The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-11

q health Of body and mind, and large il
Q crease Of cur wealth. Man is prone {
B idleness when ha can live on the labor {
others. ldleness is the parentof bodily il
! firmities and mental sloth. Ii leads 10 di:
! sipalion and every calamity that ''Aesh
heir to-" The free laborer is stimulated 3
industry and frusality by many strong mo
tives which the slave never feels. The fire.
man works with energy and good will
} stimulated by the wages he is 10 receive
by the train OF thought in regard 10 the dis
Posal Of them according to his own pleas
ure, and by the interest ne has in keeping
up character for fidelity and industry
which will secure employment and good
wages thereafter. No such motives operate
upon the slave. His reward is just whal
the master pleases 10 bestow. He has no
selection OF fooc or Iaiment, quantity OF
quality He does not dispose of the pro-
ceeds Of his labor according TO any plans oil
happiness he may conceive for himself, his
wife, or his Children He has no wife nor
children in the eyes of the law. But oil
that | mutt not, | cannot speak. The
slaves strongest incentive 10 vigilance and
INDUSTRY Is The lear oil inc lash. ass NON
der that he is careless, idle, and thoughtless
in relation 10 his business or the work as
signed him. Nor is it at all surprising I'M
der such state Of things that so many
shareholders lose their estates and become
bankrupt. ..l.
As the free laborer, in the same time,
under the influences which operate upon
him, does more work and does il better than
the slave, and as tree labor will become
more abundant and more readily procured
with the increase Of our white population,
the time rapidly approaches when employ
ers will find it To their interest to hire free
laborers instead Of slaves. Indeed | am
inclined to think even now that it would be
more profitable 10 the farmer to cultivate
his farm by free labor. By consulting the
census Of 1910 find, from the best esti-
mate | am capable Of making. that there is
only about one-fith part Of our slave popu-
lation able-bodied men between the ages Of
IL and so years The other four flths are
composed Of women and children, old men
and boys 1t is impossible. without more
accurate statistical information, to ascertain
what portion OF those four-6fths are capa-
bic Of supporting themselves by their labor,
and in addition supplying something for the
support Of the helpless. Certain it is that
the 65, PA children under 10 years Of age,
and Sill old men and women over So
years Of age, would require considerable
portion Of the labor OF the productive and
working hands, for their support. Now,
when the old and young, the lame and dis
eased, the helpless of ell conditions Of our
slaves are supported; when the whole flock
are fed and clothed; FIRE and lodging Proyi-
ded; medical bills and taxes paid, out Of
the labor OF the productive classes, | believe
there is less clear profit to our farmers upon
the labor of their slaves, Than there would
be if they employed Tree labor altogether
And while free labor would be cheaper u
the farmer, he could afford to pay highe
wages to the laborer, because Of his create
skill and diligence and the performance n
greater amount Of labor in a given time
Indeed the former could dispense with
portion OF the free laboring hands gres
! portion OF the year. In case he owns slave
be must keep them and maintsin them al
the time. Certain it Is, that | have know
, slaves TO impoverish instead Of enrich thei
. owners. The value placed upon our slave
according to the auditors report for tn
!. wear 1918 is $50. $40. 379. Interest OF
, that sum amounts to S3,645,222 per al
! mum. The census OF 1910 shows 55,77
c male slaves between 10 and SIS years {
!. age. There are not many more now, {
e our slave population has increased but liEIl'
s How many are disabled by disease and a
+ cident We cannot tell. But if every one
> them were hired by the year, each mu
d bring on an average s65 IS and fracliO
!. to pay the interest. They would not brir
n lit for, besides those altogether WORTHLESS
n there are boys between 10 and II, and o
IT men, between so and SIS, numbering II
e S1S, who would bring but little. Slave
:, males capable Of labOring cannot mo
le than support themselves and those Of DO
Of sexes unable TO labor. | state these fac
n to show that our slaves do not by their lab
Is pay legal interest on their value. | lea
ID every one to make his own figures with
ID view to ascertain how much free lab
,e would be annually procured with 1854
IS 222, if we had no slaves.
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