Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-09

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~ aeooA,sa = IL elandAsd.beafer Of either |
~. 1anacAaseses and South Carolina |
= ~ ~, and bob aea-boasd states, which l
- eonspieuous part n our rsvolstionAsy /
~ vhteh we're present ~ the 1otmation q l
- CcaGlitution; which have dncs grown. Id
y ~, under their characteristic sySteme /
49, cling, With great tenscity, to IL psincs-
~ ~ these, and which sre rensrkabas for the
tC6s g3th which they represent their sisecta
ks IL eusset 6ossh Carolina Vas about four
iae = lAsEe - Massachusetts,, tesTitosially,
nd y sili but this advantage = partly COON
,ensatsd By Tie fsct, that Massachusetts, began |
III aboat ono third more total population.
however, was democfaticslIy or
ndspssdsns townships, each centre Of govern
nsAt = Itssis Wills South Carolins, from The !
lsceGity Of the case, WAS centrally orgnnised |
nt9 psrishes, having little or no local authority.
nd, Tor the most part, dependent on The princi-
~, OF state government. The people Of Mas
have retained that organization, and l
vith Il, the most entire freedom Of every snhabi
ant J; vhiis ihs people Of South CarolinA j.
.lso, viii alight notifications, retAins| Ave
ysssm, and With Il, the servisuds 2, - their
shois hbosing class Now, VI, u nearly tne
'6scts, o. the prosperity = 1t have been sns
constitutior> each, Of these TWO
hrss-f I'D nsse = national greatness, N Their
lre univse- .srisl, intellectual and moral forms,
,ops .saily summed up, under tho heads o.
: + .41aion, productive industry, the diffusion o.
~salth, internal improvement, popular educa-
tion. and social order. But who, that has ever
Travelled over The two states We are considering,
or Sakeu the pains to compare their statistics, ~
siyen IN the usual authorities, can have failed 70
remark their broad and striking differences, ID
iii these respectss Supposing their social sys'
tens equally we'll adapted 70 their respective To-
caiities, and The. genius Of their people, there "
. notable disparity In the practical results.
On the one part We behold Q connderaoie pro-
sress but on that of the other, prodiglous
On. On the one hide, we behold large and
fsrsiIs coll, under delicious climate, thinly
peopled and poorly cultivated; and, on the oth'
er. barren soil, under inclement skies, teemine
with towns and cities, and cultivated TO the ex
treme. On the one side, the industry, thougt
productive, ID, in many respects, careless, thrift
icas. and improyident, confined to few branch
e. which increase slowly; while on the other
the productiveness of the industry exceeds tha
of any part Of the globe, excepting few sugal
and coffee estates Of the torrid zone, and IS rich
ly varied, and advancing. On the one side IS
slender commerce; and, on the other, com
msrce which sweeps the seas. On the one sid'
are bad roads, and few Of them; while, on IN
other, 10 chevaux dc frise Of railroads "
the one side Ia puny and upprolifc intellectual
activity aud, on the other, an intellectual &C
tivity which leaves no child untaught, and no
Q man unlettered. On the one side is q society II
reyocably divided into castles, where debase
and inferior race grows in numbers and strength
to the increasng embarrassment Of the super
or race, and amidst the derison OF the civilize
world while, on the other, is h0mogene0u
society, where every man enjoys tho means
the highest culture and the securest happiness.
and the future expands and brightens, with mel
prospects of social achievement Every yea
Il plugging South Carolina into deeper trouble
and dangers from which her most sagaciou
and even hopeful minds see no escape but civ
war; while every year Is lifting Massachuset'
toward more secure aud benignant emnenc
of Christian civilization. 3
Our argument does not mean to assert tbs
South Carolina ought to adopt the institution
Of Massachusetts,, because We have no occasio
70 70 into such an inquiry here; but what
does assert il this, that II a high degree Of pro-
perity be desirable to nation If q thrivin
population, II universal industry, if the rapid il
crease, and equitable diffusion Of wealth, if ger
eral improvement, If education and religion, !
short, il harmonious growth and widenin
prospects for the FUTURE be the tests Of that pro.
perity, then the institutions Of Massachusetts ar
vastly better in themselves, and in respect to a
communities in which they are practicable, tina
the institutions Of South Carolina. We say, tina
the experience Of these states has shown, incor
testably, the superiority Of the free condition Q
.cctatv AVID that M ac hNuoct v,utriofs an
Christian men, are bound, by all human wi.
dom, and all divine law, to prefer those institt
tions where either may be adopted, as in GU
new territories. We are bound to secure to on
friends and descendants in those regions, I
which, under our guardianship. they have n
moved, every highest guaranty and facility I
future well.bcing.
But the superiority Of free society, so signal
exhibited in the contrasts Of the two great an
powerful states we have named, is confirmed b
the experience Of all the states. The relative pc
sition OF the free states, compared with the slav
states, il accurately denoted by the rela ions 3
Massachusetts, and South Carolina. Free socie
~ il always OH the lead; and one of the estat
lishcd principles Of political economy is, that
must be so--that 1t cannot be otherwise; tina
God would be forgetful OF the laws he has i'm
planted In the human constitution, and in the uni
verse, he did not render freedom the most be
nignant of all conditions. Mr.. Henry G. Carey
in = most valuable book of his, has shown, by
rigid induction from the statistics Of four nation
India, France, England, and the United State
THAT In every thing which involves the success
the happiness, and the moral elevation of thei
people, their eminence Is in a precise ratio I,
their political freedom. He proves specifically
and beyond doubt, that in respect to the secu
rity ofpcrson and property; in respect to guam
tty and quality Of work; in respect to the prof
Ito Of capital, and the wages Of labor; in respect
to the equitable distribution of wealth, and ex
emption from taxes; in respect to the sound
ness and extension Of credit; in respect to "a.
cility Of intercourse, and habits CT industry; in
respect to purity Of marriage and growth of pop.
ulation; in respect to the absence of crime, and
even OF disease and, finally in respect to liter.
airy and religious instruction, the condition .oi
nations il measured by their fr edom. It il
such an overwhelming demonstration, as no de-
fender Of despotism, in any gifts shapes, has
ever undertaken to refute, or even cared to no.
tice. Yet similar demonstration is possible.
In regard to the free and slave states Of this
Union II can be shown, as ithas been already,
We believe more than once, that q clear line OF
distinction separates the two in all these elements
OF high civilization. And how could it be 9TH
erwse 4 The condition Of slavery, combining its
~~SssSNs" SaA0sSes AVA suc must part TO Slulpte
agricultural labor, does not stimulate, and
scarcely admits ofthat variety and magni6cence
ofproduct whichis the mark of high physical
development whilst il is still more deficient in
the means Of Intellectual and moral progress.
Its superior class often attain the most elevated
point, both Of character and culture, but its
masses, with here and there an individual excep.
ton, cannot rise above its lowest level.
An tAia however. needs no protracted dis
cushion. Do not the nine hundred and ninety
nine men, out ofevery thousand, At the North
yea, more than that-honestly believe, that {
nes society is in every sense, preferable to Z
eAve society? Are there not thousands upon
thousands at the south, who believe the same
thing, who openly confess the superiority Of the
former, and Justify tho continuation Of the hitter
soaely upon the ground, that II was ~ unavoida-
BILE Inheritance, Of which II il now difficult, Il
not impossibAe, TO ret reiievcds We have our
sclves ecnverscd With many such men !; We
coald ~. II we liked, from books, innumerabie
such optnions but, indeed, this view isso al.
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