Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-29

For hs EnY9i,sr.
TRADE

When human objects and pursuits in free society
are vigorously and accurately analysed, We lind all
seeking 10 enslave their fcll1w-lnen, without in.
curing the individual obligation 20 govern, protect
end provide for them. Nay, startling and awful as
the proposition may seem, We lni that lpufSdr the
liib!") success in ensaving fellow beings is
considered the chlrica rvl'icnc" o! mciiorious and
we'll spent r whilst the neglect or failure 10 en-
slave them il not treated a crime, In always visited
with contempt. All desire, and al seek to acquire
enough Of properly t. live wihun, labor, tn com.
mnnd aud procure the results Of labor without cx.
c!":IinE our property, oar past accumulated labor,
Tor the labor "i other people. The profits oi capital are
but the tax which carlia eXacts from labor. In free
society the chletcsi merit Is 10 compel others to work
Tor us without working FOR them AT ALL The next de.
gree Of merit and morality, is tn exchange rs little as
possib;" oi our light aud agreeable labor for a. much
as possible Of Other peoples hard painful aud d!scre-
'laJlc labor. Next 10 the independent capitalist aud
property in the scale of virtue, stand protcs.
sIunal men, artists, &c. men who, in the various
cailngs of life, Gs lawyers, authors, doctors actors,
merchants, master mechanics, &C., exchange one
days labor tur ten ur hundred days labor of the
common laborers who produce the nccessares n life.
OF this class, they most hsnored who exchange
the least of their labor for tho most of other peoples.
Every body at the North either belongs 10 one OF
these classes, or il seeking Ia advance his children or
himself into them Therefore. every body is seeking
To engage in the Whit. slave Trade. The mas who
and skill, are contemnrl and drspisrd. Even con-
science has become conventional and artificial that
II add. seli-rcbukr to the cenInrts of sOrle'y. The
poor are ready To cXclam, "why have not We become
independently and hrrn masters instead of slaves ~
for have shown that to be independent IL Ia be q
mn-tcr without the obligations of master. We n"w
add, that Ia h1 without property, trade profession
III ir" society, Is ~ be- IN slave without the rights q"
n slave Free society pihc..s :ncn in untlgnustic
End competitive relations, so tlln: be true
:" himself. except by dom, wrong - other people
Each man must b"c"inr the slave of >kil and capital
and wlcl than, 10 Oppr.ss nn -islavc others
Duty to SELF is the irSi o hulnan dutirr: therefore,
the Yankees are right in rur-u!ms either trndr but
the White Slave Tradc. In such society, Christian
morality, whcl! bids Us 'iOvc olr uerhb0rs our
sclvc,, anil ",lu ua!n others as ye would that they
should do unto u.s. il utterly mpractirahe, hrcaus,'
in order 10 take cnrr uf ourselves, compelled
10 wrOn. our nci.siib"r.
Ali this Is, in great measur, reversed in slave society
where sri-iTt"rr>t dictates Io H. O love those
who III culnnaud u! us, or depend on "a-
selves, and 40 do unto them rs We would that they
should do unto u.s." Sell interest, as well rs iOmes.
tie Hi:Gi"n, dictate To n man 10 provide well for the
wants of his children aud slaves and.to each them
sound morality anl Christianity. In return, he COIN
nians the love- respect and obedience u his children
and slaves and The latter become Tar more valuable
property where their moral religious and physical
wants properly pruv:I tor. Ii is also the lnte
Of slaves and children Ia love, honor and obey
their pareuts masters, because they secure there
by better treatment from them. THe master parent
would not be doing rs he would be done by /!
he 10 .et free his children and slaves; tor lie
would thereby r.In; them tD the more cruel and
hcartless masters Of -kill and cupita They would
Ht once become slaves without maslrrs"-ior they
are not fitted Tor thu; struggle ui ir-r competition
which Is grinding down the masses i'll Europe anl our
North, into u status less tuerable than lu.ncsc
slavrry.
Arnin the professional and s!;i,iiu in slave society
Ike their is la lIpr
but do not njurc the slave by doing. The mn-ter
takes away no part ri their allowance I" pay the doc
tor, the lawyer, the artist There is very little ot
Ill. white slave trade, where negro slavery exists, md
that Il: l. necessary To- promote accumulation, skill
aud enterprise, ant I" advance civilization. In
further "uridaton "i our doctrines give an eX.
tract from the lecture ui Geo. Fizhu.h E:q., at New
Haven. Mr. Fzhugh did nnt follow the beaten track
aud apologies for or excsr negro slavery but Showr'
that Yankee slavery to r it'll was wors. In truth
there is but way Ia defend ia" social system %
III. South, and hnt Is by attacking thar "f the North
All institutions mixed with evil. Those hes
which have most OF good aud least ui evil. The nbuli
tnnlS- hay" 'mc more tifn thirty years rsrann
on e evils II our form at savcry and IL lIg lime
were Exposing t+ greater evil u! heir white SLAYER
L. skill and capital. Bat they have anticipated us
aud declared those evils intoc.ablc for they nj
arciasts and propose {" subv"ri and reoranize tht
whole fabric ui free society. They have passed ser;
tcncc OF condemnation their own white slavcry
with singular unanilnity.
| ET'raciS from he L6rinre "ficr SyYny a Fail
Wc," dcirrtd NJ .Ne's iiarrn, CONNECTICUT, .Warck
| 1853, By Gsores FI-hngA 0, Ia.
