The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-02

the EBgah labOrsr and often equal 70 the fee
thentie data from which TO rhs census Of 1850
sht that cotton estates OF South watch Is tss
ss are Out "a.r food
This halt 10 usually wholly consumed On the arm
The SUrrs and 0.s nal. ss": G Ss
necessary expenses Of production ofen Including ad
donA supplies Of food beyond the produce Of the and
which usualy equals oue-hird OF the residue leaving
but one third rent The average rent Of land in
the older States Ia equal to onethrd Of
the grGss pIcdus and it not subsequently amounts 70
enc hsh OF IT. Tin England It Is sometimes even geater
dastisn and the expenses q himself and i.my Then
ways much, and frequently greater portion q the
produce Ct the land than the aborer In New or Old Eng
s sSo.
itself It neither dependent upon nor subject
to accidents, and survives his own capacity for labor and
Bat II is objected bat religious denied the
eave. While is tt religious instruction and pri
number Of slave who are in connection With the different
sbundantly prove tie universally Of the Joy
pent Of these privileges; and much larger number Of
tran the efforts the combined Chrsiian world have
ever able to convert to Christianity out Of oil the
ms Of their countrym who remain In heir native
land Yet the slave, and OF those connected with ala
yely, constant themes OF abolition cenunslation
They are great but ss TO Se sn@~a
England or any her country And It ID shown thatour
ssves WITHOUT the additional stmulant Of want to
them the temptation and OF hunger. Poor hui
10 here at least spared the wrsched late Of
it's physical wants Lord Ashleys report the British
Paflisment shows that in the capital of that empre
perhaps within battling of Stafford House sad Exeter
Han-hunger alone daiy engulphs s thousands OF men
and women In the sbyss OF crime.
is also objected that cur slaves are debarred the
benefits Of any education This objection is we'd tskeu
a. not without 70; CO.. and for this evil the slaves
greatly indebted to the sboaonsts. Formerly In some
Of the savehodirg states 1t Was not for hidden TO teach
QfaV IN and and huff ha rhaPa
tuIe sought TO be furnished by the abooniets caused
these states to take counsel rather of their passions than
Better c1unsek will in time prevail, and this wilt De
died. s true that the slave from his protected
who has to struggle for himself in the OF society
yet IL both useful to him. his master and society The
want OF legal protection TO the marriage relation is ALSO
fruitful OF objection the opponents Ct sa
very. The complaint is not without foundAIon-ths il
an evil not yet remeded BY law but marriage s not In
amorg us, and the objection, therefore, lies rather
to an incident than to the Of the sys-
tenn. But, in truth and fact, marriage does exist
and protected by their and It will be found upon
careful investigation that fewer children born out Of
wedlock amcrg slaves than in the capitals Of two Of the
most civilized countries of Europe-Austria and France
In the former onehaf Of the children thus born; In
the latter more than one fourth.
But even in this We have deprived the slave of NO pre-
existing right We found the race without any know
ledge Of regard for the institution of marriage and
with not having yet them that
with all the oti blessings Of civilization and religion
To protect that and other domestic ties by
ang unser proper Tue o. tam % res
an tor the tie
dents ard necessities of produce infinitely greater
amount of separation in families Of the white
ue ever even e II. 70 United ss
general condition Of the people Is prosperous:
But is still marked In Europe. The Injustice and
despotism OF England towards Ireland have produced
separation Of Irish iamies and sundered more do
mess ties within the last ten years. than African STA
very effected since its introduction into the United
States. The twenty millions of freemen in the United
States Witnesses f the dispersve injustice Of the Old
World The general happiness cheeIfulness and con;
humanity Of their treatment and their natural adapta
ton tleir condition They require standing
tent and The appliances of force reprsss It, every
where visible among the toiiing millions Ct the earth
Even in the Northern States Of this Union strikes
ard labor uniors, and combinations against employ
ers attest at the misery and discomfort Of labor
among them. England keeps hundred thousand SOL
diers in time of peace large navy and an innumerabe
police 10 obedience her Institutions and
force is the sce guaranty Of her social orce
the tniy cement OF her gigantic empire;
have briefly traced the condition of the African race
thrt ugh all ages and ali countries and described iairy
and truly under American slavery aud submit the pro
pg 10 superior any which he has attained
in any age country The picture is not wi hout shade
well light. Evils ard ioperfections cling TO
and al Of hs institutions and this is not exempt from
them. The condition Of the slave Offers great opportuni
ties for sbpse and these opportunities are frequently
used to violate humanity aid justice But the laws
strain these abuses and pul sh these crimes In this
well in all other relations of life. And they who
it fundamental principle the constitution
Of man that abuse is TIE unvarying concomtant OF
power and crime Of opportunity subvert the foundation
of al private morals and Of every social system N
where do these assumptions rd nobler reuation than
In the general treatment Of the African Southern
slaveholders and we may with hope and confidence SAFELY
.SsS further msg be-
by justice, humanity and Christianity. The con-
dtion Of the African, whatever may be his int
rests, may not be permanent among US: he
msy find hs exodus in the unvarymg laws Of populs-
ton Under the conditions Of labor In England and the
continent Of Europe domestic slavery impossible there
and could exist here anywhere else The moment
wages decrease point barely sufficient to support
the borer and his family capital cannot afford to owl
labor and must Slavery England cease 10 ODE
deEce to this law and not from any regard to Serf
and humanity. The increase Of population in this
ny may prCcuce the result and American slavery
like that Of England may find its euthanasa in the gen
raj pTostIaion of al labor.
question: is it's effects upon the material interests OF
assailsd mainly on the ground that It was wssteiul
unproductve and Improbable labor. Some years ago
we we're urged to emancipate the blacks IN order 10
make them useful and productive members Of soce
~. The result of the experiments in the West India
disproyed but utterly annhilated this theory. The
theory vas true as to the yhits race and nc, not
made thoughtful pause and ponder before
further with this folly of abolitionism. An inquiry into
the wealth and production Of the slaveholdng States of
this Union demonstrates that slave labor
ncay and proftably employed a. least in agriculture,
and leaves the question In great doubt whether anuot
be thus employ in the South advantageou than
any other description of labor. The truth will be
made manifest by comparison of the production Of
Cuba and Brazil, not only with Hayti and acs bat
with the free In the similar atudes engaged in the
similar productions in any part Of the world.
The slaveholdpg Eates With Of the white pcpu
Iaon and between three and four millions slaves FUR
nsb alone three Of the exports Of the republic
tanning twenty three millions Of people, and their entire
products, including every branch OF industry greatly
exceed those per capita Of the popuous North
Statee The difference in realized wealth In proper.
ton to population, is not lees remarkable and equal
ly favorable to the slavehoding States But this ia
not fair compaison-on the contrary 1t is exceedingly
unfair to the slavebcdrg States The question of ma
teria advantage would be settled the side Of slavery
whenever il shown that mixed society w. more
productive and prosperous than sny other mixed society
with the inferior Free instead of slave The ques-
ton Is not whether would not be prosperous
and happy with these three and half millions Of slaves
Africa and their naces FL ed with an enual nhAr of