Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-08-19
Arc Laborins WINNIE Mea Slaves,

Thursday Morning, August 10, 1S5,
r. Are Iaborins White Men Slaves.
Let laboring men read the followin,
: extract from speech delivered during tn
last session of Congress. by James II
Hammond. Senator from South Carolina
leading spirit of Democracy. and learl
, what is thought of them by the statesmen
! of that party:
"In all social syst ems there must be {
class to DO the nssnial duties, to perform
the drud7cry of life That IS. a class re
I curing but a low order of intellect and
but little skill. Its requisites are vigor
docility. fidelity, Such a class you mus,
have. or you would not have that other
tclass,. which leads progress. civilization
and refinement. 1t constitutes the very
mudsW Of sosiety and Of political govern
ment; and you might as well attempt to
build house in the air. as to build either
the one or the other. except on this mud
sill Fortunately for the South, shefouni
a race adapted to that purpose TO he han T.
Ara~e inferior to her own, but cminently
qualified in temper. in vigor. in docility,
in capacity to stand the climate, to answer
all her purposes We use them for our
purpose, aud call then, slaves We found
them slaves BY the "common consent of
mankiasl, - which, according to Cicero.
'.fer nature est The highest proof Of
what is Natures law We are old fash
ioned at the South yet; it is word dis
earded now by Gears polite" | will not
charscterze that class at the North with
that term; bat you have IL; it is there; it is
every where; it is eternal. e-
.'rhe senator from New York said yes
ter.lay that the whole world had abolished
slavery. Aye, the name, but not the thing.
all the powers efthe earth cannot abolish
than. God only can do it when he repeaIs
the nat. '.the poor We always have with
yon;' for the nam wao lees by ayily iaBor,
anil scarcely lives at that and scho has TO
pst his tabor in ftc p,orkef. and take Me
hest he eanget for H.: ~ SHORT TOUR
WHOLE HfRELfyG CLASS Of man
nal faJorers and Operatives" as vo,i call
them. ARE ESSENTIALLY SLAVES.
The difference between MS is, that our
slaves are hired for life a,tl well compen-
sate'l; there is no starvation, no begging.
no want of employment among our people,
aud not too much employment ether
Yours are hired by the day, not cared for.
and, scantily compensated. which may be
proved IN the m,,st painful manner, at any
hour in any stcecf IN any of your large
towns. Why. yoH meet more beggars In
one day, IN any single street Of the city of
New ork. than you would meet in life
time, IN the whole South - %*
They (the slaves Of the South, are hap
~. content, upasriring. and utterly inca
pable from intellectual weakness, ever TO
give us any trouble hy their aspirations.
Yours are white. of Your own race; Won
are brothers Of one bovd They are your
equals IN natural cndow menf of intellect.
and they feel CALLED by their degradation
Our slaves do not vote We give them
no political power. Yours do vote. aud
being the majority. they are the deposita.
RES of all your political power. If they
knew the tremendous secret, that the bal /
lot-bsx IS stronger than ian army with
banners. and could combine, where would
you i,e9 Your society wonld be recon
Your government overthrown.
your property divided. not .as they have
attempted to initiate ssuch
proceedings by meeting in parks. with
arms in their hands,. but by the quiet pro-
cess OF the ballot-box. You have been
making war upon us to our very hearth
stones. How would you like, for US to
send lecturers aud agitators North, to-
teach these people this. to aid in combin.
ing. and to lead them9'' r~rfe zs,ss
MIR. NusoS and Others Send them a.
long. ays ~ -sn a 81
Mr.. HsaNosp. "You say send them a
long. There is no need of that. Your
people are awaking. They are coming
here. They are thuudering at our doors
fov homesteads, one hundred and sixtv
acres Of land for nothing. and Southern
Senator's are supporting them. Nay, they
are assembling as have said. with arms
in their hands. and dem anding work at
81 900 a year for six hours dav. Have
vou heard that the ghosts Of Mendoza and
forquemada are stalking in the streets of
vour great cities? That the inquisition IS
1t hand? There is afloat a fearful rumor {
hat there have been consultations for Vi j
yiiance Committees. You know what that /,
neans M rs resiri
Transient aud temporary causes have
hus far been your preservation Yhe
,reat West has been open to your suplus '
and your hordes Of ssmi:5ar-
aviaa i1smiyranfs, who are crowding in
ear by year, They make great move
'snt, and you call IL progress. Nyhifhers
is progress; bot it is progress towards n
vigilance Committees.' r ssr%'et ~ Ii
What, fellow lsborers. you who sap-it f
ort your wives and little ones by tie v
seat of your brow, do. you thiuk of this c
ew Democratic doctrine? Are you vii {,
ng to sustain by your votes party that
''gmatises you as "psu7. .si1ls Of soeietys'' e.
s "esssmiaiiy slarss," and not as indie n
endent ss=tbe Negro? AS a::ssugerous Ell. c.
nent to iths Perpetaisy of the Govern q
'ent. insuTectionary. lawiess and i,n- N
Such is the opinion the aris- N
'crstic leaders of that party entsrtsins Of st
IN. while nrofecSiuu To Ia vour osxac;.1 4.