Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-18
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FREQ White Labor

When this 'unuatural war is over, no
matter how it may end, whether to our
honor or dishonor, there will be an i'm.
imense demand for labor throughout the
South aud West. Kentucky, Missouri and
Tennessee, not to mention others, will
afford, for years to come, em ployment for
many thousands; and, with white labor,
these States would soon occupy % front
rank in the National Union, should it be
preserved. The prospect for the free la
borer is, therefore, more propitious now
than ever. The colored man, whether en-
slayed or free, cannot compete with q
white man who has been educated to hon.
'est labor and economy. It Is only the
'poor white trash of the South" which is
inferior to the negro, not, indeed, by na.
ture, but through the schemes Of the oil
Garchy,sto keep him in subjection, poor
and uninformed. -
We know from personal knowledge that
most extensive land !holders in Tennessee
and Kentucky have effered extraordinary
inducements to German and Irish citizens
to move into those States, We have re-.
ceiyed, years ago, the proper authority to
carry into effect the intentions of those
who thus desired to have their lands i'm.
proved, but not even the prospect Of farm
insfee could tempt the German aud Irish
agricnlturist,t to live side by side with esla-
very At the same time they were NOT
.Abolitionists, nor did they wish to inter-
fere politically With any mans interest in
hnmsn flesh, but they desired to abide
where no distinctions Mere recognized. A
different state ofithiugs exists now! Slag
very is nearly extinct without an effort on
our part to destroy. it. We, Catholics,
have kept our oath most scrupulously We
H. Iaft
every effort failed and the whole fabric of
,the- 1oHernmentgwasa about to fall into ruin,
and anarchy oyerspread the land, did We
utter word, in self defense, against that
peFnicious system which has brought all
this suffering on onr country.
We may here observe that it is painful
to ps to sWriteon this subject, knowing the
violent preJudices or convictions which
prevail, audparticula5ly among our fellow
Catholic Citizens. But when prejudice be-
comes dangerous as ven aslridicnlous, it
is time for some one to expose It's folly. It
willisoon be obsolete. gs,Gala II
Free laborsin. free States will be the re-
suit of this civil war, aud peyerfdid better
tldings salute the ear of the white laborer
than this is4announcementsw when authorita.
lively proclaimed. The negro falls aside
in such an event. Il is not in his blood
or muscle or brain.
The distress which prevails in Ireland
toretells the amoupt of labor which viii
be soon added 70 the Union. The condi-
ttou of fafairs here is such that almost ali
their labor will be required by agricultur-
tsts.y It will be expended on the land in-
stead of the cities, and no one who wishes
thew welfare of the emigrant viii regret the
resnlt There is, then, little fear of that
decentralization which 30 often oHertakes
them in the crowded town. Heretofore 9
large amount OF noney Was seut 70 llrelandi
Wheueyer from an evil Government, rather
than from bad harEestsy the people sufer-
led. This supply has been cut off by the
high rates of exchange, and ali that can be