The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-16

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FRIDAY MORNIN0.. MARCH 10, 1880
1.-THE lrrepressible Ceafliet."
,Tha force Of catch words in party conflict.
is we'll understood. They keep always before
the multitude, who are too indolent to reason
the main object OF the strife. They condeus<
-. 10 short sentsnes whatever 10 necessary q
stimulate exeriion, while they leave arsu.
ment entirely out Of view. The demasorue
by q single ui,erance can undo the WORK
of tho strongest minds, engaged upon the
subject for years. "No Jews no wooden
shoes, was the war cry Of the mob which
Lord 0EoRoR doRDoN raised In London BY
his furious denunciatton Of the Papists. II
comprehended the whole pith and marrow OF
mis- destinations. 1t meant violence, and his
speeches meant the same it was easy to re-
member, whtlD they were too long to be re-
.tained. "Liberty and Equality" cried the
French, when they were cutting the throats
OF their couptrymen, in the name Of their
common country. These words formed the
substance of what their orators tangh, at the
Clubs, and they remembered the sum total
while they forgot the particulars. So the cir
repressible conflict " is inscribed on the ban.
Whether il be stern reality or mere Pigment,
whether it ever existed or ever can exist, are
to them subjects scarcely worthy of enquiry
They know that somehow or other, 1t means
war upon Southern rights and Southern men
instruction, murder, rape, confiagratipn,
and, above all, plunder-and that is enough
for them.
The man who gave utterance to the dogma
dc mi ola %hn
hrst gave respectability to, il he did not in
vent, that other and more ancient dogma, that
there is a higher law than the Cons titution,
and that no man is bound to respect the latter
H. in his opinioD,-his pirate JUDGMENT
mark, unenlightened and independent of ali
judicial tnterpretation-it come in conflict
with the former. In ayowing such a doctrine
ne, OF course, leaves 1t to be inferred that no
would not hesitate to perjure himself in his
legislative capacity, If any occasion should
arise TOT choosing between the law and his
own conscience. He is the author. also. of
that latest dogma-that there is an irrepressie
bic antagonism between the capital States and
the labor states, which, intended for an ex.
PLANTATION OF the "irrepressible conflict" is, in
point OF fact, no explanation al all, but mere
repetition OF that dogma in another form.
When Senator SEWARD, with all the cir. |
cumstances of mature deliberation, declared |
at Rochester that there was an irrepressible |
conflict between the free labor of the North
and the slave labor of the South, we do his
understanding the justice to suppose that he
did not believe one word of what he SPOKE
We nave never seen any evidences of that
lofty craftsmanship which his friends as
tribe to him, nor are we disposed to regard |
him as anything more than an astute
demagogue. Still, we believe he has too much
sense, and is too well acquainted with, at
least, the simplest laws Of political economy,
to suppose that he spoke from his heart when
ne announced that absurd proposition To
make such supposition is to suppose, at the
same time, that he is ignorant of the very gen.
orally understood laws of demand and sup
ply. For, what are the relative positions of
the two parties The South raises tobacco
cotton sugar, and rice. These are articles of
prime necessity to the whole civilized world.
The North raises none of them, and she can. |
not exist without due supply of them all
The South, on the other hand, is engaged al
most entirely in the culture and preparation
Of these great staples, and therefore has COM
paratively few manufactures The great BUSH
ness of the North is manufacturing. and the
South cannot exist without manufactured |
articles. Here, then, are two markets in the
North, for tobacco, sugar, rice and cotton; in |
The South. for clothing, plantation utensils.
shoes, hats, and all manufactured articles ,
Where is the conflict between the different :
species of labor required to call these articles
u prime necessity into existence! DO the
looms and spindles Of Lowell stop be. =
1ause an unusually large crop of cot. ,
ON is made in Louisiana! Does the !;
'rop in Georgia stand without a market :,
whenever Lynn turns out more than its .
usual annual supply of shoes Precisely the =.
everse OF all this is true. The better the croo =
u cotton, the more active are the looms and =
plndles. The more prosperous the shoemak
rs OF Lynn, the more certain is the plante of q
blaming a good price for his cotton There
an oe no conflict between two species of la =
or entirely different in their character far
res between two Of which the one is the com
lement Of the other There is no competition "
etween the halter and :he blacksmith
ween the lawyer and the merchant-between g
ne physician and the stone-mason-between =,
he keeper Of a hotel and the vendor of asri. =.
altural implements. Far less is there anv -
'nfiict Of interest between the farmer and the
iller, the planter and the tobacconist tho
'llier aud the manufacturer Between man
gagged In the same business, ard betwae, NJ
'ch men only, can such a conflict exist. If ri,
'ery body was halter, or a physician. or a ~
rmer, or a miller, or planter or u tobacco la
st-in word, If everybody pursued the of
me occupatiOn-if everyb body wanted to sell w,
ID nobody wanted to buy-if everybody was ST
producer and nobody a consumer-then there is
ouid be raging throughout society, If society mn
uld exist under such circums tances-a con. ,
CT which, we grant, would be irrepressible. N
the whole South should turn its attention | ~
tirely to manufacturing, then there would ~,
Iced arise an irrepressible conflict between =:
. labor OF the South and the labor of the -
nth. If the whole North should abiura 10y
lnufactnres, and take to cultiyating snoar 80.
cotton, then, also, We should soon witness
onfiict Of labor between the two sections W,
= SEWARD ie, we believe, In favor of high no,
IN TO protect American manufactures. M.
ainst whom does he seek to protect them NJ.
ainet the coffee growers of Jamaica and nos
rbadoes, or the manufacturers Of Leeds and sut
nchesterl Against the producers who sup in
his manufacturers with an indispensable .~,
essary, or the rival manufacturer who nh
Ks to drive their wares ont of the market a..
British Government have abolished the Inv
ID on cotton or reduced it TO figure almost 6ur
ainal. DO the manufnc turers of cotton fab
experience any rivalry from the planters
Louisiana, or is there any conflict of in. 49,
ut between them Should the Union he -
iaed into two MARIE N..,h. viii
; WIN Mr.sEwARD propose to the Northern
's.s P'onioaio:y tariff upon Southern W.
'Un, ~ way OF carrying out his views of aAu
Onn -