The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-29

papers on our exchange list, late
y adverted to the fact that since the
Nashville Convention, 1t had only lost
'on account Of its course) or 5 sub
while it has added some 200
mostly wings. Among the letters Of
those who stopped the paper, the Times
publishes the following:
FoRT MIrcHELL, Russell Ala.
July 25th, 1850.
JoaN EapsY ggR, Gsa.-tSfgs aueE |
poor laboring man, dependant on my
own labor forthe support Of my family,
have long been subscriber to your
paper, but the present tone Of your pa
per does not suit the class to which
belong; you will, therefore, Grace my
name from your listof subscribers.-
Enclosed you will find three dollars,
the receipt Of which, you will please
acknowledge. Yours.
Upon which he makes the following
comment:
Our reply othis letter was to send
the writer number of the "Times" "
containing our second article The
Future of the South" in which we un-
dertook to show how poor men would
fare, if Abolition had its way, The
writer evidently refers to our stone"
on the slavery question. He stops a
paper that is advocating policy to de-
| fend him and his labor, and the safety
of his wife and children from state of
horrors that he has never dreamed Of
Is he SO silly as to permit any one to
poison his mind with the belief thathis
condition as a "laboring man" will be
bettered by turning loose 100000 Of
freo negroes to compete'with his laborl
/ Why, free labor in Ohio is oppressed
by the presence of only thirty thousand
blacks, and us now demanding theI
removal to Africa. Let the author ol
this letter-or the man whose name
lii bears-go to the North and try what
Free Labor" is-try New, England,
where the conflict between capital and
labor is already being acrimoniously
/ waged- where the wages Of labor are
, being pressed, to point that has drlv
q lon laborers4iptn strikes, aud combine
/ tons, and trades-unions and other ab'
ksurd remedlless measures to sustain
3 the unequal war with capital Let hin
: 90 to auy country that boasts the "dlg
q nity of free labor" if he wants to see
2 achite servitadc-.if he wants to see white
men the slaves and dependents of thei
employers, Look at the needle-womeI
, in northern cities, who, by incessan
toll, night and day, are scarcely able tt
earn enough to keep soul and body to
g gether, and where thousands Of female
+ are driven to the brothel to escape star
IS vation. Witness the hundreds of thou
e sands of laboreTs pouring from tn
n hives of European, over'populatlon
" where labor is free, and famine freel
!. All these countless competitors ar
IS rushing to the Free States to aggravat
n the evils of northern labor.
q And from all these evils, The whit
il la5orirg man of the South is exemp
MI 1t is the institution of slavery that eX
|. empts him. 1t is African slavery tht
: makes every white man in some sens
N a lord-it draws broad line of distin'
,s tion between the two races, and colo
" gives caste. "A poor white man in ire
ST labor countries, is the mere tool OF CT
" pltal-there, society is divided into II
Or rich and the poor-the poor are tt
is slaves of the rich in all but name. HeI
se the division is, between white free me
d and black slaves, and every white
tv and feels that he is, A MAN. SLAYER
= here protects him from excessive con
n. pelition--it makes the wealth out
which his substantial wages are paid
g. it creates the demand for his work
be elevates him in the abundant means
he subsistence, in return for industry
in the dignity of his personal position
,ct the inward appreciation of self respe
d, and IN the hopes Of his future iise
,at wealth and character, the infinite sup
Of riorty of the laboring man on any 9th
q spot on the whole earth.
Ie. The laboring man who wars on sla
,ys ry as hostile to his interests, quarr'
of with his bread and butter, and is t
n blind instrument of catastrop
.. whose direct blows will fall on his o'
foolish head.
i But if there is class Of lahore
as in the South who either believe this,
Nv who have CONSCIENTIOUS scruples on t
Il subject, why in Heavens name,
nd they not depart in peace to a fr
isb countryl There is free soil eno,n
,w in all conscience, and likely TO be pie
,ya ly more, to receive them. Such oug
mi 10 go-nay, the time is coming, wh
IA they will have to 60. For when 7
crisis comes, it will be but the vlndlC
ton Of a clear principle ofJustice a
vs.; equity in the South, to declare u
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