New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-28
THE PRO,SLAVERY PARTY
SPEECH OF rIr. 81" a"D' ,s
ps,,ered a, Rochester on Monday oc''0'' ''' 'y''

,s', c,rtztSs: Tie unmi', iaaD'' "'' -- oi
fiI.o''' -, - ali around show Fat you are
"s' "'0" ord .rch man an L 1T us, therefore,
fafn's, |v time, pass b. ali secondary AMI col
- ooesol-. whether Il p1-onai or ola general
s,oc and consider the main suliect Of The pre- ien'
,.nv,ss. The Democratic paty-or, to speak more
..cwa,ely-the party which wears t1at a''facV'e
nase. Is in poacssion of the Federal GovcrDnen'.
The RepuLlioel- propo.e 20 d,lolss that party ani
lssiiss i from IL high trust.
The main subject then il whether the pemooTa'c
marty des,ryes 20 retain t,e confidence ol the Am r.
"a, neo,ls IT, attempting 81 prove it unworthy, !
think that arn not aeiuat,d by prJuices agMut
th., ,ar ar lv prep sees-iop IN favor Oi ~ adst-
saTsi Tor have lean4cd, by some experience, tnnt
~irino and patroii-m ard vice ard sc.i.hncs5, are
Epnr i'm al partcs, and That they dhcT leg ~ lci
...,iv., tbaI in The policies thcy pursue.
Our country is Il tLcater, which exhibits, 10 i'l
eperaiion two radicaly different political fy-t,ns
Ate one resting on The basis of scrvic or slave LABOR
Ne other on the basis of voluntary labor reencu
The labOreIs who IRE ensGyed are all negroes OF
persons or les purely OF Aincah az o'ou'
But tbs ia only accidental. Inc Piinc plo u w
ten IT, that labor in every society, ~ lOuISDo'Di
reformed il necessarily uuintclccinaI g,CFeHuS az
base and that the lGOorer, equally Tor hs V" 'O'
ard for the welfare o the staie' ouS., 70 " -
s not ersaved only because he cannot, as y,' DC re-
duced b. bondage. ., e,. c.. ... q,
,le older of the two and that once it vas universal
The emancipation Of cur own ancestors tau ;asldns
and Europeans, az they were, hardly d-ies beyonu Il
period Of 800 years. The greet meioratlon Of hnmau
eooiety which modern times exhibit, u manly due 10
the substitution Of the system OF voluntary labor tor Tue
cd ole ofserile labor which has already taken place.
Ths African slave system il one which, I'D 10 UIiu
and IN s growth, has been altogether ioicn IRON Tue
habits OF the which cJlOniled these states ana
established civilization here. II was Introduced on
this lew continent engine Of conquest, aud lt
the establishment of Monarcbioal Power by tue ioI51
Il tl, 60 ftrfie
them over ali South America, Central America,
Louisiana and Mexico. IT. legitimate fruits are seen
peryudes al Portuguese and Spanish America. Toe
Free Labor syftem of Germnn extraction, ana was
sstablsbcd in our country by emRraGis rom oWelcn,
Holland, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland
We Justly 6scIibe to its influences the stren.tl,
wealth greatness intelligence aud freedom which the
whole American people now enjoy. One of the chief
elements Of the value Of human lie u freedom IN INC
pursuit Of happiness. The slave syseHi ~ nGi Oi"y
fntolerant, unjust and nhuman toward tie iaO5rer,
whom, OILY because he IS a laboror II loads own
with chains aud converts into meIchandise, put
scorcey less to the freeman, 10 whOm only because
be Is iaborer nom necessity, u dcbles lacheS iV
employment, and who il cypes from the cOmmun4iy
because it cannot enslave ard convert lm into nier
cbanOe also Ii is ne ces sarly proVldent ana rum
Gus because a. general truth communities prosper
and flourish drOOp and decHoe III just the degree
that they practice or neglect TO practice the primary
duties OF justice and humaaity. The free labor 6y9-
tenn conforms 10 the divine law Of equality, which -
written in the hearts and cOnscilnces OF men, aud
therefore is always eud evcrywhore benedcent;
The slave system is one of constant danger distrust,
suspicion al watclfuucss. Ii debates those whose
toll alone produce wealth and resources icr DC
fense to the lowest degree Of which human nature Is
capable, to guard against mutiuy and lEsuTioct!On
ard thus wastes energies which otherwise might be
employed in national development snd a9gfahd-Ac-
Insrt go
opepipg all the fields Of ndustsiel employment, aud all
tie departments of authority, to the unchecked aud
equal rivalry C all classes Of men, at once secures
universal cortt tntmrnt, and brings into the highest
possible activity all the physical moral and social
eDeI gies Of the whole State. In states where tue
slaye system prevails, the masters, directly or lndi'
recty, secure al political po"eT, ana coistt9t4
systeln lrevas universal suffrage necessarily Oh
tnins, aud the state inevitably becomes, SOONER OF
later, republic or democracy.
