The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-11-12
SLAVERY M1ss1oNAf les AT he NORTH.

and no better.
SLAVERY M1ssIoNAff les AT I he NORTH.
Perhaps the most Jealous missionary of
Slavery al the North is he New Cork Herald.
The following editorial paragraph from its edi-
ton of Saturday is OF 6 OF man of the kind
that adorn its columns
" Stare Labor and + ee.-Hert we have tens
of thousands of workme9 thrown ,ut of employ
ment in the North, 81 sking fool and finding
none, and assusging .heir wrath in empty
threats of violence AMI rapine, and beneath
this outward ebullitiol we know that there
must be vast numbers of fainilj1s actually in
want of bread. In the South, OF the contrary,
there is no lack of The necassa hes of life, no
starvation, no percept BILE want the laborers
under the slave system are az wei off this win
ter as they were last In cont 'asts between
the relative merits of le two syt TENS, this fea-
ture should not be forg ,tten.'
The condition ofthes. avesis CO amended to the
white working men, as superio 90 theirs. The
fair inference is, that be Heral is in favor of
introducing the slave systeT1 4 New York
Whether the subjects # it she, ID be white or
black, it does not expE lilly state We suppose,
as it is distinguished friend of he white work.
ing men, it would OBJ use Tier 'fgA8drot rro6af
by them, what will bel ome of 70 whites? 1t
means, then, to insinua, in the ost inoffensive
way, so as not to ala m the pr JUDGES of the
New York laboring m~l, that it rould be much
better for them to have masters take care of
them, like Southern pli nters, thu to be expos.
ed, in seasons of distr, %, to ws It and hunger.
See the slave, how con .iortable s-plenty to
eat, drink, and wear, cabin to better him, an
owner to relieve him O. all ankle ~ How can
you, workingmen of tn North, b LIP envyipg his
condition? You ask vain en' ,.oyment from
the State-why not ask the State to provide you
masters-to establish ,he slavf Bystem as an
asylum for you? The time will ,1me, said tn
Richmond IVA Exam iner, som suonths since,
when the poor white N N of Che North will cry
out for the beneGcent uardians lip of Slavery.
The New York HerGl appear to be of the
same opinion: if not hat does mean by dis
seminating these insidSus doctr des of Slavery
among the working c ,sses, vii whom it is
favori'e? What does it mean bg its habitual
disparagement of free labor ar lree.labor in.
s.itu,ions? If the He aid hold lat Slavery is
the best condition of tie wor6i( people, let It
soy 50 openly, and seq how m ny converts it
can make among its Z ID Repab cau friends in
New York-see how many of Mayor Woods
dependents it can indie to tax the yoke.
Meantime, we submit few CT lsiderations to
those Southern presses. which fl in the tenn.
porary distress of a petition Of i poorer popu,
ation Of the North sonclusiv argument in
favor Of the superiorey of the slave system.
There are some three aud ha million slave
working people il the 3osth { out seven mil
lion free working people in b free States.
The former are REDUCED to the owest point Of
poverty all the time: bat is thu normal con.
diton. They are alb paupers, md their pau
periem is organized i,to a sysI m. They are
fed on coarse food, o1secono1nit Il principles
clad scantily, housed oory-n. exposed gen.
orally to suffering fror, absolut want. Their
lot knows no huctuatasrs, for it as low as it
can be, and unchang4bly low. Ii is free from
ordinary care and anxiety, for ey have moth.
ing to care for, or be enxious a out, of world.
y sort. They DO not own then elves, or their
wives, or their children. Their ime, their en-
ergies, their earnings, are their masters. They
are whipped, or otherg.ise punis ed, at the dis
srehon OF the owner q oversee aid have no
redress, no matter TIT agh the hnishment be
grossly unjust and tIhuman. They may be
sold whenever the .nsster eases, severed
ruthlessly from parSQts, wive or children.
They are not educated or PERM ted to educate
themselves, but retained in perp tusl ignorance
of letters. All the ciscumstanc and motives
that work for the elerstion of uG1an nature
and develop its powsts for gre 1t accomplish.
ments, are carefully Withheld Fl I'm them. and
they are kept down fGrever on lowest level
OF human existence.
I This is the comic table &C dition of the
three million and lalf slaYe aborers of the
South.
In the free States, We find 81 me seven mil
lions of working peoph. They sn themselves,
their energies, their ti.ae, their arnings. They
can go and come as they please In. ordinary
Etimes, they have enough work, lenty of bread,
meat, and vegetables, excellen clothing, rea-
sonable shelter, books, newspa ers, schooling,
lectures, amusements, and savir gs institutions
5 Husband and wife, parent and Child, sustain re.
lations to one another which no legal or illegal
violence can profane. They cannot be hogged,
bought, and sold, like beasts. They constitute
portion OF Society-~,tand on level in polit.
! ical rights with iheic employars-can form