New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-23
THE DRY BONES LIVE.

A mass meeting of Mechanics and Working
Men was held, pursuant TO public notice, in
Charleston, s. c., on the 10Th inst. Though
only Whites were allowed to participate, there
was a large attendance. No shred of sympathy
for or desire to elevate the Blacks was evinced
by this meeting, which, nevertheless, issued an
Address, which says:
"The mighty revolution that has ust passed the
Whole Southern countrs has Frustrated and forever
overthrow the old system Of labor and although II has
caufed ruin ard devastation through the land, ty the
sutenneSs II the and the want OF due prepare
ton for hc great crisis It has accomplished one great
goOd-it has elevated the gOrkingman and made labor
respected Labor has never been considered degrading
but communities o. privileged CLASSES. or whore STAY
ery existed institution. The existence Of priv
legged class 10 our community depended upon TIE cnnin
uafi0n cfSayerv and by il extinction this artificial state
OF society vanished viii IT, The woTAiug classes oil SOulh
bored under nahY disadvantages and have had many
difficulties TO contend against 10 the combination thst
existed with Capital and Slavery. How could white
ablrinC without capital compete. % cOn'fhctoF
with a master workman and dis ten. twenty or more
slaves he would beFo underworked 10 the labor nsrket
that IL would be impossible Tor him to attempt the con
test and be world b. compelled 10 become lOurnoy man
10 the slave capitalists to perform the higher branches
work aloedt his slaves or 10 choose some other
business for tho support Of himself and family Bui TINS
was not The only competition that the White nborng
man had TO contend against the slave Of the rcl man
himself not cohanc or D0ror was as often Ne the
master spoken of before contractor aso and.
though by legislative enactment no slave could compete
with the merchant the doctor the lawyer or paTSOn,
he could compete with the mechanic and worklngman.
All these disadvantages and restrictions are now re
moved and the White YoTkugman has no Longer 20
contend against capital and labor combined aud bis I'D
yanceneLt to honor responsibility and wealth wiz bo
certain and sure. We are satirhed thai the
Abolition q slavery although ~ present looked upon
great calamity viii eventually prove great bless
ing to beloved county In the increased and rtmu
neTaye employ Of our children and the free Write
man az home State. instead OF being forced
10 emf crate other land 10 procure their bread,
producing that strength and prosperity that IN the fu
tlre will be our protection and safeguard
We ask the Working Men Of the North to
ponder this testimony from the Working Men
Of the South, and then consider by wha. arts
80 many of them have hitherto been held in
yassalage to the Slave Power. They were told,
and made to believe, that the Slavery of the
Black tended to elevate and ennOble White
Labor; hear what these Southern laborers-Eot
"niegcr. wor,hipers," mind you!-say on that
point. Working Men of the North! viii You
longer be dupcd by the demagogues who, for
their own benefit, so long held you in yassalage
to the Slave POWerf