The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-24
Cempesltiea Of slave Labor and Free Labor
I'm the slave states.

election OF delegates 10 form new consulu-
ton we frequently called the attention OF the
industrious classes to the fact, that In the older
slave States, slave mech snics were often brought
iato composition with free white mechanic,
and that this evil would continue to increase in
consequence OF the filling up Of the more
SOuther States, and the gradually diminishing
profit Of slave labor We took the ground slso
that the labor Of Kentucky. as represented by
tbs one hundred thousand ignorant and degra-
dsd slaves, must in some way affect the labor
Of the State as represented by white freemen,
and that this free white labor affected inJu-
riOusly by its competition with slave labor.
The advocates Of perpetual slavery cOntrO-
verted our positions, and maintained that the
slave States generally and Kentucky Particu-
larry, were the very Paradise for working-men:
and this, too, by reason Of the existence Of
negro slavery.
Do you not see, quOth our dsnosrafic-Tspub-
heaH defender of human slavery, "that in Ken
lucky you have negroes to black your boots,
bring your water. curry your horse, and do
sundry other 'msEial Offices such as white men
which you must perform If you drive away the
negro Are you not aware that If you emsn-
cIpate the slaves and send them from the State,
your daughters must go into the kitchen, and
perform those domestic duties now performed
by slaves-thus rendering them utterly incsPa-
bic Of Perpetnating the race Of heroes which
now reflects upon the State such immortal
honori
Do you not see that Kentucky honor, Ken
lucky ehivalry, Kentucky courage, Kentucky
industry, in a word everything that Is truly
Kentuckian. lie bound up in the same bundle
with keHtUeky slavery-Onc and inseparsbIei-
Let slavery 60, and all is gone
The distinguished democrat who presides over
the deliberations Of the constitutional conven.
ton was prominent among those who opposed
emancipation out Of pure love for the mechnn-
ics and working-meR, and among the other
facts which he adduced in support Of mis- posi-
tons, the fact that the wages Of all the me-
ehauicai branches with one exception) were
higher In Louisville than in Cincinnati, was re-
Peatsd in nearly ell his public speeches.
II then negro slavery Is the cause Of high
wages in the mechanical branches of industry,
how can Kentucky ever compete with Ohio
and Indiana in manufactures while she retains
slavery Who Is going to invest capital with
Is when BY etOssing the river he can invest it
to better sdVsniagel Again, II 1t be true, as is
often asserted, that agricultural wages and land
are both higher in Kentucky than In the ada
cent free States, how Ia mechanical and man
ufseturing population to be supplied with cheap
fo0d7
ADD TO this the sine qua non Of PrO-slavery
Asntuekian's working Paradise. to-wit: That
every mechanic and working man, II he would
not lose caste in society, must incur the ex-
pease Of a negro to black his boots, nurse his
children and perform the other necessary ssaen-
ist sffess aPPertainiBg To family duties, and
Eesubmit to the Judgment Of our readers " he
Tier any man having the slightest claim TO
craftsmanship, ever took such unwausntabIs
Liberties with the vell-esiablished laws Of Po-
iitiesi EcoEomy and eommon sense, as these
same PrO-sl.ysry politicians
Bni, perhaps, the most fatal objection to the
doeirine Of the PrO-slaEery men who have ia.
ken The interests Of the industrious classes un-
DER their special guardianship, is, the open aad
notorious fact, that, in the older slave States.
the labor Of freeDhite men mast often be brought
isis eonseiitioh Nth thslator Of slases.
We stale what we know 10 be trus-apd We
shsiisngeeentradiehoa fsOm any quarter-that
In many places in the State Of Kentucky. and
even in our own city, slaves are now employ
ed In some Of the mechanic arts, in direct
composition with freemen. We are mot COM
planning Of This as a grievance, (for n slavery
b the is~, the Shareholder has a right to ON
pioy his slave at what branch Of labor he cho-
49, but we merely state an existing fact.
Open any Southern paper. and you will find
Advertisements similar 10 the following, which
We copy from lsienumber of The "LouisyiIIe
Courier
NEsEo Man ron sALz AT AUcrrox.-WiI be
offered 70 the highest bidder, al the Office Of ].
. ioang' on rim street, tins morning, nc
c'ocf' valuable negro man, about 26 years
Old, very stout and active, weighs IT'S pounds. /
a very gooc rough carpenter, very healthy,-l
htle good Sale positive.
Nov u w. G. EASLEY.
kkoR0Es TO HIRE.--I have for hire % ysIus-
bic negroes for years, from the first of Janua-
" next Among them are carpenters, black
smiths, stone-mssons, aud some most choice
Iarm bauds. These negroes will be hired on |
very advantageous terms. Apply 60
Nov IL TEVIs SPURRIER.
Nov, We ask whether the masters Of these slave
esyPentsTs,' 'blaek-amifLs,' ssfone-masons' and
choice farm AaAds,' receive higher wages than
ase paid for the same labor 70 free white men.
making their own bargains-snd If they do not, |
does Il not follow that This slave labor is brought
into direct composition with free white labor,
q the manifest injury and degradation Of the
after.
Take another extract from Virginia paper,
showing the tendency Of things in the older
slave States.
kEsRo MEcHAEIos.-A meeting of the iournev-
nan mechanics Of town Of Petersburg, virginis.
Eas held on the 10Th ultiHo., the object of which
.As TO oppose the competition brought about by
ne employnento OF Negro Mechanics. Wecopy
nom The kePublieaz the following preamble and
esoianons, winch were adopted at the meeting,
md ordered 70 be published:
@While we regard the FIGHT of nronertv and
he privilege Of the owner to emplov his si.ve in
ionest labor, onr senseof self-respect demands
nat we put, place, esteem and maintain our.
eve distinct society, and not associates oil
he Negro. TheTefore
1esoiseSs ist- That We regard the seaching !.
~ any negro any branch Of the mech. n,csI
- Prcndictsl 10 the Interests and iniu,,ou.
. tns 9orsis Of the Iaboring white man.
inst se, whose names are heseunto am |