The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-16


power Of man may be great as 10 enable them
TO meet and sui monnt She dmculiy but ] must
s sry civ or.s,,a,S. and remains aoabi ami
. p.n.mstor ,hey have euocceIet 90 FAR, tbey nave
not oes "a hs dssnsgc 81 never having csen sas.a
caed IN their government with this other schene
of soc.y; and bec that che Miaonce Of mis- last oas
been eMinently conssrva.e ana has assrtet me quo
oiten sSpsv,netso far believe, too that nothing
cond hep the future success Of ,hsr experiment
than the continual Association with scheme u society
thus founded and whose ue mus. be thus just ann
thus artai ,esk AND difficulties
Mr. President. to show that am lndu,gipg In no fancy
sketch, that am getting no fictitious alarm aios m
TO refer to an event ia history which, although not very
ostsDt ms 90 have paeset from the recollection
Of many o us--l mean 'Shay IS Rebellion" LIE. us see
villa, II was that prompted IL and by waat motives they
were governed who carried II on.--
1T 5, indeed fact said General xroz New England
.aS after Is'gsnns from vs to We EASTERN county maj
they The real FAR from ruth bsM 70
from darsn., the people Who ave The s.nrg nv have nsys.
q sernmep hsy feel At once .het own poverty coneArsd
;1 The 1s sfts @ s sss
psse@d from sonsescu ~ the oia, sssrons d al and
S'sn d az 20 a. ~oas md .s I
ought be swept from he face Of Ice sarA'-Aars.aus
Colon. Ise me Dber Of Congress- drew the following
picture oi the CONDITION OF the Eastern country At mat
time
naJorty people o. Massacsussts IN opoosoa
i. object together with the abolition Of dsos,
the fs.en tst.s he same temper prevsss ess
III ssn, ss w. wsn ,s. ssr s"a % S
and has district, Is he1e ed is IN negotiation With she govern
apprehension hat BEGINNING OF anarchy 9Th all ~
slsnuts sde, and have s;o0 he dreadful
work Nu'shons Washington, col 2, p ID
find that there symptoms tina. The feeling
which p prompted and insteaed that rebellion, winch
day ard which required to be pu. down by arms,
IS still alive. IN the correspond which was
IN the possession Of John Brown the late Harpers
Ferry ALTAR there rs letter which could not put ssxe
II Is letter written BY the brother Of one OF iho=e
who perirbed in mat affair, with the evident nnoa
OF d,ssuadng him from engaging IL AND what does ne
say
yoy surely 90 against State reS and admitting this
srtu,opaly 'ha; the North have prohibit IL wber. does
s hs .d +. ,sss his .S. 70
%. en CONNIE need When enc man by smgle ing nnnbsr
ihss cling ssr alter Sesr the iascer BECOMES more oo
rant and b. 0s 1 ne %1e sss am ness sna S
wba he received pay hs at lss
away slS eseh and ever, men produce
with ms nusi labor " mai ne consumes.
