The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-07
zRRREIdNG. Va THRSDA AY MORNING DECEMBER q 1866

ton andGeSpatriatiun is not to be cues
Lohedt would not advise their. forced
removal and colonization. Let us
rather encourage them to honorable and
useful industry, where it may be bene-
hc1aI to themselves and the country;
and, instead of hasty auticipations oi
the certainty Of failure, let there be
nothing wanting to the fair trial of the
Fexperiment. The change in their con-
d1tlon is the substitution of labor by
contract for the status of slavery. The
freshman annot fairly be accused OF
nnwillingness to work, so long as a
doubt remains about his freedom OF
choice in his pursuits, and the certainty
OF his recovering his stipulated wages.
IN TINS the interests of the employer
and employed coincide. The employer
desires in his workmen spirit and
alacrity, and these can be permanently
secured in no other way. And If the
one ought TO be able TO enforce the con-
tEaeti so ought the other. The public
interest Will be best promoted, if the
several States will provide adequate
prot ectiOn and remedies for tho freed.
| mrsni Until this is in some way ac-
complished, there is no chance for the
advantageous use of their labor; and
Inc blame of nl-snccesS will not rest on
| them. - .9lial aITT 1Ii y
I !; I know that sincere philanthropy is
earnest for the Immediate realization Of
it's remptest aims; but time is always an
element in reform It 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 their future
| prosperity and condition, must Il after
all, rest mainly on themselves. If they
inl, and SO perish away, let MS be care
tuL that the failure shall not be attribu.
Iaple TO any denial of justice. In all
n a.. r
men, I'VE need not be too anxious tc
read the future; many incidents which
from speculative point of view, might
raise alarm, will quietly settle them.
selves. ,la i.la ,is =. ---.1'-
SLAVERY a doNoPoLY, OF LABOR.
Now that slavery is at an end, or near
its end, the greatness of its evil, in the
point of view of public economy, be-
comes moro and moro apparent. Sla-
very was essentially monopoly of la
Dor, and as such locked the States where
it-prevailed against the incoming OF
free industry. Where labor was the
property of the capitalist, the white
man was excluded from employment,
or had hut the second best chance OF
finding it; and the foreign emigrant
turned away from the region where his
condition would be SO precarious. With
the destruction of the monopoly, free
labor will hasten from all parts of the
civilized world to assist in developing
various and immeasurnbla resources
which have hitherto lain dormant. The
eight or nine States nearest the Gulf of
Mexico have soil of exuberant fertili-
.ty, climate friendly to long life, and
can sustain denser population than is
found as yet,in any part of our country.
And the future influx of population TO
them will be mainly from the North, or
from the most cultivated nations in Eu-
rope. From the sufferings that have
attended them during our late strug-
giles, let us look away to the future.
which is sure to beiladen for them with
greater prosperity than has ever before
been known. The removal of the mon
opoly of slave labor is a pledge that
those regions will be peopled by a nu-
merous and enterprising population,
Which will vie with any in the Union in
eompactness, inventive genius, wealth
and industry. Q
no MoNoPoLY-EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL.
a Our Government springs from and
wtls made for the people1not the peo-
pie for the Government. To them it
owes allegiance: from them it must de-
rive its courage, strength and wisdom.
But while the Government is thus
bound to defer to the people, from
whom it derives its existence, it should,
from tho very consideration of its ori-
10 the establishment ofainequalities.
honopolies, perpetuities, and class leg
islatton, are contrary. to the genius Of
free eeLGovernment, and ought not to be
allowed. Here, there is no room for
taYored classes or monopoIies-the
principle of our Government is that of
equal laws and freedom of industry.
Wherever monopoly attains foothold,
1t Is sure to be n source of danger, dis
cord and trouble. We shall but fulfil
our duties as Legislators by according
equal and exact justice to all men, p
special privileges to none. The Govern
ment is subordinate, to the people; but,
as the agent and representative of the
people, it must be held superior to mo-
nopolies, which, in themselves, ought
never to be granted, and which, where
they exist, must be subordinate and
yield to the Government.
THE COMMERCE. BETwEEN STATES.
The Constitution confers on Congress
the right to regulate commerce among
the several States, 1t is of the first me-
cessity, for the maintenance of the
Tree and unobstructed. No State can
be justified in any device to tax the
transit travel and commerce between
States. The position of many States is
such that IL they were allowed to take
advantage of it for purposes of local
,,a;nht Is tne e9tnLneree between States
nlsnS De ny utiously Dqrdened, or even
the country is still young, and while
oRs w. .t';l Ie! 70 9nn1sero1s monopolies
SI.tilI tlis Is SILL feeble, 70 use the
power OF Congress SO as to prevent any
se.t,sn SEN Ir imp Inoealnent to the free cireula-
". C.Oii i.1al1 Vi tieh anu neEchandlse. a tax
III, Stt.Nel anu nercnanulse, IN their
transit, constitutes one of the worst
forms of InOuODOlV. and the avi1 iS in.
ots;se y y Wltn denial OF the
SiI1yISSe I l ol s. Eouks. : " men the vast extent