The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27

promulgated In "a specous plea that slavery makes an
rstocr~cy-that Of The 600 900 d whites q the SOUTH
nly 800 900 the Of slaves, and OF these
layeholders over one half own but one slave.
II rdcuous,y inferred from this that all others have
30 interest IN the institution and abated no others
would suffer II is needless to stop TO inquire into the in
us ce thai would done to these Shareholders II they
were deprived OF their property The sudden destrus'
ton OF s400 900 COO Of property would produce none
tary oonvuson such The world never before witness
ed And beaides, is not true that only the owners OF
slaves are interested the institution. II is probably
tree that this species Of property more subdvded tnan
any other As matter Of CONTRAST TO make this clear,
how small proportion the stockholders OF the banks bear
10 the whole populAt How few are the owners OF
railroad stock In comparison with the population
Of the country through which the road passes Is TO
be hence inferred that the banks should be destroyed
Toe cars demolished Would not all suier-
the borrowers from longer obtain ne accommodation
the bank and the people from not having convenient
Of travelling transporting their crops 70 market
No properly can be annhated without producing injury
TO others than the owners.
But perhaps the most imposing answer tnat can DC
given to Helpers Rrgument-tha as only 800 600 persons
interested In slave property these are an aris
toacy endured by the balance Of the 5000 coos be
number OF owners Of land In Brooklyn and New York,
comparatively, WAS as follows In 1885,
Population d S. Is~a Real AK sstss Per Head
New YORK $50 is7ss sssoeosOo ss,7sS
OF the Inhabitants. 10 Brooklyn 1t was as l TO ID
Now, would not the man be considered insane who
would attempt TO convince the people Of New York that
OF the real estate Of their magnificent city? he raised
the ssrarian cry for division Of property, ths might
But that it shou be annihilated, that her
iron and marble stores her princey Mansions her pala
prete that only teen thousand persons were
Of the real estate in the city and that they were an arts
ocacy seeking by high rents 70 Cypress the people 70
pamper 10 their pride and luxurious living, would be con-
tidered but the rawlings OF maniac. And yet the argu
nent Of Helper, who bases the justice OF aboitonsm
upon the injury and the oppression Of the savehod
by The 600 Shareholders has no greater force 70
recommend II
An illustration is sometimes better than an Argument
but this truth does not appear by illustration alone. All
the white community The South interested in the In
ettution. The lawyer the doctor, the merchant, the
In an institution enables the South bring forth
tsemng productions by which human wants supplied
and the means furnished for the payment Of debts The
North Is Interested in the institution, and England
would be bankrupt the labor of the slaves
pended for year. Every man who has o shirt TO his
back in short the whole civilized world interested In
great mistake to gay that the free laboring man
has no interest in the Of the institutions OF
and Maine during the strike Of the shoemakers last win
ter capital and labor were directly arrayed against each
scure of shoes should be decreased the shoemaker
should receive less wages that the ahoes should be
The lowest point Of subsstnce The interests OF the two
entirely antagopistc but at the South labor and
capital are In harmony II the interest OF the capitalists
that labor should at all times receive aremunerating
pensaon and the that the white laborer
mechanic receives higher remuneration for his work
At the South than NJ the North Besides planter al
ways no matter what is the price Of the produce Of his
plantation strives to make ss large crop as possible
no matter what the product OF his years work his
ha Tod and had md In ntsl TAD
fort We cannot turn labor acrt TO scue for itself
10 Of depression Is done In countries Of free
mobs, 10 starvation and want though there may be
curtailmeDt Of Injuries
But the interest of the manufacturing class that
cotton should be produced at low priceS ia not their
Interest at all the articles that enter into the
production Of the manufactured articles should be bought
scheme OF our present tariff is based upon
IBIS IDEA; more strkingy, perhaps, In free wool
va a ana ~ A. ssy,. oOes s ;ne principle acted
ueret OF the manufacturing class that the Southern
labor should be Of kind that will not al re them coupe
cheap will give them large market for the consump
tiop OF Their manufactures There Ii but class Of
would be benefited by the abolition Of slavery that
tmail cbfs Of email cotton planters, who have no
slav,s, but who work and gather their own cotton II
slavery abolished, the product Of their labor
would be much enhanced 10 value and from the destruc
ten OF the supply would almost fabulous
duce This resuliY
England and France are expanding immense treasures
and sending armies and naves TO conquer trade with
China and Japan. They have both endeavored 70
ottabhb footbold upon the Isthmus, with
view 10 facilitate this trace. We have sought b,
ihofe countries Recoect the visit and the entertain
ment OF the japanese Embassy. Did you stop 70 inquire
son why We should tot desire 70 open their pts 10 the
white winged messengers Of mercer We know that
the Institutions OF that country sbhorreat to
IDEAS II right that the people degraded and reduced
10 a state . little above barbarism We may we'll In
CURE The Embasey represented the Princes Of japan,
what the condition q the subectsf Commerce does
stop 20 make Inquiries Of this kind, but leaves 70
time 10 work out The aneoraton OF such evils with the
full that where com mcrce goes there also fol-
low civilization and religion and like the shadow OF
Apostle they heal and restore all whom they fall w
YOU with your maudn seniinentaty for evils and wrongs
that have no existence excep, In diseased and purbnd
Inauguration all the teachings Of commercial
tries and make upon the South, not 10 bat
OF the South and al the same time destroy
the beet market for your manufactured Such folly
not fer this ageand Il this the teaching Of your free
Institutions had better destroy text books and
burn down your schooe II, however, such your folly
beg you recoect that France add England both
disposed to reject with scorn. What moan the recent
movements In Virginia 10 regard the OF James
appreciation and IL IL believed under the arspces Of the
Emperor OF France, have made ntiatory
The purchase Of this great Improvement with the sipu
aton 20 expend the further Of SO eco 609 20
pie the work deepen and widen the present canal build
wtsrves and place the Improvement In situation vastly
superior 10 your favored Erie canal Rccoect thst with
other advantages which Inspection Of the mao xil
chow you, not only ,ups line the nearest aud ost
convenient for the trade q the great West but by reason
Of more genial cline will be rarely closed by ice.
Thtk Of there things gentemeu and perhaps yoa may
before 10 too late 10 the conclusion that you we're
about 10 reject the stone that will have become the cor
ner stone In the edihce Of the commerce OF France
The ttastcs paradcd In Helpers book OF scandal like
everything else In that book, viii lead you into error
Englsna and France do not regard the South q poor
country. II clear that the French In their purch Use
Of the Kanawha canal have made u solely with the
vtv TO profitable stock investment, bat from
consderaiors OF deeper and enlarged policy
BY this means France may hope 70 obtain command
OF the southern trade snc comes ally, with large
resources to sssst In developing improve
msns Of the SOUTH she does this without any exactous on
her part, without stopping 70 inquire into the evil OF sa
very but It'll he hopc that will reciprooae her gen
and mum iccnt contributions by sssts
Ing TO direct trade 10 her havhos she that by
striking for direct trade with this country she can avoid
the comretition OF Erelsh capital In Nav city, By
aiming her exerto1a At The Southern harbors And she
knows 81 glance that besides by secns the direct out