Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-21

says slavery, wherever ii exists, dcsIa.ss arn
and lhus the la white laborefs I'll inc 49,"
excluded. lrave held ihis assertion ui :" no" l.
il his House aGG il has always SUI go,
Slows iha; want Of information upon W. !, N.
which is always maniicstci here II -
sions upon Ibis suite. s. ar irjin tom
tue the veIt reverse i he case. - 70 -.
slavery degrading the c1hGi y u tht -. 800
iaoo:cf, the very reverse is The Case, n ~, ,h.
npiJiians iacls "il piere. ln siase 80, Al
, distinctions IN SOCIETY 90 ROT grow ou' y -
1 fereAcc at pursuits, b., ot c3adii'i ""' \, -
IL is not he TACT that Tie nes,o lao1fs ~, ~
grades him; Eu. lie. h,u be a. lille - BE may,
even j. he Le able 10 i've without "of6, NJ
!. position IS sill brr~ah hat Of h. poorest @,''c
laaot'f No wh'ie ran in the son 'o's
lab! degraded because negroes pefioI'i :, 80, n"y
more IA t"ey 10 .cligion, because ndn' - -
p61!css il. Ia liu'h, i. is The on'y 1D'nS
tca1s 10 elevate iletr; and i.sP az ~ - 49,
| because they follow an homes pnrsni uu' ;" ~
| pItc OF u. haze seen white ;nrn anu 'hsh ''"'
| worth thousands OF dollars, working W hS s'"s
| fell with their slaves have seen many a. -
| sreciabie men as are in my dislrict " a"l IN
esr, working side BY side in their He'ue M
slaves 'hey had hir.d. Blu: they niu nv
themselves degraded, nor foes ahyoouy g'l;.u
them So Go through Inc STATE oil Y,'s'h'"'
| he blscksmitis' shops negroes; bn' inc "nne
blacksmith does 70; consider himself desfa-
del in consequence On The confa,Y' ,ueJ
generally prefer il. They can make nun
eriorm mental duties in and about me 500,
which The, would he relucran 10 exact q q VIM,
man. There is one species OF labor rsi'oI'heu
rs negroes in he Sou hcfn States, anu nu' quo
species. which j. considered deera'nsi o.. .
not 50 considered in me noE-.lavehol3''s ? o'.s'
| mean mental LABOR. Th.Te i net Whie hidh
in my district who cnnld be- employed d. any
wages 10 become boot black, or carnage CT
vef o. tinins-fnom servant, lrePsa': III lhs
non .slavrhOliing SAFES the Distinctions '" socldl
Intercourse c;ow on, II wealth and p"f>uiS' Ia
the save 3iacS mosiiy on Of co'"r anu coho'.
lvn And SPEAK from mi1ute personal "bsef-
valinn when | say that distinctions IN society,
growing on II Fictitious circumstances, IS inn
nely greater in the non-s!ayehoitin 'han III me
slavrhadia" States. The respectable white Ia
barers in lie Sunh are Tea"d with an minnie
deal Of more courtesy and respect BY men OF
her pursuits, than they are at The Nouh, and
heir position ii The social SAFE j, higher. And
he reason IS the rne have given.
nave heard il argued too, that lhe rights Of
labor are moi likely 10 be 50 well projected in
slave Stale as IN a non slavcholdine State and
We have been tod that in the struggle going on
bet Heen capital and labor for far distribution
ui he Profits resulting from their joint capacIties
labor is not likely o have as good a chance IN
slave Stale as in non savehoiding Stale. And
this has been assigned as reason ior excluding
slavery ttom the new territories. II have sue
ceaded in showing that Congress has no consliIu.
,iona power 10 exclude slavery from The terrific.
| ries, il is immaleria whether this argument be
| true or false Rn' is il rue7 The very reverse
is the case; aid the reason is as obvious as he
lcl is no,oriois. Tell me single occasion
upon which the slave States have been found Ia
vnring hal System OF class legislation which en-
couraaes The few al The expense oi The !Dany.-
Tell lie OF single occasion on which hey have
been found sustaining system, The tendency oil
which is 10 enhance the profits al capital al tie
expense OF the nroti,s al labor. In slave Stale
hcIe is no slGu,9lr there is no an!aeonlsm be-
tween capital ard labor They are united IN the
same hands. TIE greater par Of The capital u
the Southern planter, as the whole OF the capital
OF he INDECENT Ehiie man. is labor
The Southern capitalist is mere interested in
The profits o ahof han be is IN lie profits OF mo-
NY or capital il is ordinary acccp alon You
caunoi impair ne profits 81 labor wi'hou, inJur-
Ing Inc wealthy Southern Shareholder. In This
respect, the Southern planter and The independent
Northern AMI Wcsiern farmer, WHO culilvales his
own and wlh lis own labor, differs from nearly
all other capi as's. They are interested both IN
ne profits u capital and Iahor--genefay more 10
the latter than the former; aad hence you gereta-
" find 10Th these classes opposed 70 all systems
which are ca cuaei TO drprcss labor; aud his is
The real philosophy OF Mr. Jtffeson's remark, that
lie Democracy Of The Nor.h we're tie natural al
lies o: IN" SoIlh.
have thus shown | think, that Congress has
NJ authority prohibit slavery in the Terrific
Ia "a n il a u u.
ior' !" violate BE- Constitution, wher-, even 10 al
tain The object Of The movers, il is unnecessary
and that he Isason' assigned Tor doing il arc
wholly wranu tnnniaion