The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-10-03
Hard 10 Please.

IN the case of the North. The progress
of the struggle at the South may mere mere.
fore be watched by the working classes
49, a. study of what is, as yet, but IN
n,oo,ess of development among them
II !. difficult to satisfy men who are
determined to grumble. We have been
confidently assured, at different times, by
che Daiy NeacS and its friends, the ma
lignant proslaVery men, -
First, That the free negro Will not
work at all but ,
Second, That he will work so much
bstter than the white laborer, that the
latter will be injured by the pressure OF
negro competition" d,
Third. That the country will be ruined
bv the idleness of the free blacks but
Fourth, That the negroes are 50 eager
for work as to leave none for white work
men.
Fifth, That the negroes are curse to
the country; but
Sixth, That the slave system, which
made negro-b breeding a regular and prof.
itable business, and thus increased their
numbers at an abnormal rate, was dl-
vine institution and blessing to the land.
Seventh, That the negro Is naturally
an abjsct coward but
Eighth, That be is q most dangerous
creature, capable Of rising and numbering
q community double his numbers and
with a hundred times bis strength IN
arms aud all preparations for defence.
Ninth. That the negro can only live IN
g warm climate, like that Of the Southern
States but
Tenth. That now be is set free there,
be will Immediately rush North, and take
the bread out Of the mouths Of the white
workiDgmen here. ;,
Eleventh, That white men canont work
in the Southern feds, which can be cuI-
tivated only by negroes; but
Twelfth, That the negroes ought all to
be colouized 10 Africa, or driven OFT to
some remote corner of this continent.
Thirteenth, That the freedmen are SO
etupid and ignorant as to be dangerous
to the republic; but
Fourteenth, That they ought not to be
instructed or permitted tc acquire knoWl-
edge.
Fifteenth, That it would be curse to
Northern workingmen to have the me-
groes flock into these States but
Sixteenth, That Northern workingmen
ought not to favor a policy which would
make the negroes contented to remain In
the South.
Seventeenth, That the workingmen of
the Northern States are the most inteIli-
gent, the most capable, the most indus
trious and the most virtuous in the
world; but .u.
Eighteenth, That they will inevitably
be ruined and deprived Of work by the
competition Of ignorant and idle negroes
Nineteenth, That the presence OF the
blacks amongst US Will always be source
of difficulty and trouble but
Twentieth, That the Emancipation act
is wrong, chiefly because, under It's oPe
ration, the negro race is likely to die out,
like the Indians.
These are some Of the curious contra
dictions into which men fall who Ignore
all general principles, and follow only the
wili.o'.tbe.wsp of their prejudces. Ii
is not Only IN relation to the negro cues
tion that they are thus blinded-thelI
folly extends to other affairs. For ms
tance, they assert very earnestly that a
merchant ought to be free to sell bis
goods wherever he wants; but they vii
not have a laborer sell his labor as freely
though that labor creates the goods
They insist that he shall buy calico il
the cheapest market, but not labor. They
laugh at the absurniues and crudities Of
"protective legislation" and yet cry ou
that white workmen must suffer, unless
protected against "the pressure of negro
competition" They welcome immigra
tion from abroad, at the same time they
try to persuade workingmen here tha
the labor market is already overstocked
These are the same men who, before the
war, declared the negro beast, mon
key, possessed of every vile quality, anc
a terrible danger to the community, ano
yet urged the re,opening of the African
slave trade.-Y Y. Erening Post.
Eight million six hundred acres o
coal fields, which make an extensive sur
rounding near Pittsburgh, rate at an av
erage depth of eight feet, and are eiti
mated to contain SO, ,5l6, 100000 tuns 0
coal, which, at 81 per tun, would b
worth SlO7, ,032, 100000, or four thous
and millions Of national debt paid twenty
seven times, or a thousand years gol
and silver producut of California and Ne
vada, supposing their yield to be on
hundred millions every year. This
plausbly quoted as fact in itself of grea
encouragement. Add to the SUN giver