Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-01-21
Southern Opinion Of Mechanics.

II tncro oe any WelFmeanlnR out uefud-
ed mechanics among US who have -advocat.
ed the cause OF those now IN arms against
the Government, aud have sought BY all the
means in their power to disparaee the
efforts of our people to subdue those who
would destroy this couatry utterly aud for.
ever, we beg them to road the following ex.
tracts from the Richmond Ecaminer, and
ponder upon the animus or spirit which
prompted the paragraphs alluded to. What
can be the future Of any nation or country
which 80 despises operatives OF all classes?
Disaffected workingmen ut the north who
pine for a more intimate association with
rebels, Should read carefully the extracts
appended. We quote.--, M 80 .s..e..
'Even before the war the socalled work
ingmsn' had their candidates in our larger
towns; and sine, the war we have seen in
the very Capital of the Confederacy an sp-
palling display Of mechanic 'goosery, which
nearly frightened our worthy Representa-
tives out Of their propriety. Indeed, such
is the arrogance Of the few artisans Of the
South, that we'll meaning men, who, few
months ago, reveled in visions of the future
Development of the material resources of
Virginia, stand aghast at the sequel of their
dreams as they foresee the whole 'ohaos
come again Of q corrupt civilization all
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les of Germany, the phalansteries Of the
French communists. the extravaganzas OF
English radicals, running riot through our
; Southern country. Mills and manufactures
an every stream and in every valley would
; be poor compensation for the introduction
Of such a crew Of the sons ana daughters OF
Beial; and no wonder that those who cling
with love, which is often the highest reason,
! to the old framework of our society, shud
der at tho thought Of Lowell on the Ap
pornattox, or Manchester in the Piedmont
region. And yet they see no other future
{ for the Border States Of the Confederacy
. Slave labor is to be Withdrawn from the
northern side of the James, and the country
is literally and metaphorically to 70 to grass
The old lords of the soil are to migrate q
, the far South, and Yankee and Yankeeist
Southerns are to dye the rivers Of Virgini,
with indigo and copperas, and make hel
skies black with the smoke of her furnaces
q Then the fatal process which led to the dis
> solution of the old Union is to be repeated
: aud another fratricidal war augurated
> The old framework of our society
4 means Of course slave labor. In snothe
il part the rebel editor says
II but suppose, for the sake Of argument
), that after the war is over manufactures wi
: : be found to pay in the. South. Even the
!, we are not disposed to admit that our sociu
e system will necessarily undergo a radios
d change, and we shall be forced to imp0i
>, laborcrs from abroad, and with those Inbo
u ors the germs OF Red Republicanism an
4 its kindred tares. An easier solution Of tn
70 problem is found In the advanced INTEL
u gence Of our slave population, who are, i
T. some respects, not whit behind the opcrr
er tives of Lancashire. When the black
ia cease to be profitable in the field we ca
Id transfer them 10 the workshops; and tt
j. more elaborate the fabric the more minui
is the subdivision Of lahor-the easier will |
o, the management of the race, the less II
M M danger from the thievish propensities of tn
IL peculiar people. Everybody knows, q
he though everybody seems determined
on blink at the dsagreeable fact, that Of la
iI C years all the higher order of slavos, sue
ar MS domestic servants and mechanics. ha,
N been bent on the acquisition of m me
or which they either hoard with sensele
ar avarice or spend with reckless profusio
~ Hence we have said that such slave lab
ch Us may not be profitable in agricultural
We domestic serviluds should be employed
ciI those manufactures which require varie
l'd of independent processes, rather than
~, a,' the more simple handicrafts for which alo
Ia uukiO operatives udNo uCcu uccufou ut
the all events, the capacity Of the negro ra
Yep for manufacturing operations, not simr
ish for the heavy work of the foundory and d
OH Touring mill, but for the production of d.
ted icate fabrics of every kind, deserves seri
il of careful experiments at the hands of tho
her who wish on the one hand to see our. systs
r. Of slavery perpetuated and developed, a
; ~ y. on the other to prevent the rise OF me
his mechanical class; which by its license,
halt education, its narrow views, its !,
,ld moral standard, has endangered every fol
to Of free government, and has always prov
m the worst foe to social order"
nj Even the corrupt governments OF the c
World recognize and admit the claims
q = labor, and encourage industry in all posi-
IN. ways, but this stupied editor is Of opini
sut that when the war is over, and if their lea
be ers had succeeded in their attempts, tn
sk would have been able to do as they CHI
oaii 'mi with white mechanics. The tone Of I
m. extracts is worthy of notice by all artisa'
ise They have reason to thank themselves Il
as n the society they live. respectable mech,
to les are as much honered aud esteemed
,b the highest officials in the land. Il Scientl
ice American. r..r
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