The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-26


no, find involuntary servitude for crmcs The good Of
society requires that condition Of servitnde tQ
and conne them the peace OF the COM
muny. Well, does the good Of society derinnd That
when two such together found SIDE ny
side with that the weaker should be reduced 10 the
dominion of the stronger Does not the peace OF our
society imperavely demand IL appeal 10 all experience
# II be not So Wherever you place one of these black
races besidoa stronger whether II be The white OF even Ne
Malay the coloed race has been enslayed But of
power exercised by man, the dospolc with
which acquainted is that possessed by him who
trolls the entire of subsistence of another whom
he himself depends for nothing Here is source OF pos
tive power and more absolute control than the
exercises his slave Do nothing of this in tho
free States Of this Union where this agitation the sub
jec of slavery conducted fecely Do nothing
of it in Europe We have 1t from their authorities.
Dr. Arnold, intelligent, candid, and experienced OBJ
close of his e that the condition of these railway navi-
gators "a he calls them and of the operatives factories
than that of slavery II any man doubts it, let
hin, take an the of French traveller in Leeds,
Birmingham and Manchester, series of letters which
appeared of the French reviews, The Revue de deux
Mondes, some year or two since IN winch you nave
description society those places la consequence OF the
machinery and the superior supplcness of
the limb of the child the natural order reversed and ha
youthful members of the family become not only ndepena
cessary consequence OF this revolution IN the aerna or
household government ought not to be surprised TO
6nd overhrown all those barriers between age and sex
which were designed the very decences Of fe
Take the pictures drawn these letters, or IN any other
description of life in those crowded manufacturing
you will find of infant and adult depravity
which the blood cold You will find, too pictures not
merely Of crime but of restitution and suffering and the sub
lection only of man to man, but Of man TO whatever Is
brutaizng dependence and which stnrc the
by the depth of their contrast with amongst the
favored classes Now, all OF this is not inevitable
much of by law and ought to be removed
by government but when that done much OF the misery
and dependence remain in very crowded populations
Is il surprising with spectaces these before the
public that the doctrines of communism should find foot
ing amongst the abong casses 1t not so very wonder
full that labor maintained by should have been treated
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distribute the proceeds of production between capital
labor What il the to these appeals? That the
abocr would suffer than the capitalist by such
attempts reform-that would diminish productions and
reduce the condition of the aborer still lower by essenng
perhaps destroying the stock from which has subsistence
He told that the evil confessed but the pro-
posed remedy unwse and he left dependant still upon
him who gives him employment and bread--who can say
to him live or die Now sir do mention these things
by way of reproach complaint am only rcmarkins
upon facts, attacking the institutions OF Others wl
only say, by the way that this spectacle of man willing
the aaveholding States. 1t is not there that you "
g. See yonder poor o'erabored wight,
So abject, mean, and vile, rtt "
Who beKs his brother OF the earth ti N r
To give him leave to toll" -AtA
On the contrary subsistence and protection of the
slave from the cradle the grave, is secured to him by
positive legislation by public enactment and last bot not
least by private affection But as said BEFORE DO not
advert to these things by Of rproaeh to other states or
evils amongst themselves of precisely the same character
with those which they complain much in do not see
of society in vain, indeed in any, attempts to remedy
these grievances at home. Why, them disturb us with ag
tatons and attempts to remove inequalities amongst U.S.
which they do interfere with at home! II the good OF
society requires them tolerate this unequal condition OF
at home how much stronger IL the argument to JUST
fy when the question s between two such
found upon our soil, We claim nothing but the protection
of their argument for do not repr0ach the gov
of other States for the inequalities Of human con-
don which exist under them If they have done all IN
their power and under existing circumstances 70 reeve
them The government which does the best which is COM
patbe with the circumstances under which acts has done
all that could be expected and than most OF them eff
feet But if these inequalities still exist and exist they
WILL only say that such seems to me to have been the
ordination of Providence. Why 1t should be SO know
the finite cannot comprehend the infinite But wherever
look nature whether to the vegetable or animal king
doms find this eternal struggle between capacities OF d
extent and power OF different degrees. The whole
progress of organized life to consist in series OF
victories achieved by the stronger over the weaker whose
places they take upon earth In the Forest the stronger
crowd and overshadow more numerous germs,
which spring up to Decline decay and perish Amongst
herds of animals the stronger approriates the larger share
of the food designed for ALL and appropraes At ut the ex
of the weaker So of the OF man. the superior
subdues or suppans the inferior. Amongst the members
of the and society the powerful COM
handing larger share Of the of subss ence and
grow whilst the weak decline. If sympathies should
follow the weak who disappear cannot deny but that
thus made the progress of organized being and Of hui
society What it that charactcrzes free govern
mens if be not the equal and general competition TOR the
rewards of society which authorizes amongst Its mem
bers And what this universal competition but unver-
sal struggle between man and mana struggle Of ply
sca but moral force for mastery and power! II Is true
that social rewards free made to depend
not upon law but the of the asprant 10 succeed
must have the qualities which command success; and
these are the qualities of wisdom, of fortudc of energy
and 1t thus that the highest possible stimulus Is
given for the cultivation Of those qualities which promote
the prosperity and happiness of people, 1t Is thus that
society advances rapidly, but by means follows
that the inequalities human condition diminish with this
advance On the contrary, you make mans condition
depend upon himself you make many differences IN the
condition there the capacities OF men, Inc nearest
approach absolute equality of condition OF which have
any account to be found In despousm where one 10
master and the residue slaves.
speak sir of things they | am not now deal
with imaginary schemes of government or theories OF hui
man however Wise and good those may be
who have formed them. am merely depicting things as
thew exist for the purpose of showing brethren, who
are disposed interfere with u.s. that they have taken
out of their eye before attempting to remove
the beam from have show, then, that to
tent these inequalities in human condition inevitable;
and that no government can remove or destroy them II IS
ordinance of Providence, and control IT, am
endeavorng show them that this question of slavery
must be viewed in connection with circumsances-that
What good condition Of society may not DO appro
pirate another and that all stable and wise governments
consider these circumstances and conditions OF soce
which modify and control particular institutions oe'oc cy
undertake to interfere with them.
Let gentlemen look home and weigh the consequences
of pushing this agitation extreme Leu nun osa NM
self what would he the consequences oil destroying III"
don of slavery leaving the two races side oy SIDE IN
be san,e ountrv have admitted that the extension of
an equal privilege of competition was characteristic OF Tree
and benefit but this last Is true ony OF no.
mo ,eneois people, and not OF society including widely
different races ndA the bonds In the latter