Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-11-17
The AntaE0nism OF Free and
slave LabOr--YieWs Of Messrs-
seward and LlneOln.

Some Of The AdninistratiOu Journalists.
eonspicuous IS eager eIpectAuts or serviIs
recipients Of executive fayors, effect 10 be
greatly alarmed at atruism uttered By Ssn.
ator Seward in bis recent speech At Roehes.
TOR. Mr.. Lincoln had previously uttered
the same Self-evident proposition, and
With similar effect. upon the rebsl!ious
Democrats who were seeking for an ocea-
sion against him, 10 order 10 serve the
ends Of Douglas. There is something
very pBsrile, il not Wone, IL the deerials
Of these two great Opposition leaders on
this ground. and in the futile atieu pt 10
PsrVsrt their plain language Of truth into
the grossssl heFesy.
| In asserting that there Is q natural and
irrseoDcilsable sntagOnism between that
social order which is based on Slave labor,
and that which recognizes oalY the work
Of TAKE ME-. Messn Seward and Lincoln
only uttered What every man ofeomDon 10.
telligeOcs knows. As soon would a "a.
tioDal person question the simplest axiom
10 mAthemstics Neither Of those States-
men thought they were uttering anything
new or startling, in declaring this inherent
and necessary antagonism. They merely
asserted what was self.evident to all think
ing men. and that merely as a basis and
starting. g.point-just as the geo mstricisn
lays down bis axioms-for an argu.
ment.
All the past has abundantly illustrated
this fundamental truth. Not an intelIi.
gent man south Of Mason and Di1on's line
would think of disPutiDg it. 1t is oD this
principle that the South is continually
acting. fany have ever INDUCED the
idle dream Of balance ofpower between
the two sections, even that implies most
clearly the conflicting nature Of the tEo
syStema. 1t is only opposing forces that
can b. balanced. In point Of fact, one Of
these systems or the other has, at a given
period, clearly bad the prepoudsrance in
our national affairS In the early days Of
the RepoubIic Free Labor clearly bad the
ascendant in all the plans of the great
patriots who founded the Government
The tendency was TO limit and s.laiten
the domain Of 6lavsry-to leave II to
work out its OWE law Of progress or decay
where it had taken root, and TO prevent
its gaining any new fOotbold, all on this
continent. Later years have shown q
prepond r,nt tendency, so far as the Gov.
ernment is concerned, in an opposite diree>
ton. But the laws of nature are stronger
than all human devices. Even during
this last and darkest period Of national
Administration, free labor has been out
stripping slavery, with rapid strides
Taney DEGREES and Presidential intrigues
have striven to mBke the latter the uniysr-
sal law Of the land, but freedom has all !
the while been steadily marching to its
ultimate conquest.
Now, when sensible men everywhere
see how this matter stands it is simply
ridiculous for LecomptOn organs with a
affectation Of alarm, to assail
men who assert this truism, iu the course
Of a calm argumentive speech. 1t is the
height Of absurdity TO construe such utter
ances into the preaching Of a crusade
against Southern institutions. There Is
something worse than folly in pretending
hat this involves any inten1ed interfer.
ence with slavery, such IS conflicts with |
be strictest doctrine Of State Rights.-
No meddling with slavery in the States
BY outsidsrs--much less the grave hob.
goblin Of armed iuterveLtion'-has been
for a moment either BY
Governor Seward or by Mr.. Lincoln
This their INSCRIPTIONS partizan assailants
Inow perfectly well. They thus illfully ,
,ervert, however, what those gentlemen
lave explicitly and clearly guarded from
uch perversiOn. They suppress a vital
TART Of the remarks made on this point
they try to alarm simple people by gar.
lied extracts, which aye recklessly CLOSED
'ver with a meaning not to be deducted
rom them, and dischimed by their au.
hos in advance.
1t is unnecessary to dwell further upon
ssaults so uuscrupulously and so NANTES,
ly ill.founded. The subjoined extract
rom Gov, Stewards Rochester speech,
D immediate connection with the pas
age which SO stirs up tie New York
Herald and its fellow-organ in this city, e
isarns all such assailants Of power for a
a
1T remains 10 say on this point c
My one word to guard against misappre- s
ension. If these States are again be- s
om:ng universally sIaveholding, do not
rersnd to say with what violations of the f
Constitution that end shall be accomplish
]. On tie other hand, while l do conf. &
emily believe and hope that my country n
i'll yet become land Of universal free.
DIN, do not EXPECT that it will be
ade SO otherwise than through the ac- :
on Of THE SEVERAL STAEES b
'-opersting with the Federal Government u
ID acting in strict conformity WITH o
HEIR RESPECTIVE C0NSTITU- o
IONS" Il
r. NJ / l.