The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-14

"'N ~ MUM "5 Hlitnb i eNNNphttI are very |
significant When it remembered thai
her soil is equally If not greatly NOR,
fertile, her climate is much mider and
gives her great advantages in this re-
spect. We have selected Tennessee, the
most prosperous aud enierpiising of al
the slavoholding States. Ten years now
would compensate for tine difference be-
tween the States 80 far as ages are in
volVed II would not give Tennessee as
large a population as Pennsylvania, but
il would give her far more material power
than did the first hundred years give
Pennsylvania. There is another element
of far higher moment. Ii is the amount
Of leisure devoted to the culture OF the
morals and intellect by the laborer in . |
free that is not in slave State. The |
general happiness and independence of |
the former is consideration of the lirst |
moment The State of Pennsy lvania is
not so favorable in this respect as some
of the other free States II is enough
to state this point to all men that have
seen the evidence of tho social and
moral condition Of the free States.
IL has been the custom Of certain per-
sons to denounce al the lsbOrers Of the
Northern States as no better than slaves,
and not 80 well provided for as Southern
slaves. Whilst we do not pretend that
the slaves are badly treated as such,
there is vast difference between the
two classes of laborers. The whole
Union army is made up Of the Northern
lAbOrers. They do not look ike bad
men, or meanIy fed and clothed. II is
not our province 70 argue any such a
proposition. We would not 60 assail the
common sense of any reasonable mar as
TO discuss such proposition. We have
said that the slave as such has not been
badly treated, bat VIII at might be called
bad treatment for slaye we do not
know. TO make human being slave
sthe sum of all that can degrade.
The stimulus of personal indopen-
dence. and personal interest are such
powerful motives that all others must
fail in the course bf years 10 elicit such
results as these have achieved.
The element OF slavery in this State
is not by any means considerable. II
consists of about 275, 600 slaves and less
than 10000 shareholders proper, put the
sum at 100000. The nom Shareholders
are about 800 900. Thus the proportion
is as 10 8, Let these men make any
arrangement possible TO dispose OF on
provide for the three. II will bo labo,
of no magnitude TO send them TO Next
co, South America or Africa. Ii will
cost no centuriea to do any such work
The business Of the State, the present
labor that che now is accomplishing il
simply substituting free for slaue labor
Some may find fault with robels for thai
course but we have no cause for any com.
plant. The greater the struggle they
make the more certain and thorough will
be the regeneration of the country.
The peaceful man may say eradua
emancipation is the scheme. True wber
the slaves are neither numerous no,
profitable, it has succeeded. Histor,
teaches one lesson, ere iAat terribl
one. Men never let 60 their erasp q
power but by The agency OF the swort
Physical agents are good when they al
used to work outs moral revolution.
There are redeeming traits in Oh
character of the people of Tenneeso
They are not Of the bloods. They a,
the true pleboians. They are simpl
honest, intelligent and brave. The
will embrace readily the doctrines
freedom when once presented 10 the,
fairly, and without the influence Of d,
signing politicians, whose whole ski
is Ia concealment. 10 is from the chal
acter Of tho people that we have hon
II they suffer such politicians as Ker
lucky has recently produced to deluc
them from their honest and real ohara,
ter into the adoption Of temporizir
policy they will entail . food Of mis-,
ries on them and their posterity Ev,
IN Kentucky the life of the people b
gins to be felt in the election of h
governor and two Of her Congressme
Her giant statesman had departed en-
a race OF spaniels followed The no,
pie are coming forth, and the dsw,
new life begins In Tepnesse, n
diferent--heg loyal men are th, frisr
of Democracy in true sense. TN,
love liberty for its own sake. Havi,
caught its inspiration from their fat
ers, from their own beautiful land fra
the God that holds In his hand the dc
dny Of their country, they hope 10
their homes redeemed from the shack
that have 30 long lyttersd iho souls "a
bodies Of mg1