Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-02-04
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BosToN, Mass, Jan. %, 1860.
Mr.. Edior: One could hardly pass Fanuci .
Hall without entering it after a long absence
since visited it some eighteen years ago; and
not the least is exhibited by our own State
Labor has gone on flowing away from Vermont
to the fertile lands of the West and in conSe /.
qucncc her great dairies which used to be her
pride and her wealth, have gone down until
hardly pound of butter or cheese is now made
where there were formerly tons.
one change has taken place within tn old
Hall itself. 1t is the introduction Of a large
picture representing the Senate of the United
States on the occasion of Webster's reply to
Hayuc. 1t might strike ono at first that such
subject is hardly national enough for place so
national in its associations as Fanueil Hall; but
when it is reflected that the object Of Wcbstcr's
speech was to give scope TO free labor, to white
labor, to American labor, in opposition TO the
African labor as advocated by Iaync, there will
be no difficulty in percciVing the national bear
ing OF the question and the side on which it
lies; Cor certainly, there are no predominant
traits of national character il African labor or
the African race on this continent. The South
are still laboring under the hallucnation that
they, while representing the African race with
i'll its frailtes constantly calling for compro-
misses with every standard of excellence, are the
only true opponents Of national sentiment. The
great mass of the white race Of the United
States arc sectional according to the opinions
of the South, while she herself, composed in
great measure Of Africans, is natioHGi! Such
perversty of sentiment, though exhibiting a
degree of effronteiy which may carry point
for momcnt-by surpliSc-cannot endure long
in face Of the real facts of the case, and it would
be more sensible and manly to acknowledge it
than to persist in illusion and coucoalment.
Another Illusion of the South is the great
amount Of riches which She contributes to the
national wealth. The only real wealth of ma
ton is the number of days work that it can
perform Now it is well known that the Negro
cannot do half the work that an intelligent
white man can do. Admitting then, that the
South has four millions of Negroes and that it
Ctu NO wv lnllllpIN VI NiNN WIN Ni4i -Nbi III
can perform at least four times that amount Of
labor il the same time And when it is reflect
ed that the produce Of Southern labor takes ov-
crything away from the soil and leaves nothing
behind, Northern labor on the other hand, re-
turning to the soil more than it takes away,
leaving it richer than it was before, the dispar-
" of wealth becomes greater still in favor of
the North. And add to this there are a q cat
many kinds of work. such as ea-going and the
fine and higher order of useful arts which con-
sttutc large portion of national wealth and
power and which the South cannot possibly ac-
comllish.
While the South is so i'll sustaining her end
OF the yoke in our national progress, she de-
mands nevertheless to have ruling share in
our national government. The energies of the
white race must be checked and made to bend
to the iniirmitics of the black race. If in the
pursuit OF our national wants a railroad to the
Pacific is needed, it cannot be built because of
the South she cannot bear her share OF an
enterprise SO immense While the free and
untrammellcd energies Of our Anglo Saxon
brethren Of Canada are proceeding with gigan-
tic strides in spanning the continent with inter-
oceanic communication, producing works of art
so stupendouS that the phenomena Of Nature
amidst which they are wrought almost cease to
be a wonder, we Of the North must be held back
and our strength rendered useless because the
South cannot furnish enough labor to perform
her share Of the work. She wants all her slave,
for raising cotton, which could not be material.
ly benefited by Il railroad 20 the Pacific. Whilst
, Boosting of wealth and power, she is weak and
cannot keep up with u.s. We must help hel
then ]. W. p.