The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

IL comes up to that figure. We have not space
to follow out In detail all the statements which |
cameron the brain Of the hnciful Mr. Marsh- |
all. One Of them was that Cotton could notbe
raised by white labor. There, too, Mr.. Marsh
all, you are mistaken. The Germans in Texas
raise Ii, and in large quantities and We have
ourselves seen very good looking white men In
large numbers cultiyating cotton in Mississippi,
Alabama and Tennessee. 1t was our fortune once
to be a'Yankee schoolmaster' down in Alabama,
and We know something about the raising ofeot-
ton, and about niggers and we tell you that there
rs well ss elsewhere, II the planter does not, rs
Mr.. Herschel johnson says they should Gown
their labor" he is obliged either to work him
self or hire some white person to labor for him.
A very considerable portion Of the cotton crop
Is raised by white labor, and all this talk Of
white men being unable to labor in the South
is q device and ingenious sophism Of the advo-
cate Of slavery got up either to quiet uneasy
consciences, or to crafty disposition for la1i-
ness, which is as common in Southern latitude
as elsewhere in the world.
Mr.. Marshall devoted o part Of his time to
showing that the "nggers " were not members
Of the human family, and although he had
great friendship for them, they were incapable
Of being civilized except they we're reduced TO
slavery. Some of his ideas on these points we
should think were derived from Mr.. Goulden'
OF Georgia, the distinguished Douglas Demo-
crat who supports Mr.: Douglas non-interven-
ton doctrines, because in the end they lead to
the repeal Of the laws against the Slave Trade.
Mr.. Marshall says the negroes in Africa were
not as well civilized as they were IN this coun-
try, and that where they were subjugated 10
slavery they had always advanced higher In the
scale of civilization. II this be so why me- &c.
peal those laws against slaye-trade, and bring
the Africans here and advance them in civilian
ton by making them slavesl The Georgians,
who support Douglas on account Of his non-in.
tervention doctrine, ore in favor Of the repeal
of those laws against the Slave Trade, for they
say once establish the doctrine that Congress
must not legislate on the subject of slavery, and
the laws prohibiting Slavery must be repealed,
for they spring from Congressional interven-
ton. II to this idea Is added Mr.. Marshall's,
that the negro when reduced to slavery attains
a higher degree Of civilization than he does
when free, we have both the right and the duty
to repeal the "odious laws against the Slave
Trade" This Is one Of the logical deductions
Of these much yaunted doctrines of Congress
;onal non .interyention about which Mr.. Doug
las and his friends talk so glbly.
Mr.. Marshall gave q small portion Of his time
to the irrepressible conflict" in which he said
the candidates and leading men Of the Republic
cans believed, and in this matter as in all 9TH
ers he failed to state the Republican IDEAS fair
ly, and his deductions from them were as alb
rird as his Misrepresentation were unfair and
foolish. lie misquoted both Mr.. Seward and
Mr.. Lincoln on these points, and failed to give
his hearers any accurate idea Of their declara-
stions.
He closed his speech with an eloquent pero-
ration in favor Of the Union, which was the
more grateful 70 the large number Of Republic
cans present, because it in sentiment and in ex-
preston of language accorded with their ideas.
We felt very much like giving him hearty
cheer on this account. because We know that OF
the present political parties now organized, the
Republicans are first and foremost in their de-
votion to the Union and the constitution, and
that they intend when they assume the reins OF
Government on the Fourth OF March next, to
give the pro-slavery men both South and North
to understand that all fratricidal attempts to
destroy IL. will be met as Gen. jackson pro-
posed to meet the nullihers in 1882, with oil
the powers of the Government.
At the conclusion Of his speech, Mr.. Marsh
all very politely rendered his thanks to the au
dience, and said he should be happy to answer
any questions or to give any republicans an OPP
portunity to answer him. Awaiting himself OF
this privilege, gentleman fnom New York,
Hon. /. T. Williams, q stranger here, assembled
the platform. and thanking in very gentle
manly manner Mr.. Marshall for this invitation,
said he would speak in reply on Tuesday even
ing from the same platform. This announce
mcnt brought out about the only hearty cheer
for the evening.
The company then dispersed.