The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-12-27

one proper to be argued in this and the othe
Southern states, and the columns Of TIL
Wing are open to well tempered articles OF
either side:
For The Cecil Wing.
WHAT SHALL we ED 40 EsE
SAVED
The proposition of the Governor of Soutl
Carolina and of some Of the leading politi-
clans and presses in the slave states, to reoper
the slave trade is IN high favor with many
and obtains indirect support from many
others who openly oppose it. The November
number of the Southern Planter, published
ut Richmond, says: 'All We want is an ad
dItional supply of negro labor to make the
whole of lower Virginia blossom as therose,
and the December number Of the American
Farmer, published at Baltimore, in comment.
ing on the article, says: I'VE wish to put
OH record for Maryland like statement, y
and, also adds in reply to some agricultural
orator, who exclaimed, Give me plenty Of
lime, guano, grass seed and flee labor, and
will regencrate Virginia." that ii knows men
who, with these several little appliances and
means might do as much and dispense uiM
the free labor"
These articles were writtcu before the mes
sage of Governor Adams, and do not directly
favor his recommendation, but when they tell
us all we want to make our own and Our Sis
ter state blossom as the rose, is an additional
supply of negro labor, it is not very difficult
to understand their latent meaning. They
evidently look forward to, and are coyerty
preparing the way for, a Ie-opcning of tho
African slave trade. Oar lands. according to
these journals, would advance vastly in i'm
provcmcnt and price, and agricultural pur-
suits become much more profitable, if free
labor was dispensed with and slave labor
more generally employed, and if their theory
be correct, practical mcn looking to Il cir own
interests, should dispense with the former aid
increase the latter. They evidently mean
this, or they MEAN nothing.
Admit though, for fear Of doing the jour
nails alluded to injustice, that they are openly
opposed to a re-opening of the Slave trade.
and the case, SO far as the white labvrer is
concerned, is not INA terially altered. Ii ian
additional supply Of negro labor" can be OBJ
tained we can rcgcncratc Virginia and Mary
land, say these leading agricultural journals,
land dispense with free labor" And this
applies not to farm hands alone, but 10 all
kinds Of mechanics; for correspondent Of
the "Earmer" writing from southcrn PLAN
tation, informs US that among the slaves are
carpenters, coopcrs, blarksinitlls and other
mechanics, all good worl,ncn." The qucs-
ton then of IAN additional supply Of negro
labor" no matter from what quarter that
supply may come, is one of vital Importance
to every white man who is compelled to toll
for daily subsistence. His labor Is his only
capital, and when that Is taken from linn, or
whenever he is forced to compete with the
negro slave, and work for the same wages
(viz: for as much as " i'll furnish him with his
peck of meal and lit of bacon weekly, and
two coarse suits y,arly,) say from $50 to SAC
the poor whites described by Gov. Hammond
in an address delivered before the South Caro-
lima Institute in 1850. Speaking of the non
slavchoding whites of that state, he says
"thcy obtain precarious subsistence by &C.
casional jobs, by hunting, by fishing, by
p.undering fields and folds. and too often by
what is in its effect far worsc-trading with
slaves, and scducing them to plumber for their
benefit"
Now, the institution of slavery may he an
exceedingly good thing for both master and
slave. Under its operations the one may wax
fat and the other prosperous But with the
free white laborer the case is dificrent. Slavery
in no wise benefits him; on the contrary it
robs him of his social standing, of his poll
teal influence, and, what is infinitely worse.
Of his bread and meat. Heretofore VIC have
looked upon slavery as an evil which would
eventually work itself out. and have tolerated
and been jealous even to protect it. But fiat
this late day the non-slayeholdcrs of our
States-the great body of whom cat their
bread in the sweat of their faces, are to DC
told it is necessary to increase slave and dis
pcnsc with free labor, it is about time for
every man among us who is so unfortunate as
to have white skin and no capital but a stout
heart and two willing hands, to begin TO cast
about him for some new field in which to
earn bread for himself and family. Already
have our backs been bowed, and our necks
worn to the quick unfolding an institution
which affects us injuriously, and ic it is now
to be increased and extended, the sooner we
open our eyes to the fact the better; for when
the gaunt faces of our wives begin to reproach
lis silently, at our coming in and our going
out, and our little ones to tug at us aud beg
us for something to eat, the evil day will be
too painfully near 10 be avertcd ...-.
The climate Of Virginia and Maryland is
well adapted to free white labor, and there is
no excuse for dispensing with it except its in
reference with the grasping and avaricious
dispositions Of those who monopolize the soil;
and the white men who claim the right to
live in the States that gave them birth should
sternly resist the introduction Of any more
slave labor among them. For when we are