The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-07-27
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"Man has no property n man" le' che
of the catch phrases mAds Use Of BY The
AbOlitionists, 10 prove the injustice ahd
wrong in holding the negro In social cub.
ordination and making use of his indus.
trial capacity for the benefit OF himself
and the community at large. The fallacy
Of the Abolition doctrine must at once be
apparent to all who will stop and reflect
one moment on the relation the Individ'
uAl bears to the society In which be lltes.
The principle has been we'll recognized,
that it is the duty, not only Of cOmmuni-
ties, but Ofindividuals, to contribute each
It's share towards the general well.being.
The source Of ell wealth. being originally
land and labor, no set Of people have
right to seize and withhold from the SER
vice Of humanity at large any portion Of
the earth's surface. This is the question
that underlies land reform, and It il also
that which updcrlies servitude, as no race
Of men hare q right TO live without labor,
or TO mOnOpOlize the gin Of Providence.
The exigcncics Of society require that all
should in . greater or less degree, be pro.
ducers, and in the early stages Of society
slavery was universal. und ordered by the
Divine commands, for tho reason that the
masses Of men had not learned to appre.
cints Industry. This coercion Of labor
prevailed very generally down to very re-
cent dates. 1t is only in modern times
that human intelligence, even Ofthe white
race, has induced men to labor for the re-
ward it confers. The desire to possess
property was found to be a sufficient
stimulus for the majority Of the white
race to labor in q free State accordingly
Servitude ceases 10 be necessary. Indeed,
it became detrimental to the greatest in.
tcrrstS, for the reason that the free work.
er produced more than the Servile laborcr.
This Was not universally the case, how.
ever, but paupcrism and crime were re.
sorted to BY those who bad distaStc for
labor. The law Of sCrvitude held good
for these exceptions, and the work .hOuses
and prisons Of most civilized countries ae
illustrative Of its application. The history
Of the pOor.law. Of England is fr1ught
with instruction on this head. In the
reign Of Henry Will, when Hervitude was
dying out, the laws against paupers were
very severe; not oniyxcrc "sturdy beg.
gars" subjected TO severe punishment,
but those who relieved or harbOred them
were also visited severely by the law.
With the progress Of civilization, some
amelioration Of these laws took place; but,
alas for human nature, it vas found that
paupcrism increased as relief vas extend.
ed. Numbers Of persons were content
with idleness and the SuStcnsncs afforded
by law, and wrung from the earnings Of
the industrious Nevertheless, as q gen.
cral thing. the white race will work eager.
ly for the reward Of labor. Ia this fact
exists the broad distinction between the
white and the black race. The latter, Il
Is sufficiently proved BY the worlds ex.
pe'ience. win not, work at all if he can
help It IdlcnesS 10 his chief COOL, and
pAupeiiSm and theft are for the race not
an unwclcUme means Of attaining its ob.
ject. The Gle iASstid Of the black blood
is SO g. eat that when free, nothing can
induce it TO perform any but the most
mental Offices The idea Of working for
pay never entered into the black nature.
MUngo Park, in his day, said: "Ilired
servants. by which mean persons Of free
condition, voluntarily working for pay.
are unknOrn in A/ried, and no subse.
qucnt traveller, down to Dr.. Livingston,
has reversed that judgment
In" Lewis West Indies" written II
years before emancipation, il is remarked:
:" As 70 free negro hiring himself out
for plantation labor, no instance Of such
thing was ever known in Jamaica; and
probably no price, however great would
be considered BY them Q sufficient temp.
tatiOn." Civilization, which 10 bat the arti.
fetal increase ofman's wants, now requires
q large amount Of tropical and semi.trOp.
zeal productions which can only be sue
ceaAfGlly ana sufficiently produced by the
labor Of the negro. It remains to be seen
whether the white men OF the present day
will fOregO the comforts Of civilization,
and willingly labor to support an idle non.
producing negro population. for the sole
qualification Of selfrighteous. puritanical
ianAticiSm. JUNIUS.