Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-12-26

Do We look to men Of this desperate, soul-
hardened, crime .steeped sclasss for any
displayiof human weakness in. The hour
1of calamity s. s. sfeI r,sss
FISH For the Kanawha Valley STAR.
i DEAR STAR Time 10 its onward
Hight. is steadily devoiging the great
mora aud. social benefits Of African
slavery. insrelatioh' of+nidster and ssrpdnt.
But The great advantages Of the paealiar
.accrning to the ia6oriad
cldssgs IN tile Southern States, appear not
lIto sbe so generally admitted OF correctly
undSfstnod. / do not helierethat there
are q dozenNof Southern born citizens,
South of Mason and Dixon line, who
believe that slavery is q moral or polific
evil, while there are hundreds who enter.
tain the erroneous idea. that II is a disad-
| yaiitageto the laboriay classes. The pol.
liey of thissides isso prominent. that few
lsof@ our writer's Or speakers upon The sub.
fject Aof slavery ever advert TO, ii, and
3hence the errors Of many upon this sub
EiectE Were the racrs Of Tie case fully
discussed, and universally known ali
1.-THE John Bro,enS In fie world and their
tco,lahorers in. foolishness and crime,
gould never make one convert 10 their
views. Disabusss The public mind on
this subject, and all is<;safe. \ Mankind
weary in contending for a principle,
though ever SO. right apa. just, il they be-
fHege it is dileetiy opposed to their indi
yidual interest But convince them that
Iitsis atahd Just and also to tlieiif, great
adeaaeage and few; we think, viii be4luke
.warin, much less opposed to ii So.
\ ~ Luis not our intention. al this fine, 70
enter into atcomparison between the5con-
dition of the Soatltefn laborer and the
I Northern white servant, NOR the wages
.Efthat they respectively command. Our
object, is simply, 10 call attentien To this
subject, hoping il may be the means Of
| bringing out tlfeTFkcrs in the case, and
4 demonstrate ID the Southern lab0rer. that
while his con llion may not be as gaidy
land Hattering IS the stakeholder, il IL yet
honorable, prosperous and far superior to
1.-THE hoard 81 Northern laborers viii not
some Of your numerous readers furnish
us with The facts and statistics upon this
subject? What are the wages of.sscom-
j mon labefers" in the Northern and
] Southern States !? What proportion 81
1.-The whole are land holders What il
I the ESTIMATED value Of property. as a
I whole, to each individual What is the
ratio of pdapers TO the number OF inhabit-
ANTS? OF dfunkards4? OF nafderers
i of criminals Of prostitutions I.et tbs
q foul and lying slanderers Of Southern ia.
siitutions answer these questions, and
learn Lessons Of wisdom and justice. and
seek TO emulate the. beneIacsors Of man
kind, {.
4 We were asked few days ago thi.
Question !: nIf slavery, as you say. is /
great advantage to the poor man. why'd
So many seek their home and forlunesir
1.-The free States, and are generally success
Eful --sooa become the owner of a9goot
!. home ard surrounded by the comforts .
4 life r" ISL 3sf@
Il n Surelyltit is not because they go 70 !,
FREE State, that they are so successful
butsimply from this fact that the land j
so very. cheap, tllal it III Within the powe
Y Lief almost every one 10 get q good farm
Q and BIZ economy and industry il we're al
B most a miracle II he didnot prosper bn
: Tits being a FREE STATE has nothing NOR
Ito do with his prosperity. than, has III
man Ia TIE moon. = And now let me as
Y tyou one question, we contend !: Have no
i the immigrants to our Southern Stale
$ ands,slape Territories been equally. an,
\ even more prosperous, than those emigfa
e Ting to FREQ States ~ " well. must &C
III knowledge said my friend, 9 / hay
q never thonght' much upon the subject
g but some how r-ather, ! had come TO Oh
e Econclusion that it was owing to tie fact (
y Their emigEaling to a FREE STATE, was III
:, cause oflheir prosperity.
Nothing, can assure yoa,is furlhe
: from The facts inihe case, and moment
E reflection will convince syou Of the errs
y FofI .yolr conclusions on this subject. :
s And more than this. how is it'possib
Z that So large and heterogeneous mass
3, Ipoor emigfants can of any real advai
:, iage to an individual prosperity, as
!, usually the case IN settling up the pc
y States. That there is = great number
% % persons laboring under this sad delusio
5: that there is something in The principle
q slavery that Is prejudiciaf;tothe iatefes
4 Eof the laboring classes Of the South. Is
fact too true 10 be denied. And it
4lequally true. aud can be easily defao
- stratsd, that The reverse Of this defusi
rs 10 true. And allthat is necessary 10
q fectualiy and forever dispel such doub,
Z, is 10 place the faefs before the people
6, But knowledge of the facts shpnld
to1frmls impressed upon the minds; 1
50 .sboth liberty and property are Preca
pc Ious, unless the possessors have sense a
O. Esprit enoughfto defend them. Let /
al fact be known, that the hboring class
ag white persons al The North are lookedup
and treated IN all respects as are the "a
MS xEoRoEs THINE Do not the Northe
g. laborers. bpth men and woman. eatw
IN the negro, sleep with the negro. and mi
no marry with sthe negro? All are !
thousands Of white persons, through p,
%, cry, forcedto be servants to FREE n
OIL GROESlI! How utterly destitute
es. every noble and h1anfy feeling must
wo that isdividnal whose very nanlfe 4