New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-17

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opportunity ard advantages which others hsys not
In the South society is divided into two ereA ard
prominent classes, the ruling and the obey ins-ths
ibiri ing ard he working. Tie labor of the Soatb
performed by three million Creatures Who represent
the heather idea Of man
All the benefits iha: have accrued to msn from
Christianity, are appropriated and nonopohIed ~
the white popu!ati 70.
here IS s. am that 10 sophistry can sev up Here
is society ors snize6 idea of equal rights,
and Of Inequalities only 90 they 'prJng fro N differ
erce Of worth, bat on an idea Of pefmsneIt p'iiti-
csl, organized inequality among men. Taey carry
il far that the theory of Slave law regsr5s the
slave not inferior msD, governed, for his own
good well as for the benefit Of the society at large,
but il prorounces him. in reiterated forms, nst nao
al all. but chsttel
When a community OF S,stes. by the most potential
voice Of Law SAYS 10 The whole body of lis laborng
population, Ye are 3ot nea and shall not be; ye are
cba,tek-it is absurd 10 speak about md treatment
abou. hapIine IL IL about cattle THAI they are
tskngi Our vast bo5y Of lsboring do not yet
fee. the force Of such theory of human society. Bat,
II that poiics o. EN- which hiss openly been making
such procigous srices for the last fifty years and
tfectpg secretly yet greater change IN men idess
Of society ard government shall gain complete ss,en.
darcy they, in their turn and in due tine will know
ard see the difference between Republican Dsmsc-
racy and Republican Ari,ioe.acy,
Out Of such original and radical cIffereDces there
flow perp-tual cortrsst and opposition OF poll
cies and procedures in the operation OF soc ETY. aod
Ct business. We will select bu few, of msny, cub.
jects contrast Work Education, Freedom Of Speech
and Of The Prtss. and Religion.
+. VoRE Among us, end from the beginning
Work has been honorable. IL has been honorable 70
dg 10 hew. 10 build TO resp, 20 WELD the hammer at
the forge and tue at the bench. IL has been hon
Orabls because cur people have been taught that
ca, b man is set 10 meke D. most of himself. The
crown fer every victory gained in struggle of skill
or Industry over matter s placed upon the soul; and
thus emory free people industry becomes education.
II is the psedliarii, of Northern l,bor that it
IL "a Vartt /.
Lanos. There is more real though 10 Yankees
hard than in Southerners head. This is Of
class of single individuals or OF siogle Sts'es.
II pervsdts the ar II il Northern public sediment
II springs rom our ideas Of manhood These iahn-
ences getting through generations have been wrought
toto the yery blOod. II is 10 the stock. Go where
You viii Yankee is a hing creature. He il the
honey bee OF mankind. Only Work is royal snopg
II caIfies the sCeptre, ard changes all nations
by its touch opening its treasures, aud disclosing s
secrets.
But with oil tbs industry. you ,hs ina no shsre
on earth go little drudgug work a. IN the North. IL
il Dot tie seryiude OF toe baDds 10 material nature.
1t is the gorions exercise Of mind upon nature They
yfx Ia ure with incesssut opportunities. They are
always pryIg aud thinking, ald trying.
In California gold Is found in quartz formations.
But in New En-, land, and the free inventive Nrth,
il he eeolCgy Of industry, gold is found everywhere
in rye straw and boIIets, leather an stone. IN
wool fets and olohs; in wood, in stone, and ia very
ice. II is wrapped up IN the begsT's raimen', which
feeplent rags, 10 CaF, a newspaper, conveying the
world 5 daily life into t<eDty Thousand ia mites
And Sc great the achievements OF labor .tsvery
body honors it. II siaIds among us a. an nvl.ibie
dignity. -Four spirits there that rule in New
EIcland-rolgion, social virtue intelligence, and
tretk and this last takes something from them ALL
sro is their ply sics exponent SO that rot only -
work bonored and honorable bat the want OF II al
in Piled Glscrtdi.. The presumption is a. says against
d nan who does not lator.
In The South. the very reverse IL true, as general
proposition.
Ii is true because labor is The peculiar badge OF
slavery. II does ne. stand, as with us symbol OF
iuttl seIce, bur symbol Of stupid srrvtute II -
the tufLess If those whom ne Law puts out OF the
ptle of society and accounts chsttels, ard who, by
The opinion of society are at the bottom ani unfer
the feet Of respectable men ID Work T., therefore,
prma 5cce evidence of degr idation. II Is ranking
dneself with slave by doing slaves 'asks; ~ eat
ing btggars crust with him would be oessrs
fellowship.
But this is not the whole reason he chiefsst
AID more potent Itas OF the difference betsoen
public feehr about WORK North and south
The ideas Of men IN the South d not inspire any
such tercency. Men are judged there no. by wh.t
they are and sre t. be, but by what ttey H0D d0
Only such things have a. echo N mem, that re-
yerbsrG,c in The tar % public opinion toat profGce
an feet ~ notice honor advancement ~ tse orIS-
ions Of men. are Ielishtd In the North, uien ara
educated 10 be soot iLng-in the South b, sone
hing. Tie North tends 10 d0lHg--the South 10 ap.
JtafiEg. And tOih tendencies spfirg from the root
of opposite theories OF men snd notions o. soeie,y
AID it is this innate, hereditary ioJVp ,sition 20
work II at after all is the greatest O0etace % eman
cipalion. LsziDess in III. South and m )ney in the
North are The bul 'a'ks Of Slavery To take away
planters slaves is 10 cut of his hands T1ere s
where be keeps his work. There is of t 10 hum
stf And II Is this too which leads 10 the contempt
which southern people feel for northern men. They
are working men, ana work is favored 10 tue
sonbener with ideas of ignoniny OF ms snness, Of
vulgar lowness Neitter can they understand how
a nan no works oil his life long can De high-nndsd
enc geDtnus intelligent and refined
Not only is ihe this contrast in dignity Of work but
even moreln rights oi isdHsry. Work 10 the North,
has responsibilities that are prooisipus educators.
We orc sn that man shall hsve toe fullest chance,
and then he shall have the results o bis activity. lie
shall take all be make, he shall take the whole
resuli of iedotHcc. l. is cou5le education. IL in
spires labor by hope Of fru'tion and otensihes II by
tie fear OF non fruition The South have their whole
bocy Of aborors at work without either pons 1ty.
They cat il of at both ends. They virtually say -
the slave in reality Be lazy for all tina. you earn
sh,ll Go you no good DO lazy, for when you are
"oid and Helpless are bound 10 take care Of you
Ii il this apparent care for the hslpessness of
slaves that has the favor OF many northern men,
and Of some who ought 10 have known better The
effect Of taking of from men The responsibility OF IA
Dor in both ways its frution and its penalty Once
declare in New-York that Government would take |
Gaze Of poverty md old age as 10 make il honora
be- and il would be premium upon inprogldence.
With w. it is expected that every man vii work,
will earp will lay up, will deliver his family from
uubc charity. There is to be sure, an Aims House
10 catch all who, by misfortune mprovidence, fall
through. But such is the public opinion in favor Of
peIfoL al iLdependeI ce sprDgDg ION Industry, that
La i've born American citizen had rather die than
go TO an Aims House. Foreigners are our staple |
psupers. Our charity feeds the poor wretches whom
foreign slavery has crippled and css. upon a. Bat
TIE whole South is vast work-house for the slave
while young and vast aims house for him hen old,
snd Ieher young old, is he permitted 70 feel the
responsibility for LABOR. And this, too, explains the