Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-11-02
Labor---Slave and Free---Mr. Banks well
Answered.

In the course of IA recent speech made by
that excessively over rated Statesman, n. +.
hanks, candidate for Coy Of Mass. h. used
the following language, which, coming from
the mouth OF II great political Idol, m,iat be
regarded AS the ccminon sentiment OF his
worshipers, he says:
w are all Interested IN free labor The
commercial man is Interested 1t is that
which ireights his ships. Ih,y sal tratt-
less royages, and mag as rel s,nA beaeih III
udves OF dc sea- as to sal from one pom 10
another point Of he y'obe, u"less hcy are
ii,AR ~iM tic prod'ctset ne free ia'~frg~
III. coantrp The mechanic Is interested IN
free labor !, is that by which he ive- -
Ih' tabor 'chtch Is do,yht 0Jd SOLD ot, RITES
IL destrog
Mh.reupon the Boston Post take, coca
sion to answer this very Napid sort of orato-
ry rs follows:
We nrc no advocates of slavery hut,
the fact oil It's existence aud the Importance
OF it, products, are things which, III the
ways Of II mysterious providence, meet Us
at every turn. Weinay like it, or We may
dislike ii : hut in point uf fact this slave Ia
Dor does not operate Il. des,roy! Does tie
rice, or the sugar, OF the molasses. or he
coffee on our tables operate to destroy -
Are not these the products OF slave labor =
Does the cotton that loads our ships that
more than any ANYTHING else has los,cred
our marine, operate to destroy i, cloth
leg half the civilized Notwithstanding the
person ot \. l.. Banks--a work Of dc>truc-
tionf Go into England, or France, ul Rus.
| sia, or wherever aboad cotton is work cd
| 90 to our own Lowels and Manchester
see how this one produc; OF slave labor ,n.
ploys millions upon millions Of ireemen--in
Europe of men who ar, dependent on it /,
keep them from starvation--gu into these
places and preach that slave labor operate,
to destroy Yea, let this sounding dvc!aia,
| cr gather about him eur Intelligent shil.
| owners. perhaps in the season of penny
freights for cotton and tell them that they
s.il iruitless voyages AMI may as well sink
their ships beneath the waves Of the sea
nnlc : they are laden with the products uf
free industry Of the country What non
scnce,"
Nor is that all Who feeds the millions
of slaves at the South? From what quar-
ter comes their clothing Is not the cX
port from the North and North west, of the
necessaries of life, become immense Let
MIR. Banks study the statistics of these
things and learn! l. not all this the pro
duct of free labor and does the slave labor.
iorsooth. from this point Of view, operate to
destroy this free labor. Has it not mos,
powerfully contributed to its prosperity =
Why will not the well meaning though ere
dulous sean more closely the plausible APP
peals Of designing politicians see their III
ter hollowness; and act on the great truth
that, while here at the North We have our
free labor. Of such priceless value that moth
ing would induce us TO part with it, or to
injure it, yet We are bound by the ties Of
country with other communities which
choose oth0la as they have right to
do; but that by the order Of Providence
the interest of all are SO entwined that they
will have communi'y in each others dos
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