Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-20

tons demanding a distribution of land
''barn burners the designation of a party
are all but clouds which indicate the ap-
proach of the storm, mark the progress oi
the contest.
Let the influx of foreign laborers con-
tinue, daily reducing the rate of wages;
let, as is threatened. the prisons and poor
houses of Europe be emptied on us; let
thus labor be consumed by its own strength,
capital be thus still further monopohsed by
the few, until the thousand famished VIC
TINS of excessive population cry out for
bread, rise In the power Of numbers and
demand their "equal rights" their ''equal
shares" what then shall save the Republic
from wreck!
When that day shall come. which may
a kind Providence long defer, If In the
mean time they do not forget that we are
their brothers, do not force us to disown
them for our kindred, the men Of the North
will find the Shareholders ready with heart
and with purse, with head and with hand
as were our fathers in days gone by, and
seemingly forgotten, to save them from de-
struction.
Upon the South, as upon the strong ann
of brother, SO long as negro slavery ex-
lists, the North can rely; it Will furnish ma
terials to It's workshops, a market for its
manufactures; wealth to its capitalist. wa
ges to the laborer. In the South no strug-
gle between labor and capital can arise
Where slavery exists, capital and labor are
one, for labor is capital. There the capi-
talist, instead of exhausting his laborer,
must strengthen, protect and preserve him,
for he is his money. The interest of the
laborer and the capitalist, the slave and his
master, are identical, they cannot conflict.
The prosperity of the master is the happi-
ness of the slave, for his condition is i'm
proved as his master prospers; the master
prospers, as his slave is healthy, vigorous
and happy.
To negro slavery is the South indebted
for its unrivaled prosperity, its exemption
from the fearful struggle of wealth and po-
verify; the happy equality in the condition
of its people; its practical enjoyment Of
the full blessings Of republican govern
ment.
Let abolitionists succeed, let slavery be
abolished, the negroes turned loose: the
whites, driven from their homes, viii seek
a refuge among the crowded population OF
| the North; or else the whites victorious In
the conflict which would follow, the miser-
able negroes would fly to their professed
| friends; the northern laborer would find a
ruinouS competitor; the northern capitalist
a fearful addition to the strength of his en-
emy. In either event the struggle would
be hastened TO an issue. The fall of the
South would bring ruin on the North; the
Republic would give place to Anarchy, to
be followed by the rich mans rule, des-
potisn.
In the history of the world, there is no
instance of Republic, which endured for
| 4 generation, without the institution of slave
ry. We have shown the cause. 1t is In
the contest which of necessity arises between
wealth and poverty. That cause operates
| to-day in our own country with even more
force than in the earlier ages of the world.
We have seen that now, as heretofore, there
is but one remedy for this evil: it is to iden-
tify the interest of the capitalist and labor
er. And we have seen that this end can
he attained but III one way: by the institu-
ton Of slavery. II then we would preserve
our Republic, let US protect It's only safe
guard.
We have now presented to our friends
our declaration, that negro slavery, as it
exists among US, is 10 evil. In the con-
| trast which we have made OF the condition
of the slareholding and non-slavehoiding
States, our purpose has net bccn to ''see
moats in a brothers eye," but it has been
to disabuse our friends of error, TO enable
them to Judge us fairly.
To the good men of the North we are
grateful for the manliness with which they
so often come forward, and in despite of the
denunciations of demagogues and fanatics,
| IN despite even of their OWN prejudices,
sustained our rights, done Justice TO our IN
stitutions. We are ready, too, to accord to
them ali praise for their many excellencies.
We admire their efforts III the cause of ed
ucation; we would not diminish their praise,
nor lesson our blame, by reference to tie
greater facilities for extending TO all the
benefits of education where population is
dense. We claim not that we are perfect;
nor while we deny that negro slavery Is an
evil, do we deny that it may be attended
with evil. The execution OF laws, the ve-
~ existence of human government. IS at
tended with evil; religion itself Is attended
with evil. We may then admit as an evil
attendant upon slavery, { for slavery makes
a people agricultural, and this prevents
great density Of population the difficulty
of extending the benefits Of education, ol
rather learning, do not produce the good
fruits-yirtue, morality, religion, happiness
1t IS of little profit. A Il else must moi
be sacrificed to mere learning. Let then
our northern friends contrast the condition
of the slaveholding and non-slaveholding
States, in all those things which advance
mans happiness, and we confidently rely
on their aid to crush out those VINO weuld
deceive them; would lead them TO sever the
ties which bind us together; would seek to
destroy us, though with Us must fal the re-
public.
We have confined our comparisons O
the condition of the slavehoIding and nen