Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-12-14

can be permanently secured in no
other way. And If the one ought
to be able to enforce the contract,
so ought the other. The pihlic
interest will be the best promoted
if the several States will provide
adequate protection and remedies :
for the freedmen. Until this is in
some way accomplished, there is
no chance for the advantageous
use of their labor; and the blame
of ill-success will not rest ON
them.
Iknow that sincere philahthro-
py is earnest for the immediate re-
alization of its remtoest aims; but
time is always an element in re-
form. 1t is one of the greatest
acts on record to have brought four
millions of people into freedom
The career Of free industry must
be fairly opened to them; and then
their future prosperity and con-
dition must, after all, rest mainly,
on themselves. Ii they fail, and
SO perish away, let US be careful
that the failure shall not be attribs
utable to any denial of Justice
In all that relates to the destiny of
the freedmen, we need not be too
anxious to read the future; many
incidents which, from a specula-
tive point of view, might raise
alarm, will quietly settle them
selves.
ADVANTAGES OF FREE LABOR.
Now that slavery is at an end
or near its end, the greatness Gifts
evil, In the point of view of public
economy, becomes more and more
; apparent. Slavery was essential
ly monopoly. Of labor, and as
such locked the States where it
prevailed against the incoming of
: tree industry. Where labor yves
E the property of the capitalist, the
D white man WAS excluded from en-
: ployment, or had but the second
Il best chance of finding it; and the
S foreign emigrant turEed away
n from the region where his condi-
) ton would be so precarious.-
/ With the destruction Of the mo-
d nopoly, free labor will hasten from
all parts of the civilized world to
/ assist in developing various and
e unreasonable resources WHICH
; have hitherto lain dormant. The
: eight or nine States nearest the
n Gulf of Mexico have q soil of eXu.
o berant fertility, a climate flierdly
:, to long life, and can sustain a den
a ser population than is found as yet
e i'll any part of our country. And
e the future influx Ct population to
: them will be mainly from the
: North, or from the most cultivated
S nations in Europe From the suf-
: ferings that have attended them
: during our late struggle, let us
look away to the future, which is
sure to he laden for them with
e greater prosperity than ever was
e before been known. The reno
It val of the monopoly of slave labor
n is pledge that those regions will
y be peopled by a numerous ard
enterprlsingpopulation which viii
J. vie with any i'll the Union in COM
pactness, inventive genius and III
{ dustry.
t OURS GOVERNMENT OF TIE PEOPLE.
i Our Government springs from
: and was made for the people-not
), the people for the Gcvernment.-
h To them it owes allegiance; from
/ them it must derive its courage,
r strength, and wisdom. But While
i the Government is thus bound to
: defer to the people, from whom it
0 derives its existence, it should,
: from the very consideration of its
| origin, be strong in Its power of
| resistance to the establishment Of
Y inequalities. Monopolies, perpetu-
= tiles, and class legislation, are con-
, trary to the genius Of free govern
= ment, and ought not to be allowed.
Here, there is no room for favored
, classes ormonopolies; the principle
/ OF our Government is that Of e.
| quail laws and freedom ofiudustry.
: Wherever monopoly attains a foot
! hold, it is sure to be a source Of
| danger, discord and trouble. We
shall but fulfil our duties as legis-
; lators by according "equalSnd ex-
act justice to all men," special
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