Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-03-26
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1858.

who ought 10 work and who do not, OF who
are 30 employed rs to be wholly unproduct-
i've TO the STATE. at one hundred and twenty
five thousand
&" Any man who Is an observer Of things
could hardly pass through our country
without being struck with the fact that all
the capital. enterprise. aud intelligence is
employed in directing slave labor aud the
consequences j.. that large portion Of our
poor white people are wholly neglected, and
are suffered to while away an existence in u
state but one step in advance Of the Indian
Of the forest.
shall read next an extract from an all
dress of the senator from South Carolina
himself. delivered before the South Carolina
Institute, In 1850. On that occasion,
Speaking oi the poor whites Of the South,
be u.,l this language
They obtain a prcclrious subsistence by
occasional jDhs. by hunting, by fishing. by
plund.ring fields or folds. and ton often by
what l. in it, effects far wursc-triding
with slaves. and sciucins them 10 plumber
for their benefit
| shall read next an extract from the 10
view Of Mr.. De Bow, man earnestly dcyo-
ted % southern institutions, aud. think u
may be said with truth, who publishes
periodical which j. designed and calculated
10 advance and promote their interests.
Speakin. of the labor of the South, and the
eject that would bc produced by the csiab-
lishmcnt " manufactures, ha says:
d" \ demand Tor labor in such establish.
mrnts IL nll that j. necessary % raise this
class lrom want and bcggiry and (too ire.
qucntly) moral degradation, o. u state ol
comfort. comparative Independence, and
moral and social r'spcctahlllty. Besides
this, thousand. of such would naturally
come together q. rr.i,snts in manufacturing
Villages, where. with very little trouble and
expense. thcy might receive u common
school education. instead Of growing zap IN
prbfnunl ignorance" " The su.
pcripr grade. OF female labor may b. con-
sil,r,l such ~ imply necessity lor ciuca-
ton on the part of thc cmpoye, while thc
menial class j. generally regarded as Of the
lowest. and In slave State, this standard
i, in the lowest depths, y lowcrdeep,' from
tho fact that. hy association. 1t isa rcduc.
ton of the white servant 10 the level OF tlcir
colurcl fellow mrnills."
doubt not the truth Of that remark.
Whatever may hc our obligations to all man
kind whatever in truth and principle may
hc demanded uC Nv toward al. races, there
ought at least to hr in our heart. something
that shall respond tn the wants ~ our own
Caucasian race. Vi We have NJ sympathy I;
II W. have no feeling whatever i0r Other IA
ces, We may b, pnrdnncl, at least. " W.
would honestly Incorporate and advance in
our government that sys'cm which will el,.
vats our own ricr. How degraded tley arr.
how low they, - g. b, Judged only of tho
men whom YOU s,o when brought into com-
petition with that very class Of men. Bat,
sir. will rail other extracts. rad from
tho Virginia Dispatch, a paper Published At
Richmond. Virginia
We will only suppos, that the ready.
made shoes imported into this city from the
North, and s,li here. were mnnunctgrcl In
Richmond. What a grat addition Il would
b. tu tho means ol employment How ma
ny boys ani females would End the means
of cirnit. their brad. who arr now sullr.
ing i1r = regular supply Of the ncoc.arles
Of lif,!"
The poor " have always with ycu."
Arc th, plpr confined D. the North? have
read authorities from southern men. have
rad only from tho., whom presume IN be-
cnnyrrAnt with the condition Of the men
who toll there. aud cannot resist the con-
clusiln that the Senator from South CarD-
Ina has drawn hi, "a .asuf our laborcu from
what be- -''s 10 home Sir. whatever may
bc our poverty. | think can affirm here to-
day, that OF all the grrat and noble enter
pri.r.. Cor AL Ito hcueSo,cncc which dstiu-
gui,hr. men, Boston alone contributes more
annually than al the South.
But pass irum th' consideration of that
question % still another presented 10y the
SENATOR from South Carolina. and | mas
aid. PERHAPS, that it i u question upon
which lccl mrru krrnly than upon any 9TH
or. pass to decentralization oi that punt
which leo ha. raised in relation 20 the char
ac,cr oi the labprrr. Or the North. | 10 not
believe, with that innkncss which has mark
81 all that the senator has said. that hc has
desired - rise hero and utter lihol upon
our working and lnblrins mon. NJ, sir; |
believe In ha. drawn hi, conclusions from
what hc has seen at home, and 30 not
know but that be has drawn some conclu.
sion. from the s,ryiity he has witnessed
hero. II hc has, desire to disahu-e the
senator Ut what think aro his erroneous
promises, and consequently his erroneous
conclusions. | want 10 do tho Senator no
injustice. surely | will not and b. be ccr-
tain that 10 him no injustice, ] will send
To the Secretary and ask him 10 read sime
pirigraphs from what suppose is the cor.
rect speech Of the senator. commencing nt
the last paragraph on page IL of the PAM
phlrt, and concluding on page 10.
The Secretary reads W. follows:
Z" In all social systems there must b.
class to do the mental duties, 20 perform the
drudsery Of life. That is class requiring
but a low order of intellect and hut little
skill. IT,. requisites are ysor. docllity fl
dclity. Such class y0u must have. or Won
would not have that other class which leads
urotrcss, civilization, aud refinement. IL
constitutes the very mnd.sill Of society and
of politicll government; and you might ~
well attempt q build house in the air as
10 build either the one or the other except
on this mud-sill Fortunately for tue South,
she found race adapted to that plrposc to
her hand--i race inferior to her own, but
emnenty qualified in ,emper. m rleor, In
dOeility. ia capacity tO stand tho climate,
20 answer 20 all her purposes. We uss them
for our purpose. and call them slaves. We
found them slaves 10y the common consent
OF mankind, which, according to Cicero,
Ter na,urd e,f:' the highest proof Of what
is natures law. We arr old.ashioned at the
South vet: it isa word discarded nov hy
.cars polite will not characterize that
class at the North with that term but you
have it, it Is thsrc II is everywhere; It Is
eternal.
..The Senator from New York said yes
terday that the whole world had abolished
slayefy. Ay, the name, but not the thing :,
alI the pOwcrs of the earth cannot abolish