New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-05
r,IEs ABOUT LABOR.

tho weakest argument against the Abolition
of Slavery, is that ".negroes Will I'll thc
North, reduce the price of labor and IN
poyerish the country" OF course the sequiiHr
of thi. lie. that no Irishman will then be able
TO secure a days work at any price. We
might say something, and that too, with
| lust severity, of tho utter wickedness OF ths
attempt, in republican country, to array
class agnnst class, and TO intensity existing
,preiudices which can only rpen into disorder
and social distress. The public speaker who
resorts to such vulgar appeals, not only dam
ages society; he bitterly insults the common
sense of his audience and is a demagogue who
inyents injuries and stimulates absurd and
co snrdly apprehension He seeks by unt!mey
sugrestions TO make sure the III which he fore
tells; and leads all sLrewd men TO suspect that
he ia amorous of the very mischief which he
bypocrtically deprecates
/ No man who will take the trouble to consd-
cr n little will be- misled by this cheap balder-
dash. In the first place it may, we think, DC
reasonably assumed that the Abolition OF olaY-
cry will not take q single acre Of laud out OF
the country; secondly, that after Emancpa'
ton the lands of the present Slave states vii
continue TO be cultivated; thirdly, that Ensn-
cipation viii not so change our human consti-
tuition IA 20 render yictIals and clothes unncc-
essary; and, fourthy, that Slaves or no Slaves
commerce. excepting only the exccrable COM
merce in human flesh, viii continue. Given
the land. we have the cutivation-gigen
cultivation. We have tho demand for labor,
and given the demand for labor. VINO
in the name of common sense expects
stampede OF negroes to the North as an effect
of their liberation Did ever such an utterly
absurd crotchet enter the human head before
Who understands the culture of cotton The
ucgro, Who is skilled in the production OF
tobaccol The negro Who ia dextrous in raising
sugar aud rice Tic negro With whom does the
climate requisite for the production OF there
staples best agree The negro! Who then
viii in any event be employed IN the prodac-
tion of cotton, tobacco, rice, aud sugar
Why. the negro, to be cure Some people
seem 10 take il for granted, that when Slavery
shan have been abolished all the rici lands oi
the South will be lelt falow for q century or
,o-the world, meanwhile. getting along Us
well as it can without cotton and tobacco.
What sn extraordinary apprehension The
civilized man dcgnirg to exist without bs
sArt-and tis quid We have 10 iear of any
such tumble back 10 prineyal rudeness aud
snnohclty-not NO Timid folk raid IN En-
gland. that il Slavery in tho West indies
toddy. Cowper put the fear into a sarcastic
line:
wh. tAsll ", do without Gar and run 20
Yet what Eugllshmnn, because be ia be-
rcaved of his punch. cures the memory Of
Wiberforce We have great faith in the
ability of man TO produce that which j, neediu
for hi. existence and comfort Capital and
commerce take 10 deuials. Backed by the ne.
cessties Of mankind, they are ineyorablr, aud
what they call for, the world must furnish.
Nor will tho abolition of Slavery have tie
I'll ghtcst effect upon the thermometer. Ever
since We can remember, We hayo heard the
apooqists OF Slavery droning the same old
ture, the purpOrt of which was tLat tle South
era climate is too hot for white laborers
Shade of Coperncus VIII the abolition OF
Slavery dsarrange tie solar system. aud re-
friccraie tho torrid zone ii Carolina aud
Georgia are 10 be cooled down 10 the point ol
Caucasian comfort, there vii, of course, be ,
such meteorological change that cotton viii
stop growing IN those blasted localities But
given the old climate, why not assume that, 10 I
all probability you will have tho same fuppg /,
of labor IL it rational 70 suppose that tie
black agriculturiat viii rush from tie State
where lie is wanted TO the States whore be is
not wauted-from n climate which he likes 10
a climate which he deiests-irom business
which no well understands TO mere pauperI-ln
aud staryatOa-lrom the scenes Of h's nativity
end the graves Of his ancestors TO loca.ltle'
which have for him 10 attractions and no al
tachmeuts
II our territory we're limited, as that Of
Great Britain Is, aud il we were suffering, as
Great Britain IT, from IN oyer-population 70
excessive as 10 have become puz1lng cc0nomi.
cal problem, we might anticipate something
ike iAs Jiostliug and shoulderng OF conflicting
classes. But good heavens 10 think Of the
millions upon millions Of acres within our bor-
ders Which have been patiently waiting for
centuries tho spade and the plow-sLare and the
dropping sced-which Rave been reserved in /
the providence of God for tho increasing null
utudc o, his chdren-which are surely destined
10 become tho sources of incaiclabe wealth
and the support Of unnumbered mons-to
th.nk of all this bOuniiu provision, and then
NJ men so enlous md cautions and Diliaby