The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-04-01
A Democratic Speech.

SOul0 OdTOllUd Is Nue tIelldOtU
State in the Union, not even excepting VIZ
ginia, and therefore, when we wish to get pure
democracy, of course we should so to its
staunchest friends. Mr.. HAMMOND is ons OF
the democratic representatives OF that State in
the u S. Senate, and what he says must be pure
National Democracy. He is shoulder to
shoulder" with Northern democrats in support
Of the Lecompton Constitution, and joins them
in denouncing the Republicans aud their Free
Labor notions. That our readers may not be
deceived, therefore, we copy the following para
graphs from Mr.. Hammonds speech. We hope
every laboring man, and every other person, will
read them:
SLAVERY EXTENSION OR REVOLT.
"Society precedes govern mcnt creates it, and
ought to control it; but, as far as We can took
back into historic times, we find the case differ.
ent; for government is no sooner created, than
it becomes too strong for society, aud shapes
and moulds, as well controls it. In later
centuries the progress OF civilization and intel
ligence has made the divergence so great, as to
produce civil wars and revolutions; and it is
nothing, now, but the want of harmony between
governments and societies, which occasions all
the unessiness and trouble aud terror which we
see ABROAD. III was tnlS l0dJ Drought or tne
American Revolution. We threw off govern
meut not adapted to our social system and
mace one for ourselves The question is, how
Tar have we succeeded?
LABoRiNG MEN BUT MUD sILLs.
ain our social systems there must BE- class to
do the mean duties, to per(o m the drudgery of
life that is class requiring but low order OF
intellect and but little skill Its requisites are
vigor, docilty, fidelity Such class you must
have, or you would not have that other class
which leads progress, refinement and civilza,
ton. 1t constitutes the very mud-sills of socie-
| ty and of political government and you might
as well attempt to bniId house in the air as to
build either the one or the other except on the
mud sills. Fortunately for the South, she found
race adopted to that purpose to her hand A
race inferior to herself, bat emnently qualified
in temper, vgor, in docilty, in capacity, to
stand the climate, TO answer all her purposes
We use them for the purpose, and call them
slaves.
FREE LABoRERs ARE SLAVES.
"The Senator from New York said yesterday
that tn. whole world had abolished slaverv.--
All, the name, but not the thing and all the
powers of the earth cannot abolish it. God
only can do it, when he repeals the fiat the
poor you always have with You" for the man
who lives by daily labor, and scarcely lives al
that, and who has to put out his LABOR in the
market aud take the best he can get for 1t, III
short your whole class of manual laborers and
operatives, as you call them, are slaves. TIE
differences between US is that our slaves are hiret
for life and well compensated. There is nc
starvation or Begging no wan: OF employment
among our people, aud not too much employ
! ment either Our slaves are black of another
| inferior race. The status in which we have
placed them is an elevation. They are elevatet
from the condition in which God first created
them, by being our slaves.
WHITE SLAVES AND BLACK SLAVES
"Your slaves are white, OF your own race
you are brothers Of one blood. They are you
equal in natural endowments of intellect, ant
they feel CALLED by their degradation? Gu
slaves do not vote. We give them no politica
power. Yours do vote, and being the majority
they are the repositories Of all your politica
power. II they knew the tremendous secret, tina
the ballot-box is stronger than an army, will
bayonets, and could combine, where would yol
be? Your society would be reconstructed you
property divided, not as they have mistakenl,
attempted to initiate such proceedings by meet
ing in parks, with arms in their hands, but b.
the quiet process of the ballot-box.
SLAVES AND BEGGARs.
They are laundering at our doors for home
steads of one hundred and sixty acres of lane
for nothing, and Southern senators are support
ing it. Nay, they assembling, as | said
with arms in their hands, and demanding worl
at $ll00 year and six hours day. Have yo'
heard that the ghost of M'nioza is stalking il
the streets of your big cities; that the inquisi
ton is at hand? There is aaoat frightful ru
NOR that there are consultations for vglanc
committees. You know what that means al
ready. Transient and temporary causes hav
'hus far been your preservation. The grea
West has been opened TO your surplus popula
| LII hn, Nc. h,,,
grants, VINO are crowding in year by year The
make great movement, aud you call it pre-
gress. Whither7 1t is progress but it is pro
gress towards vigilance committees.