Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-06-18
Delivered IN the House of Rtprssentatiuss,
.ga.d s,. June 6, 1862. --g. 7ss'.
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from the census Of Cincinnati, Cleveland. To-
ledo, Dayton, Columbus, Zanesville, and Chilli
cothe, where more than three -fourths of the
Dlacks OF Ohio are to be found. But is Il said
that the plantation hands, when free, will work
the landau Such is not the experience on the
Carolina coast. A writer In the Boston Jour.
nal, from Port Royal, on the l4th Of NAV. 1869,
estimates that there are ten thousand contra.
bands on the islands. They have planted some
corn, potatoes and cotton, under the Govern
ment direction. This writer says: .''-,'
1t 10 dnicult to make the negroes work, or irducs
them to f that sounds better Norh as they fnd some
tnng to eat from Malsa Lincoln, and seem to feel they
are NOT iree nsger II they work. 30 they often take
DAY or several days to themselves, when their Service
are perhaps most needed and 60 Hilton Head or eau
io' For instance, some ground had BEEN N,
and planting but just as they were needed ht
rev men who understood that part went on for two dav
wtnout the least notice, thus delaying the plantIng
which was even then late. Until some method II adonet
to make them feel tho necessity Of work for their or
paratlyely. NA' N'-'
Will they do any better North7 We knox
what they have done. There are exeentjona
1 speak Of the masses of blacks. Have tbey
done any better at Fortress Monroe, or ever
here, under military surveillance7 Let tbei,
condition answer. Food for the present ia wbat
they Graves and when that u had, no more
work till they crave again. . ~
But suppose they do work, or work little, OF
part Of them work we'll; what then IA the ef.
iect upon our mechanics and laboring men7 /,
Is said that many Of them make good BIZ, a,k.
emitne, carpenters, etc., and especially good ser.
wants. II that be 90, there are white iaborert
North whose sweat is to be coined into taxes tc
ransom these negroes; and the first effect of the
ransom is to take the bread and meat from The
families OF white laboreIs. If the wages OF
white labor are reduced, they will ask the cause
That cause will be found In the delusiye devicer
OF members OF Congress- The helps of Ger.
man and Irish descent, the workmen and me.
chanics In the shop and field, will find some. II
NOS sll, OF these negroes, bought By their toll
competing with them at every turn. Labor
Will then go down to a song. Il will be deRra.
ded BY such association. Our soldiers. when
they return, 100, 600 strong, to their Ohio homes
Will find these negroes, or the best Of them
filling their places, telling timber, plouphinQ
ground, gathering crops, etc. How their mar.
tial iaurela will brighten when they discover the
result OF their services! Labor that now ranges
at from 81 to ~ per day, will fall to one-hslf
Already, in this District the Government Il
hiring out the iugitives at from 50 to SO PEI
month, while white men are begging for work
MOI IS the labor OF the most OF these negros
desirable. No system of labor is 90 uploss
be steady. They will get their week q Waoes
and then idle the next week away. MANY vii
become charge and nuisance nuon the publi,
charity and county poor tax. One hundred o.
the fifteen hundred negroes of Green county. a,
We have eeen, were drones and scamps. So In
Brown county. Randolph'a negroes, taken tc
Mercer county, were nuisances. II they arc
distributed into the country, they may work fol
little time and for small wages, and work well
Tor time; but when work grows irksome, and
they become too lazy to play" they will steal
Corn and chickens disappear in their vicinaee
with the facility Of shirts from the hedges where
Falstaf marched hia tatterdemallions
And for this result directly to northern labor
what compensation 10 there to the southern hall
OF our country BY their removal7 Herein lies
the indirect effect Of their immigration upor
| northern labor. By this emancipation, the la
Dor system of the South isdestroyed, Tn,
cotton, which brought US 5000, 1000, 900 DER an
mum, q good part of which came to Ohio tC
purchase pork, corn, -four, beef, machinery. etc,
where is itf Gone. What of the cotton fab
ric, almost as common as bread among the la
boring classes! With four million of indolep
negroes, Its production Is DESTROYED, and the ter
millions Of ariizans in the world who depend or
1t for employment, and the hundred million who
depend on il for clothing, will find the fabri,
advanced hundred per cent. So with sugar
and other productions of slave labor. For al
these results, labor will curse the iostlIpp ele
ments which thus disturb the markets Of th,
world. 4..e 80.
| Another indirect effect upon the labor Of tn,
North, and especially in Ohio, Is that the mar
kets Of the South will be closed, not BY block
ade, but forever. Our prices Of corn, wheat
pork, beef, etc., will be reduced by contracted
market. The surplus in Ohio, the past year
was, Of grain, IS 00O ono bushels; of hogs ,6OO
600; Of cattle, 800, 900, exports from he State
or more than $50, 1000, 600 worth; while otheI
articles Of export we're worth $50, ,0O0, 900 more
This production is above that which Ohio car
use. If our market is restricted who suffers
The farmer. If he suffers, who will pay the
taxes In Ohio? Prices must be remuneratiye
Or agriculture suffers. If agriculture suffers In
Ohio, every man, woman and child feels il -
II this scheme for Afrieanizing the State, By
destroying southern labor, succeeds, no foster.
Ing care or scientific skill can make up the loss
70 the farmer. Such schemes, by destroying
the sources OF labor, destroy themselves. Yet
shese dreamers ciing,to their notions with the
happy impudence OF Munchausen, who went "a
Wv AAA~eA aVA ehV ohVOE uobUnOtg Dy means OF q
Turkey bean which grew up to its horns. When
his bean was dried by the heat, he twisted q
rope of straw by which to descend, fastening
one end to the horns. Alas! like many similar
schemes, II Was too short. But, holding fast by
the left hand, with his right be cut the long And
useless upper part, which, when tied to the low.
er end, brought him safely to the earthl Such
will be the result Of these lunatic experiments
upon the labor systems Of the country. The
sooner they descend from the moon with their
rope of straw, the better. Thus, with loss q
the South and damage TO the North, both ir.
repafable--And no gain 10 either, the year Of
Negro jubilee 10 TO be nshered into existence
In conclusion then, If the negro cannot be
colonized without burdens intolerable, and plans
too delusiYe; If he cannot be freed and lef,
South without destroying its labor, and without
his extermipstion; If be cannot come North
without becoming On outcast and without ruin d
northern industry and society, what shall BE-
done2 Where shall he got He answers for
himsen. The patsr iamilias of q drove Of ne.
groes, the other day In the Valley Of Virginia,
was askeds "Where are you going7" 'Duns moi
-"masap, dun no; gwine somewhere, Ifeckon.' y
[Laughter.l His iriends.can answer very little
better, But euch answer 10 not stGtesmanehip
What shall be done h answer, Represents.
tiveel that cur duty ID written in our Oathl II
Is IN THE GoNaTrurIoN OF THE UNITED SrArrs
leave TO the States their 0Wnihsdntiune wher,
that instrument leaves them, keep your faith n
the CrittendeH resolution, be rid of all ambiRu
eua schemes and trust under God, for the ersyela
kfnf AZ Hfa xvtIl ~ - ~.