New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-12

prise-nothing but the culture Of cotton TO
give them importance In the worlds affairs.
Resides, Hirelingism has this GROWING
glory. that out Of it grows, a. It's own regular
rroduct. the system Of labor, which IN the
r,,ural order of things, must succeed II. IL
Droyides for It's own reform and ameAora-
ton. 1t interposes, at least in such coun-
tires IS the United States and England. no
;mnassable barrier to the change which Is 70
,prplant it. Not so Slavery. That viii not
admit Of any change, hardly OF any discus
zion. To inquire whether it's good OF bad,
r. proclaim It's dangers, Is almost personal
ofense 70 those who live beneath It's dismal
shadow. So painfully sensitive are they
that Il seems at times IS if there were moth
IN. within them nor without them, nor Of
them, nor about them but Slavery, as If
thew were Slavery and Slavery they.
Hirelingism is al least manlier and holder
n its temper, as it IS more proyldent IN is
action. for il contemplates is own transfer
nation and disappearance, and labors TO that
end
It is perhaps remarkable that in the great
modern experiments Of emancipation the
question has not been entertained whether
the blacks might not be transferred into some
more efficient industrial system than Hire
lingism, which in the very nature Of the case
must prove wofully inadequate and unPro-
grsssive in every bountiful tropical country.
where the earth Yields almost spontaneous
". enough for the subsistence Of man. In
such a country the stimulus of wages could
not be exrected - make the careless and
indolent negro worker. But nature has
implanted in his bosom two or three very
strong sentiments, a docile readiness 10 obey
authority, the instinct Of aggregation and
association, and the love Of parade and
show. Why not take advantage Of these
passions Borrow for the new industrial
organization the discipline and some Of the
formalIties OF military company; enlist
the ambition which turks in the black
as well IS in other men; call forth an
esprit du corps and bring emmula'iOn into
play hold up the prospect Of preferment
and emoument; and while you compel the
laborer to duties, bestow upon him enjoy
ments unknown alike to the slave plantation
and the isolated hut Of The hireling negro.
Under such system the transition from
bondage might be accomplished with safety
to every interest, with advantage TO the
slave, the master and the Commonwealth,
which could only gain by exchanging mass
Of servile creatures, who must be watched
with jealous suspicion, for orderly and intel
hgent laborers, trained to work together on
their own account and in the most efficient
manner. In the French islands, for instance
such Z scheme as this might have been tried
with ease had the government OF Louis Phil
ippe taken it up before February, lS4S. II
must have proved far better than the helter-
SHELTER emancipation which did take place,
and which we are not prepared to pronounce
a certain benefit TO either the emancipated
or the appropriated parties. But hitherto
wherever Slavery has existed on the large
scale it has not had wisdom enough to pro-
vide for It's own gradual and peaceful extinc-
ton. Even Colonization Is condemned by
the vote OF Kentucky. However, time Is
powerful, and such votes cannot be given for
ever The reproach Of Slavery and Of
Hirelingism Will in due time be wiped of
the escutcheon of the American Democ-
racy