Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-06-25

~ similar outgrowth; every engine is {
rec soiler, and every depot the nucleus S
IF free labor city. Everywhere the :
erment in local politics, not less than The I
cautious celay and donbting hesitancy Of j
parties, express how little faith they have
in pro-slovery invocation. No rising man
of the state ventures TO risk his fortunes +,
upon the perpeluity Of the pecnliar insti- .
tuition. The conclusion is irresistible
that it is doomed to pass away. Third I
the process Of slavery extinction is so
palpable, that it is only the blind who
will not see, and the weak who dc no,
comprehend. Substantially the making
the free labor issue is its sure victory -
Whenever that becomes the question,
fully submitted and canvassed, all must
realize that interest will determine it in
favor of the white race. There are in I
Missouri one hundred and thirty thous- +
and voters, OF whom perhaps one hun +
dred thousand are non-slaveholders,whilst /
thirty thousand have property in slaves. |
draw the line between these, as is done
where the negro is insisted upon as the
paramount consideration, or elicit the
antagonism that must transpire-when the
demands of free labor to free soil are re-
sisted, and the division demonstrates
where and what the predominance will
be. Many avoid this conclusion by as
serting that the most violent pro-slavery
zealots are often themselves non-slave
holders. This is true; but make the Is
sue; let that issue hinge upon self inter-
est; and it will be true no longer. Nor
is this all. The tide Of population, mo-
wing westward, has latterly founded in
the northern territories, a state year
lis diversified immigration is fairly esti-
mated at fifty thousand amonth, and is
likely to be increased by adventitlous CIR
cumstances for some time to come. In
the past, this has swept by, and beyond
Missouri, TO colder latitudes or remoter
settlements, but late events have largely
concentrated it upon our own territory.
1t comes seeking homes, building villages,
colouizing. counties. prospecting with the
Bible and the school house for the seals
of an enlarged civilization. II Is an ar
my of free laborers, p furnished white
community, an Irresistible pressure Of
people. The enumeration in the present
season win, so far as can be ascertained,
show an addition of more than one hun
dred thousand persons to the population
of the State. And this Is but the begin
ning of an annual flood. Cheap land,
mild climate, rich soil. varied timber, ex-
haas,less minerals, private gain and pro-
spective freedom are gathering multitudes
from every State that has a surplus in
dustry, and Of those maltitudes all come
e penetrated fully with the desire, as theil
very presence accompIishes the work d
slavery extinction. 1t is idle for poiti
Fl clans TO think of resisting such forces by
! windy resolutions or infamed speeches
q The MASSES OF free white laboring m1
y who, within the next five years, may be
come citizens of Missouri, viii give suci
= impulsion to public sentiment, and th'
disappearance Of slave labor from al
+ fields Of employment through insecurit,
and unproftableness and removal south
a ward, will be so great, that virtually our
will then be a free State. To carry thi
forward requires chiefly jealous coopera
j., ton by those who favor such industria
# progress. There must be bravery Of cx
preston. close adhesion 10 fixed ideas q
a. the free labor policy, and the soiidiiyin
= a popular organization to take charge {
- government The party Of free laho
~ Is the only party in Missouri that has
so future. An growth viii attach to il, q
! losses viii come from its opponents, an
r such ascendancy must soon become irr'
IN sistible. To a public opinion al HON
20 then acting upon a public opinion abroa'
y and both sustained by such methods, IS
70 may look for an obIiterating impressio
r. to be made upon the system Of SLAYER
.. When that shall be done and the cons
a quent displacement Of seryile classes &
le the white working men shall have take
n plaee,it will require little legislation
in expenditure, to clear away tue remail
he of the institution. But few slaves vi
r. remain, and those who own them wil
.s- the persons demanding pay for their fire
r. dom. Ia strictness Of language we d
;. clare ther arc none who urge forthwith Z
II act Of emancipation, for slavery exiin
. ton IS being effected by far surer age
eies and when the former shall BE- urgi
-. as a legal termination Of the system,
49, will come frat from Shareholders vi
sec ii The government their best ma