St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-08-04


that Their services la would Sc more econom-
1ical than slave labor; The schamoo was
answering well, till by ttheo4epa ssof the
third year, the Irish laborers became very
much dissatisfied with their positions til feel
ing degraded by losing the respecH pf the
whites, and being exposed 20 the c{ntempt
gdot the surronnding negroes. They Had In
EIf1act, lowered theMshlyes sbys sthee ySrftodrnt-
ances Of offices, which though hppeli1ble
IN the North, aTa assigned, south 80 the
'Potohaaado, exclusively to tbonidsmcinlls,
1dNfxlaT!1ts DossatllLLlr, t'sitlLl the Republican
candidate for Lieutenant Goyernor, .riting
on thiig subject says. y.s
F niS 4 well known k1rc fact, that While laud
in Iowa, near the southern boundaig Of the
State sofda fswayears ago, at pubiic sale,
tfore$lH per acre--land, sofs eq,la1 good
quality, across t;the line sof. Misseai, Uould
not be sold at the same time sby, 4hose gov.
| sernn:eht for twelve. cents per acre. Why
was thisA Because the One STATE Was f{ee,
1 4sthesotheu slave. Because in, 0he State la-
Dor was honorable, in the ,otheri ris5was' deg
redatlYnQ nQt,i Lfae s5 sssaia esIa lo1s s-z ~
Let @ rs pr9ye r g. this s sby B45 anotber nl meanss
t is well known M that NhMerel M Dor is cher
ishedand encouraged, theaco coipmunity grows
in wealth and prosperity. Where tits per-
formed with humiliation and sorrow, the
community 3shrin ks and witheEM How IS
this: shown lin the comparative grow vtreof
the free, and slave States, go Let ns turn to
statistics, the most infalli3le of witnesses.
Contrast the foreign imports Of two Of
the'slave States at sdist;nctperioas of time.
with the foreign imports Of: twoeof the free
States ts at.the same periqqsd: :iisao, i1sl Z
E.lr South Carolina, in ;l760, ,imported annu.t
ally foreign mere handize % the amount Of
|$2,750, 900. A period of siixty.one' years
followed, an agelinn American history, and
her forel gn i'm ports amounted in 1921, to
SO, ,000, 900, beingParI increase of $250,000
| in more than half q century. Another pc
riod of thirty -four; years followed, and her
imports Had fallen from $3, 10000 to 81,
75D, 900. 2o<r4 e&'s ;'as'4<::ss2 ;:@<: :sss. .'1s
saTakes next virgin1Iia. In 1850 Iher. for
eign imports amounted annually to,$4, 200,
00Qs Ini1S55 they had zfalles to s; $50,
wy: ne 4a1i u:Ew ,3fsezi3asIG s1a $50 :
.sis Let US, turn now. to a, free State. New
York IN l760, imported Of foreign merchan-
d:ze $945, 900, being; less Clan one million.
In 1881 Her imports had risen To s23, ,00O,-
00O, and 1855 to, the enormoas Isum Of
|$l95,OQQ;QOOl Gould figures speak more
{etriki plain in behalf Of free labor?
II IN 17z6Q all the lNeyr England colonies
together imported, but $2,805,000.. In
1855 the foreign imports ,imp Of the city va Of
Boston alone amounted Us $56 900, ,O00!!--
tBdt.ifstill further proof is needed Of the
deteriorating condition of the seuth iand
the misery and aaisfoEtuae consequent upon
slave lahory tits found IN the fact that the
best :t men of that section are constantly ma
king their way toathe free northwest. aAln
energetic, intelligent young man Of 7the
South finds himselfEin che midst of "a, de.
pressed and hstagnant state eaofs society; TO
remain he must suecumb under the infut-
ences that weigh down the rest: of, his ffer
lows, He removes TO another section,
where mental activity is necessary and hon.
terable,t where The 'omnipresent movement
Of labor sets all life i'm motion; whers prog
ress, advancement and, intelligence are II II
the ,ascendent. Aid if hc is not turned
from the truth BY false notions Of heredi-
ftary constancy to wrong, ~ the fact that
his ancestors we're 4onca the fortunate pos
SCISSORS Of q, human chattle;s If he thinks
for himself, and, if he regards the welfare
Of his race, he will be found as many Of
Fine Souths most intelligent 6len are found,
1iat the ranks Of The sRepub ublican party. -,
aboring mentof the Did world! Yoouu, You,
ATE MANY y5of you at tho foots6f Ike ladder
which w all all mankind are compelled to climb;
you 70, are .c,llambering the rounds which the
overthrow Of the old worlds aristocrat;r
notions has left open to. you. Which bar. ar.
Fly will help You up9 That which stands
committed 5tai theicatise Of the South a1i1id
slavery, that which would reduce, and shai
reduced labor to the degreaatiop sof bon
tdage, which presents to it no destiny hut
.Fshame and ihumil iliation Or ahls that 9 other lhl
Eparty which with 5no dark record IN the
pasts With no principles hut those which
the Declaration Of Independence has -set
forth, with J Fqaalit Liberty, Humanity,
l 4lffanaHs Men strives yiadoing Andteiable
Justice to the black 70 advance the ignity
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