Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-05-01
The Effects of AbOlitiOnism Ep-
Ou white I.nbOr.

IltHTy NIdN, IN lCttcr WHICH nc WIptc
to the Rcv. Mr.. Cotton, dated Ashland,
September the ID, 1913, advising him to
write a pamphlet against Abolitionism,
said
81 will give you an outline of the man
ner in which would handle it. Show
the origin Of SLAYER. Trace its introduc-
ton to the British Government. SHOW
: how it is disposed Of by the Federal Con-
stitution that it is left exclusively to the
States, except in regard to fugitivcs, di-
rect taxes and representation. Show that
the agitation of the question in the free
; States will first destroy all harm ony, and
finally lead to disunion, poverty and per-
petual war, the determination Of the Af-
rican race-ultimatc military despotism
BatWe great aim and object Of yOur tract
Sho@'d be 10 arouse tie tutoring classes Of
tie free States GgainSt ambition J! De-
pl1 lie consequence TO them Of inn1e1idte
abolition. Tile slaves, being. free, would be
dispersed thorougout the Union they
would enter into competition with the
free laborer-wth the American, the
Irish, the German-reduce his wages, be
conIounlcd with him, and affect his NOR
al and social standing And at the ultras
go both for abolition amalgamation,
show that their objects is to unite in mar
riage the laboring white man and black
woman to reduce the white laboring man
to the dcspiscd and degraded condition
Of the black man.
81 wonld show their opposition to
colonization. Show its humane, rclig
ious and patriotic aim. That they are
those whom God has separated. Why
do Aboli,ionists oppose colinization ?
To keep and amalgamate together two
races in violation Of Gods will, and
keep the blacks here, that they may inter
ferc with, degrade and debase the labor
ing whites Show that the British Gov
ernment is co-opperating with the Abol-
itionists. for the purpose Of dissolving the
Union. | am perfectly satisfied that 1t
will do great good. Let me hear from
you on this subject.
"UENRY CLAY"
Is it most astounding that any white
laboring man in the free States can be in
favor, in any event and under any circum
stances, OF the scheme of the abolition
t lists. lfthc four millions of slaves at the
I South are set free, they will swarm oven
{ the North and West in immense numbers
When they arrive here they will either
have to be supported as paupers at pub
lie expense, or else they will compete
with the white laborcrS for employment.
They will either fill tho poor-houScs, the
jails or the pcnitentiaries, or compel the
white man to work by their side, and thus
degrade and dcbase him. There is no
escape from these positions. The white
laborcr, whose pride and personal diSni-
ty will not allow him to consent to the
disgraccful companionship will be lel
; without work by the abolition philanthro
t p lists, and he and his family suffer anC
starvc in consequence. The negro vii
underworld the white man, aud lower TIN
wages paid him for his labor.
There is no class of the community wh'
ought to be so thoroughly aroused to the
necessity Of opposing the abolition o
slavery and the influx here of free negroc
c as the laborng men of the North an'
e West. Mr.. Clay saw this very clearly
/ and expressed it admirably in the lette
c which we have quoted above. The par
r tisans of Aboltionism tell us they are il
y favor of free labor and of white men, an,
e yet their measures tend precisely to diff
n iercnt result. The fertile plains anC
farms Of the West, and its workshops
. ought to bo kept as sacred heritage 70
= the white race, but the Abolltionist
- would open the gates that lead to them
G and pour in multitudes of the DEGRADED
G Africans to blight the fair prospect tha
T. is otherwise before us. Even if the ne
t groes remained in the South, Abolition
f ism would strike n terrible blow to white
c industry in the North, That section Q
the country, in the event that the slaves
were set free, would not consume one dol
lars worth of our as icultural and man
o ufacturcd products, where they now con
o sumo ten dollars worth. The cotton
|, rice aud sugar cultivation of the Soutl
} would, to great extent. be abandoned
@ as they have been in the West Indies, 10y
It emancipation, and without those grea
$ staples the South would be poor, an,
z would not have the means to purchaS
z much from us in the free States. Th
e. free negro buys very little in comparison
Is with WDat the master buNS 100 tuc H'S'
$, slave. The latter is far better take
III care of than the free negro, and on
might search the world over to find fou
D millions of negroes as happy and prosper
i Gus and contented as the four millions c
r slaves in the South. No large free nc
m gro community vies with them in com
n forts and in civilization.
ID To destroy the relation that now eN
lists between the whites and blacks in I'll
is South, aud substitute political and soci,
IN liberty and equality in licw of it, wonl
IS be tn greatest calamity that could BETA
to- the North as well as the South, an
ht would give our country a staggcrin
&c shock, from which it would take ccntu
N io, to recover Gin. Eng
he A Blessed Day.
ed What blessed day is Sunday to tn
IN weary man who necessarily catches bJ
rs bricf plimpscs of home during the toi