The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-12-08

will be best promoted IL the several
States will provide adequate protec.
tion and remedies for the freedmen.
Until this Is in some way accomplish
ed there is no chance for the advan-
tageous use of their labor, and the
/ blame of ill success will not rest on
them,
know that the sincere philanthro
py is earnest for the immediate real
izaton of its remotest aims; but
time is always an element in reform.
IL is one of the greatest acts on rec
ord TO have brought four millions Of
people into freedom. The career of
free industry must he fairly opened
to them; and then their future pros
! lpcrity and condition must, after all,
rest mainly on themselves. If they
T fail, and so perish away, let us be
careful that the failure be not attrib-
utable to any denial of justice. In
all that relates to the destiny of the
freedmen we need notl be too anx-
ious to read the future; many incl
dents which, from speculative
point of view might raise alarm, will
quietly settle themselves.
Now that slavery is at an end, or
near its end, the greatness OF its
evil. in the point of view of public
economy, becomes more and more
apparent. Slavery was essentially a
monopoly of labor, and as such lock
/ ed the States where it prevailed
, against the incoming of free industry
, Where labor was the property of the
capitalist the white man was eXclud
! ell from employment, or had but the
second best chance of finding It; and
the foreign emigrant turned away
from the region where his condition
-, would be so prccarious. With the
, destruction of the monopoly, free la.
Dor will hasten from all parts Of .hc
|, world to assist in developing the va
rious and immcasurable resources
} which have hitherto lain dormant -
, The eight or nine States nearest tho
Gulf of Mexico have soil of exu
g berant fertility, climate friendly to
( long life, and can sustain a denscl
+. population than is found as yetin any
G part of our country. Aad the { ltur,
S influx of population TO them will bC
G mainly from the North, or from th'
most cultivated nations of Europe
From the sufferings that have attend
r cd them during our late struggle, lie
5 us look away to the future, which i
sure to be ladened for them will
Z greater prosperity than has over be
o fore been known. The removal o
the monopoly of slave labor is
II pledge that those rcgioas will he pco
:. pied by numerous and cntcrprisin!
/ population, which will vie with an
C in the Union in compactness, inven
n tive genius, wealth and industry.
!. Oar Government syringe from an
,e was made :or the peoplc-not tn
+ people Tor the Government. L
Ie them it owes allegiance; from theI
N it derives its courage, strength an
G wisdom. But, while the Governmcr
h. is thus bound to defer to the pceplt
:. from whom it derives its eXistcnc
Id it should, from the very considers
ic tion of its origin, be strong in il
ment of equalities. Monopolie
So perpetuities and class legislation, a
81 contrary to the genius of free Go
We ernment, and ought not to be ALLOW
n cd. Heges there is HaJ09m for fa
in principle of our government il tn
rn OF equa! laws and freedom ofindu
I'd try. Wherever monopoly obtains
Id foothold, it is sure to be source
s. danger, discord and trouble. "
on shall fulfill our duti as legislato
ch by according "equal and exact in
VS. tice to all men, special privileg,
lr to none. The government is subo
dlnaic to the people; but, as Il
er agent and representative of the pc
Ie- pie, it must be held superior to m
to nopolies, which, in themselves. oug
ch never to be granted, and which, VIII,
re, they exist, must be subordinate al
al yield to the government.
ed The Constitution confers on Co
In gress the right to regulate CONNER
ey among the several States. 1t is
i'll the first necessity, tor the maint
he nance of the Union, that CONNER
.es should be free and unohstructed.
N No State cen be justified in any Il
er- vice to tax the transit of travel ~
ms commerce between States. The y
m sition of many States is such thu
We If they were allowed to take adva
ill tagc OF it for purposes of local rev
ne nue., the commerce between Stat
20 might be injuriously burdened,
even virtually prohibited, 1t is be;
lat while the country is still young, al
is while the tendency to dangerous m
". nopolies of this kind are still feebl
N to use tue power of Congress so /,
is to prevent any selfish impeachment
es the free circulation of men and me
cir chandiye. A tax on travel and me
to chandise, in their transit, constitut,
lst one of the worst forms of monopol
90 and the evil is increased if couple
It with q denial of choice of route
ld When the vast extent of our couI
- try is considered, it ia plain that G.
D. cry obstacle to the free circulate
of of commerce between the Stat
in ought to be sternlyguarded G in /
ID appropriate legisla ~, Wit in. the lin
in its of the Constitution.
I'd The report of the Secretary of I'll
h, Interior explains the condition
- the public lands, the transactions
I'd the Patent Oilce and Pension Bure n
v the management OF our Indian a
lie fairs, the progress made in the COZ