The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-10-03
FREE WHITE L.aBOR .dgnf,sss
F~FREE BLACK L.4BOE--.A Word
! to tke LabOring Nom. FoF

lly and imeartially consider the results which
must inevitably flow from the policy and doc.
trines of theSRepublican party, IL carried out
as proposed. The leaders of that party pro-
claim that the struggle in which we are eA
Gagged is q ~"contest between free and sIore la
fbosg Such Is not tho case, but it is p contest
between FREE WHITE and FREE BLACK
labor Especialy is itsuoh 2 contest ip this
State.
The Republicans of Ohio have, sekmn,y
de landed. in State Convention assembled, the
repeal ofsthe Fugitive Slave Law Throwing
aside entirely the injustice of such an act to
the South, what will, what must be the result,
if Che demand be complied with Z The Law,
as now in force, is the. only obstacle to prevent
every fraawayg negro from the South from
making this State his home. Repeal it, and
the already large continual emigration of ne
groes to Ohio, would be increased ten fold;
andiustsad of runaway slaves goiugto Canada,
as is now the case, they would stop among us.
Once here, they must. do something to Sustain
life. There are but three ways they cad do
this, either by working, begging or stealing.
IF they adopt the former, they come in direct
competition with the a0nite ,laboring class and
every man knows that a negro can WILL aud
does work for a much less sum per day or job,
than . se1ste man can or wiH The Iemnher
alton 14 oOor-ol eFeiy oo
e. s5 t. ; sssyssiss see s,sss soa " Y s ssss sonaass
'ty where negroes can be found: E We have eY-
iden ces of 1t RIGHT here in our midst SThsse
are to be found men in every community who
viii hire labor whefeVer it can be donea the
cheapest, regardless of the ability or color Of
.laborer, men Ehowould spsndlhalfa sday IN
Searching fer a negro who would work for
t,cesatus fve cents per day rather Than give the
lob to q .ph,te man at my cents per day
There. are some such in this city. There are
some. sachaf, efound among the most bitter
and jealous of Republicans, here, not because
of their boe for the~negro race, bnt because
the negro will work for thesleast amount Of
money If then, such Is the case evan now
when we have a Fugitive Slave Law to prevent
at least in asweasure negre sPigrasie1 tosthe
State, how much more 30 would 1t become IN
case the law should be repealea2 Chic would
then become the Home of eyefy Runaway slave
from the South, in Additions to the free NJ
eroes from other States whe are now Rocking
here Indiana and Illinois have both passed
laws prohibiting negroes fromsetthnejn these
States, and hence, even In addition to their
own incination To do Fsss they yeulasiB z
measure be compelled to settle in our midst.
AS matters now stand and % long as the FH
oitiye slave Law remains IN force, we can at
least. prevent the additional immigration Of
the runaway negroes from die Septh.-bugs
ton Evp'rfln OaAAYDo1 W
A LIFE PrcruRE-At the late great Demo-
cratic meeting at Gbebeh, EkhartscOnnty ,the
German Democratic club carried q beautiful
painted banner reprssertisg . scene at the
heeled, fhiek-lipped 6arkey, fresh from the
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