The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-04
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The manifesto Of the late Rebel Con
gress commences as follows
Compelled by long series Of oppressive
and tyrsnnical acts, eliminating a. lest m
the selection Of a President and Vice Pres
dent bya 8 party coniessedly sectional anc
hostile 10 the South and her institutions,
these States withdrew from the former
Union, and formed a new Con 'edera'e al
ance "a "a independent JoFerDmen
BASED on THE. PROPER RELATION
OF LABOR AND CAPITAL.
This extract, thus boldly ayowing the
real designs Of the instigatora Of the
rebellion, should be read, and carefully
consideped by every laboring man
The broad declaration that the relation
between master and slave, IS the PRO
per- relation between capital and labor,
thus shamelessly uttered, justifes al
the charges which have been made
against the tendencies Of slavery, since
the revolution. The extract makes no
exceptions in favor Of the white man;
none against the negro; all laborers
should be slaves, is the logical conclu-
sion arrived at by the conspiratorsi
and their desire is to form an indie
pendent government, based upon their
theories. The laborer cannot continue
long an independent man, where slave
~ exists to any great extent Foryears
the expressions Of the master have been
driving the laboring whites TO the free
States; no free man could obtain en-
ployment where slaves could be OBJ
tanned
We all recollect the condition of af-
fairs before the war the negro would
be hired out at from sl2O to $3.50 per
year, while the laboring white man, in
dsfa,lh Of slare h5or, could get S. or $40
per month, during the busiest seasons.
The planter would not patronize free
labor, SO long as he could obtain that Of
slavea We assert a truth so palpable
that no one viii dispute it, who hasever
experienced the workings Of slavery in
q community.
The check upon the designs Of the
leading malcontents-those political
leaders who controlled the legislatures
Of nearly all the Southern States
which connection with the north oc-
casioned, was long CALLING to them, and !
they avowed, more than once, that if
they obtained Independence, they would /
recognize no relation between the capi- |
talist and laborer but that. Of master |
and slave Public journals and public
speakers ayowed these heinous doc
trines without a blush, and the RicL-
mond Wing, less than two months since,
reiterated the same views
There can be no question but those
who have been canting disunion these
thirty years, did so, not from any fear o.
any encroachments on the part Of the |
North, but because they could not,
while in the Union, carry out their de
signs against the whole class Of labo-
rers.
It is indeed s1ror rising that any PEG
pie, or the representatives ofany people, |
could be found, in this age, particularly
ir this country, who would 50 wantonly
insult civilization, and christianity, as
TO advocate theory so heinous as the
one quoted; yet we have body ofmen
dignifed with the title Of congress; q
body representing those who went wi
lingly into the rebellion. renly pro
claiming that the great end 70 be at
tanned by the revolution, as the forma-
ton Of an independent confederacy in
which only slave labor should be per
mittedi in which the poor white man
would be compelled to choose between
master, and exile, as the free negroes
Of many of the States have heretofore
done.
On account Of the scarcity of news
papers in the South, and their high
price, few Of the common soldiers viii
ever see the address; indeedit was not
intended for them; but if one who was
compelled TO rely for his support upon
his owR labor, should chance to obtain
8 copy, he would certainly feel con
soled for all the hardships, and trials,
and dangers. and privation, he has suf-
fered How rejoiced he will be to find
that all these things have been endured
that he might have the felicity of being
made a slave; that bis relations with
the rich planter may be placed upon a
''proper" basis.
he viii discover that with the return
Of peace, his cares viii disappear; they
viii be magnanimously assumed by a
few wealthy men, who viii have no
other occupation, than that Of caring
for him His children-he need sup
port them no longer he need care for
them no morei they win have masters
their relations" with the aristocracy
viii be eninently proper" they viii
be slaves, they, and their descendants
forever.
Re-enlist, lahorers Of the South; 60
in for another term; who would not
endure twenty years Of privstions, to
secure the blessings in store for you II
Your enthusiasm should be unbound
ed; should be in proportion to the
greatness Of your reward
Important Developments.