Smyrna times., 1862-12-18
Written for the "Smyrna Times"
Slavsry In Delaware.

lfany man wishes to see the contrast between
free and slave sill lei him look at New Castle and
at Kent aud at Sussex counties. New Castle county
has nearly abolished slavery, while the other two
hold to the miserable institution and the effect is
that they are behind their northern county in every
thing you can contrast, nearly half century. With
thing like the advantages Of soil, New Castle is
far ahead in wealth, population, education and every
hing that mases life desirable, and yet, di>plte of
Thdt every man of common sense 50 plainly sees,
you find men who are daily injured ty the peculiar
institution" holding to it with tendcty worthy Of
better caus. To man unacqualntcd with the f..
ectS OF slavery, nothing appears strange as that
TIC llbOrIng white man should favor an institution
which is strkngly adverse to his every interest
But wien you ret tiat il Is the interest of the
lave holdsr TO tIllfy the intellect not only ofhis
ch'tI,l lave but "t e poor whtc man, that hc may
rule ncm oo;n with rod of IRON, and thereby main
tain his own supremacy, you will no longer pc sur.
prlscd at the condition OF lngs induced by slavery
The wan who can SO smother conscience a, 10 rob
his fellow man of his dearest rights merely ., Cas-,
hc finds zone whose skin is not colorcd rlae IN,
own," Will very readily look upon all men who labor
who icr white or black as the mud.s.lls oi ,uci.
ety."
The institution tends directly to degrade la nor an /.
build up an idle arlstocracy. You see this whcrevcr
the slave power rules. The lordng vino owns hi
thousands Of acres Of land and his hundreds or tho.
anda of slaves, will not submit to the degrad ltun of
considering the poor white man his equal, hence he
takes care that he shall not enjoy the rights he nat
uraIly possesses therefore you find the equLliy o
the race does not depend on the blood alne but on
the wealth of the parties. The rights Of the poor
man are abridged just in proportion TO TIC rule of
slavery Ia some States he is entirely ds;l4nchi>
ed IN others he enjoys some civil rights. Ia d, L4
ware, where the rule of the slave power Is n.t 50
heavy lie does not suffer 50 many disabilities. liz.
can vote, but he must be landholder to poss,.s>
many other civil rights. This abrldgment is The.
effect of slavery, and founded on the axiom that a
mans brains expand with the number of acres o,
land he holds. very logical deduction, aud on,
that none except ari>tocraric slave owner cnn
comprehend. Who ever met with u man without
laud who had any brains The idea in slave
State is preposterous
With her poor, wornout l,nds, Dclawar, .p
to-day lamcntablc picture c.nirasicd .I,.. 1 ...
t.; sister Rhode Island. NoH, wno Is l.., -...t
.or thc ,Ai,lcnce If slavery in Delaware ", Ia.
! >NrT, her working white population -lnru vii, are
led by the hy designing politicians contrary t
their every interest If every poor laboring white
m,n in tho State would consult his true uer.s, he,
would cast hIs vote for such men and such only us
would, in their legislative capacity, vote for law
aboislng tins accused institution, which is grind
| ing the white labor of our State to dust WHY do
they not do it Because of the bughcar cry of poll.
ticians and demagogucs who tell them that it is
their interest to support slavery TO prevent the labor
of the slave from coming in competition with theirs
that if the negroes were freed they would over.run
! the North, and knock down the price of labor bv
their working at under prices etc. In answer to
! this let any man ask himself the question, Why do
| the slaves of the South run away and come North ?
l. it not because they love freedom? Would They
" not il is plain then that it is slavery Sutn that
sends the slave North to compete with the Northern
| nan in labor. Working men of Delaware let me
ntreat you to examine this subject for yourselves.
BE- no longer the " iag topls of your own degrada.
ton by supporting institution which only imposes
burdens upon you which not Of right your own.
Consult youT true interest by voting hereafter to ele-
vte and not to degrade labor, by keeping servile
population in your State. A. P. o.
| Canterbury, Dec. s, 1862.