Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-03

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fields South Carolina a tie sugar plsasassons II
louisiana IN III nately Be filled BY free labor, and Charleston
and New Oreans become maF for Legitimate merchise alone
else the fields fields Massachusetts, and New
York must asan = urrendse BY their tanners % sve culture
and 70 the production slaves, aud New
G me once more markets for the and rafc Ia the bodies
and souls Of the failure to appreeud this great
bsswen te slave and free ss and It Is the xstence Of
great fact that renders such pretended compromises B
MADE, vain and ephemsral,"
In order TO break down the Democratic party st
the North, aboi lon orators describe it before the
people as party identified with the slave power,
aud that he Interior object is to plant slavery in
the free States. Such was The idea in Mr.. Seward
speech Tue Senator has been greatly imposed upon
as 70 the future aims Of the southern people No
such desire exis IN any slave Stale. Nor do |
derstsnd it 10 he the mission Of the Democratic
psFsy TO 60 about planting slavery, OF prevent its
being planted BY the people whenever a majority Of
them may desire to doso understand il. however,
to be the iTae principle Of thai Tsry, 70 interpose
NJ restrictions upon the rights OF the people OF A
State upoa that subject, one way or the other. Nor
does he Democratic party deny the right Of the
pie CT Territory, when they come to ordein 3
State constitution TO exercise complete sovereignty
ever that and all other domestic questions.
Slave labor and free labor are opposite forses
says Mr.. Seward. Let us look at this ques
'ion Tor a moment Republicans say that sla-
very sits IKE vampire upon the energies Of the
South. and rstards her progress They do not be
lieve when iaey say il for opposition 10 slavery
With them has become lrade-a profession they get
once BY IL as was well said SHIRT time since by
tie gentleman from Virgiuia Mr. jenkins, . they
get IA IT bread BY H." The norhern mssses are
made 70 hel'eve that slavery is the Pandofa's box
az all their Ills. New England operatives will yet
learn that without cotton they without bread.
l. he South withhold her cotton from New England
manutAc'uEes public sentiment may be revola ion
AL co1f Ton al. daof ofo ala lnbo
The N nuf&ctuTing thousands Of the North lbe lords
OF the loom, wOald be utterly prOstrat.d 10 bu-
siness.
viii not speak of the social condition Of the
lsboring classes in The North-is is depiorable
enough hat viii speak Of the society and nsliiu-
tons Of the South, where this much abused 81 stem
OF slave labor is established Where will you 20 to
fad soeie'y re refined and at the me time more
simple and republican ALI white men in the
South are upon the same platform Of social and
political equalty-the only distinctions recognize
are those Of merit, intellect and an honest name
the highest honor is ia the grasp of the poorest
maa The tendency Of slave labor is 10 elevate the
poor man in social point Of view White men in
tae South do not perform mental service
Mr. kellogg. l understand the gentleman to say
that this cry Of anti slavery is political trade in
the North | ask him if it is not that by which
gentlemen in The South get Office also?
Air. Atkins. If there sre sny such gentlemen in
the South do not know any Of them They do not
live in my region of country, can assure the gees
tleman Can the gentleman say much for his
region?
Mr.. Kellogg On, yes. truly can
Ny. Atkins The gentleman from Illinois, mr.
Kellogg has just referred TO the non-slsyehoders
Of the South, and, if l understand him correctly,
has advanced the idea that they constitute an ele-
ment Of opposition 10 slavery Sir, he does not
know them they would spurn ell intimations Of
the gentlemen Of their want Of devotion and LOYALTY
10 herr r5svhf md ~
slsyehoder would defend the honor and equality Of
the Spuh aud the institution of slavery ITSELF if
menaced, sooner than would that portion Of GU.
southern citizens. They are true and patriotic and
thoroughly imbusd with q sense of southern equal
iiy.
Had the tine l would be glad to discuss. at
SOME length, the relative of labor aud capi>
tai in The South and in the North They operate ad-
versely in the North, while in the South they are
identified In the North it is the interest of capital
lists that The price Of labor should be lowthe lower
the price the greater the amount of it can be had
fJr given sum OF money. In the North, capital is
not permanently invested in lator, but only for
limited space of time-while in the South capital
seeks pertinent inVeltmen' land in a werI mans
capital thus invested is labor Hence, it is 10 the
interest of man owning slaves, that the price CT
labor should be high because that makes the price
o. his products eOrrespondingly high hence they
are identified SO with his nou-slsveholding neigh
bOr his capital consists in his labor, and it is to
his interest Of course, that labor should command
remunerative prices But I might refer to some
instances which place this view of the subject be-
yond doubt; they amont to demonstration suffice
il the difference the wages Of nearly all the ms-
chauical trsdesnsn ranges from twenty-five to fifty
per cont higher in the South than they do in the
North, which establishes the fact that slave labor
is an auxiliary to fr. e labor.
1t does not necessarily imply that all free labor
is white labor, for according to this theory, the
la In 0f frpn ma ia fraa Iaho
ard aud be it remembered he is the Great MoguI
OF his party, would have negroes freed and
placed upon the same basis with our white citizens
just 10 this connection desire refer the speech
of the abe and distinguished Republican member
from Maine, Mr. Washburn. de ivered in the
House on the 10th lost. You remember sir, how
boldly he proclaimed the tenets of the Black Re-
public creed, and in what unmeasured terms he
denounced tie "slaveNstruck Democracy" as he
called them. 10 word the whole drift and scope
OF the gen'leman's argument TO prove that all
men, whether Thi tr back, are equal. He quotes
these celebrated words from the Declaration Of In
dependence, that have rendered the name of Jefer-
son immortal:
these truths to be self evident that ali men Gre
ae equal that hey are endowed BY their Creator with
suit Of happiness That to secure these rights
instituted among men deriving their just powers from the
seut Of the governed"
Can any man suppose that Jefferson had refer
number at the time that he penned The Instrument,
ald died holding them in slavery? To suppose that
ne did is 70 suppose abJurdity.
He then d. nOunces thu Lecomptoa constitution /
because it recognizes 'the right of property in
slave" Ia his indignation, he pays his respects 10
the application Of Oregon, free Oregon, for admis,
sion as State into the Union, simply because its
G institution does not recognize free negroes who /
citizens of other States, The fright to maintain
suits at Law He desires them to be recognized as
citizens of course.
Speaking Of the demands of the Democratic /
arty, he quotes from the Presidents message the
following:
American citizens have equal right the Territories
held property any OF the states
md to hold such property there under the guardianship
Federal Constitution long territorial condition shall
main. This is nov we'll established position
The gentleman then says:
I requires the acceptance Of this position by the
arty denied brought in question: Il
insists that the inhumsn and impens declaration the slave
folding judges Of the Supreme Court Of the States that
hose tGods image ebony have no rights which
white respect may treated as outlaws
nd hunted wolves shall be received sacred and na
lie verify.
nth constitution which denies colore1 persons although they
nay be citizens sovereign States the Constitution there
f. the right 10 maintain suits at dto fer the Vindcaon of any
ight or the redress Of any wrong
1T cOuuss its allies Of the straight Wing school renounce
II the cherished ideas and oft repeated declaration Of the Wing
ay and by unavoidable implication, stamp weak or hpo
ca the great chefains OF that powerful organization
lay, Webster and others whose viii stand conspicuous
nd eternal in the armament Of their history
owing in the mire Of nconcvabe degradation,
1hig journals has recently asserted. that
The declaration that all an nalienable
ght 70 liberty, that the right is self evident
natural reason by natural religion, and by the sacred Scrip