New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-13
The Prospect before The W orllns Clas.e.

Whites. CORA MoSrooNsRI.
The Prospect before The w orklng Glasses,
j 70 the Edltors Of TIE Tri5-re.
4pprei egsious have been enertsHed ard expressed -
10 Bee he future iGe 81 Territorial scope Tor ire save
population believe tnai very iay not skew n
occur IN he present or century ,ynep,.ye lie vss,
occupied yrsstes in Mississippi Arkansas Louis,4aa a.,
lsins. Fofids and Texas al become ally peope slave
/ - vii have reached Is termination
T. density OF be PoHl Atom o. be iaited Si4es vi
5sa 1e great there ~ be s3ch reduction the elee
and rolu Iqb5y res- much eheapey 10 sn71o,-
ret aau isbo and becoming burden to their
owner. "ii be younad disposed Of and allowed 70 20
WoRSiSG8ES or TIE UNION Patriots of all
gades and hues Men of progress every where!
This IS the language OF HESRy CLAY at LICKING
toa Kentucky-tbe deep and dark forobodings
of that Conservative spirit that every vhers
throughout the world Of civilization broods over
the past and colors the destines Of tie future in
the darkness OF its own ray
With such minds there is no hope for the race
of man-no shield or barrier against the pillows Of
misfortune and despair that in every direction
oyerwhelm and impeud destruction to the higher
and holier aspirations eff man-and such prophe-
cies often fulfill their own DEGREES by the terror
and doubt they inspire, and byuprooting the faith
and peralyzng the exertions Of all upon whom
such dark sayings cast their chill.
But believe him not-better tho dolusions of
hope than knowledge of the truth if to this
plexon things must come at last-better to die
almost by sefextnction than to live on IN help
lessness and hopelessness with the thorough con-
yction that Henry Clay is true prophet here.
Better the extnguishnent OF the Union itself and
the separation of the people into distinct comma.
mites, having no hope but for the day. and no care
but for the succeeding morrow, than to live on
struggling on in the vain hope of finally working
out better condition for the race, and the deyel
opment of higher sensibility than now obtains
save with the rarefbred few-whose ongings
seek trhat seldom shapes cq,tts spirits, i0St and
dpH Better this than still to live under the
conviction, the abiding assurance winch such high
authority is so well calculated toimpress upon the
public mind.
Yet, believe him not Henry Clay prophecies
falsely here His tastes, hopes, and memories are
OF the past, and this sentence upon mankind isbut
the reelection of his historic reading- blended with
associations begotten with Southern Slavery and
intermixing with the shadows OF the crumbled
columns and decHyed grandeur OF ancient and mo.
dcrn Rome
Mono, no could the mind ofman be brOughtto
believe that the time would ever arrive wheni will
be CHEAPER to empty F,eemther than Norelabo,, or
that the ratio ~ Tie deaS2B n the p0paiait0N OF the
United States, cnu ever unailingly be measured
by the deprecated prfcc and ratue Of labor and The
c0nSeqUeHtmjSelV o. themnSses. Could the heart Of
man conceive ths-believe that this is the finale
of our democratic Institutions and hopes-that to
secure this abhowent result ali our actions tended
all our aspirations rose-then would the patriot
welcome death and the mnu Of sensibty invoke
the Lethean draught OF idiocy or the frenzy of
| insanity.
But this may cannot be. Conservatism in
| this country can never thus far reach the heart
and palsy the brain oil american Progress The
| dawn Of a brighter hope and faith is upon rs. The
free continent ofthe North in politics and religion
the Huguanotc blood and spirit that Eliminates its
heart and inspires its intelect-the growing sen
sbitics of the wealthy TO the wants of the poor
their improving appreciation oil Their duties to-
ward therneCessltes and elovaton-thc promise
Of free land to the andless-the assurance, grow
ing to a certainty Of i0ud HnHdhiOn idCS-ths
homestead villages every where springing up-the
maturing mind and growing fearless independence
of the working maI-tho unions of this class-the
glorious eflulgence and electric influence OF a
bic hearted and enlightened free prGss-the de-
mocratic instinct OF sovereignty in each and all,
and the rapidly developing interest every where
manifestng itself in the universal education OF
man and uniting with the untiring, unpaid and
priceless zeal of the rcformers OF every hue
and aim. Each, all and every OF these elements
are uniting and concentrating their light and
strength upon the subject Of the dignty and pre-.
cressiye advancement OF labor and its rewards
and to the securing to every man home upon the
soil as his inherent and inalenabe rght-whence
as from a castle, each man can defend his own,
or sally forth to protect his neighbOrs rights and
ultimately subject tC the interest OF the working
man the blend forces OF capital, machinery, pubic
| improvements and Southern Slavery that now
work to bis abasement and destruction, so VIII,
SO shall, so mote 1t be.
But let me again quote Mr. Clay again array
before this class the stern convictions OF this ster
ling old statesman, who never yet binked the Ut
terance Of bis conceptona or Jailed TO give voice
TO his sentiments true or tase-that may II pos
sble demonstrate their error and arouse 10 action
the Northern heart against their t1ltillment.
The density of the population OF the Unlted
States two hundred ears hence, will be SO great
that there will be such reduttlom of the price and
VALUE Of tailor as to render it mUch cheupey to EN-
ploy FREE than Stare labor aud slaves becoming
dludeA to their owners, VIII be C0luntdT1iy DIS
posed Of and allowed TO 20 free" and 1t is added
sent to colonize Africa Wo, cry /, 10 the
day when this prophecy shall be fufiled-and
shame to the men oil it when it shall be " cheaper
TO employ "FREE" than Stare laJ0r, when not
only the price but the ralpe Of iador in the Onlet
States viii be meaSured ana chedpened solely and
! untuiiingly in the ratio Of the density OF then
/ respective populations, and the only contingency
and hope Of the white workiugman is to starye IN
the midst of reeking wealth and abundance BY
Themselves created too, Chen as now, Or to us&P
and take THE place TIE BRAND THE 5randi
and THE ttjOiS the slogei Alas for the working
man, North and South when this day arrives
when this bleak and blear contingency alone
exists
But wherefore should the shadow of this mans
darkened hopes obscure the foreground Of mine OF
cast their drear and solemn shadows int the dun
future Of bis country There is no reason, none.
His mind, like every other mans reflects bat inc
images Of surrounding circumstances, opnlons ans
associations, blended with memories OF the past
and the phantoms ofhistoric reading. 49,.
Born amid Slavery, and surrounded ifon nii
] - ~ =. -. - ha.l..e of disgrace and