Ella.
dress deeentiy, and occupy u comfortable tsne-
4 ment. A scanty subsistence, sqnalid gsrb. =
mean aBddilaPidated hoy~i. Psseiaia the degrs-
= linns eTsry year frol- ths pliEatiops. The mean
food, clothing aad shelter, 81 which tho sl1Ss'
are subjected; and yet they grow richless rapid
Il ~ than States where millions Of dollars are an
nually expended for the comforts and convent
ences Of The labOrer. More IS lOst in prodactiol
than Is gained by Privation-
| A universal cOncOmitant Of slavery Is, Inst
makes white labor disrepUtable. Beng disrepu
table, it IS Stunned. The pecuniaIy loss result
ING from this IS inesleulsble. Dry Up The myria
head-spnngs OF the Mississippi, and when
would be the mighty volume Of waters whie
now bear navies on their bosom, and II
: the ocean itself above its level, BY the
Out-pOUTing foodY Abolish those sources 9
wealth, which consist in the personal industry G
every nan, and Of each member Of every man
family, and that widespread thrift. and eOmps
tence and elegance, which are both the rewar
and the stimulus Of labor, viii be abolished val
them. Forego the means, and you forfeit IN
N end. You must use the instrument, If 20
I would have the product Nothing but the fee
' ing OF Independence, the conscious secunty {
: working Ton ones self and ones family, VIII. A
| the present state Of the world, make labor pro-
!. table.
!. know il has been recently SAID, in tins car
: ital by high authority, that With the exception
= mental services, It IS not dIsreputable al th
n South for a white man TO Labor There are "a
ways, each independents OF ne other, TO disprov
a this assertion One Of them Consists in The te'
!. quainted with the condition OF things al n
South. l might quote page amer page frOm Vi
. rous sources; but, As the assertion comes fIo
/ a gentleman belonging 70 South Carolina, vi
l. meet Il with the statements Of another genil
n man belonging TO the same State. Ireferto NJ
m William Greg, Of Charleston, a gentleman wi
Is extensively acquainted with the social cond
4: ton Of men, 10th North and South
nj In that State, according TO the last eenso
is there were about $50 900 free whites, trel
= years Of age. "0f this class" says Mr.. Greg
''fifty thousand are non PRODUCES l suPpo
~ South Carolina to be as thnfty a slave State
there Is perhaps excepting Georgia Yet here
one third pan Of the population, old enough
a, work and able 20 WORK, who are ldle-and
10 course vicious; non-pwiueers, but the woT
Of kind OF consumers.
4 Another answer 10 the above assertion is, N
he il white labor were reputable at the South, Al
ve white men were industrious the whole count
would be gapien. a terrestrial paradise, 50
.d as neatness, abundance, and beauty are 60
Il cerned WAa.e are the RESULTS Of ttis respsrf
- and hoaorsd Sale i1borg In a country whe
"a few expenses are necessary TO ward on the r
~ Ors OF winter; where the nchesi staples Of
world are produced; where cattle and hocls ne
but little shelter, II any; II nan snpefedded
70 industry to the bounties Of nature, want wot
20 be wholly unknown; competence would g
nc place 10 opulence, and the highest decorations
ga art would mingle with the glowing beauties
~ nature. But hear Mr.. Gregg:
= "My recent visit to the northern states
' fully satisfied me that the true secret Of cur
=, fculties lies IN the want Of energy On ths p
-, Of cur capitalists. and iSnozncs and lazlnsss
the part Of those who ought TO labor. We ns
v never look fer thrifk while ne permit our 1
- msnse timber forests, granite quarriss,
IN IN mines 10 lie idle; and supply ourselves W
~ hewn granite. pine boards Iafhs, shingles, Il
- Furnished BY the i1-y dogs Of the North;