The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-24

and your houses are elegant. In the interior Of the
tai splendor you have founded an elegant and enght
eoed state Of society But do you believe that Il it had
have had these railroads. chssrs and I lsashssr
Would the native population Of America ever have been
No. one Usnsr . .S that ass
1t In the world Well 1t 10 we'll DONE and am glad to
ss i done Lsushss.) But let y: reason little
place before the time when you emancipated your
slaves and foreigners had come. Emancipation did
toni think in about the year '90 Do YOU think that
il railroads had been started them emancipation would
building railroads to this day Just IS surs As The world
il is nscsssity is convenience that produces this
difference Ia Institutions 1t Is profit that creates slA
very, though often the not much benefited
by it. 1t is true that labor must be performed, and
when foreign labor had become reduced to standard
at which it was cheaper than that Of slaves with the
capital invested in them, employed foreigners and
foreign immigration the South do You believe they
would have continued 10 hold slaves? No! They
would have constructed though they are no hands
at it there to transport them to Africa rather than
have them among them. These things the North
should look at Your became Improbable here aud
governed by convenience and necessity, to great
tent, without canvassing the morality immortality of
the South should hs receptacle Of s i%a
lit were possible that it gould doi would dsprecate
the value Of slave labor slaves would become worthless
and, il possible, it would get rid Of them.
Look at Mexico How Is 1t with her? Mexico Is often
brought up as Ieproach against the South, bat it
rica if you please. Gaushter) They are not free
agents or free beings They belong all Of them to
ns 5 Of sn N
he, whole domnions but has sworn allegiance to the
Pope and papasy, and win support that religion and
the condition of "free' Mexico. They are all bound
to papacy, and it required Of Americans, too and
and Mexico. (Applause.) WelL the Mexicans found
they could take man with family to subsist and
who IN
before the magistrate Of the city town, who is
called an Alcalde and was adjudged to slavery until
that twenty five cents, two sfbits,n they called
it, should be paid In the meantime he had support
and c'othe his family; his wages were nothing, and
every day accumulated his account The eonsequ
that after certainperiod mot having paid the debt
he was again brought before the Acade and adudged
go ana ms Me sna ena , wss
their lands In this way Mexico obtained slaves. Find
ing more convenient, they repudiatei their African
fellow counrymen into peonage That Mexican liber
ty; and there certain hacenda less than
They abect and not enlightened as our
wants at the South.
They are IN general more restricted, and infinitely
superior within twenty feet without putting their hats
under their arms and crawling into his presence in the
humblest This is what Mexico has done, and
this only
After the extreme fatigue OF travelling, loss of sleep
men, my lecture has Been very desuitory L has
been, doubt unsatisfactory to you know it has
been unsatisfactory to myself AL that can do is
to you that had not moments prep irAti0n
had opportunity to write line note to day.
Gentlemen here attest that when left Washington
1t from the toll OF Office arose. and have had
repoBe Of consequence since had made preparation
whatever to lecture upon this subject and only
promise that II address you to morrow night it will be
upon subject have been more in the habit Of talking
Of, because was an actor in it. ! hope, there
lore, to make 1t more acceptable have given
IN honest exposition of my sentiments tonight l
have not sought to be censorious upon any have
old how the South have respect for the opinions OF
others, and how, by the necessities of condition.
we forced to act have in regard to slavery
trust though q Misunderstanding may have arisen
between the Two sections, no deporable result may
arise such has been prognostcsted Our country Is
too glorious too magnificent too sublime In 1t, future
prospects to permit domestic jars political opinions
produce wreck of this mighty vessel OF State Let
hold to It, let give II in charge Of who will
for the whole people, who will love the country for
the connry's sake, and will endeavor to build up and
sustain it, and reconcile conflicting interests for The sake
Of posterty. This be done and let not despair
and break the Union 1.-THE lecturer here related
anecdots Of the and hia wife who quareiied about
the color of cow the insishngthat 1t was brnd Q,
and the that II red Words so high that
they finally separated Many years after mutual friends
effected reconciliation, but unfortunately the fCe
dispute brought up in their first interview, and ~
again separated hope, said the lecturer that this
brinde COW will never get into this family, aud the
Union may be perpetuated while time shall last, and
while there Is heart to throb the names Of Amer
lean and Liberty. Great applause