The Washington union., 1858-03-14

yond the power Of the Tribune ~ separate them.
To speak directly TO the ssgrmeDt
10 poiat of fact slave labor possesses in this con7
try monopoly of certain staples which are Of prime
ecessity not only in the United States, but through
out the world. IL is double monopoly in this that
these staples can only be produced by that labor
aud there Ge no other soils than those we possess
capable Of yielding them The Tribune VIII con-
cede at all evesta, that the products are great; ana
if il is not TOO much preoocupied win ils patent
medicine antislavery ideas. il will concede too that
they are employed as powerful basis upon which
the machinery of the free labor OF the Norm Is ois-
Grated 1t will also ooncede-at least II Is true
that the p,edue,s Of slave labor enter largely into
every branch Of domestic and foreign trade and com
rnerce, and thus open ether helds Ter The use and
employmeot Of the machinery and men Of the free
states Profits and necessities active stmulants
,,fins-ntion Poverty and want discover more laws
and apply more principles in mechanics and in all
the sciences, than luxury and power. We greatly
fear our contemporary has become too rich and indie
pendent TO be really useful 1t mixes its pride Its
preudices and its caprces with its medicines, while
This whole system is Que of simple, natural divi-
sion cf labor and its operation fer threequarers of
A century proves how perfectly il has accomplished
the highest ends of economy, happiness, indepcnd-
snee and wealth The two sections of the Union
have risen and fallen in the vcissitudes Of business
but time has almost equally balanced the scales, leav
ing no just cause OF complaint TO either bat teaching
both a lesson Of wisdom and forbearance which we
hore win not be without effect.
We utterly repudste and condemn all such narrow,
petty, and mischcvous schemes of government as
are enforced by the Tribune. One would suppose
from reading that paper that the Union was bank.
rupt its assets in the hands Of dishonest commits
s;oners and the northern people the exclusive cred
tors. II we 90 step further, and regard the Tri-
bune as sharp lawyers intending TO embarrass the
concern and eat up the dividends, the figure win be
still more impressive and complete.
We are free TO admit that the genius of the North
has much to do in sustaining the labor Of the South
and We claim that if the Tribune viii persist in its
blind hostility to the latter its friends in Massachu-
sets and other free States who are engaged in the
manufacture of articles for slave markets and Of slave
products ought, before going farther to wipe their
hands of the responsibility of maintaining slavery.
labor is better distributed in the North, and although
population does not crowd upon production, there
are large classes Of poor operatives whose subsist-
ence depends wholly upon the continuance of those
manufactures. All this goes to show the real unity
Of American industry of every class; and it exhib
its with equal force the healthy condition Of the
laborer and his rewards.
If the Tribune is not mere skeleton theorist--
if it does not intend TO subject all the affairs Of prac
teal life TO thorough regimen of its pesent
unms-if it would adopt the simple but expressive
maxim. let well enough alone'' we insist that il
shall down from its stills and its efforts
70 distract and dcrange the operations Of that great
machinery which the genius Of the race has brought
into being and wkich the Tribune claims its favor
ite offspring.