Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-08
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would so soon have made its appearance in Tonnes
see To remove any impression that such incendi-
airy arguments gre calculated to make We ask
candid reading of the following extract from let
ter Of Gov. JosEPn E. BRowN, of Georgia SPEAK
ing Of the effect of the abolition of slavery ne says
But suppose we were orer the difficulty OF pay
ing the owners for the negroes and they were taAe
from their masters without psy, ana Sc. Atee a az
left among US, (which is the ultimate AIN u 'no
Black Republicans, what would be the eneoe uPon
our society? We should still have ricn men anu
noor men. But few of our slave owners Fave IN
rsstsd All thew have in negroes. Take their negroes
from them upiustly, and they will many OF them
ELL he mare wealthy than their neighbor3. If
IN wsre left for q time with equal wealth
everv person who has noticed man and So
ciety. knows tibet in few pears, some would grow
~;cb end others moor. This has always been the
~a "a aIwavs Will be. IL we had no negroes
re Itch would still be in better condition to take
ora If themselves than the poor. They would still
49, tbe most profitable and secure Investment for
tbeir capital. What would this be? The answer
snogests itself to every mind it would be land. The
wesIlhy would soon buy all the lands of the South,
worth cdltiyating Then what? The poor would
sr soon become tenants, as they are in England,
the New England Sates and alio old countries where
slavery does not exist. But must not lose sight of
the 500 900 free negroes to be turned loose among
u.s. They, too, must become tenants, with the poor
white people; for they would not be able to own
lands A large proportion of them would spend
their time in ideness and vice, and would live by
stealing robbing and pluudering Probably one
fourth Of the number would have to be maintained
in our penitentisry, prisons and poor houses Our
people poor and rich must be taxed to pay the ex-
pense of imprisoning and furnishing them for crime
This would be very heavy burden. But suppose
three-feurths of the whole number would work for
MI hn-s 4ha mia
erably poor, with neither land, money nor provi-
sions They must therefore become day laborers
for their old masters, or such others SIS would en-
plov them In this capacity they would st once
come in competition with the poor white laborers.
Men of capital would this, and fix the price OF
labor accordingly The negro has been accustomed
N receive his ytuas and clothes for his labor Few of
them if free would expect anything more. Itwould
therefore be easy to employ them at sum suth-
cent In supply only the actual neoessariss OF life.
The moor white man would then 90 to the veal ny
land owner and say, 81 wish employment Hire
me to work. / have q wife and children who must
have bread" The land owner would offer probably
twenty-five cents per day. The lsborer would say,
81 cannot support my family on that sum-" The
landlord replies: ''That is not my business l am
sorry for yod, but must lock to my own interest.
The black man VINO lives on my land has as strong
an arm, and as heavy muscles as you have, and can
do ss much labor. He works for me at that rate;
you must work for the same price, or cannot em
| ploy you" The Negro comes into competition with
the white man, and fixes the price # his labor, aud
he must take it OF get no employment.
Again, the poor white man wishes to rent land
from the wealthy landlord; this aadlord asks him
| half the crop OF upland or two-thirds or even
ihree-fourths for the best bottom land. The poor
man says this seems very hard. cannot make
/ decent support for my family at these rates. The
| landlord replies, here negroes all around me
anxious TO take it at these rates; can let you nave
| il for no less The negro, therefore, comes into
competiton with the poor white man, when he seer
to rent land on which to make his bread, or shell
ter to protect his wife and his little ones, from the
cold and from the rainS and when ne seeks employ
| rent az day laborer. 10 every such case II the
negro VIII do the work The cheapest, he
| must be preferred It is sicksnins 10 con"
| template the miseFies Of our poor people
| under theses circumstances. they now get
higher wages for their labor than tha poor OF any
other country globe. Nest Of them sfe lano
| owners, and they are now respected. They are ID
no sense placed down upon level with the negro
They are superior race and they feel and know II.
