Newbern weekly progress., 1861-02-05
THE TWO SYSTEMS OF LABOR.
From the London Tines.l

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| From the London Tiues.l
| The American Union owes its territorial ag-
! grandIZement to slavery, and its commercial
] strength 10 freedom The two systems of la
| Dor are not unlike their products. The rude,
uacultiyated animal labor of the South, worked
like 8 machine, without will of its own, sows,
tlls, harvests, and packs in huge bales for mar
| ket an important vegetable production. Even
| this is not done without the help of freemen
! A kind Heaven supplies rich soil, and sends
| down the genial sunshine ard refreshing rain
| Every other aid IN the process, except the agr-
| cultural work, is rendered by freemen. The
| field tools come from their shops, and the ma
chine which cleans the crop when gathered,
| and makes il valuable, was invented and is
| manufactured in the North. At the waters
| edge it passes beyond the capacities Of slave
| labor. The intelligence Of tie freeman is re-
! quIIed to desi gn and coostru:t the vessel that
| is to carry it to the port whence 1t will be
tran sfercsd to the manufacturer, to invent and
oper ate the railways that carry il to the mills.
Wins profuseness of ingenious invention and
fertile expedient is exhausted in tran sforming
it into the various fabrics fer usei Quick, &C
tive, working intellect is demanded 3. every
step. The slave yields only the rough, or, in
the strkingly appropriate language of com
merce, the Ta2o material When he has exhaus-
ted his rude capacities, the hopeful skill of the
freeman takes up the work where be left it, and
rich ladies and coarse clothing for the negroes
themselves, common calicoes and beautiful
prints, fine spun threads which spider might
envy, and the stoutest ropes, beautiful fabrics
for male attire, and canvass for ships; and
when 1t has served it's purpose in these several
forms, the same ingenuity takes possession of
the tattered remains. and converts them into
perhaps the very paper on which We write
Whether systems Of labor so unlike each 9TH
tba ha MI Gil n,,FI;
can continue TO live side by side, is problem
which the United States are now attempt
ing to solve for themselves
The above picture, albeit it contains some
errors OF phraseologv. is quite forcihle and emf
nently practical. The Times has grasped the
actual, palpablc facts Of American society, and
even with its false conceptions OF our society
shows that there is a wonderful reciprocity of
interest Why, then, does it close by wonder
ing whether two systems Of labor so unlike
each other can continue to live side by side ?
Why does it not comprehend the fact that they
do not live side by side? Does the Times sup
pose this ConfederacY of States no larger than
England? It should remember that we have
alkinds of climate and production-that our
Territory extends almostfrom perpetual winter
to perpetual summer, and that where white
men cannot labor to advantage we have sub
ordinate race adapted by the Creator for warm
climate, which produces the material for
the labor of our mechanics, manufacturers and
handicrafts men.
All this is perfectly harmonious in theory
as well as practice, that it is only astounding
that any one should have ever imagined any
antagonism between them. The Great West
that fertile grain growing region, is the Egypt
from which the South may reach forth her
hands for food, and her citizens receive in re-
turn all the choice productions of the tropics.
hao, &c LOT
see in several American papers, Republican
ones Of course, articles evincing hope that
England would yet be able to get sufficient
supply Of cotton from England China, and
thus destroy the prosperity of the Southern
States. Could anything be imagined more un-
patriotic. could greater evidence be given of
blind and bitter hate to their own country p
The cotton production of the South is by no
means matter Of interest to the planters On
the contrary, the North derives a greater profit
on its manufacture ard sale than the South
upon its production. Yet We see papers ofthis f,
city doing all they can to encourage British
production Of cotton, SO as to break down the
Commerce and prosperity of the North
The Republicans Journals are becoming so
blind in their hatred as to be willing To ruin
the North to accomplish their purposes against
the South. They are willing to bankrupt our
merchants, destroy all our Northern nanufac
tories, impoverish the Northern farmer, pro-
mote British commerce and destroy American,
al for tne purpose OF gratifying their vengeance
upon the South.
II these journals would only be as candid as
the London Times in the extract we have quo
ted, might have some respect for them, but
they seem to rejoice at every rumor that Eng
land may get q supply Of cotton from some
ether part Of the world. They catch al every
floating story that silk is to be substituted for
cotton, or that some new fibre has been dis
covered to take its place. In a word, they
exult at everything that benefits England and
cripples America ~ Y Dzy Book.