"Probahly there is no desire 80 intense and 80 uni
veisal among civilized men that of acquiring pc.
cunary udcpei,Lence Il is the chief Incentive ,o
! active industry, frugality and economy. Good mel
and bad men are alike engaged III the struggle TO be.
come independent, 20 be able to live without labor
tho profits rents og interest of accumulated cap
tai. ihIs struggle in society properly organized
is 10 doub innocent and lguGnble and the most Ell
cent promoter OF human civilization and progress
Il propose briefly 10 analyZe the exact character O
this of competition, and To detect and expose its
rcsults-r"suts, nrithmct!rav demonstrable IN theo.
ry, proved by the acts of history. and unwttingy
udlm;ed nrd dcpIured by the WISE the good, and
the learned, who live in Free Society.
The man who, by his own labor, has alnassed ten
thousand dollars, might. very properly, take huli
day, live a. his ease exchanging the results of his In.
Dor, his capital, for the results OF other peoples la
hyr, wh0 had not been so frugal industrious or 50
fortunate as hs No one will dispute the equity and
sound morality nf this exchange Common sense
amd common fairness alike dictate that when we i'm
pose burdens on Others, ought 10 assume and Eear
equal burdens, in their behalf ourselves. Ee,, just
honest and equitable ~ ths InGy seG it IS wholly n;
variance with the universally approved practical mt.
raliy of the day. The who touches his prn-
cpal, hia capital in exchange flr other peoples labor
is Cnrsdered aud treated by nil society rs reckless
wicked spendtriit. He must retain his capital and
live on it's rents interest property Interest land the
same il true of all dividends on stocks, rents and
other profits oil capital, when they more than re-
place the fair price OF luhar expended III creating
the capita! which they represtnt,j s mere duspot-
ian winch capital or property exercises over abnr.-
The wages oi Tree labnrers are no. paid from the
earnings or prupcrly OF the rich who employ them,
but from the labor nf each other. Capital has the
singular power of supporting its uwncr. often in lux
ury and spcndur, without les1enlnS or wasting ITSELF
Indeed, cuI:tG besides compelling laborers to cup
DDrt ia
more closely their irtcrs; for capital, tcrtated
by labu-,l increases. whilst nburers who create 1t,
work harder, and become poorer each day The Ia
boring class produce every thing support themselves,
and support the rich nui the government Capital
does not labor, n0r do it's ownrrs. They are simply
nOn-pru,lucrrs 1t would suUn bG cxhsuated Il spent
in public taxes or private luxury. The r!ch in TRUTH
own the world, aud REQUIRE !he poor literally 10 sup
port themselves ito rich and the government, tor
the priv ra uf living III this, their world. The great
Fr.:.. socialist PrOudhun, cxclaims, property Is
!ht!' Had h. SAID property is Il mil-er or icspot,
hc would have asserted HE truth Praprrly or capi
tall although 1t rerpetrars hat the French call
pooiloa aIthou. it transfers TO itself without con-
aidtraoD, whe: a!ry belongs Ia Others, Effects all
tns with the "msES cGASr0 rcHt'-dOes nothing
which either the world ar lis owners consider wrong.
In fact does nothing which Is Immoral Or wrong un-
der the present system ot society. Ii Is not capital
that thus sins, bat society, that forces capital 10 sin
ProuilUn !!ns done great harm To Il good cGISe by
nputing, appearing I" Impne false en- wicked mo-
ivrs. The capitalists quite Gs good m"n a. the
lborcrs, bu. they ARE placed III false ani anngonis.
tic relations. j. t.is sahiccIlOn of labor Ia capital
stayery. or j. !! s0m.hn, worse |. human mas
ter more eartIcss, cruel AMI 'xac;ing, than the
er capital
81 will suppose there is n gentleman before me-
who by hard, honest work, has made twenty thousand
dollars. He intends keep it, ar transmit il 10 hi.
children, and, he hopes, TO his chilrens chidren.-
lie and they will comrrsad the labor Of about forty
of the poor. taking them i'll fames for twelve hun
drr; doar,, :he Interest OF his capital n much rs
forty such Of toe poor make. after supporting
themselves. What | wish 10 know, is the relation
which this gentleman aud his children Will Dear 10
some underlined and undivided forty of the ab"rins
class II is not exactly that ct aud slave, Tor
there is obligation this en.leman't' support ,nsl
in old agc inrmry Srd sickness, 10 snper!ntena aha
direct their lgtnr, and punish then Tor VI
n,n,,oI:,v Hy some lrycrClenain of capital, That