The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-05-05

tofore but the democratic party assume to be a
national party the democratic party assume to
maintain the constitution and all its guarantees
as it is. They assume that this constitution that
was made and handed down to us by our forefath j.
ers guarantees the institution of slavery WHEREBY
er found within the United States. They, in ad-
vocatng the constitution of this country as it H.
stand by this institution called slavery, il being
recognized by the constitution of the United
States, which guarantees that it shall not be dis
turbed. Then the democratic party stands on
the constitution of the country. They propose no
innovation. They have made no advance on the
north. They propose the introduction of no new
institution far as the northern states are con-
cerned; but they are disposed to stand by the
constitution of the country, as 1t has been handed
down to them, willing and anxious to abide by its
guarantees. Because a man, in the north, who
agrees that the institution is constitutional who
agrees that the southern states have constitution
al guarantees, stands by an individual in the
outh maintaining these great constitution rights
does that argue that he is in favor of the spread
of African slavery that he is for continuing il
any more than the constitution continues il p
II seems TO me not ; and what the senator LAYS
down as the touchstone of the democratic party,
is not the basis of that party. 1t is question now
before the country, and has been one among 9th
er questions for a considerable length of time
and the time has well nigh arrived, / think, when
senators north and south, east and west had
better begin to look into it, and see where it is
driving u.s."
FREE AND SLAVE LABOR MUTUALLY AID EAcH
oTHEa.
oInstead of there being a conflict, an irrepres
ible conflict, between slave labor and free labor
say the argument is clear and conclusive that
the one mutually benefits the other that slav,
labor is great aid and help to free labor, as vel
Craa lahn IN ali lahn ~
northern man 60, to a very great extent, with
his manufactured articles? He goes to the south
| for market, or the southern merchant goes L
the north and buys them. With what does h,
| buy them? Does he buy them with the products
| of labor that is in conflict with his labors No
| What then: He buys them with the product o
cotton, of rice, of tobacco, and of sugar. Is tina
conflict? The fact that he can produce thes
articles with slave labor, enables him to get thu
means, and sometimes superabundance o
means, by which he can pay the highest price
tor articles raised in the north
| again, when man raises mules and hogs il
| the west and south west, and another man raise
cotton in the south, by means of his slaves,
| there, as before inquired, any competition, an
| irrepressible conflict between them? None.
is not entitled sin any point OF fact, to be dgni
| fed with the appellation of an argument; it
sophistry, the product of ingenuity, calculated,
not intended, to deceive thousands of honest la
boring minds. Sir, had been vain enough &
| think that / could satisfy northern man, stri
him of his predjudices, that the southern ma
who has his capital ineasted in slave labor is hi
best friend. Let US analyze this little more, an
see where il will carry us to. You talk about
slave aristocracy. If it is an aristocracy it is a
aristocracy of labor. What kind of aristocrac
have you in the norths Capital and money
| WhIch is the most odious in its operations-a
aristocracy of money or an aristocracy of labor
oh 10 tha yp,nS rch 4. .
most exacting? Every man has the answer
his own mind