Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-10-10
Hon. 7. P. Blair 70 bis NeIghbors.

as an eligible position could be obtained
and the speakers made use Of language 20
pointed, as 10 evinoo an open determination
20 call him out. One Of them denounced
him a. an "arch traitor and invoked q
&" fash of lightning" to destoy him. Mr..
Blair, who was within hearing distance,
listened to the whole TRADE, and has since
come ont with long letter, addressed to
his neishbors, showing from the record,
that the southern leaders Of the pro-slavcry
party not only aim to spread slavery, bu,
design 10 transform into slaves oil poor
white people. We copy the closing portion
Of III. letter, showing the contrast between
wcll.dircctci free labor, and the degraded
system OF African Slavery:
any ncighbors know that my declarations
against sweeping abolition arcsInccrc. Thcy
know that own slaves, some inherited and
some that have begged their way into my
house from the slave pen and while they
know that my course in submitting 81 this
cncunhranec j. characterized by humanity,
tboy have proof in NV conduct, that 20 iir
from using It 90 degrade my own hrsh
and blood In the persons ~ those who toll
with their hands Tor living, and 20 bring
them % condition 10 which the dauordry,
Speaking through the Richmond press,
woull assign them, that my hest efforts have
been to counteract this tendency OF the sys-
tenn Ms strongest sympathics are for the
lihoring white man. Under this feeling,
aul believing IL the bcst mode Of gradually
supsrccirrr slavery in the cultivation OF the
soil. | have employed free labor ior the most
par, In my farming and with the happlcst
consequences,
or the ncishhor whom I employed to as
si.t me In OPENING aud in the cultivation
aud improvement OF nv farm, ten, who held
no land. now possess lt,lc farms aud com.
Portable hDmcstrlds OF their own IN lcc SIM
PIE. II instead of lryc labor. bad purchased
and employed negroes In nav cultivation, |
might have at-led from the profits, all these
homestead. 10 my own domain, and exhibit
"a wlr.surull scene Uf wasting African
agriculture Vow ia whole n,ishhurh10d
j. dotted with neat and thriving farms and
cottages, and the land which soli for tn.
dliocn and twenty dollars un acre when |
hr.ln On open nos farm thirteen years arn.
now sells fr, from sixty On one hundred and
sometime. moro DO not mention this o.
as-'rt my claims oa ms ncighh1rs They
have done micro COR me. than ! have iur
them. | state facts o. recommend % system.
The general benefit every one admits One
ur the orators who came lfln the city tn
leuouncc m' under the crown OF ull Bucks
horns, 80 up 10 overlook ms precincts, com.
pl.mcni'l ny n'.ghh1r, ou che great Inn
rrHNmeut ~ the scene around him, but
ail. fvin. hi eye on M home, that his
heart sank within him when De- reelected
that 10 belonged o. an arch traitor, and
then 10 va. that hcsumm0ucl ,hc lightning
% blast mr.
The system Of small tcncmcnts and free
labor can alone coulcr beauty anl strength
uu au impoverished region. Even The rich
.lil of kentucky thc beautiful llzur'lnc' Of
which 10 i,aimustinTusih'r o. destroy. cam
not prevent che comparative weakness that
await, % state which turns away lrr Labor,
and sends it On build up rival nee State, in
thcWrt Example viii illustrate. have
three relative, boo kr1trrkv, honest, haury-
Ulrnt, aud most cslimlbIr men, who, when
lnit The state. were lrm.Is Uu % limited
scale. Within twenty years ono OF them
hl. bought up tan uf tla farms around him,
another twelve, another llie7n, iu tHr heart
Ut WU.iluul and Iaysttr. Handsome clIl-
r.s, once thr home. ol families numbering a
multitude, scattered over The country. are
now occupied az gnn1,iTs, q small one
here and there inhabited lyau uyorsegr.
The population j. gone, the school houses
arr deserted. the churches have nD c0ngrr-
cations. and vet the country Is beautiful,
clothed with grass, covered with herds OF
tnr finest cattle, mule, aud h0u1s IN the
world. The comlclls, lur tho support ct
thi, quudruprl population ia winter, arc
worked hy slaves. The rain and sunshine
that makes the grass grow provides Tor them
iu Summer ls IL dos, IN the UImrls ul south
America that create the living wealth 81
those -1litulr, The white population han
i.bgl hy ihi. species Of cngrussin. cultlva.
ton have a RIGHT 90 the territories reserved
by the compact lor ire labor. Audar not
tie perylc further South who have no bold
on thc .Uil there, a'sD % De- secure 1i q home
.lmawh,r,9 On multitude Of tho great
plantations ia the South ir,r hh1ris entire
iy dispensed with. They ha,o not only
thcir blacksmith, bot their black carpenter,
whcylr..ht, r'as,Drur AMI painter, and
vlcr, arc M che white mechanics 60 CO.
and whore the white lAh1r.r, who ar' al
ready dri,cu % the bin, 20 liyr hy haunting,
tshiug AMI uIlius-l, Gov. Hammond ul
South Carolina, tells us-whur arr they %
20 II slavery iu the ngw territories b. % pnr-
sue them with the same htr' ! hof" my
neighhor. will pardon me when proclaim
Il, that ms feeling. and Judgement alike ac-
tuatc me t. fight the battle Tor the right. of
the white culivat0r Ut soil and the white
mechanic, against all who would pursue
him into the new territories with the ins,i-
tuition which drives them out FROM thu,o
q" lit,lc communities, nc 'hc head Of which
rcgus master, who with his fellows, the
organs Of Democracy in the South toll US
constitute the state.
Your icllow-citzrn, +. Il. BLAIR.
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