New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-05


and thereby in constant danger ofstarvAtion Take,
for instance, the following passages concerning the
worhpgmen of Europe
While Slavery IN name is extinct, Slavery IN fact
exists on the continent and must eontinne % ext
til enlightenment shall have driven intellectual dark
from the earth and religion ehall have changed
30 completely the heart Of man. tha. every one shan
be coI;ented 70 occupy that sphere for winch hs ha
ture tts him.
The labor performed by the lower classes is servi'e
labor. In name, is voluntary, in reality, 80 'l'0I
uniary, forced by master more relentless than their
feudal ords-stern necessity. Inc ienaie slavery
described by Professor SIlhnan IN ms Second tisi,
20 Europe az witnessed by himself in saxony, had 10
parallel among the ancient GermaDs whose Slavery
we haze been examining. When population becomes
dense, and tie Numbers depending upon their abor 'or
their food increase, the price Of labor con have but
one standard 10 which it Of necessity that is,
the smallest possible amount upon which the iabOrer
can feed and clohe himself and such OF bis family as
absolutely helpless. Another result s, that, as
the price Of labor decreases the age a. which the child
shah be considered capable to toll for his support
correepopdngly decreases; and the age a. which the
old sball be considered exempt from labor, in the
ratio Increases Necessity too, forces the laborer 10
submit to an amount Of labor 10 which his physical
to protect him from such exactOns. Another resul.
il, that, despairng of an honest support yielding
TO natural iDdoence the number of paupers frghtfuy
increases and with it the number Of thets and oenses
ter, after considering the question, " whether II be
better TO have Slavery or not 7" sums mp thus: "T0
strike balance, then, between the advantages and
dsadv antages Of Slavery, is difficult matter; but
upon the whole, when consider the severity Of our
numerous capital condemDations for thefts, and our
insecurity after all against it's artifces when con-
slider that the punishment Of our cuprts only serves
TO make them a burden TO neighbors, who in re-
turn land theirs upon us, and that It thus becomes
sort Of nursery for robbers at any rate for vaga-
bonds and beggars who are the pest Of every coun-
try, am often led " think that the establishment Of
Slavery under certain limitations would prove sproi-
table plan"
Pitched to the same key the following in relation
to the abOriDg classes of Great Britain
The present condition Of the laboring classes in
Great Britain differs from personal bondage chiefly IN
the Necessity and hunger are more relentless
masters than the old Saxon lords. The power of life
and DEATH and the vt corporal chastisement are
the mere attendants Of Slavery; neither necessary
to constitute perfect bondage When the time and Ia
Dor Of person are by any means not pnrey voHn-
tary, the property of another the former Is slave
and the latter is master And it makes no change
in their condition. whether the food and clothing Of the
laborer be furnished him from the obligation TO snp-
port and cothe ones property, or from the scany re-
turn Of nominal wages.
AS TO food clothing, residences and the amount and
character Of the labor required the working casses OF
Britain compare unfavorsbly with many slavehoding
countries. The earnings OF the agricultural peasant
will barely furnish support when he is in health and
he becomes necessarily panper. The parliamentary
reports give view of wretchedness destitution
ignorance and cruelty, IN connection with the men, wo
men, and children, engaged in the English mines,
which from any less reliable source would be incred-
ible
From the same reliable evidence we ore informed Of
degradation, poverty and cruel oppression under
which the poor aborers, of every age and sex groan
and exist in the factories and workshops Of the United
Kingdom. The of the lash is uncommon resort
Of the bosses and the fear OF starvation bars up the
door of justice.
The menal and livered servants Of Britain share
fate not much superior. Actual corporal cruelty il
not so frequent, and detection and punishment more
certain; yet the abect submission required and the
contemptuous treatment received break me spint OF
the slave and give food TO the Dsoence Of the master.
prominent evil TO which the poor Of Britain are
subjected, is their miserable homes. Crowded into
single room, of all and ages, filth, disease, vice,
and crime the inevitable consequences. To this,
add degree Of ignorance appalling in 80 old and CIV
ilized nation and the result is not astonishing that
80 many of the children should be thieves and the W.
men prostitutes, and the men panpers.
So also in the summing up Of the advantages
and disadvantages of Slavery in the United States,
it is to be noted that the advantages on which our
author insists have no reference whatever to race
or color of the slaves bat might be urged with
lust as much force as reasons for reducing to SAv
ery the white laborers of the North In giving
this passage, we underscOre, in addition TO the
word conservative, which the author himself
itaicises, a few statements which, coming from
such source, can hardly be read without smile,
indicative, as they are, of a self.complacent de-
luson on the part of our Southern friends carried
even in we-nformed quarters TO ludicrOus ex-
tent, and of which several other instances may be
found in this book.
pokticallv Slavery institution. The
mass Of laborers not being recognized among citizens
every citizen feels that he belongs 10 an elevated
class. 1t matters not that he s no saveholder he IS
not of the inferior race he II freeborn cuzeh; ne
engages in menal occupation. The peoTsst neefs
the richest equal ats al hts tate Tah hm sa-
lutes him as neighbor meets him in every public
assembly and stands on the same socld! PLATFORM
Hence there is war of classes. There is truthily
republican equality in the ruling class.
The laborers being slaves there is not the same dan
ger Of conflicts betweenlabor and capital nor the came
! liability TO other exctements in crowded masses,
which end in riots. These unknown IN pure slave
holding communities.
Raising their own laborers, there is no indncement
for foreign immigration into siaveNodlng commun-
tes Their citizens mbibe freedom with their moth
ers milk.
The leisure allowed to the Shareholder gives him sn
opportunity of informing himself upon current quee-
tons Of pohtics and bis interest being identical with
his neehbors, in preserving existing institutions, the
Southern politician addresses always body Of men
having common sentiment, and not TO be influenced
TO 50 great eTteRt by the "hum6ugS 81 dtndgoguts
This is influential element in forming public opinion
ana acts thus conserrGtsrely upon the public men Of
the south.
Official position s not very consis.en. with the in
terest Of the STAKEHOLDER and hence - nCrer sought fer
us recuniary e,uolaents Ii is coveted only by those
ambitious Of distinction Hence the public men Of the
South do not find themselves supplanted by unp-o-
vided aspmants, but their services are frequently
gratefully received by their constituents. Born to
command, and habituated 10 rule, they frequently
commend themselves 10 the nation by their frmness,