Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-03
The TAO Systems.

nsae ID the Senate on Wednesday last, and is but
: reiserasion. 10 less offensive form. Of the doc
srines heretofore maintained by him. and especial
~ il, his Rochester spesch.
Whilst admitting that 1.-The whole sovereignty
npon domestic concerns within the Union is divi-
ded by uamistakeabie boundaries which leave to
States the right ofbc;ng maintained in the peace
fol enj ~ men. of the social system they prefers"
aad thereby, not ,n,v i,lo.irg ...e power Of the
genera : yernaent to l.mpcr with tie question
Of slavery in the Southern States, but conccding
their right of being MAINTAINED IN tho peaceful
esjsymes. Of the social system they prefer'-Mr.
Seward still proclaims that slavery will ultimate
ly give way to tho ameloraing spirit Of the age
~ doubt which, would lie TO doubt whether civ
.iiisasion can improve or christianity save man.
kind"
5. 10 lis preliminary view Of the question, Mr..
Seward said
Al -Wherevsr slavery exists unless II be for crime
there must of necessity arise ia every discussion
lai,ng 10 tnai insblIaG, question OF az rightiul
sness or wrongininess. society, however may come
lines postpone this ethical view VI the subject, and
act with sugie regard to the economical welfare Of
the ri,izen, as dintrcnty determined w the labor
men or Slaves being tue cardinal necessity Of socie
w. some States choose 1be kind some the other
and hence arise two municipal systems widely dtcI-
cut iu their treatment Vi tie aborer. In the slave
State he becosnes, IN political view, mere property
III The free Statc his pei sonay Is respected aud dig
niGel. 1t thus happens lia we may for convenience
sake, anu not inaecufael,, call slave Statescapita
States, and free States labor States
The Increased consumption OF cotton and the cx-
tension of our national domain across the Mississippi
had for ihsir escc 10 or,e and Pefpeiuac sa-
-e3s a. 4 dsstes a1torestfa by TIE hh,gt Hence,
Ia 1872. the laesi4aa agase "neti,r the common '.i
terest VI lleahole KtpuJbe required Tint Arkansas,
MISSOURI, kiinsas aud Nebrask" should become oapi
tai States with all tue GELS and dangers of slavery,
OF he mn9f hsies. With all Ine security, benefits and
blessings vi heedom.
TIE view iq,s presented by Mr.. Seward, brings
upihe questions to which ad,crted yesterday.
tow.t: whether the Institution of slavery tends
to desruda labor, and IS irausht with dagger to
the peace OF society? We maintain the converse
of the proposition and ip spite Of Mr.. Scwards
theory aud that maintained by the people Of tho
Northern States, cite the facts in the case The
question is undergoing practical solu-
,ton now, and wonder ihat tho nstutc
anu able Senator from New York, cari find
no i.ssoa ia lie .tflgEic ieiweca capIal
Ma,saoas. cts. !. The lorsuuauiS" OF the free
labor,r theio respected aud d,snihcd,' when he
IL crushed between The uppor nnd the neither null
stoie. aud Denied l,ing eonp,HatIoE Tor lis
lahor, Mheu H.ty tuuusund j.uruyy men shoe
makers IN the e,ngie SUITE .. massachusetts, aru
oppesse by the grinding exactlous OF capitalists;
ahd n.ore than ion ,housaud, some OF them with
aims in their hands, are banded against their
emf layers, II a,eniny 10 array capital and labor
in deadly antnsonisn,-are we to DO cited To
these as examples Of "thc security, beueGts. and
blessings u freedom" in contrads,inetiyu with
'the evils and dangers Of slavery?'
Nho does Il feel that /, invcrt the order ia
Will, !. .ds Seward has placed these attributes OF
peace and security, would lee enhinenlly propery
Nor is tho ono under consideration the only cx
ample Of insecurity" which has been uilor, Il by
the Northern States All PERSONS acquainted
with our at,nal hi'!4ry will remember the III
sorecton OF Shay, wherein the Courts Of Ma ea
o!,ass,f> werc orec,- ~ appel and int Undated
by atf.... a,e,.: wleo, IL tie same time. the lie,
gsla,ure Il New Hampshire was surrounded and
meneeed by men in open rebellion against the So
sere2n authority, and who, only qucllod in
their disturbance Of the public peace by military
frce and bloodshci.
The example Of Pennsylvania during The Wits.
key Instruction. when Washington matched an
army To suppress the rebellion. is familiar t. al
ctr readers.
pur,rg Al, hi. TINE ,l,.e las been peace aud
"seeur.i," in ;he Southern States. Law AM or.
der lave oeen respe"ted and the ,.,.urcr, whether
al, lrao bas 10 =
Tue i, il, that the North has hcen MAKING mate.
rial prugress, and has advanced greatly in wealth
and manufactures, but at the same time i, has ai.
forded an illustration IF Gudsmiih's theory as in.
dicated III the well known lines:
III fares the hand to Fastening ills prey
Where wealth Accumulaes and decay"
Upon this subject, the New York Herald thus
comments.
Tile Political dication exercised Mt home ho,
not sumeed TO satisfy the ambitious aspirations of
the Massachnsetts manu- iacturers They must
peeds seek 10 lord it-yer the South Nv u.,,rn,iv
epdenYeil'g Ia t"ree their tLe.r,es of ,,b ,,r',
IL; bui thrY nave cen aIet IA a .nauuer winch ia
No aggressive as uh-xt ected, GnL which w.li com.
plicaie greatly their present troubles. By their
conduct towards their Southern customers they
have aiienaeu large p1rlion of their trade unl
by their haishness ard mi ustice towards their
wsrk,ng people they are now driving them Into "a
rebellion VI the moAt determined aud formidable
cha. acter. wiiich may terminate in the utter ami
( hiiatiop vt the industry in which they have in
yestei 60 largely.
-. II seems to he generally conceded that the pre-
sent outbreak vt The Massachusetts shoe akers is
one VI those cases when had jus tihratiun in the
natural right Ut rci!-PieseIyation. by one com.
binaiisn or another hnionget the manufacturers
the prices OF labor had been brought down to tho
star.atlon point and the only alternative left the