The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-09-14
NO. 400.


ding position which they now occupy. For I
lopg while they defended Slavery on specia
--ognds, as sn existing evil for which they saw
q remedy. But gradually they adopted th'
.,v,l maxim of divine right, and began t.
.'ote the Bible in defence Of the institution
Us At once committed them in favor o
'-a,rr SLAVERY, since it was white slavery
~si.b Moses established, or rather regulated
IA i was white slavery which universally
.r;..sd in the Roman Empire in the time O
=. Saviour, and which the modern champion,
y Slavery falsely assert that he and his dis
.;.la, ea7a their sanction to. The truth is
nav Ony eOjoined obedience TO rulers and
~,s,rs, in conformity with the great law Of
p.,,s which is of the very essence Of the Cos
i. and the advocates of despotism can defend
is.r systems by the Bible with more texts, and
...,rysr than the advocates of Slavery.
Atkngth the enemies of Freedom have been
..,5ol3saed to take the ground that Slavery is
.. nrcpsr condition of the laboring man, with.
:. -sFsrence to his color. This was always
:. 8,,.rine of Mr.. Calhoun and his disciples,
AT has row become the corner stonen of
q, .bsm Democracy, North and South. We
=. clad that they have taken this position. If
y. hare statement of it is not sufficient to
.x,ksr the Indignation of every free laboring
"a, IN America, and to nerve his arm for re-
,..sp;e. nothing which we can say viii arouse
49,, And those who can read such senti-
r,.,.s--the sentiments of the great body OF
5,,sb5lders, and of the Administra.ion-with-
ostksling burning sense of insult and wrong,
np b, stepped in the degradation of time
serving. and be really fit for slaves. G.
F.,G7AuON TO THE soUTH-Nzw ORLEANS
We called attention recently to the interest
IN, fact that the immigration to Che South,
f,la Europe, for the last five or six years, has
b3en greater than it was to the whole Union
.ssnty years ago. AT the Same time the
North s beginning to pour out swarms of
vpula.ion every year into the lap of the
>uth and from these two sources the face of
gc.iy tee temper of the public mind, and the
vsbTo prosperity, particularly in the more
niiisio slave States, must in few years pre-
go; every ferent aspect from what it now
Esara Indeed, we confidently look for the
nos. important results-in word, for eman-
agad)n in the border States in less than a
raxai0n from these causes.
There are somo narrow minded, shortsight.
81 EDITORS and demagogues in the South who
iertcate this tide Of immigration, as calculated
0l;eak in upon the established order of things
S.:Ee are happy to perceive that all the lead
Fs@ei with the value and Importance of in
t5lacing free population from the North, or
irm Europe. We frequently see articles in
tie Virginia papers, as well as those of South
Carolina which indicate this change-for it is
g ehange-in the public sentiment of the
Sja.h. But the strongest expression of opin-
ia we have met with, is in the New Orleans
BpIieiin. The editor of that journal, in his
annual review of the market lays great stress
On the subject and attributes the decay of
trade and prosperity to the neglect of internal
Improvements, and the consequent discourage
neat Of immigration.
We make the following extract from the
Ba.ltin, which will be read with interest by
every intelligent reader. 1t shows that South
err mon are beginning to understand the
Hsk Of the South, and that they are looking
u Free Labor for regeneration: G.
immigration, in fact, is the great agent
the fundamental cause of these remarkable
changes in the productive capacities of the
country; and its effects are felt even to great
c' extent indirectly than is apparent in its d.
rect results. 1t is only when we trace the ex-
ra9FdInary augmentation of production 10
The Ehole country, within the last ten or twelve
year, taking for example the decade embraced
80 toe census Of 1850, and find that its prog
les bears certain proportion to the increase
q icreign immigration, that We become sensi-
Bic Of how powerful an agent the latter is in
our Industrial development. There is hardly a
class, trade or profession, in the old world, that
has not sent its representatives to be perma-
nam members of our community, and become
direct producers By their labor and skill, or
simulate production by their science, enter
p7se, or capital. Our national freedom is in
DO Particular more beautifully illustrated than
u TIE freedom of labor; its freedom from OPP
Eess7e taxation to pay the interest of enor-
mons national debts, and support privileged
els'ea IN Church and State; its freedom from
@-isl dlsqlahfcations from State monopolies !;
! ~ every power, in fact, but that of capital.
ne immigrant at once springs up under this
IsailAidl freedom Of action into a worker and
Producer, adding both to his own means and
As wealth of others. The number of immi-
s''hss who axe nOn-producere, or paupers, in
.Ae ih'Td year after their arrival in the coun-
I7' Is 60 small when compared with the host
VINO are engaged in active production, but they
'4l only be considered as exceptions to the gen.
VA rule, and are not to be regarded in judg-
increase IN our agricultural productions, we find
"a 'la' It's greatest advance followed close upon
~o great increase in immigration since 1910 {;
-i0 60 WIN regard to our manufactures, for
and navigation.
a. curing me twenty seven years preceding
81. 0 y0ST lo42, the total tonnage of the United
5sa:eS mas increased only 100000 tons, while
Viii inc next ten years the increase was up
I -iu9 VI ~,OOO,0OO. We do not mean to imply
this ,'1. enlS extraordinary augmentation of our
ciai marine was owing entirely, or even
a. ,54liy' 70 immigration. The increased wants
u t Tue commercial world, from our new rela-
~ ~Oas with the Pacific coast, is undoubtedly one
= i'' chiei causes, but still one cannot mark the
Use gong on Pdri pGssu with immigration,
'.HOu' beng convinced of their intimate rels-
~, e1n 70 each other. At present the golden
rae Is Principally in the direction of the North
Tros'efn States and Territories Wisconsin and
q 'ri, which quarter of century ago were
~ %ilerness arc already 60 populous that, in
MI ;r turn, their Inhabitants are emigrating to
, gs,,une;o'a, Kansas, and Nebraska; and to
ae'e Territories the eyes of thousands are di-
iuGs'ec, both in this country and in Europe
nave we no lands in the Southwest as inviting
- ieAiity, to the home hunter of 1855? Are