New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-31

Observation-Disclosures
whites Of the South was far below that of thq
poorest portion Of the people of TIE Norh. Irpou
these the evils Of Slavery press WITH merciess force
Mr. Nilsen said lie trusted that the iay Has not far
distant when they would use their poSicai Dower "a
inaucurnte policy that shall at letst enancipst.
themselves and their posterty from .hrsIdom
hardly less endurable than the bondag Of the black
man. The noble city Of -. Lous H., 70 I INTO the
House of Representatives Frame ? BIsir. a
champion Of the rights of the n0n-sa ol ,ers of the
South. Let the oppressed poor s. = heed the
voice and follow the cOunse!s Of sucr ade-. and
the day of their deliyerance will sOcn dh, a.
Mr. Wilson next quoted some plssae from the
recent speech of the Senator from ~Out Carolina,
in which the aborers and operatives oftt, North are
called "slaves. "Our slaves are blica-happv,
"contcnt. unaspiring. Yours are va. and they
fee. g0U,d BY thar degredation. plr aves do not
"yote-yours do vote, and being e. NJ ority they
"are the deporltaries OF all your polt al power
"If they Kew the tremendous secr- that the
"balOt-box ls stronger than an army vi h banners
and could combine, your society woui be recon
L" "structed, your Government oycrthlo,n., and your
property divided" Mr.. Hammond also says
"all the pewers Of the wOrldcaln0t ahc h Slavery
God only can do il when he repcal- he fat, The
''poor you hare ARRAYS nth gos'
The poor We have always with y0U exclaimed
the Massachusetts Senator indignandy. =" this fiat
"of Almighty Gcd which Christian me of all ages
land lands have accepted as tie imperative i1junc
"tion of the Common Father of All, to re 'or the
"childIen of misfortune and sorrow, M Senator
from South Carolina accepts as the i0undatiOn-
"stone--the eternal law of Slavery. The precious
.vords of our Iies> enly Father are perpetually
- sounding in the ears OF mankind, ever reminding
them of their dependence and their duties. These
words appeal alike to the conscience aud the heart
"of mankind. To men blessed in their basket end
.'ther store, they cay, Property has ia duties rs
"well as its rights To men clothed will authority
1.-The, say, Tighten BY wise, humane and equal
laws, the burdens of the tpiling aud dependent
children of men To men OF every age ard climc
they appeal b, the Divine Promise that he that
"'gyeth to the poor lendCth 70 the Lord. Sir |
thank God that live in a Commonwealth which
sees NO warrant in these words of inspiration to
Cypress the sons and daughters of toiland poverty
cover the poor and lowy she casts tle broad shlcd
Of equal Just and humane legislation. Ihe poorest
man that treads her soil, no matter what blood
NAV run in his veins. is protected in his ight', aud
melted to labor by no other force h n the assur
"suce that the fruits of his toll btlc z 10 himself
to the wife of his bosom and the child Aa of his
love-"
In reply TO Mr.. HammOnds decla alton ;.at the
laboring men of the North were slaves Ht't slaves
who f,i their degradation, Mr.. Wilson, after ntc-
ing tie fact that none of the Northern Democratic
associates of the Senator from South Carolina had
seen fit to repel this stigma on tner tn is and
neighb0rs and cOnsttuents-cOntmI9d: 81, am
the son Of a hireing manual labOrer" ~bo. with
the fross ot seventy Winters on his brow, m - lives
BY daily labor |, too have lived by daily Ia
bor" l. too have been - a hireIlg manual Ia
borer" Poverty cast its dark and chilling shadow
over the home OF my childhood and want wa' there
sometimes an unbidden guest. AT the age
Of ten years to aid him who gave me being In keep
ing the gant specter from the hearth of the mother
who bore me, left the home OF m ooyhood and
went TO earn my bread by daily labor among stran-
gers Many weary mile have Travelled
To beg brother of the earth
To give me leave TO toll
Sir. 7 have toiled as "hireling manual laborcr'
in the field and in the workshop, hnd tell the Sen-
ator from South Carolina that never felt CALLED by
my "degradation." Perhaps the Senator " Ill
ascrbe this to Obtuseness OF intellect and to blunfed
sensibilites. Sir, | was conscious OF ny
manhood. | Was the peer of my emqlo r.
| knew that the laws and iu5tltutio Of
my native and adopted States New Hamp. IRE
and Ma,sachussetts) threw over him and 1r
me alike the panoply of equality. knew, too, 'at
the world was before me with IL wealth, its gar
nered treasures OF knowledge, its h0dOr' the coyet-
ed prizes OF life within the grasp o. brave heart
aud tireless hand; and | accepted the responsi-
bilities of nv position all uncOnfciSus that | was
" slave" | have employed Ctlep, hundreds Of
others, some of whom then possessed, and now pos.
sess, more property than | ever owned; some Oi
them better educated than myself better educated
and better read than some Senators on thls moor,
and many of them in moral excellence ana purify oI
character my admitted superors. have occupied
for more than twenty years the relation OF employed
or EMPLOYER aud while | never felt CALLED by any
in the one case 10 the other l Was
never conscious that my "hireng idborero were
INV interiors. That man is sDGb VINO boasts oil
being hireing labOrer, or who IL ashamed OF being
Il bireliug labOrer. That man Is sAeb "ho ieels
any nferiority to any man because he Is hlreEng
laborer or who assumes any superiority Over o'hers
because be is all employer. Honest laJor II DOhor-
able and the man who is ashamed that ne Is or was
Il laborer has not manhood enough TO "leel CALLED
by his degradation. .,
The Senator tells us that tber slaves are We'll
Well compensated Why, SIR, the
Senator himself, in speech mad, at home ior home
entered into an estimate to sn0" thdl
II feld-hand could be supported 6r flo OF sly per
annum On the rice and cOtt0L plantations. lie
states the quantity Of corn and bacon and salt neces-
sary to support the 'well-cOmpensted slave. lhere
is not pOOrhOOuse in the Free States "her' t''Fe
would not be- rebellion in three days II the inmates
were compelled 10 subsist on the quantity an lifi
ity of the food the Senator estimates ss ample
compensation" for the labor Of slave Ii SCUM
Carolina.
Referring 10 Mr. HammOnCs threat that the
South might send lecturers and agtators to Pressh
10 the Northern abOrers, MI. Nn5Oh
said they might come and welcome. Ours are tne
institutions OF Freedom, and hey flourish best IN
the storms and agiatons of inquiry md free discus
sion. Our laborers would tell his agltators-tlese
institutions are for US and our children. We model
and fashion them as We please. These Ptblc schools
are for the education ofour children. 1he:e Ao<afeo
with their accumulated treasgres, are tor OR use;
Labor is here honored and respected. All around
us, in the professions in the mar,s N the maniac
tories, on the farms in every position OF public ana
private life, We see our associates who weF ou.
yesterday "hireng laborers.' - ''mud-siIl''
slaves"
Mr.. Wilson closed his speech With reference to