Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-02-27
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The frue Guesllon.,..The NOn-SlaIe
he!der's interested,

and inr'lhlc arguments made bN
Mr.. Sykes, on Monday last, one
struck us a. hcing So especially per-
tincnt and so particularly well put
that We take the liberty of attempt
ing Ia give the substance without
prctcndingsto give the language
.preclscly;
Mr. Sykes said; The object OF the
nlack Republican party WAS to de-
stray the Institution OI negro slave
~ ia the States, True, they do not
intend Ia do this Immediately, nor
hy direct means; but as Mr. lin
coin has said, thoy intend TO place
II in condition whore the public
mind shall rest satisfied in the he
licfthat il is in the course of ulli-
mate cNtinction. They intend to
g. coniinc il within its present limits
and To render il insecure, by the
hostile and unfricndly legislation of
the Northern States. This is the
open and avowcd purpose of even
the most conservative, us they are
called, of the Black Republican par
ty; and this is the great issue which
the South has now to meet. III ne
gro slavery is to be abolished is il
not us well for it to he abolished
now when there are only four mil
lions OF negroes, Ns to wait until the
Northern States have increased in
numbers, in territory, and in power,
until they shall become four or five
times as strong rs We are, and un-
I'll The black population shall have
increased to eight or sixteen mil
lions2 What will then become of
that vast number of cmancipatcd
slaves idle, improvidcnt, and worth
less Us they will be? Will they
have TO be cxtcrmmatcd, or shall
the fair fields of our own loved
South he given UP 10 them? The
policy, open and avowcd, of the
Black Republican party, as mnoun-
ccd by Lincoln in their platforms.
to say no'hing Of the speeches OF
Seward and Sumner, who are the
representative men Of that party, is
more insidious. but no less danger
Gus than that OF the abolitionists OF
the Garrison school. 1t puts of the
evil day of negro emancipation, but
makes it moro awful when it does
, come. In proposing TO abolish ne
gro slavery, they intend to subsu-
tutc white slavery in its stead
They are unwilling to see the ne
gro the slwe of the white man, al
though he may be and is happy,
contentcd and prosperous i'll that
situation; but they are willing to see
the poor, hartlworking white man
or white woman at the mercy OF
the proud and heartlcss abolitionist.
They desire the slavery Of labor to
capital and .aro therefore opposed
to the slavery Of the negro to the
white man. Wherever negro slave
ry exists, capital can never opprcss
labor, bccausc'he owners OF negro
slaves arc interested in having the
price Of labor high, and m this re
, sDect the interests uf the iaovl ng
/, white man. who h,s no slaves, are
, identical with those Of the owner oI
, negroes; whereas, i'll countries
where there is no negro slavery,
the interests Of the wealthy capital
lists are in direct opposition to those
, of the laboring man-the former
desiring cheap labor, and the latter
anxious for rcmuncrating prices
0 The most dctestable species OF sla-
vrl'y is the slavery Of labor to cap
ital. and this must and will always
exist, to Il greater or less cNtent,-ln
all countries whore negro slavery
docs not exist. Again, where ne
gro slavery exists, all white men
! ! are too proudspirited to 90 meh'"'
services.
! ! Mr.. Calhoun has well said
: ,,Thcrc is nc part of the world
where agricultural, mechanical, and
, other descriptions Of labor arc more
respected than in the south, with
the exception Of two descriptions OF
employment-that Of mcnial and
body servants No Southern man
not the poorest or the lowest
will. under any circumstances, sub
, nit to perform either Of them lie
$ has too much pride for that, and
rejoice that he has. They are un'
suited to the spirit Of a frcemen.-
i, With us the two great divisions OF
society are not the rich and poor
: but white and black and all tht
former, the poor as we'll as the rlcl
+ belong to the upper class, and are
respected and treated rs equals,
i honest and Industrious and hence
d have a position and pride Of charac
: ter of which neither poverty no
misfortune can deprive them.
No man or class Of men is NOR
= interested in maintaining the instl
, tuition of negro slavery than the Ia
boring men Of the South who ar
non.slaveholders, and almost with
ont an exception they arc anon:
the most devoted friends of South
e ern institutions.
V Mr.. Sykes said that in no coun
i fry and in no States OF this Uniol
II were the people more upon an equal
o itv, more truly democratic and re
publican, than they We're in th'
Southern States, and this was the
l. result of the institution Of negro
d slavery. He gave il as his opinloI
If that no people could long retain
l. Republican government :,'si where IA IA
d bor was the slave of capital sno
where white men and white women
J,r +Le control of cORcen-