Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-03-26
OLD SERIES. VOLUME 25, NO. Is.

The Secretary continued to read the ex.
tract from Mr. ilamu'ond's speech, as iol'
lows
"Thc difference between us l., that our
slaves are hired for life and well compcnsi-
ted there is no starvation, no Begging. no
want Of employment among our people, and
not too much employment either. Yours
arc hired by the day. not cared ior' and
scantily compensated, which may he proved
in the most painful manner, at any hour IN
any street m any OF your larsc towns. Why,
YOU meet more bcggars in ono day, In any
single street Of tho city OF New York, than
YOU would meet IN a lifetime In the whole
South. We do not think that whites should
he slave, either by law or necessity. Our
slaves are black, of another and inferior race.
Tho status in which We have placed them is
an elevation. They are elevated from tlo
condition m which God ftst created them,
q. by being made our slaves. None OF that
race on tho iaco OF the globc can 10 com-
pared with the slaves Of the South. They
arc happy, content, unaspirns. and utterly
Incapable. from intellectual weakness, ever
10 give us any trouble by their ASPIRATIONS.
Your. are white. Of your own race you are
brothers ol one blood. They are your equals
in natural endowment Of intellect. aud they
fcel gallci by their degradation. Our slave.
DO not yoia. We gIyo them M political
power Yours 10 vote, and being the ma
jority they are the depoitaries Of all your
political power. lf they knew the tremen-
dous secret, that the ballot-box j. stronger
than an army with banners. and could
combine, where would you be? Your soci-
cty would be reconstructed. your govern
mont OvJrthrown, your property divided,
not as thcy have Mistakenly attempted %
initiate such proceedings 10y meeting In
Iarks. w,ih arms In their hands, hut by the
quiet process Of the ballOt.buI You have
been makiug war uppn " o. our very hearth
stones How would ynu like Tor us tu send
lcciurr, aud agitator. North, q teach ihc.c
people ,his, 10 aid ia c1mbinins, and - lead
them
Mr.. lIMLiN. accept the modification
which the Senator from South Carolina pro.
pose. to make. IL Is bat just; It is hat fair
to allow IL. 10 not see, however, that the
mobilization which the Senator has seen III
10 make substantially changes the position
which he assumed in his speech.
In my Judgment the Senator from South
Carolinl-l assure him say iI ia kiLdcss-
hls mistaken the character ~ our lahorers
and their position. | do not think be would
dosigncdly assign O. them position o. which
they DO not belong end have said that.
in my opinion. he has como 10 the o1nclu.
sion that our liborcrs occupy precisely tho
same position as those whom be- sees IN his
own vicinity. DO not say that even that
j. -, bat -ay such Is my conclusion. |
am frank 10 admit that ! know very liiilc
Of the character Of the laborrr. who toll be-
side the slave. but have seen something oi
it. have srcn what has sati.h.d me that
they have little intelligence; that they were
poorly clothed and that, while they lflt
themselves above them, they were actually
in the social scale below tie slaves. r..
member. .ir. that upon the bank, oi thc 20.
tpmac ! oncr heard negro ,aunt white
man that b. was - poor that he had not =
master. and when | looked ~ the poor
white man | confess that ] thought there
was some truth In tho tannt oi the negro.
Now. my worl Tor IL. the S'nAtpr from
South Carolina has mistaken the character
of our pIpulit0n and our ahprcrs stand
hers The representative Oi northern lab1rrr-.
| wish they had - better AMI ADLER reprrscn-
niiyc In my stead; but such as am, they
have sent me here such as am, | will win.
dicitr their rights.
III, senator from South Carolina has
mistaken the character of our lah,rins men
Il sp.ak oi tho.e who ars "hireling man
ull lhbprcr-." Tor tat Is his expression, IN
ID. modified form. think the Senator has
fallen into an errir In his estimate ot the
: character of our hhorcr,, and It may have
arisen lrlm variety OF causes. Our Cow
eminent va indeed an experiment. ltwas
established i1r ih, purp1s, ot testing tho
cluacity VI man for ,eli.slycTnment. An.
terror to that period OF time, during which
Governments had existed which wcro called
frc,, there bad been none which hal found
ed their Institutions upon the principle
upon which ours were proposed to be based.
Under the frsest governments that bad ever
existed. there were prcrogatiycs aud rights
secured to power, and laws creating pri,il-
c,cl classes hut il was the object and in
tpntion Of the founders Of our GOycTnmSit
to do away with such state of things,
which bad existed Heretofore ~ every Cow
ernmrnt In the world Ours WIS e. be-
Government resting on the consent Oi the
governed That was the ohi"ct. We sought
TO take away the prcro:i,iVes which gath
cred around the governing power, aud 10
establish Government amongst us that
should elevate man intellectually and p1lit'
icilly 10 tha, sphere and % that position 70
which he was justly entitled.
When the Senator from South Carolina
undertakes to draw imaginary distinctions
between classes of llborcrs, be- gIes hack 10
the old, the worn. the rotten. and The dis.
cIrle1 systems OF ages that have long sincc
passed | tell that Senator what is true,
that We draw M imaginary distinctions be-
twccn our different CLASSES Of lib,rcrs-none
whatever manual laborers :" Wei,
sir. who are the manual laborcrs oi the
North, that are degraded and placed beside
the slave Of the South by the Senator from
South Carolina? Who ar, our manual ia.
borers? Sir, all Glasses IN our community
are manual laborers; and, 10 greater or
less extent. they arS hireling manual labor
er4 They constitute. affirm. majority
OF our community-th1se who labor Tor
compensation. do not know. ] confess |
cannot understand. that distinction which
allows n man 20 make contract Tor the
service Of his brains. but denies him the
ri,ht 20 make contract for the service OF
his hands. There is no distraction whatever
between them. We draw none; We make
none. Who arr that class Of citizens in our
community. who are lbs hirclingsI That is
the term do not know whether he de-
signs il as opprobrious; but that is the term
with which he designatcs our labOrers OF
the North. This is modern Democracy!
Who are our hireling manual laborers"
Of the North3 Sir. can tell that Senator
that they are not the mud.sills Of our COM
munty. They are the men who clear away
our forests. They are the men who make