So that we see, Mr. President thu, the same eaven
still o. work, and work must be ,anse proceeds from
the very constitution Of human nature. mention 1t not
by way Of Ieproach Every wise aid prudent man, every
know that Inc human breast is instinct
with certain passions; and statesmen and wise men,
stead OF Ignoring them, must prepare 20 restrain and
guide them. Nov, say, that with An experiment which
exposed to such dangers to me there could not
be better thing than 10 associate Ia the same govern
with iGenCc Ike with scheme OF Society
similar 10 that which has been Introduced into the South
ern States. But sir, am told tina, all this is wrong; you
oppose its extension because the system itself you say
wrong because, In your opinion, Is doug mischief 10
the world II am right the past II the teachings OF
history il the experience of man are TO be trusted,
have right denouuce this system society wrong
have shown that II Is the normal cona'ion Of human
ciety, tina, large majority Of mankind have practised,
and still practice il and had time for
TASK, could go into a sl closer comparison and show
you that thngs that you denounce evils Of sA
very be found w,a, called voluntary eervude
crowded
mischief that this state of society,
growing slavery for which cannot find you a
parallel in the other systeu, in the Old World and there
are cases where men IN slavery have 70 submit
their persons and their wills to the arbitrary,
will Of anoiher-so under the spur Of necessity
the pressure Of poverty the may be
found that called the free labor system Of the
subsistence ask then, sir why is that the Territories
Of the Union to be occupied only for the development
experiment. il true which hope will sncceed but
whose success s yet dcubtfuland that IS " be
stin'ed and dwarfed and excluded, which expert
meIts We know from actual trial that eys;en Is
pablo OF great social, moral and political deveopemen
with free institutions, go fer white concerned
With US, far the white class concerned, there
never was any organization Of human society which
the equality between all the members Of that race
complete and perfect There any scheme or
society in which il was so cafe 70 try the experimental
speak of the whites Of free labor united with free
government and universal suffrage Such political or
gunzation doea no. shake disturb We 60 with
regular advance, undsturbsd by any of those Contests
which shake and convuse governments which founded
upon other eocia systems believe that the system OF
free labor prac,iced in the non slavehodne States
the experiment which they have commenced, viii be
much spter to succeed If associated with than they
were 70 cast loose ana separate themselves am right
the shfipg classes Of the North have the deepest
BILE interest in political association with the Southern
States. The association with such an influence
every way beneficial to that cas the free States
Mr. President that !noee who not acquainted with
| system insist mat it dwarfs the STAKEHOLDER the
poorer class Of the whites On the contrary it
6cia 10 him M i is 10 the slave II there be any
pro in slave labor is not derived by the slave
only. Almost every in the community who worth
any thing, whose labor services worth any
thing hires for limited period the Of slave aad
saveiahor be profitable u the owner also profitable
the man who hires II; and know many practical men
who they believe more profitable to hire than
own It, So !. with the land II the older free States
Owned by bu, comparatively few people but there are
great many who 1t tenants, who rented and the
same thing 70 be found regard TO the slave labor OF
the South. There comparatively few own it. but
there are great many who hire IL would be as
much agars ,ie truth Of political economy to that
as would be to say that the who rented land did
not make money out Of his essehold Nor is true tina,
the Writes acspcabis the savehoding states There
s country earth which honest labor believe
is moro reypec,ed; AID Of this am cersiu that every
white laborer in the slave holding States nearly
an equality with every other mar in the community than
every white aoorer in TIE North OF equality
with every other the North. I say then, sir,
| unless there &c some mo'ive Of sectional hate,
some bi1er hostility against us, some belief that
| tween the two systems o; organizaton-un,ess some
such bottom this harbored in the Northern mnd
nanLo Tor the HE OF me see now on any cAc aAt0n OF
interest they shond object the growth and the deve-
ope Of scheme and system Of society II not
by nature. antagonist 70 ,helfs the contrary, it
makes interests subsidiary 10 theirs, instead OF being
hottie and rival Il does diminish your power ut all;
on the conery yoe have larger share OF power when
the ncr.sse by slave States rather than when the In
IS by free States Why then cir is this kept
upS Why rot; for the interest Of both sections and all
classes lay down your and put end to this
fare against us9 Suppose II could Do done suppose the
government Of this Union could really he administered
the 50 OF justice and the constitution, VINO could
sign the limits to future growth That they EXIT
somewhere ali mus, know. Wherever they they
would De found far far away beyond the political hcri
which bounds our mortni vision. Sir, when come
m6eteY influence OF the this tlcion pro
pery administered according to the principles Of justice
ara the coneu',oo, the Imagination hs at toe might
ooncertion, and the mind vap in tho contemplation Of the
| giant shadows Of future progress ne they sweep
tie perspective, sinks under the effort realize
that glorious Pageant Of human grandeur passes be.
fore the view. Mr. President TO be disappointed