The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-23
From the n. Y. Independent, October oth.l
The True Southern LabOrers

AhC AhGC SUUtuCuh AuUUuGEbs
There is a Systematic attempt making,
for poli.iesl reasons. TO produce the i'm
preston upon the laboring classes in the
North. and particularly upon the Irish
that if slaves are emaDcipated they will
come into competition with THEM; and, by
Cutting the labor market. reduce the
price of labor, and interfere with thei,
wages. To unthinking men, there is SO
much probability in such statements as 10
demand examination and refutalion. For
if unprincip!ed men shall succeed in in
flaming the passions oe the laboring men
of the North, and, TO the hatred of race,
shall add the blind fury Of selfshnsss, q
good cause will be impedsd, and the Ad.
ministration will be embarrassed il carry
ing out its bene6oen' plans.
Emancipation ,OilI bring no eolorsd labor
srs to the North, but wiH drain grsa
many out Of II.
There are physical and SOCIAL reasODI
frr this. II.
The colored mar, is the creature Of the
tropics, and al his apiIudes fit him for ,
warm climate. Even the temperate zonst
are not temperate to his heat. loving con
slilution. His skin is thirsty for tile sun
He basks luxuriously in heat that woulG
scorch and consume a white man. II
short, be is fitted by lis nature for tropi
cal lat,udes, and is as much out of plac,
in our cold temperate zones as are Oran
yes, plaGtains, or palm trees.
Nor does he willingly wander away
from warm lati,udes. 1t is only as TIN
less Of evils that be is persuaded TO srcl
exile. There can be no more extraordin
ary testimony to the black mans love o
liberty, than that he submits TO live il
Canada. A white bear in the Gulf o
Mexico, and a black man in the arctic re
gions, are about equal misplaced.
Experience, likewise, shows that his re
luctance to live in cold climates has
physiological basis. For the colored rae
do not thrive in cold climates. They d,
not multiply, they are not 50 robust; the.
fall into consumption easily, and vast
away. This is clearly shown in the sta
tistics Of New England and New York
1t is very plain. then, that black mel
would never emigrate from the South L
the North. except under some extraordin
ary pressure. Il is the dread and hatre'
Of slavery that drives them, against thei
tastes, in,o an uncongenial climate. ]
slavery continues. there will be grea
influx of FRI ed slaves into the Northern
States. This is inevitable. But, il the,
are allowed their liberty in the South. II,
inducements will incline the slaves to ex
change the glowing airs of the South 70
the fligid and austere climate of tn
North. Their local attachments are know
to be strong. They linger around tb
place where they were born and Bred
They have grea, deal of Southern feel
ing. They may be thankful for Norther
kindness; bot they are identified in thei
ideas, their pride, their whole metho
Of living with the South, will never bC
come MOrtkernsrs.
II only slavery were removed, til
black man would prefer to live anon
Southern men. Southern men understAn
his nature and necessities better tha
: Northern men. A Northern man is m,
thodical. Industrious, entsrprising, II
exaCts from himself punctuality, diligenC
and frugality; and In even severer mel
sure he exacts them from those who labC
: for him He has learned to value TIM
In the North, "time is money" In tt
South, time has very little value. Lei
labor sufioes. upon the luxuriant soils
5 the tropics, for tho production Of the NJ
! cessaries Of life. The heat Of the clms