The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-04-08
RnniY 20 MIR. IIhmmpnd.

We Published extracts from the democratic
speech Of Mt Hnnmonl, Of South Carolina, de-
livered in the u. s. Senate recently. in which
he saw proper ~ chsrsctsrizs northern laborefs,
a. "bireling laborss,' mud. .sills." slaves,
&c. Senstor Wilson, of Mass, replied to Mr..
H. il telling speech, which concludes thus;
Sir | ain the son of " hreng msnusl labor.
er" who, with the frosts OF seventy winters on
his brow. still lives by daily labor" |. TOO,
have lived by daily labor ], too. have been
"a hireling manual laborer' Poverty cast its
dark aud chilling shadow over the home ofmy
childhood, aud Wan. was there sometimes an
unbidden guest. At the sge Of ten years, to aid
him who gave me being to keep the gsunt spec.
ire from the hearth Of my mother who bore me,
left the honls OF my boyhood and went TO earn
my bread by daily labor among strangers. Ma
ny a weary mile have travelled
70 beg brother ofthe earth
To give me leave to toll.
Sir, Ihove toiled as hireling manual 10.
borer in the field and IN the work shop, and
tell the Senator IRON South Carolina thai never
felt CALLED by my " degradation" Perhaps the
Senator will ascrbe this to obtuseness OF intel.
lect and to blunicd scnsbilities. Sir, was con-
sciuos OF manhood. | was the peer Of my EN-
oyer. knew that the laws aud institutions
Of my native and adopted States (New-llamp-
shire and Missu chusetts) threw over him and
over me the panoply Of equa iy knew, too,
that the world was before me with its wealth,
| its gurnered treasures Of knowledge, its honors,
the coveted prizes of life. within the grasp Of u
brave heart and tiroess hand and ! accepted
the responsibilities Of my positonal all unconscious
| that | was slave" h1vs employed others,
hundreds Of others, some Of whom then possessed,
and now poss'ss more property than ever
| owned some OF them better educated than my
SELF better educated AMI better rad than some
Senators on this floor, and many OF th!m In
moral excellence and purity of character my ad-
! mi,ted superiors. l have o. cupcd for more than
twenty years either the position of EN-.
ployed or employcr,und while naysr felt "gaIlel
by my degradation" in the one Cas- in the other
was never conscious that my hireling aboers
were my interiors That man is a snob who
boasts of being hireiing laborer, or who is
ashamed Of being hireling laborer, That man
is snob who feels any inferiodty to any man
because he is hireling lnborer, or assumes any
superiority over another because he Is an employ
or. Honest labor is honorable, and the man who
Is ashamed that he is or was a laborer has not
munhond enough 10 feel CALLED by his degra
dn,ion.'
The Seuator tells US that their slaves are vel
compensated. Well compensated Why, Sir
the Senator himself in a speech made at home
IoI UOlnt thNStOu iu1O uh
TO show that Il ,ld-hand could be supported 70
&lS or 1910 per annum on the rice aud cottor
plantations. ils states the quantity OF corn ant
bacon and salt necessary to support the :" wei
compensated" slave. There is not a poor-hous
in the Free States where there would not be
rebellion in three days { the inmates were com
/ PEELED TO subsist on the quantity and queIity o
, the food the Senator estimates as ample " com
{ pensaton" for the labor of slave in Sout
{ Carolina.
Referring TO Mr. HOmmond's threat that tn
South might send lecturers and egitators t
Y preach insurrection to the Northern laboree'
D Mr.. Wilson said they might come and welcome
a Ours are the institutions Of Freedom, and the
1 flourish best in the storms aud ugitations Of IN
j. quiry aud free discussion. Our laborers woul
tell his agitotors-these institutions are for Il
!. and our children. We model and fashion ther
as we please. These public schools are for III
education Of our children. These Libraries wit
j. their accumulated treasures, are for our use.-
q Labor is here hnnored and respected All aroun
:, u.s. in the professions in the marts, in the maj
ufactories, on the farms, in every position
public and private life, we see our associat t'
/ who were but yesterday "hirelng laboreIs "mu'
sills,' slaves