Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-05-03


Slavery contribute to either Of these Is it
not rather subvcraiva of them all ? Let us first
view it in the low light Of political economy.
Ihat notion, ! suppose, is always the most
} prosperous, all other things being equal, that
has the most Industrious, and the largest mum
Der of the producing classes. Those who mere
ly consume the fruits of the earth. add nothing
to the strength or wealth of nation. Slave
countries never have large number of indas-
trious freemcn. Shareholders form an untitled
aristocracy, with numerous dependents. Ind
vidusl Is appropriate large tracts of Territory to
themselves, and thus prevent it from being
( thickly settled by treemen.-Their laborers,
having no ambition to CRAFTY, no love Of gain
to stimulate them, no parental feelings To i'm.
pei TO action, are idle and wastetuI,-Whcn
The lash is the only stimulan, the spirit Of man
revolts from labor.
That the Republic must be feeble, both in
peace and war, that has not AN Intelligent and
industrious ycomanry, equally removed from
luxury and from poverty. The middling class
es, who own the soil. and work it with tie + own
hands are the main support of every free
Government. Dspotism may be powerful, aud
long sustained by a mixed population of serfs
and mobiles. But free representative Republics,
that rely upon the voluntary action of the pco-
pe never can. Under such Governments,
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protect and rights to Defend
Slave countries never can have such yeo-
many; never can have a body Of small proprle-
tors who own the soil and till it with their own
I hands and sit down in conscious Independence
under their own vine and lir tree. There, there
is no sound connecting link between the aristu-
crat and the slave True, there is a class Of
human beings between them but they are the
most worthless aud miserable of mankind The
poor whit" Iaborer is the scorn of the slave him
sell tor slavery always degradas labor. Ihe
W"i'' people VINO WORK |i'A 'etf n%nd7 are
,tu ", ~! II I'.', H 'Io ''t,
Tbcir as associatas, , if anyybcre, are " with The the
colorod popnlation. They feel that thew are de-
GRADED and dcspscd and their minds and con-
duct generally conform TO their condition.
The soil occupied by Slavery is much less
productive than similar soil occupied by free
mon. Men who are to receive noHa ct the wa
Gf+ oi thrf Iao'r Go not care 10 mAHPIy Its
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i.r 1,,'ar r.,oy,,,,. is STRENGTH. 'r.is a7gao.
u4r.,u'sr'v io acr.cu'tu.aI States. TIN, W.
rjui1, j.e .,yor.tc example Irtba south. which
has been 50 triump"HnIy referred TO by the
ec"'emH1, H,, l''N N'5n CU'..nf' a. = ''.,'--
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than ihc f1oe %tatos rn,,y mai 49,, srrc f.,
WAS NOT from pcrsonal observation. II, wnqH
not certainly draw on his imaginaton in mat.
lcrs OF g3c,. / suppose he must have been mis-
led by The most miser2l'e OF s,oo2,.is's and mos.
i"Se o. cN'"N'ci''s' L""o'u '7"er'
! admit that. by nature, Virginia has ca
pabiI.ticS equal, il not superior, to any
State in the Union.-Sho has delightful
climate; ; soil naturally fertile She is
lntorsectcd, rs was we'll said by the gentle
man from Virginia, (Alr, Buyly) by the
hoh'.at rivers. Ter hills an" mountains
are iIIIed win Iich minerals o"d coVerc"
win valuable iimDrf- enc mas 'nc llN''l
WAtcr-PoWer' DeiIeNc, IN the l,io'i' II
Inc very hcart OF her state ana hcr mar
DorS are the best IN the Wo'Ia' ~ Inc
time OF the adoption OF the Constitution,
she was the most powerful Htatc-,ner p2-
puIation was double that OF New oTk' II
was the boast OF her statesmen that she W. was
| PFtMa "HcF PafcS' W hal IS sue no" ne
population OF New \ ork IS more than dou-
blc-l thlnk the next census Will SNOW
nearly treble hers. ller land, cuItlvtted
by unwilling hands, is unProductye.--
| Travel through the adjoining States oi ONO
and Pennsylvania, and you will see that
the land PRODUCES more than double as
much rs the same kind ofland in Virginia..
In the Free States new towns are every
where springing up and thriving; the land
is becoming more productive ; smiling La-
btatons are within hail Of each other ;
the whole country is dotted with school
houses and churches, almost within sight
Of each other; and, except under peculiar
circumstances their manufactures and me-
chanic arts furnish lucrative employment
to all their people and their populaton
steadily and rapidly increasing. Turn
again to Virginia, There is scarcely II
new town, except at one or two points, with
in her whole borders. Her ancient villages
wear the appearance Of mourniul decay.
Her minerals and timbers are unwrought.
Her noble water-power is but partially oc-
cupied. Her fine harbors are without ships,