Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-06-14

a COMMITTEES to investigate The facts attending
tie attack Vpon Harper'S Ferry, IN McJaH
Of 1859 commonly kao,0a as The JoHN
BRowN RAID"
Continued
Instead Of there being q conflict, an ir-
vepressble conflict, between slave labor
md free labor, | say the argument Is
dear and conclusive that the one mutual
II benefits the other that slave labor is a
Great help aud aid 10 free labor, as well
IS free labor TO slave labor. Where does
he northern man 60, to very great eX-
lent with his manufactured articles? He
soes 10 the South for market, or the
southern merchant goes to the North and
buys them. With what does he buy them
Does he buy them with the product Of la
for that is in conflict with his labor? No.
What then? lie buys them with the pro-
duet OF cotton, of rice, of tobacco, and of
sugar. Is that conflict? Tho fact that
ne can produce these articles with slave
labor, enables him to get the means, and
sometimes superabundance of means,
by which he eau pay higher prices for ar
| tcles raised in the North.
Again, when a man raises mules and
hogs in the West and Southwest, and an
o,Ser man raises cotton in the South, 10y
means Of his slaves, is there, as | before
incurred any competition, any irrepress-
bic conflict betw cen item? None, 1t is
not entitled, in point of fact, 10 10 diLni-
fed with the appellation Of an argument;
il is sophi3try, the product Of ingenuity,
calculated, il not intended, to deceive
thousands Of honest laboring minds Sir,
had been vain enough TO think that |
could satisfy q northern man, strip him
Of his pIeiudices, that the southern man
who has his capital invested in slave la
bor, is his best friend. Let lis analyze
This little more, and see where it will
carry US to. You talk about a slave aris
tocracy. If it is an aristocracy, il is an
sristocrac of labor. What kind Of aris.
,ooracy have YOU in the North ? Capital
and money. Which is the most odious in
lis operalions-an aristoCracy of money OF
an syistocracy of lNbor2 Which IS the
most upyieldinC? Which is the most ex
acting? Every man has the answer in
his own mind,
But to illustrate still further. The
southern man puts his capital into labor,
Tie commences tnr production vi cJvto"
orany other product peculiar to slave la
bor. Is he moi interested in obtaining the
highest urics for slave laGorl His captgl
?r slave labor. His talent, his mind
and his influence arr employed 10 make
pl,ye labor productive. and, at the same
time. to make it yiold the greatest amount
in dollars and ceols; and just in proper
lion As he car find new markets, devise
more ways and means for consumption
and thereby increase the price, in the ve
RI same proportion increases his mear!
to DO what? WheneVer you seo cot .or
and the other great staple OF tie SouIl
run IN in price, does not everything in
crease in ptice, does not every articl,
manufactured al the North run up cor
= Tespordinsly? Thus the southern man
in obtaining the highest price for the pro
due. of his capital invested in labor, get
tho means for which he pays the highes
price for labor. lie is interested in get
ling the highest price FOR his products
and ty doing go he becomes enabled tt
pay the highest price for free labor, an
he 10 the most reliable advocate and th
best friend of tho laboring man at th
North. Who can contradict the propos
iion! He is interested in obtaining th
highest prices, and he pays correspondent
prices for everything that he consumes
VINO gets tho benefit ol il?
As said Just now, there is a conflic
going on botNeen capital aud labor. ID
we not know that u man who has hi
thousand dollars invested in slave pre-
duo;ng cotton is interested in the prt
duct of that labor, while the man VIII
has h,s thousand dollars invested in NOR
ey is interested in reducing the price {
labor. Capital at the North is tbs opprer
sor OF the isboring man. There is wher
The oppression is; there is where the il
rspressible conAic! exists. 1t is betwee
The dollars and cents Of the North an
The lrsa labor of the North, not belwee
slave labor and free labor.
III were disposed, Mr.. President,
might press this point still further. haV
no doubt that in the event Of a dis'oIutlo
Of thi, Union, Great Britain would try tc
time to make friendly terms with tn
roulhern States, because it would be
her interest to do so. The North man'
features and SO docs Great Britain. lie
capital does not consist in labor; it col
Bists in money, which is always arraye
against labor. Leaving that out Of viey
60 deeply Interested in the abolition
slavery in the United States ia plain, ar
it must be apparent to all who wou
think about ii. Her capital exists in NJ
ney and stocks as the capital OF the no
slavehoiding States does. Capital
Great Britain is arrayod against oppresst
and downtrcdden free labor. In the U
lied States, what do they behold? Thr
thousand two hundred million dollars !
vested in labor. Put the four mllic
slaves in the South at $500 apiece, q,
the result is SO, ,2OO, 100000 invested in
Dor. DO you not see that that amount
capital is identified with labor, trying
extort from the moneyed capital of 9
world high prices for tho product OF tn
labor? X Great Britain could succeed
diverting the investment or abolishina
altogether, what would she do2 Suppo
that So, 200 900. 900 should go into dolla
and cents, 10 you not see that those wi
| own tho oaniIal would take sides wi