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eminent. Senahlicane propase tn dislodge that
marty. Sf3 Il from its high trust The main
M iken. Is whether the democratic party de-
- vesAsrt<ain the Confidence Of the american peo-
plef In attempting to provo it unworthy, think
shat am mot sctuated by prejndices AGAINST that
party, or By prepossesons In favor ot IT'S sdser:a
RI. far have learned by some experience that vir.
tue and patriotism, vice and selfshnes, are found
II al parties and that they differ less in their mo-
tyes than in the policies they pursue. Our country
is a theatre which exhibits in full operation. two
radically different political systcms-the one resting
on the hasiso servile or slave labor the other on
the basis of voluntary labor Of freen,en- The IT.
borers who arc ensaved arc all negroes or persons
more or less purely Of African derivation But this
ii only accidental The principle Of the system Is,
that labor, in every society. by whomsoever per.
formed, is necessarily unntcllectual grovell;ng and
bsse, and that the borer, equally for his own good
and Tor the welfare Of the State ought to he enslav-
ed The white hbOrng man. whether native or
foreigner is not enslaved only because he cannot as
vet, be reduced to bondage You need not he told
now that the slave system is the older Of the two.
and that once it was universal. The emancipation
az our own ancestors-Caucasians and Europeans
Is they were-h,rdly dates beyond period Of five
hundred years The great melioration Of human
society which modern times EXHIBIT, is mainly due
tothe substitution of the system Of voluntary labor
foi the old one Of servilc labor which has already
txken place. The African slave system is one
which, in its origin and its growth has been alto
gcther foreign from the habits Of the races which
colonized these States and established civilization
here It was introduced on this new continent as
an engine of conquest and for the establishment Of
monarchical power By the Portuguese and Spaniards
and was rapidly extended by them over all South
America. Central America. Louisiana and Mexico
It's legitimate fruits are seen in the poverty, imbec
ity and anarchy which now pcrvade all Portuguese
and Spanish America The free labor system is Of
German extraction, and it was established in our
country by emigrants from Sweden, Holland. Ger
many, Great Britain and Ireland We justly as
cribe to its influence the strength wealth. greatness
people enjoy. One Of the chief elements Of the
value of human life is freedom in the pursuit of
happiness.
INHrNANTry OF SLAVERY TO WHITE NES.
The slave system is not only intoerant unjust
and inhunan towards the lab0rer, whom, only be-
cause he is laborcr it loads down with chains and
converts into merchandise, but scarcely less so to
tbe freeman. to whom, only because he is laborer
from necessity it denies facilities for employment
and whom it expels from the community because it
cannot enslave and convert him into merchandise
Gle 10 In apAr, h.
cause Is general truth, communities prosper and
flourish. or droop and decline. in Just the degree
that they practice neglect to practice the primary
duties Of justice and humanity. The free labor
system conforms to the divine law Of equality,
which is written in the hearts and consciences Of
men, and therefore is always and everywhere bcne-
ficsnt RI
The SLAVE SYSTEM ONE OF DANGER AND SUSPICION.
The slave system is one Of constant danger. dis
trust suspicion and watchfllness 1t dcbases those
whose toll alone can produce wealth and resources
for defence to the lowest degree Of which human
nature is capable, to guard against mutiny and in
salfection. and thus wastes energies which other
wise might he employed in national development
and aggrandizement The free labor system etlu-
Gates an alike, and by opening all the fields of in
dustrial employment and all the departments Of a-
thority to the unchecked and equal rivalry Of all
eiases Of men, at once secures universal content
al the physical moral and social energies of the
whole State. In States where the slave system pre-
walls the masters, directly indirectly, secure all
pdlitical power. and constitute ruling arstocracv
In the States where the free labor system prevails
universal suffrage necessarily obtains, and the State
inevitably becomes sooner or later. a republic or
democracy. Russia yet maintains slavery, and is a
despotism. Most Of the other European States have
abolished slavery and adopted the system Of free
S~lH< H.
Of the two systems which the first Napoleon was
contemplating when he predicted that Europe would
ultimately he either all Cossack or all republican
Never did human sagacity utter more pregnan,
truth.
GxEEDOH AND SLAVERY CANNOT EXIST UNDER ONE GOV.
- -- ERNNENT.
The two systems are at once perceived TO be incon
esuo1s. But they are more than homogeneous -they
are incompatible They never have permanently
existed together in one country and they never can
IT wonld he easy to demonstrate this impossibility
from the irreconciable contrast between their crca
principles and characteristics But the experience 81
mankind has conclusivcly established it. Slavery
Is have already minated existed IL every Stats
ihtEurope Free labor has supplantcd it everywhere
except in Russia and Turkey. State necessities
developed in modern times, arc now obliging ever
those two nations to encourage and employ fire,
labor; and already, despotic as they are, We fine
S',SeSS" Us SoS,itSuUS SlaVeTy. In the Unltef
States slavery came into collision with free labor
TIE close Of the last century, and fell before
New England. New York, New Jersey and Penn
syssnia. but trumphed over it effectually, and ex
eiuded It for period yet undetermined, from vir
gnla. the Caroiinas and Georgia Indeed, 80 in
compatible are the two systems that every new
ssate which Is organized within our ever.extendin,
dsa'n makes its FIRST political act choice Of tn
one 9ad IN exclusion Of the other even at the Cd,
81 CIVIL war. necessary. The slave States, with
out aw. At the last national election. forbade, with
IN their own limits even the casting Of votes for
candidate for President Of the United States suppoe
g to be favorable to the establishment Of the fre
hoor system in new States Hitherto the to-
systems have existed in different States. but sid
~ SIDE. within the American Union. This has han
gencd because the Union is confederation Of Satcs
But IN another aspect the United States constitute
only one nation. Increase Of population, which
ming the States out to their very borders, toxetbe
WIN new and extended net work of r,iiroeS an
eenes avenues and an internal commences vhic
d:'ly becomes more intimate, is rapidly brino;n
the states into higher and more perfect sec;,
unity or consolidation ''s''
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