Russia yet maintains Slavery, and is desp9,lsh;
Most of the other European States have abolished
Sayery and adopted the systom OF Fee Labor II
was the antagOnisio political TENDENCIES oi the t"o
systeus which the hrst Napoleon was contemplating
when lie predicted that Europe would ultimately be
either all Coss8ck or all Republican. Never dl1 HUI
man sagacity utter more pregnant iIuth. Inc Two
systems are at once perceived TO be incongfuous.
But they than ineongruous, they are lncou-
paiibe. They never have permanently existed TO-
gether in one country, and they never can. IL would
be easy to demonstrate tins imp0ssbiity, iTon the
irrt coDclabe contrast between their great puLoipes
and characteristics. But the experience ot mankind
has conclusiyey established H. Slavery, as | have
already ntma,d, existed N every state IN Europe.
in Russia and Turkey. State necessities, devoi'
oped in modern times, 0ie now 0bhglng even those
two nations 10 encourage and employ Free Labor au9
already despotc a. they are, we hnd them engaged
in abolshing Slavery. In the IDlted States SlaV ry
came into collision with Free Labor at tie close oi tue
last century and f i before II in Nee-Eogland, NeS-
York, New-Jersey and PcnnsNivanls, Out tuuwphed
over efeCuaily and excluded II for period YET uu-
determined, from Virginia, the CarOluas and Georgia.
Indeed, SO incompatible the two systems, tuUt
every State which is organized within our ever
extel ding domain makes IL fret political act choice
OF the one and an exclusion of the other 81 the
eost Of civil war il necessary. The Slave States,
without law al the last national election, ssiu
forbade. within their own limits, cven the casting OF
votes for Il candidate for President of the United
Setes supposed to be favorable To tue establishment,
Of the Free Labor sys'em III new States.
Hitherto the two systems have existed in different
States but side by side within the American tnlon
This has happened because the union is .Ohicdfa-
tinn of Satee. But in another aspect the Unit Il
States constitute only nation. decrease oi poPuls-
tiop which is filing the States out 70 thef very oor-
ders together with new and extended nei-worA OF
railroads and other avenues and an iLtcrae'
which daily becomes more intimate is rapidly brlsng
the Stetes into higher ard more perfect social UNITY
or consolidation. Thus these ertGgOu-lic systems are
continually coming into closer contact snd ccihsioh
results.
ShsnI tel yoa what Ills collision rnoersl They
who think that IS accidental, unnecessary, the work
of interested fauatcsl GgitatOSs, and therefore
ephomcru mistake the altogether. IL is an ir-
repIeesibe conflict between opposing AL endGsing
foiccs ind il means that the United States must and
will sooner or lister, become either entirely Slave
boldrg nation OF entire Frcc-Labor nation. Either
the cotton and nee fields Of South Carolina and tho
sngar plantations Of Louisiana VIII ultmat, y be tiled
by Free Labor ard Charleston asd New-Oieaus be-
come nGrts for Legitimate merchaudise alone, or
else the rye fields ard wheat fields Of Aasss-
chuse,fs and New-York mus. again be surrendered
by their farmers 10 slave culture ana 70 the pro-
tnction Of slayes and Boston and New-tork be-
eo,na ,nc.. ,nore markets for trade in the bodies