The Shasta courier., 1858-12-25
Stewards Rochester speech.

IN the speech delivered by Mr. Seward the
great head of the Black Republican marty .,
,soehes'er' n L., on the 18th Oct, occurs the
following passage:
~, ohai l tell you what this collision means p
Ivy VINO think that 1t is accidental, unneces-
sary, the work of interest or fanatical ag;ta,ors
ana, therefore, ephemeral, mistake the case al.
ioeether IL IS an rrepressi5le conflict Jet,reen on
Eosaty ana enduring forces and IL means that the
cfeeu states must and uii sooner or later became
etner entirely slapehoiding nation or entireIv !,
J1ee taoor nation. Either the cotton and rice
eios OF south Carolina and the sugar planta-
ons oi LOUISIANA will ultimately be titled by
iree labor, and legitimate merchandise alone ~
else the rye fields and wheat fields of Massacbn-
selts and New York must again be surrendered
oy her farmers to slave culture and to the nro-
uuctlon OF slaves, and Boston and New York bc-
eoi,ie once more markets for trade in the bodies
ana souls of men. 1t is the failure to annre-
Heno this great truth that induces so many nm
suocessiui attempts at final compromise between
the slave and free States and il is the eris,enoo
u 'ns great iact that renders all such pretended
compromises, when made, vain and ephemeral
Thus, it will be seen, that Mr. Seward laws
GOWN tne doctrine that the present politico-ne-
gro agitation is an irreconcilable war between
the " free labor and Slavery systems of the
Union, which must continue until the over
throw of either one or the other is consummated
lie holds that, in order to secure the perpetuty
OF the Union, all the States must become free or
slave States-that slavery must cease in the cot
ton and rice tSlds of South Carolina, or be in
troduced into the rye and wheat fields of Massa-
chusettsl And, as it is deemed impossible that
slavery shall ever exist in Massachusetts,. he an
nounces that the war against its existence in
south Carolina is irrepressble,' and must
eventually succeed.
Mr- Seward is undoubtedly great mana |
man of giant intellect. Nevertheless the promo |
sition here laid down-that if slavery continues |
to exist in the cotton and rice fields of soutb |
carolina, 1t must of necessity go into the wheat
@nd rye fields of Massachusetts, or if free-labor
remains in Massachusetts, it must of necessity
sake the place ofslave-abor in the rice fields of
carolina-is almost childishly preposterous and
uiitenaole As we'll lay down the proposition
'hat' If gold digging is profitable in the hills of
California, it must be profitable in those of Mas
sachusetts; or, if it is not profitable in the hills
OF Massachusetts, it cannot be profitable in those
OF California.
osa'e labor would not q pay" in the rye and
wheat fields of Massachusetts Hence slavery
Will never be taken there Every man of sense
hhews that Men, especially cute" Yankees.
VIII never invest capital where they know it will
prove certain loss On the other hand in tho
cotton and rice fields of Carolina slave labor
docs pay" enormously. Hence, slave labor al
ready oelng IN those fields, will remain there so
long as 1t proves proGtable-and only so louo-
anu all the warfare which may be waaed AGAINST
It's existence there, by the agitators of the free
states, VIII affect it no more than does the
dashing of the waves against the rock bound
coast OF New England disturb the rocky cliffs
which frown down upon CALIFORNIA; Golden
Gate"
As long as free-laborcrs will have GOTTEN and
sse als stsss AND tqsaeea7dr ii ea. Dy slave.
abor at a cheaper rate than by free -labor-so
ong will slave labor continue in the world at
least, during that period of the worlds history
vet to elapse before the coming of the Millennium