The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-02

made manifest by o comparison of the production Of
with the free races in the similar attitudes engaged in the
same or similar productions in any part Of the world.
The slaveholdpg staes With Of the white pcpu
Iaon and between three and four millions Of slaves
nsb Lone three Of the exports Of the republic
tanning twenty three millions Of people, and their entire
Del sp he Q,
Statee The difference in realized wealth In proper.
ton to population, is not lees remarkable and equal
ly favorable to the savehoding States. But this ia
not fair compaison-on the contrary 1t is exceedingly
unfair to the slavehodrg States The question of
teria advantage would be settled the side OF slavery
whenever it was shown that our mixed society mors
productive and prosperous than sny other mixed society
with the inferior free, instead Of slave The ques
ton Is not whether we would not be prosperous
and happy with these three and half millions Of slaves
in Africa and their places filed with equal nber of
rior race but is simply whether while we have them
smorg us, would be most prosperous with them in
freedom bondage. With this bare statement of the
true issue safely leave the question to the facts al
ready referred TO- TO those disclosed 10 the
But the truth i'Hef needs expanauAtion, a. it
TO be great mystery to the opponents Of slavery
creasipg the comforts and happiness Of the slave,
the profits Of the master, and do no violence
principles In this relation the labor of the country
united With and protected by it's capital directed BY the
ness waste and folly in such form AZ to give
the greatest efficiency in production and the least coss
maintenance. Each individual free black laborer the
victim not only Il his own folly and extravaganza bat
bis ignorance risfortuues and necessities HIS fsoa
ton enrges his expenses without increasing his com
forts his want Of capital increases the price of every
thing he buys, disabes him from supplying his wants at
favorable times advants geons terms VA him
into II hands Of retailers and Bat labor
united with capital directed by skill forecast and
intelligence, while 1t Is capable Of IT'S hgheat pro.
duction IL freed from all these evils and leaves ma rin
both for increased comforts to the laborer ana addi
iloDa prohs to capital This is the explanation to the
seeming paradox.
The opponents Of slavery, passing by the question OF
material interests insist that it's effects the society
where IL exists to demorafize and eueryete II and
render incapable Of advancement and high ciyizs-
,ion and upon the citizen to cebase him morally and
intellectually such is not the lesson taught by history
either sacred profane the experience of our own
past or present.
To the Hebrew race was committed the oraces OF the
Nest Rieb saveholding priests administered at Lis
altar and s1aveholdng prophets and patrarchs received
his revelations and taught them 10 their and
mtttd them to all other ger ratons Of men, The bga-
foIm OF ancient civilization and the nobest deveope
ment Of the individual man 10 be found In the an
cien eiavehodiDg commsnwealths OF Greece and Rene
In eloquence in rhetoric in poetry and painting Ar.
,hitectuIe and sculpture you must sn 20 and search