Abolish slavery, AID yeu make the negro thelr
EQUALS legally and socially, lnot naturally, for no
| human law can change Gods Law; Snd you very
| soon make them all tenants, and reduce thsls va
ges for daily labor to the B8lest ptanee that WIZ
sustain life Then the negro and the white man
must labor in the field together So equals. Their
children must go to the same poor school together
if they are educated at all They must 60 to church
as EQUALS enter the Courts OF ut ce Gs equals nave
the right to give evidence in Court AS esua9, stand
side by side in cur military CORPS as equals enter
each others houses in seesl intercourse, as equals
! and Sery soon their children must marry together
as EQUALS. May eur kind Heavenly Father avert
the evil and deliver the poor from such fate' so
soon ss the slaves were at liberty, thousands Of
them Uould leave the cotton and rice fields, and the
lower paris of cur State and make their way to the
healthier climate in the mountain region. we
should have them plundering and stealing, rsbolng
and killing, in all the lovely valleys of the noun
tainR This | can never coIse4t to see. Tae
mountains contain the PLACE Of my nativity
the home of my RsDhood, ana the
theatre of most Of acts Of my life; and
| can never forget the condition and intesest Of
the people who reside there. 1t is true, the people
there are generally poor but they are brave, non
| est, patriotic and true hearted. Some who DO moi
| know than have doubted their capacity to under
stand the oueations and their patriotism and 7alor
! to defend their rights when inyGaeG know them
| WE'LL and know that no greater mistake cSul1 oe
made They love the Union Of our fathers, Enq
would never consent to dissolve it SO long as the
Conss;5ution is not violated and long as it pro-
tects their rights; but they love liberty and justice
more and they BiL meyer consent to submit to aoo-
ition rule and permit tbs eFls TO come upon them,
which must result from q CONTINUANCE in the Union
when the government is in the HANDS OF oQF sueliee
who gill use all it's power for our destruction.
| When Il becomes necessary to defend our rights
against go foul domination, would call upon the
mountain boys as Hsll IS the people of the low lands
| and they would come down like an avalanche and
swarm sround the flag of GeorgiG. 9Th resolution
that would strike terror into the ranks Of the abo-
ton cohorts Of the North. Wealth is smld, sud
wealthy men may cry for peace, and submit TO
] wrong for fear they may lose their money; but the
moor honest aborers of Georgia, can never consent
| 4 .1n ohnti suhuit
ton, Eassalage, lew wages and downright degrade
tion which must follow. They will never take the
| neero's place God forbid.
| know thst s6me contemplate demsgogucs have
attempted to deceive then by appealing to tneir
preudices aud asking then what Interest they nave
in maintaining tberights of the STAKEHOLDER, They
cannot be deceived in this way. They knGS that
the government of our State protects their lives,
their families and their property; and that every
dollar the wealthy STAKEHOLDER has, may be taken
by the government OF The State if need be- to pro-
| teet the rights and liberties Of sll One man, IN
| large neighborhood, has Isill. not onS IN nifty
| has a mill What would be thought Of the pFeis
speaker who would sppsal 10 the fifty, and ask
| Them what interest they have in defending theIr
ueigbbor's mill, if an abolition mob Wers trying to
! burn it down? Another has store. Tot oHs "
6fly has a store Whe would say the MY sno1id
NOT help the one if invader ia about TO burn has
! stores Another has q blacksmith shop. Not one
| in hftv bss blacksmith shop Shsll the shop be
destroyed By the eOpmon enemy, and no one p'o-
| feet the owner because one near, has the SAN
| peculiar kind of properly! IL may be that have
| no horse, and you have horse; or thst nave
COW, and you have ne COW. In such ease, Y oui
rights of property are asssiled by common enemy
shall we not help each other? Or have vile and
children, and house. and another has neither Wife
aud children nor house. Will he, therefore, stand
| by and see my hoEse burned, and my wife ano
| children butchered, bessqse be has none! Inc
Shareholder has honestly invested tiTe money, whicr
it has cost him years of toll to make, in slsEes
WHICH are guaranteed to him by the Jaws OF oqI
State. The common snetsy Of the South seeks 70
take this property from him. Shall al Who 90 not
own slaves, stand by and permit it to be aoney Il
SO, they have right to call upon the Shareholder
by taxation, or otherwise, TO help to protect then
properties or their liberties. Such doctrine i
monslrOus; and be who would audvance 1t, deserve:
to be rode upon the sharpest edge of one OF LIN
coils rails. The doctrine strikes at the very founas
lion Of society," andif carried out would destroy al
property, and all protection tc life, liberty and nap
| pIness.
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