The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-15


nature buries himself Ia hlth aud sosh aad crime Here
compare the African with himself in both cond
tions in freedom and 10 bondage and We can compare
him with his race 10 the climate and following the
pursuits. Compare him With himself under the two
different conditions ia Hayti and Jamaica, with bis
race In bondage ia Cuba and every comparison demon
saes the folly OF his emancipation. la the United States
too have peculiar opportunities OF studying the African
race under different conditions Here hnd him in
slavery here lind him also free ia both the slave
holding and States Theb best specimen Of
the free black TO be found In the southern States "a The
closest contact with slavery and subject 70 many OF IT'S re-
srints, Upon the theory OF the ann-slayery men The
most favorable condition In which can view the A-
ought TO be in the non-sayeholdng states Of this
Union There we ought to expect 10 find him displaying
all the capabilities OF his for Improvement and prog
Iu temperate climate, with the road OF progress
open before him, among active industrious ingenious
and educated people, surrounded by sympathznR friends
and mild lust and equal Institutions il he fails here
y IL be chargeable TO nothing but himself lie has
had seventy in which 10 cleanse himself and his
from the eprosy of slavery yet what his condition here
to-day2 lie is eei he Is lord OF himself bat he finds il
ia truly heritage ofwoe After this seventy years OF
education and probation among themselves his nerority
stands fully confessed fact in the
the slayehoding States BY them he is adudged unfit to
enjoy the rights and perform the duties Of citizenship. De
MED social equality by rreverble law of nature aud
political rights, by municipal law, incapable Of maintain
ing the unequal struggle with the superior race the
choy history Of Of freedom is here most usually
found in the records of criminal courts as poorhouses
and penentaries These facts have had themselves
ognised in the most decisive throughout the
ern States No town, or city, or State encourages their
ton some OF the nonslayehodng States have prohibited
their entry into their borders under any circumstances
whatever Thus seems this great fact Of nferority
OF the race is equally admitted everywhere in
The northern States admit it, and to rid themselves of the
burden nhict the most cruel injuries upon unhappy
they expe them from their borders and drive them
out Of their boundaries into their poorhouses,
derers and outcasts The result of this policy is every
where apparent the statistics Of population supply the evil
dence OF their condition In the non-saveholdng States
their annual increase during the years preceding the
last census but little per cent per
nun, even with the additions of the emancpaed slaves
and iugiyes from labor from the South, clearly proving
that IN this their most favored condition, when left 10
themselves they scarcely capable of maintaining
their existence and with the prospect of denser popu-
ation, and greater competition tor employ nent
quent thereon, they are in danger OF extinction.
The southern States acting upon the same admitted
facts treat them differently They keep them in the sub
ordinate condition in which they found them, protect
them against themselves and compel them contribute
their and the public interests and welfare and under
this system, appeal TO facts open all prove
that the African has attained higher degree of
comfort and happiness than his has before attain
ed in any other age or country Our political system gives
the slave great and valuable rights His life is equally
protected with that of his master his person is secure
from assault against all others except his master aud his
masters power in this respect placed under sautary
gal restraints. lie is entitled by law a home to ample
food and clothing and exempted from Excessive labor
and when no longer capable OF labor in old age and dis
ease he is legal charge upon his MASTER His family old
and young whether capable of labor or not from the cradle
to the grave have the legal rights and in these
provisions they enjoy as large proportion of the products
the world We know that these rights are, in the MAN,
faithfully secured TO them but rely not on our knowl-
euge but submit our institutions to the tests by
winch we Try those OF all other countries These sup
Piled by our public statistics They show that slaves
are larger consumers OF animal food than any ponulaton
IN Europe and larger than any other aboripg population
IN the United States and that their natural increase il
equal TO that OF any other people, these and
nndsputable tests that their physical comforts amply
secured.
In 1890 there were less than seven hundred thousand
slaves in the United States in 1850 the number exceeded
Three and one quarter millions The authority shows
Their Increase for the ten years preceding the last
sus to have been above per cent or nearly
three per cent per annumap increase equal allowing for
the element Of foreign emigration the white race and
nearly three times that of the free blacks OF the North
But these legal rights OF the slave embrace but small
poruon OF The privileges actually enjoyed by him lie has
oy universal custom, the control of much OF his time,
wnich applied, nj his choice and
mechanic arts, to agriculture some other profitable
pursuit which not only gives him the power Of purchase
over many additional necessaries OF life but over MANY Of
us injuries and in numerous enables him pur-
chase bis freedom when he desires it. Be-drs the nature
Oh lhe reaton OF master and slave begets kindness -
poses duties and secures bcr performance which exists
IN no other relation Of capital and labor Interest aud
humanity cooperate in harmony for the we-being OF
slave labor. Thus the monster objection TO our n-
suuoh OF slavery, that 1t deprives labor Of lis wages
cannot stand the test OF truthful investigation.
shght examination Of the true theory of wages
VII further expose lie falIaey Under system Of
IRE lanor, wages are usually paid in money, The rep
resentaye OF products under ours In products them
selves One Of Jour distinguished statesmen and pa.
iIcsiueht John Adams, said that the difference 10
tue state was imaginary "What matters Il tsaid he
whether landlord employing ten laborers his farm
gives them annually as much money viii buy them the
hecssares lie or gives them those nccessares
mana All experience has shown that ii that be the meas.
e OF the wages OF labor II is safer for the laborer take
nus wages 10 products than in their nuctustng pccunary
value Therefore f pay in the necessares and com
lors OF life more than any given Of pecuniery
wages VIII buy, then aborer is paid higher than the
aooFe who receives that amount Of wages The most
thenhc agricultural statistics Of England show that the
wages OF agricultural and unsed labor in that Kingdom
not only tail to furnish the laborer with the comforts
our slave, but the necessares Of life and
shareholder could escape conviction for cruelty 10 his
slaves who gave his slave Of the Of life
Tor his labor than the wages paid to their agricultural la
borers by the nobemen and gentlemen of England would
Day Under their system has become less vauabls
and less cared for than domestic animals and noble Dukes
VIII depopulate whole districts of supply their
places with sheep and then with intrepid audacty lecture
ano denounoe American Shareholders
The great conflict between labor and capital under free
competitions has ever been how the earnings of labor shall
be divided between them. In and sparsely settled
countries where land cheap and food is easily produced
aud education and intelligence approximate equally labor
successfully struggle in this warfare with capital But
this is an exceptional and temporary condition Of society
In the Old World this OF things has long since passed
away aud the conflict with the lower grades Of labor
long since ceased There the compensation Of unsked
labor which first succumhs 10 capital is reduced point
scarcely adequate to the continuance OF the The
Of increase scarcely per per annum and
that rate population, until recently was considered
curse IN short capital has become the OF labor with
an the benefits without, the natural burdens Of the ea-
ton
In this division OF the earnings labor between ii and
capital the slave has ked oyer IN.
English iaborer and is often equal the free labore of