The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-11
Competition Of Negro with White Labor

In his lists Iniserabls ,;essays Lincoln dsciages
thkt tbs emancipation OF negroes will not ner'as9
the supply of labor 10 interfere with the white
labor Of the North. Probably, The only trltA he
has ever uttered il contained IN that declaration.
The idea OF frssdoTn entertained By "Apleicaa eiti
zeus of African deecsnt" is simply freedom from
labor of any kind. So fs- from intending to co;o
pete with the white laborers Of the North, they
pect to live in ease aud luxury q: Mr. LiDcoias ma
tioua table 70 be received teams OF entire social
equality By himself: Seward. Chase & Co, and &c
iute.msrry, il it shocid be agreeable to them, with
their femsls kith aad kin Freedom % work or
xa- ve is view OF liberty tia. hey have never en-
tertained
That, for the present gere rs;ion, s2 influx Of
frss segroes into the North wonlI seriously impair
the value CT white labor. may bs very tue, but
Mr.. Lincoln is speaking Of tbs permanent results.
He knows. because all experience p-oves it, thai
the free Negro soc3 heeor1ss the victim OF Dc.
bsuchsry and laziness. ard dssppea.s from the face
Of tie earth Ii IL with Satanic hsydIeas OF teaEt
thu. Lincoln contsmpiatss Tie fa.s of race whose
welfars be processes 80 desire 50 nCeh for te
gro II the North. Bus 10 the sour, ne ere tod
the negro viii coEiiauo TO labor lis master paying
him wages Til Eer hosG1s can be 1o1rd fer them
in more genial elii4es"
30 man kaows 5et.eT taso Abraham lincoln, Ia
tive OF Kentucky, and familiar with tbs gro char
acter, that the freed negro. e. general rule, viii
no, work even for wages, a fac: Which has found
striking illustrations il both Jauti,s and St. Dc
ninzo. The latter country, once tue riches; island
Of the world, has become, By sueceEziul iags;F.se.
ton, wilderness; and the former, with lie advar-
tagss Of gradual emsnc patton end the presence of
white prorrisors of estataa ia l;tla bel.er If 81.
Lincoia will ecnsut tie master Of aoy Yankee
steamer which las ever coated at 2 Jamaica pcr.,
he may inform him that ils coaI is brought On
board by negro 1asn. the cIins in tie stade
under the trees, and st night taking from s1si-
wives the wages Of tie day. ]. is &c tbs condition
OF St. Domingo ard Jamaica thai MT Lincoln would
reduce the South We sTe not 20 idiot.c as 10 Ina
gine that such prospect would 8. ell distress HIN
on account Of the ruin il would bring 10 Southern
propretors Int, pray. what would become Of ttst
dear Union that pracioug heavenly, goo like
Union which ha il seeking TO preeesvs by letting
all the de7ils out Of the iafeua pit AMI turning the
earth into helf he figures CIT the colossal cos
OF emancipation end tie means Of paying it, and
concludes tbs, the cost would be cheap TO save 70
valuable commodity as the Union. But what Ii it
that makes the Uuieg valuable except the staples
cultivated by negro lsbor, aud if the labor is abo
ished and transported to other chimes, what bsoo.ne
Of ths staples, and CT the commerce, msI ufac,uzes
aud revenue derived from thems White labor can.
not be employed in the cultivation OF cotton sugar.
and tobaccs, ard therefore the "glcrious Union,
would be beggared and rendered worthless by tic
success Of Lincolns pet scheme fer its preserva
ton emitting open the goose tina. laid the golden
egg.
And yet, in message composed Of nothing bit
'eatch argumsnts'--to borrow q phrase from the
poor, iiiiterate crestuEe-he has iha hypocrisy
to srivel through bis Puritsnieal nose nin times
like the present, men shou,a utter nothing for
which they would not willingly be responsible
through time and eternity"