Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-15

lnently Quallhed 10 temper, IN Fisof' III w
cility, in capacity, to stand the climate TO at
swer all her purposes. We use them TOR the
purpose, and cal! them slaves. We are old
fashioned at the South yet; II ID word dis
carded now BIZ ears polite; but l Will not
characterize that class At the Nortn with that
tertn: but you have it; its there; II IS every
where; it is eternal.
The Senator from New York, said yester-
day that the whole world had aoOiished
slavery. Az. the name, but not the thing;
and all the powers of the earth cannot aboi-
i.h il. God only can do it when be repeats
tho fiat. 1.-The povr We always have with you:
for the man who lives 10y daily LABOR aEu
scarcely lives at that, and who has to put out
his labor ia the market and take the best he
can get for il; in short, your whole class VI
maual aborers and operatives, IS you cail
them. are slaves. The ference between Us
is that our slaves are hired TOR lie and well
c,mrensated; there is TO Starvation, no oSE-
gipg, no want Of employment among cur
people. and not too much employment elther.
Yours are hired by the day, not careu lor'
and scantiiy cympensatej, which may De
nro,ei in the mot deplorable manner, at
any hour, in any street, in any OF YOUR large
TWINS. Why, sir, you NEE more te-g'rs IN
ooe dav. in any single street OF the CITY VI
New York, than you wpI.d meet IN ME
time in the whole South Our slaves are
black. of another. inlerilr race. The status
in which we have y :ced them ~ an eieVa-
ton. They are elevated from the cohGition
in viii n God first created them, By being
made our slaves. None of that race on tae
whole face Of the globe can be compared WIN
the slaves of the SJu:h, and they know It.
They are happy, content, una'plrlnns, anu
utterly incapable, from intellectual desra-
dation, ever u give US any trouble by their
aspirations.
Your slaves are white, Of your own race;
YOU are brothers Of one blood. They are
YOUR equal 10 natural endosmeut oil intellect,
and they ee CALLED by their desFadauon.-
Our slaves do not vate. We give them no
pol, teal power Yours d. vote, aud beng
the majority, are the deposita:ies Of all YOUR
political power. Ii they knew the t7einen'
dous secret, that tue uallOt-01X Is stronger
than an army with bayOnets, aud could
com ine, where woald you be! Your socie-
~ would be reconstructed, your government
reco INSTRUCTED, your property divided, not as
they have mistakenly attempted 10 initiate
such proceeding by meeting IN parks, w'n
arms in their hands, but by the quiet process
o, the balIot,b0x, You have been making
war upon u to our very hearth-tones. How
would you ike for us to send lecturers or
agitators North, TO teach these people this,
to aid and assist in comblnirg <, and TO lead
them?
Mr.. Wilson and Others. Send them along.
Mr. Hammond. YJu say, send them North.
There is 10 need Of that. They are com
Jog here They are laundering at our doors
for homesteads If Que hundred and sixty
acres of land iCr nothing, and Southern
Senators are supporting 1t. Nay, they are
assembling, as ! have said, with arms IN
their hands, and demanding work at 81 ,OoO
year and and SIX hours a day. Have you
heard that the ghost Ct Mendoza is stalk
Jug In the streets OF your biz cities; That
the inqui-itUn is OF hand? There is "ti1at a
rumOr that there have been consultations Tor
vigilance comm tees You know what that
means already. IransIent aid temporary
causes have thus far been your preserva-
tiun. The great West has been open II
your surplus population, and your hOrds oil
semi-barb arisn emIgranls, who are crow
ding in year by year. They make great
movement and ynu call it progress. Whlth'
err? 1t is progress; but 1t Is progress to-
wards vigilance committees. The South
have sustained you in great measure-
You are our factors. You briug and carry
for u.s. One hundred and fifty millions OF
dollars Of our money passes annually through
your hands Much Of it stcks; all OF It
rNpotheT
and in motion. Suppose We were to dis
charge you; suppose we were to take our bust
ness out OF your hands; we should conslan
you to anarchy and poverty.
You complain Of the rule Of the South.
That has been another ca use that has pre-
served you. We have Kept the Govern
ment conservative to the great purposes OF
the Government. We have placed her, and
kept her, upon the Constitution; and that
has been the cause of your peace ami pros
perity. The Senator from New York says:
that that is about to he at m end; that
you intend to take the g"Ternment from
u, that ii Will pass from our hands. Per
haps what he says Is true; II may be; but
do not fcrget--it can never be tJrs0tten;
it is written on the brightest page 81 hH-
man history--;hat VIC, tue Shareholders Ul
the South, took our country IN her milan
cy; and, after ruling her for sixty cut OF
the seventy years OF her existence, We shall
surrender her to you without stain upon
Der honor, boundless in prosperity, inc a.
culabe in strength, the wonder and the
admiration of the world. Time will show
what you will make Of her; but no time
can ever diminish our glory or your re-
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