Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-07-18
when was it that Rome was really pros

when was it that Rome was really pros
porous? Was it when one individu a
sometimes possessed 10000 slaves owe
whom he had the power Of life and deaf,
when al the same time her streets wer
crowded with thousands of paupers, tet
like brutes with corn from public repos
ltory. and when this same corn was i'm
ported!--or was il not when her sen 4
TORS cultivated their own farms,--wheI
Cincinnatus was called from the plough t.
WELD the destinies Of the Empire, Here
we find solution Of the question recor
ded by Montesque: Why il is that the
Hungarian mines. which are 10 richer
have ever been wrought at a less expense
than the Turkish, which last are wrought
by slaves.
This state ofthings is entirely natural
The man who neither works nor con sumo
on his own account. ever works as little
and consumes as much as he can He
has no interest in the eXerton Of that de-
gree Of care and intelligence which are
necessary to ensure success. Hence, it
follows. upon the simplest maNims OF pO-
ltical science. that the interest Of the adj
venturer. and consequently Of the Nation,
must suffer.
But this is not all: II is not only a
common remark. but an acknowledged
fact, that wherever slavery is tolerated,
the contagion fatally degrades the indus
try OF the free workman who has no slaves
at his command. For labor can never
be honorable. or even respectable, where
II Is'eXecuted by an inferior caste. The
operator always stamps character of
honor or debasement on the business in
which he is employed. Hence it is. that
IN the Eastern States. where all the labor
is performed by freemcn. no rank is 50
elevated. no station in civil life so dgn-
fed, as 10 be dishonored by the daily la
Dor Of the hands. But in the slave States
at least nine -tenths of the manual labor
is performed by slaves. And thus the free
man, upon whom fortune has not poured
her whom misfortune has
forced TO labor for subsistence, becomes
so dcbascd and degraded in the estma-
ton of the favored ones. the nabobs of the
land. that generations Of unsullied pros
pcrity are requisite TO purify his contami-
mated blood.
Now let US glance at the direct bearing
and inevitable result Of this state of things
upon Improvements in the arts. and the
consequent prosperity of a nation. 1t is
remarked by travellers Of strict veracitv
and close observation. that all improve
rlcnts in Brazil and the other countries of
America. where slavery is tolerated. is ut
tcrly hopeless SO long as slavery shall
continue TO exist. The inhabitants of The
slave States. Georgia and the Carolinas
raise the best cotton in the world: Vet.
they cannot work it up. And during the
late war with Great Britain. they were
obliged TO transport il overland to New
ork. to be spun into yarns; and then the
same cotton was taken back. at Il vast OK
pensc. TO be consumed at the place of It's
original growth. in a manufactured state.
And where was it that the making OF
cotton cloth by machinery moved BY wa
ter power. which has reduced the price Of
yard of cloth from fifty
10 ten cents. first made its appearance'-
Vas 1t in the cotton growing or slage
an,od $500. y, W." HAT t the Cotton Gin was m
'.h;ai, So,machine. for the right OF "s!ii3
,,,as !, IN anv 'arolna has PAID eo''ooo
,,aya s,atcs' ,.hSe co,ton-growng am"
slave '1'a'c'' seems natural that
it should first appeaf =. was not this
likewise a New El'tlant"... ,.an,;on,
Here is the doctrine If 80 Soil. as
understood and zealously ,lvoc,,ed bv
Mr.. Parker nearly fwenty gears ao, We
; regard it as pretty good Free ie'''to'-
Doctrine. even for this day, though wrl'
ten many years ago. when the publ
mind was JUS, awakening to a just cor
ception of the atrocious wickednes OF tn
..accursed institution
J. But there is another view of this matte
5 that we are pleased to observe; and TN
k +, that the Wings Of that early day,-N;
,g ucal Republicans as we were then cal
"a ed'-wcre opposed to the Institution
~ SLAYER. because its tendency was deem
ed lnlmlcl TO the american System
az directly hosue to the great principles u
he which our Revolution was fought and OF
re Constitution esta.lished.-[White Wa
be Valley.