Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-07-23

gle respect; Kentucky has admitted slavey,-
but the State of Ohio has prohibited the ex-
istence of slaves within its borders.
"Thus the traveller who floats down the
current of the Ohio may be said to sail be-
tween liberty and servtude; and transient
inspection of the surrounding objects VIII
convince him which of the two is most favor
able to mankind.
"Upon the left bank of the stream the popu-
lation is rare from time to time one descries
a troop of slaves lettering in the half desert
fields the primeyal forest rccurs at every
step; society seems to be asleep, man to be
idle. and nature alone offers scene OF actiV-
ity ard life.
"From the right bank, on the contrary, a
confused hum is heard, which proclaims the
presence of industry the fields are covered
with abundant harvests; the elegance OF the
dwellings announces the taste and activity OF
the labOrcr; and man appears to be IN the
enjoyment of that wealth and contentment
which are the reward Of labor.
upon the left bank of the Ohio labor is
COMPOUNDED with the idea of slavery; upon
the right bank it is identified with that OF
prosperity and improvement; on the one side |
it is degraded, on the other it is honored; on
the former territory no white iaborers can be
found, for they would be afraid Of assiEi!at-
ing themselves to the negroes; on the latter
no one is idle, for the white population ex'
tends it's activity and its intelligence to every
kind of employment.
"No sooner in any State is an end put to
slavery, than the want of free labor is felt, and
a crowd of enterprising adventures immedi-
ately arrive from all parts Of the country,
who hasten to profit by the fresh resources
:oLo TO nd, no
is soon divided among them, and a family OF
white settlers, take possession of each tract of
country Besides which, European emigration
is exclusively directed to the free State for
what would be the fate of poor emigrant
happiness, if he were to land in country
where labor is stignatised as degrading?"
Thus far from de Tocquevile. Let us turn
| to another authority. In this case too, we
shall select from foreign traveller, an Eng
lishman, CHARLES LyELL, the celebrated &C.
ologst, who in 1s4l, visited the Northern
States, upon a tour of scientific investigation.
He had no interest in politics and no dogmas
of government to sustain. On page iO4, vol.
/. he says:
lon entering the station house Of rail-
way which was to carry us to our place OF
embarkation, we found a room with only two
chairs in it. One of these was occupied by
a respectable looking woman, who immedi-
atcly rose, intending to give it to me, an act
betraylng that she was English and newly
arrived. After had gone out, she told my
wife that she and her husband had come a
few months before from Hertfordshire, hoping
| h,,f CHI hol
cred that there was no room here for poor
white people, who were despised by the very
: negroes if they labored with their own hands
She had found herselflooked down upon, ever,
for carrying her own child, for they said she
ought to hire black nurse. These poor en-
igrants were now anxious to settle in some
free State
"As another exemplifcation Of the impcd
iments to Improvement existing here, ! wa:
told that New England agriculturist hat
bought farm on the south side of Jane:
river sold off all the slaves, and introduced
Irish laborers, being persuaded that their ser
f vices would prove more economical than slav'
labor. The scheme was answering WELL till
by the end of the third year, the Irish labor
> ers became very much dissatisfied with thei
position, feeling degraded by losing the re
n spect of the whites, and being exposed to tn
i contempt of the surrounding negroes. The,
had, in fact, lowered themselves by the per
formance ofoffices, which though honorable il
u the North, are assigned, south of the Potoma
o exclusively to bondsmen."
S We might cite authority on authority
S the same purpose. But it is needless. 1t
e a well known fact, that while land in low;
IS near the southern boundary of the State, sol
e few years ago, at public sale, for $17 pc
d acrc--and Of equally good quality, close d
u hand, across the line of Missouri, could not b
&c sold at the same time by the government ft
i twelve cents per acre Why was this? b
d cause the one State was Free the other slav
E. Because in one State labor was honorable,
'e the other it was degradation.
S, Let lis prove this by another means:
m 1t is we'll known that where labor is che
10 ished and encouraged, the community grow
= in wealth and prosperity. Where it is pc
formed with humiliation and sorrow, the con
G. munity shrinks and withers. How is tn
IL shown in the comparative growth of the fir
re and slave States? Let us turn TO statistic
IN the most infallible of witnesses.
It. Contrast the foreign imports of two Of Il
y slave States at distinct periods of time, wi
IN the foreign imports Of two of the free Stat
OF at the same period.
te South Carolina in 1850, imported annual
er foreign merchandise to the amount Of 81, 75(
or 600. A period of sixty-one years followe
r. an age in American history, and her foreil
on imports amounted in 1921, to $4,000, 900, b
n ing an increase of $3.50, 900 in more than HI
a century. Another period of thirty-fo
"a wears followed, and her imports had fall
MI from So, 900, 900 to S1,75O,00
all Take next Virginia In 1860 her forei
y, imports amounted annually to 81 200, 900.
lc- In 1856 they had fallen to 81 100000.
ne Let us turn now to free State. NJ
y" York in 1850, imported Of foreign mercha
ie, die $045, 900, being less than one million.
nt' In 1921 her imports had risen to $500
&c 900, and in 1856 to the enormous sum
$195, 900, 600! Could figures speak me
he strikinglv plain in behalf of free labor?
"a. In 1850 all the New England colonies
ere gether imported but S2.sO5,000. In Is
led the foreign imports of the city Of Boston alo
pre- pre- amounted to $5S, OOO,0 OO!! But if still Fl
wv. Their proof is needed of the deteriorating ct
ate dition Of the South, and the misery and IN
In fortune consequent upon slave labor, it
tor found in the fact that the best men Of Il