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It has long since passed into N axiom, that
whatever degrades Labor Is diametrsea2ly %.
posed to the intellectual, the social and moral
welfare Of the people. Industry aud ffugality
furnish the means for intellectual elevation and
social enjoyment, and, therefore; whatever les-
Gems the stimulus to cxcrtion tends directly to
destroy the best interests Of eociety. With
these principles, the facts which VIC presented
yesterday in regard to tho effects Of slavery
npop tue Industrial welfare Of the Southern
Stiles fully coincide. The degradation Of Ia.
bor there produces tho striking contrast be.
tween the North and tho South which tl,e con.
sus so clearly reveals, 4 moments reflection
should convince any one that there il the least
amount Of LIB r possible where slavery exists,
and as labor is the true source Of wealth and
all the advantages it bestows, it follows inev-
itably that where labor is degraded and con-
fined to one class Of tue community, wealth
among the entire people cannot aocumulate.
Al motive Tor exertion is By necessity taken
from the slave. 1Io knows it is impossible for
him materially to better his condition by his
tot Food and clothing, such as they are, and
support III old age are secured to him from his
masters estate, aud hence he produces the
least amount possible from bis childhood to his
grave Tho master aud lis family canuot
must not labor. They are aborcit. The fatl-
CT talks politics and makes speeches; the sops
devote their energies to FAST horses and fine
hounds, and the daughters to the eueryating
enjoymonts Of the drawing>room. Habits Of
cxtrarasanco and waste are i1nperceptibly and
inevitably contracted by all classes who are
aboyc tho necessity Of labor, and strange as it
may seem, pride and Ignorance drive industry
and economy from the homes Of tho "1ocr
white trasl,," who arc, in fact, the most ptia-
lle elass Of Southern society," Hence, were it
possible to cnlow country where slavery cx-
isis with the most fabulous wcalth, its descent
to poverty, not to speak Of Ignorance and vice,
must be rapid and sure.
But again: that class in the community
which is endowed with superior muscle aud
superior mind, must iu the end become the NIL
ing class. From this result thero is no possi-
hle escape. 1t may take few generations 10
develop it; but iu the lifetime Of nations a siu-
gle principle often cxerts the most command
'nS influence. Apply the principle above
enunciatcd to the Southern half Of tie contedc-
racy. The daily toll to which the slaves
are subjected gives them the muscle, the
strength for almost any amount Of physical
endurance. If they are obliged to do the
dtudgery Of tile country, they enjoy the health
aud with it tic happiness that labor ever be-
slows upon tic sous Of toll However dark
the color Of their skin, nature does not depy
tl.cm this iuestinable reward. Then as 10
their intellect cacll generation crcn Of pur.
Africans at the South becomes more cultivated
than their ancestors. But lie must know It1la
Of tho ''course Of human events" there who
isnot well assured t1at there is large infusion
of the Anglo-Saxon element into each succeed
ing generation Of slaves, and thousands Of them
have 1ar more Of tho Saxon than tue Negro in
their composition. 1t is the proud boast Of
many u Virginia slave. that the "bcst blood Of
the Old Dominion" runs in lis veins. 1tnay
truly hc said that avariee gives the slave the
strength, and lust tic intellect by which in n
few generations Should the South receive nj
:lcccss1ons from the free States and from Eu~
rope, lhe slaves would inevitably become the
masters Of the fairest portions Of the Union.
Tho absorption oftho small Estates by the
large, the emigration Of the smaller planters
the merchants aud the artisans Of the south Il,
the FREQ states, and therefore the gradual les
scnlng Of Tile proportion between the masters
aud the slaves arc all important elements in
determining 10 long slurery eau exist at the
South.
History is full Of examples which pnorc
beyond Il question that Slavery will, in Lie
end. destroy nation however rich or power
ti1l it mar be. That the people Of the South
do not awake to their true interests and adopt
somo measures to avert tue dangers thai
threaten them, is indeed passing strange.
Egypt was tbc cradle Of the arts md the
scicnccs-thc richest :lnd the most learned o.
tic auccut nations. But the men, whoso
lands built the pyramids were slaves, and
Egypt. has tor thousands or years been tic
,ncanest aud the bascst Of Kingdoms. Wha,
scholar has not lively recollection Of til.
servlle wars Of tic Greeks? And where III
tue history Of the world was there ever a
more intellectual or a more powerful people
than the Romans? Tho C;rsars conquered nil
the surrounding nations, and their generals,
subal.crns aud common soldiers, each de-
minded his quota Of slaves. Precisely the
ranae CAUSES that arc now cnersatinR the
South gare the proud mistress Of the world
to be tic spoil of the ruthless Goth and the
1cnorseless .Vaudal The Turks were tor
generations tho Slaves Of Tartar tribe to the
northeast Of the Caspian sea. Becoming in
tile end. as all slaves must, more powerful
than their masters, they rose up and over
whclmcd their oppressors in one common ruin,
and ut length conscious Of their strength.
we sec them sweeping down around thu
south end Of tic Caspian aud from tl,c
twelfth century onward for several gcnc-
rations. they made themselves tho terror
Of Europe. Their indomitab1o energy made
them masters Of some tue laircst portions o,
Europe and Asia As arace they too became
iudolcut and proud. Tho labor Of tie field
and tho workshop was committed to slaves,
aud now Turkey is really the weakest Of the
nations Of Europe. She exists By sutIcrance,
aud ere loug the Gar and his associate des
pots will administer upon the sick mans
heritage. Tho serrile rebellion Of Hayti is
frpAlt in tin historr IF tf,o world Tho h1o,,.