Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-10-30
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few days since in Maryland, near the res
idence Of Francis p. Blair, one of the
Buchanan orators took occasion 10 de.
tor, and TO invohc "a fash of lightning
10 destroy him. He has noticed this oc-
currence in long letter 10 his neigh bofs,
in which he unmasks the purpose of the
Buchanan party. He shows from their
record that the Southern leaders of that
party are aiming not only to spread slave
ry. but also TO trsnsform into slaves sll
the poor white people. The letter closes
as follows:
"My neighbors know that my declsra-
tions against sweeping abolition are sim
cere. They know that | own slaves.
some inherited and some have begged
their way into my house from The slave
pen, and whilo they know that nv course
in submitting to this encumbrance is
charac terized by humanity. they have
proof i'll my conduct. that so far from
using it to degrade my own flesh and
blood in the persons OF those who toll
with their hands for living. and to bring
them TO the condition 10 which the De-
nlOcracy. speaking through the Richmond
press, would assign them, that my best
efforts have been 10 counteract this ten
dency of the system. Ny strongest sym
pathies are for the laboriDg white man.
Under this feeling, aud believing it the
best mode Of gradually superceding slave
~ in the cultivation of the soil. have
employed free abor for the most part in
my farming and with the happiesl conse-
quences.
OF The neighbors whom | employedsto
assist me in opening and in the culiiva-
ton and improvement Of my farm, ten.
who held no land, now possess little
farms and comfortable homestesds of
their own in fee simple. II. instead Of
free labor, had purchased aid employed
negroes in my cultivation, | had added
4 from the profits, all these homesteads 20
nv own domain, and exhibited a wide
snread scene Of wasting African agricul-
ture. Now the whole neighbOrhood is
dotted with neat and thriving farms and
cottages, and the land which sold Tor ten,
! fifteen and twenty dollars an acre when
/ | began to onen my farm thirteen years
ago. now sells for from 10 sixty 10 al
hundred and sometimes more do not
mention this to assert my claims on nay
neig ghbors. They have done moro Tor
me, than / for them. | state facts TO
recommend system. The general BEN
ef;s every one admits. One OF the orn-
tors who came from the city 10 denounce
me under the crown of old Bucks horns.
set up 10 overlook my precints. comply
mented my neighbors on the gfea' I'M
provement Of the scene around him. but
said, fixing his eye on my home tha' DIS
heart sunk within him wheu he reflected
tha, il belonged 10 IAN arch traitor. aud
then il was that he summoned The light
ming 10 blast me-.
The system OF small tenemenis and Tree
labor can alone confer beauty and
strength on an impoverished RECON-
Even the rich soil OF Kentucky. the beau
tiful luxuriance of which il is almost I'M
possible to destroy, cannot prevent the
comparative weakness that awaits q
State which turns away tree labor. ano
sends it to build up rival Free SInies IN
the West. Example Will illustrate
have three relatives in Kentucky. hon
est, benevolent. most estimabie men.
who. when left the State, were farmers
on limited scale. Within twenty years
one of ,hem has bought ten of the iarms
around him. another twelve. smother Ill
teen. in the heart of WoodfOrd and Fay
cite. Handsome edfices. once the homes
of families numbering "a multitude, scat
tered over the country, are now occupied
as eraneries. a small one here and there
inhabited by an overseer. The poPula-
ton is gone, the school houses are desert
ed. the churches have no congregations.
! aud vet the country is beautiful. clothed
with grass, covered with herds oi ths
finest cattle, mules and horses IN The
world. The corn fields. for the support
/ Of this quadruped population IN winter.
/ are worked by slaves. The rain and sun
, shine that makes the grass grow provides
for them In summer rs il does IN The pam
pas OF South America that creates the
living wealth of those solItudts. The
white population banished by this spe-
cies of engrossing cultivation have q
right TO the territories reserved by the
compact fox free labor. And are not the
| people further South. who have no hold
on the soil there, also 10 be secure OF a
home some where? On a multitude Of
the great plsnta lions in the South. free
la Dor is entirely dispensed with. They
have not only their blacksmith, but their
+ black carpenter. whselwTight. plasterer
and painter; aud where are all the whI;c
mechanics to GO? and where the white la
{ borers who already Griven TO the hills by
: hunting. fishing aud Tobbing-ss Gov.
! Hammond of S. Carolina tells US where
are they to go il slavery in the new ter
: ritories is TO pursue them with the same
+ fate2 hope my neighbors will pardon
/ me when | proclaim it. that my feelings
aud Judgment alike Ociuate me 70 fight
the battle for the rights OF the white cul-
tivator of the soil aud the white me-
/ chanic. ogsInst all who would pursue
| him into the new territories with the in
, stitution which drives them out from
those little communities" at the head
/ of which reigns a master. who, with his
, fellows. the organ Of Democracy in the
, South tell US constitute the State.
Your fellow citizen.
+. 7. BLAIR.
SrNrp SpRtNGs Sent II 1856