New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-08-07

Ma. Passnsxr AND FaLlew OEnscaAa:
Amoag tho epdlring monuments Of pas
ages, serving - connecting link With the
present, none are more clearly identified with
no. only the ,sry being, but With the vel
fare and hsppiness Of nations, than tho laws
tha. havo given shsps, tone and vigor-to
the institutions Of sountry.-or brought in
their train inbscility and premature decay.
The laws Of q nation without ostentstioa
and without conesslmsnt exhibit its sup
posed wants. ito virtues and ito vices The
laws that have marked the policy and shsp-
cd and controlled the destiny Of . people, ere
the purest sourss from whish 10 trace the
philosophy Of the riss and tsn Of nstisna'
grandeur and power. The laws that govern
. people whether past or present are the un.
mistakable landasrks poiutingft TO it, history
He who would beoome familiar with the
progress or rstrosre.sion Of any portion Of
tho human family at any particular period
ofthe worlds history, has only 70 become
acquainted with the laws that governed them
st any definite period, to prefix the precise
date Of their decline or advance in greatness,
in wealth, in virtue, in civil and religious
liberty. For instance, whea we ind among
the Statutes ofa people or State, lava COM
polling ell persons to worship God according
to the conscience Of the lawgiver, without
being permitted to once consult his own sos
scisnce, We know that religious intolerance
vss the characteristic Of that age and when
We ~ Statutes for burning Witches and 6nd
the court salandsr Of any people abounding
in cases and eonvictsns, We ss-d not read
the history Of that people further to learn
that it IVES eoatroled by saper'siaous ave.
Yet these principles are not more imnu,sbls
than the law of labor.
Aud il 10 universally admitted truth that
labor 10 tho source Of all wealth, and thst
capital under whstsvsr name or form It
exist, ;s but the surplus produced BY labor,
over consumption. Another and important
truth is, that tho unaidsd.labor Of . single
individual can produce hnt little more thsn
will supply the demands 81 nature, and that
however productive may be the soil. he. will
At the end sfeash year have but );etis sar.
plus after supplying his swn wants.
10 the early days mans wealth increased
according 70 the number Of sons he had, and
who then were, - they now. are, legal slaves
until the ago Of twenty.one. In this manner
It was ascsrtainsd that the production was
increased and the surplus augmented by
taking care that these sons should consume
less than they earned. It was also ascertain,
I'D that there we're many psrsous that wore
tao ;ndolent 70 labor, snd that they might
not be tax upon the energy q those who
did. and would labor, the remedy WAS to
force them 70 put - much capital, that is Il.
Dor. into the public - would produce the
amount they annually consumed. From
these admitted facts sprung up system Of
slavery, which with many notifications has
prevailed from the early ages Of civilization
down 70 tho present time, and from which al'
the wealth OF capital existing has sprung.
The enduring monuments Of antiquity. tho
masni6osncs ofmodsrn grandeur, tho power
and elorv Of States, the wealth Of individ.
uals and manufacturing companies, are bat
tho results Of slave labor. the bearded &C.
cumulation of forced servitade. Whenever
labor becomss 70 ohsap from IN excess Of
supply over demand, thss The trss lsborsr
for HE wages caa make only his food and
clothing there osasss 70 bs value in slave
property: but tinstssd the ownership becomes
burden, because the cid the in6rn, sud the
infsnt require care, food snd clothing with
no rsmunsrating latof.
HAyTl AND JAMAICA.
Fellow Democrats, to apply these prinoi.
pl4s lot % now take . glance ~ The eond;t-
ION Of Hsyti, . French colony, and Of Jamseia
an English colony, contrasting shsir pro-
ducts and their value to civilization and .hu
manity, before the herssy Of emancipation
L n A..>l IL. >>:~o~ - "a - - tic. h1>~l ao6