The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-08-25

a,or Ns.ob's home-pan coat. sewn with
Yankee thread and needle, adorned with
Yankee buttons, hangs in the closet, lon-
star in solitary splsndor. tLoud laaghter
After trying TO establish large shoe facto-
~ for the ) 18th, You came after a While 10
the Irresistible conclusion that you mus,
wear Mas.aehu-eits shoes and boots or 20
barefooted. And even your Norfolk
steamships are NOT launched ys, from
the dry-Iacks of Southern Imagination.
i!.auyhterl How is this. viii tell you.
The very same institution for the protection
aud parpetuatIon Of which you want tn
establish your comm~rc,al and industrial
Ini.pendrnce IL incompatitls With co,nmcr-
cial and industrial labor and enterprise.
For this there are several escrilrn, rea
sons. First, that class Of your society which
rules and wants ~ perpatuate II. rule, does
not consist of working men. The Inspira
ton Of regular activity i, foreign TO their
minds. Living upon the forced labor Of
others, they find their pride IN being gentle
men Of leisure. Bat !, requires men Of a
superior organization to maze leisure pro-
ductlye; men Of the ordinary stamp, who
have too much leisure for doing something.
viii 10 most cs-es do "othing. bur II re-
anires active labor TO make u> undersiaoo
and appreciate labor to be able TO direct
labor. Hence the SHAREHOLDERS cannot take
the lead in rach cnmmerciai aud industrial
movement, without changing the nature os
,heir condition. But you may ohJ~c', that
rhev r,n at Iras, encourage commerce and
industry. AMI Isaye The execution Dt their
plan. aud wi-he. to others. lndsed. But
younu-tnpt forget that IN modern tunes 'he
mn-t active and ,nterprIsIng class oil society
~ soon n II becomes numerous will insvi-
tablg become the ruling class. How can,
therefore. the Shareholders dn "a sou say,
,gIIhout Undermining the Foundation Of
their own a.cendaney! But u - Just hat
A. a-csndancv By which they mean not To
weaken but t. fortIfy. Dp not bring for
ward ,bi, city of s.. Louis as proof 10 The
contrary. Your commerce and your indus
try are indeed largely dew lhp' d, although
Missouri j. II slave State, but do YOU not
see that in the same measure ~ they rise,
the a.cendancy Of the slave power disap
pears. [R"pchted checr'ng.I Thus this has
brcome IL free city on slns" coil.
But thu. is not all. Not only are the
-laeehplIrr-, "a. class, unfit to direct the
cnmuercidi ard industrial movement, but
thcir system # labor is unfit 10 carry II out.
Commrrcc and industry, in order 10 become
independent, need Intelligent labor. In the
North, every Inb rer thinks. and steqnired
70 think. In he South, the laburcr is forbid
i N to think, .r-t he think too much, for
thought rngeni,r. aspirations. Laughter
and arp'nu.e. With ~, progress "nd en-
trIprt-e derive their main support. their
strongest impulses, from this intellectual
iryeIrpment Of the working classes. We
10 not dread the ASPIRATIONS arising from It;
IL Is rhe source 1T our prosperity. and, ut the
same time. II our safety. Oar lnboung
in IN must be freeman, n order IN be what
a., nu .ht to he-nn intelligent llhrrer.-
Therefore we educate hlm Tor liberty by our
.vstrm ct public instruction. In tn" South.
thr rntcIIectusl drvrI ,pment Of the laboring
81 ,-.es necessary for intelligent labor, would
create u-rIratron. dangerous To your do
me-tic institutions. Your iaborIng man
must he a brute IN order to remain what you
want HIM To be n slave. Therefore you
withhold from him all means or tnteltrc. uai
Development. Among our farms and work
shops there stand. an in-utution from which
our system of labor derives its aspir lions !;
til 1t -. our school house. whore our free
lahorrrs are educated. On your plantation
held- there stands another institution, from
whrch vour system Of Labor derives 1t, IN
spirn,ions and that IL your school house,
whore your slaves are fl"gged. And you
sprnk nf csrnbIishIng the commerc'nl and
industrial Independence Of the slave holding
States DO YOU not see that in order tn do
this, YOU must adapt your system OF labor
10 that purpose, by making the labarer in
tclhsrnt, respectable, and at the same time
nsprring? But # hy making the lahorer
intellectual. resoectahlr, and aspiring. YOU
attempt 10 force ludustrIa. enterprise, In n
barge measure, upon the slave States. d.
yuu not s"e that y ur system OF slave labor
must weld To foster commerce md in.
du-iry IN the slave States for the purpose Of
D ,trGt n slavery Would 1t not be Ike
Irt,tn. the sun hgh, into room which We
want 10 keep dark lirnc the slave States
can never bee M rn..rst-'ially and CONNER
cDaiIy independent as long ~ they remain
slave States. TLey will always br obliged
a, buy from others. and others will dn thrir
cu wing trade. At present they do their
La. -, ,swith friends, who Gro cnitcd tn
them ~ bond. of Un'on. They speak Of
that Union then. rs now. they
will he ablrA ad to transact the same hH>l-
ne,S wrh ". ihe:s nearest relghhors, tHr
+ thzv r,u,d do 9th rwt-c. they would have
,iona 80 I1n.ago. Would they prefer Ivy
the H.. o,utiun Of the onion to make enemies
Il rha,e on whom they viii ciwaSs be com
,narr sltv aud uiustrlally dep, 'dent
Thu. suu seq, wnnld the dissolution Of
che tasnu. n AL pn n's of dtsi ute. "g''A'
I ts yery obi Ct for which the Shnth night
IL ! inclined 70 attempt Il. Il wouri eHrct
it,t the contrary of what il vas int. nded
for, and indeed. Il there i 4 pnrty that can
S.csily and consistently advbrate the DIS
solution e The Ua,on, u j. the party of x
trrma ahpllitntsts. who desire to extinEn.>h
slavery. and 10 puursh the South. los II sud
den and violent crisis. but n TO the stav"
States. as long rs they have sense enough
- understand their interests, and to appFe-
c. ate their sjtnttlon. they may thank thc,e
good flr'Rne Il they are suffered 10 stay IN
the Union witt eonfederaies. who are, IN
deed, not vi,3tn, tn sacrifice their own
prirc pies and interests u slavery, but ~
the radtaiiur ir1ucncs Of their esn growth
and energy viii, al least. draw the Southern
States along. upon the road Of progressive
development.
But we are told that the people Of the
slave States are warike race. aud that
they viii gain. ~ force. what we are un-
willing peaceah'y to cuncede. War What
a charm there is in that word, for people
cf caianels and generals, Well, since the
old German monk invented tha; FnSlCniE~
cant black powder. which blew the strong
holds nf fauislsm intn the arr, var Tails
more ani more under the head Of maihe~
rns'tcal seiennr$. Don Qulxete, WIN. ua-
dnuhteilv wnaIi have BEEN hero N the
sevents nth century, would certainly he the
most rer~giau- feal in the ninsieenth.
have nathsag TO .av about the bravery OF
the Saa'hern people, for aacht care they
NAV be krarer than thew pretend to be
bat rurjt" them esndIdiy ,s open their eyes,
like sensible men.
| viii not compare the resoress OF the
South, in men and tnsnev. TO those OF the
SNrth. although statistical statements weu'd
d dsmanssra,e the overwhelming superiority
Of the latter. We can afford to be liberal.
aud for argument sake. admit that the
Soaih wil rgaai the North in Numbers