New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-06

that they .hall be combined in due Proportion,
But. while there only about thI" 49,,
lous ard half Of slaves. there are M 80
,ban six millions Of matters, ard this c1ce,s VI
the ruling race IL NECESSARILY IN an unn1eo our "a
peiural condition. They ;eemng " to enas; Oh,
enterprise for which there is no opportunity Ss,,
reQuence Of the restricted quantity oil isooi IA no
beyond all precedent in any other country tne.e
pt ssibiy and no hope OF employing y 10 oos
with the che apor and more abundant Iaoo' e7e 49,,
ard while Ia virtue Of valuable Plodu'. -, "a
stand alone in the field Of agrctluTs, We anti
fft m the whole round f collateral empo! 10 or,.
This fec. bas already been demonstrated =! M
rience. We have public spirit enough; feinaP1 w
PEOPLE ever lad 40 much Of It. The books Oh our M
Chants and planters will sho9 investment nv. nv az
y,.trneut In undertakings that have la co "a Gay
pso6t. Hotels. factories, sugar rehneries mus sna
woiksiops aTecrected; roads are bui' csbhs a. g,d
they are undertaken with spirit they are s,sLs
with prudence aid .ndefatg able energy; men en-, nre
life sno fortune on them, and Ill bar tnote ma
neoe,sary 70 the iccsl want. Of some particular III!
murity 20 down. The great business OF a ,
gives support 70 q few necessary csings. nil
be lawyeIr doctors, divfnes teachers, 1ouIneIls' -
e,s ard uachini-,s IN the immediate Iiclhiy !" ~
form ofic, about this one great business ou' lIe'c
are no sIhorts Of independent enterprise, anu ~
tte-e Office ue oil crowded to the limits OF par
stence there Is 10 opportunity beyond, snu - we
nature Of thir e there csnnot be, wI'hou'
labor ,,:..a
The effects Of this state Of facts are exhibited al over
the country. At the North men make oItuss anu re-
tire from busress. Merchants, trade .nfen uiechlHc
lando.n ers proIcietos and operatives are ehfchen
Nv tIcr emtoyp1.nts and bv the RE in value OF al
kinds Of properly, and, building rural ana cry Ie'
derces Become men Of leisure. But there are copsa
lively no capitalists aud Men OF e-ure mere hiei
charts and cuers acquire wealth in the pursuit OF lhe1r
legitimate business and some are able 10 retire but
6w acquire wealth in any collateral Pio'eeSi
Mechanics work until they can woik 20 ionsel.
LAWYERS aid doctors die il the harness None Ocoe
rich by the rise in the value OF investneus handS
that have been held for thirty year have not advanced
in price. One or two millions OF dollars lie o!ieu IL
the Ssntee Canal factories railroads, ho'e- ad
commerce companies, marx the tonos ol a. HuJa
more. In consequence OF this peculiarity III ou ocli
ton we have only the sinking side OF toe "heei o 10Y
tune tuned TO US. IL rising rm Is with ano'her Peo
ue and if couenteo with this condition, We must De
eonteI.ed whether in the Union or out OF H. WIN 'ne
| conseduences which necessarily reult; ana lot an
extended period Of time hall the people must want
e. for fifty wears they have already wanted opporiun
tv But give them labor, and We give wealth ana Tie
ability 10 make other investments to all tne
The State give them labor, and we give them the
ability TO compete with enterprises elsewhere; give
| them this snd we give local and more aounlan'
market; We render investments additionally produc-
tive and give capital, leisure, letters anu lenhe
| mont to the whole country.
We have 10 doubt that there would be great mate
rial adv ment in condition OF potcai ihdePehd
ence. Willie labor at least, would come IN ana would
be GRADUALLY shaped TO collateral objects, End works
would rfe and interests would expand, bat II would
| come Slowly. II would be drilled slowly into new
lines of employment. These lines OF employment u u
would require to be kept free from the competition OF
the slave To do So il would require legislation and
slavery then, even in its own home would come under
the restrictions of an ,xrnsic sentiment Such would
be the result at least if the accessons to the number
of otr white aborng population should be as rapid as
our wants for labor ould require That advancement
Therefore would with Independence to the South
EN- States there be little question new cen er
Of con rerca and mechanical enterprise would be es-
tabishod but without the slave.trade this VIII not be
the natural adv ancemeut Of our institution The dam
ger is that without the slave;rade ii will rather be
departure from it. Interests would be built up here as
they have been built up elsewhere from free labor, bat
etsft would be slow they would come slowly to matu-
rity. The enterprise of our people would s languish,
the structure Of society would not be opure and homo
geneou ought 10 be- in order to insure the peace
condition. beitre that tie ecH II Sidrery r0Hd BE
IN an ,Hsa0fcency Of slares and that he rant Of
Slore,s Ro0id stdH be he sidrt-trade.