Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-22
Miseellaneons.
HARD TO PLEASE.

| The Daily NetCs this morning writes:
| The working classes of the South are ex-
| posed more than those Of this section at pre-.
sent are, to the pressure Of negro competi-
ticn The equality Of the two begins its as
sertion there, in form more threatening to
the White laborer than even In the case of
the North. The progress of the struggle at
| the South may therefore be watched by the
working classes here as study Of what is, as
yet, but IN progress of development among
| themselves. y
1t is difficult to satisfy men who are deter
mined TO grumble. We have been confden-
| tly assured at different times by the Daily
Aea1s and its friends, the malignant pro-
slavery men.
First, That the free negro win not work at
all, but.
Second, That he will work so much better
than the white laborer, that the latter viii
be injured by the pressure ofnegro competi-
ton
Third, That the country will be ruined by
the idleness of the free blacks, but
Fourth, That the negroes are so eager for
work as to leave none for white workmen.
Fifth, That the negroes are curse to the
country, but.
Sixth, That the slave system, which made
negro breeding regular and profitable bust
an abnormal rate, was divine institution
and blessing to the land.
Seventh, That the negro is naturally an
abject coward, but.
Eighth, That he is most dangerous creal
ture, capable Of rising and murderiog COM
munity double his numbers and with hun
dred times his strength in arms and all pre-.
parations for defence
Ninth, That the negro can only live in a
warm climate, like that of the southern
States, but.
Tenth, That now he is set free there he
will Immediately rush north, and take the
bread out of the mouths of the white work
lngmen here.
the southern fields, which can be cultivated
only by negroes, but.
Twelfth, That the negroes ought all to be
colonized in Africa, or driven off to some re-
mote corner of this continent
Thirteenth, That the freedmen are So stu
pid and ignorant as to be dangerous to the
republic, but.
Fourteenth, That they ought not to be in
structed orpermitted to acquire knowledge.
! Fifteenth That it would be curse to nor
| thern workngmen to have the negroes flock
| into these states, but.
| Sixteenth, That northern workingmen
| ought not to favor policy which would
make the negroes contented to remain in the
South.
Seventeenth, That the workingmen of the
| northern states are the most intelligent, the
| most capable, the most industrious and the
most yirtuous in the world, but.
| Eighteenth, That they viii inevitably be
ruined and deprived of work by the compe-
ition of ignorant and idle negroes.
Nineteenth, That the presence of the
blacks amongst us will always be a source of
difficulty and trouble, but.
Twentieth, That the Emancipation act is
wrong, chiefly because, under its operation,
the negro race is likely to die out, like the
Indians.
These are some of the curious contradic-
tions into which men fall who ignore all
general principales, and follow only the will
Of the wisp of their prejudices. Its not
only in relation to the negro question that
| they are thus blinded-their folly extends to
other affairs. For instance, they assert very
earnestly that a merchant ought to be free
| to sell his goods wherever he wants; but they
viii not have a laborer sell his labor as freely
though that labor creates the goods
| They insist that we shall buy calico In the
| cheapest market, but not labor They laugh
at protective legislation, and yet cry out
| that white workmen must suffer, unless pro-
tected against ''the pressure of negro COM
petition. They welcome immigration from
abroad, at the same time that they try to
persuade workingmen here that the labor
market is already oyerstocked. These are
| the same men who, before the war, declared
| the negro beast, monkey, possessed Of
every vile quality, and terrible danger to
the community, and yet urged the reopen
ing of the African slave trade. AZ T. Eren-
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