Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-01

to fulfill. They are as capricous as only sons lacking in principle, impatient of control. dis. posed 10 cholera and whisky, and in the main unreliable for the purposes of the house and field. And even these are becoming scarce- The increase of wages in Europe, and the in- ducements held out by the cheap lands of the extreme west have stimulated emigration in both directions. The deduction, arising from these sources, have so thinned the working class, that labor Is at high premium in the free states, difficult to obtain at any time. and unpurchasable often when most required.
 This, among many other reasons. urpently impresses npon the western people the necess- ty oi establishing some fixed and reliable sys- tenn of labor. Once persuaded to consider this question, snd 1t Is not apprehended that moral | qualms will hinder their action. It reaures the least rudmental knowledge of Yankee na- ture, and no argument at all to show, that when real interest and question of abstract nor ality conflict Tn a Yankees mind. abstract morality will sustain grlevous overthrow. There Is yet another consideration. which addresses itself to the southern and western people, Tn favor of closer identity in their do meStlc systems. From the relative situation of the south and west, there springs up vast mu- tual dependence. Between the two, the Nils. ssslppi river Is the great circulatin. medium medium undisturbed by the devices of capi- tai, and indifferent to the fluctuations of the money market A kig highway of water is a marvellous asslmllator of feeling, because biz highway of water appeals to selfish instincts It affords the cheapest channel to market. and trade seeks the cheapest channels On thi :; prlnciple, the western products naturally seek the Mississippi river. The west buys from the south these things which it cannot grow; and. m exchange, sends the articles which the south prefers rather to purchase than produce From New Orleans throughout the southern country Is distributed the western products of meal, corn and flour; and at New Orleans. the western dealer, III return, purchases the western neces sites of sugar, coffee and cotton.
 Thus there Is built up between the two great sections mutaltv of interests, which must in- tlmately connect their futures. Interests seek rather to tighten than relax their hold. and therefore the south and west will continue steadily to multiply and cement the relations now between them.
 To the south, the question assumes a vast political importance, when it is reflected how largely the projected expansion would swell the list ol lslaveholding votes. The danger which thr1atenS us, from an obnoxious majority, would pass away, and the amplest security be afforded for the Integrity of southern rights
 The foregoing sentence offers burning temp tatlon to do a little cheap but extremely fierce Reclamation on the score of southern rights.- But our politicians have discoursed that theme so often, and with such an abundance of savage iervor, that should not perhaps come up to the standard of public requirement. The acute paroXysms Of squeamishneSs, which certain of these gentlemen affect on the subject of the slave trade, hardly comports with their san guinary southernis,n, and fla politician were an accountable being this discrepancy would look curious
 If the Union b. desirable, (and with rigid regard of mutual rights by the north and south, no one will deny its estim ,ble vaue it Is ear ne5tly c'ns.dared, that the most eIectual means of giving 1t perpetuty will be realized in the opening of the sAve-trade, and the introduce ton of orr peculiar institution into the western states anu territories. By this we will con struct homogeneous system of labor. and through this bond of sympathy will be re estab- llahed that community of sentiment and the old entente co dtal, without which the Constitution Is rope oi sand, and the Union shallow m ock cry.