The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-25

be CARRYING out in good faith the principles es-
tablished by the homestead. ana extending to all
the benefits and exemptions no" conuned 10
comparatively few.
TIE ANTAGONIST OF LABOR AND cAPIrAI-A
SPECIMEN DEhAGoGcE
This brings Governor Scott TO MS pet theme
He says:
Among the evils Of civilization may be deemed
the antagOnism OF capital anu lapor, anu the
striles and conflicts which generaly accompany
il. Perhaps In no portion OF our Republic has
this antagOnism been more lnperlousiy enforced
aud mere distinctly recoSnlzeu tlan IN Soulh
Carolina, where, among the iarSe iahueu prOprle,
tors who owned to a great extent, the soil and
controlled its legislation, the iaoOrer. wnetner
white or colored, was considered on 4 level win
the slave and IL there was any discrimination IL
was in favor OF the slave. VINO generally nau au
owner and. therefore q protector In the con-
trolling class, while the White laoorer oWheu
himself and had to care FOR hlInsel, ana no SOIL.
Citude was felt for him, except upon the eve Oh
au election when his vote was wanted. ii talnt
ed with the blight of labor, 1t was OF no conse
uucnce how intelligent or worthy IN otlcr re-
spects the individual might be. an lntefdlct Ike
that which expelled our iirst parents from hueh
rested OH him, and the remark o! some rosy
lippel maiden. he Is only mechanic, haS been
the fiat Of ostracism 10 many a promising anu
aspiring young man from the chhrineu circle ol
GOOD society, and frequently OF exile from friends
and home TO a community where labor was not
disgrace nor being mecnatic dlsreputaD!e.
or the eXtont of this vital loss 10 llc SOUTH some
estimate may be made from the TACT tbai, III ai-
ditlOn TO tile many thousands scatiercu through
out the West there are upwards OF seventeen
thousand SOutherncrs. goodly porliOh OF whom
are from South Carolina, at tne present hl0!neht t,
devOtng their talents and energies 10 ihe oullH'
Ing up and extending the arcauy enormous Dllsl-
ness Uf the City Of New YORK.
And vet many Of The class whose former domi-
nance was so balelul to tile general interest anu
prosperity of the state. inscnslDc 10 tle aiictFe
prh
recently PASSED. learned nothing, forgetting
nothing, nor realizing that they are only the
shadows of the power they once eXerclSeu wh'ie
not only their sceptre but Their dominion IL rap
jdIy passlng from them into the hands OF the
speculator and the money lender, and OF those
who feed and faiten upon the vices, the weak
nesscs and the msfortunes OF mankind.
But Notwithstanding the dccrepltude and de-
cay of SO large portion OF our former property
holders the mOnicd influence stlll weighs lts
strength In opposition TO tile rights OF iaOor, anu
ayailng itself Of the resources III us command,
has assumed not only To determine the wages vi
the laborer. but TO fix his social status and to
treat him as subordinate and as an INFERIOR ana
deprndent to be cOcrced into submission Dy lne
dread that resistance would result In the loss ol
cnpoymcntt to himself and OF breau 10 ms laihly'
conscious OF his strength has been content 10
occupy the abject position assigned 10 nun Ol loil
and drudgcry, OF penury ana uegradatoh lor
the scantv means OF subsistence Goed cut To MIN,
while his children have grown up uneducatcd anu
uurelincd, without the means oil improving tncr
condition. reckless Of the past, hopeless OF tile
future.
But although in these struggles hitherto the adj
tarc has generally been with the capitalist, the
w0rkingmen, by realizing the Importance or con-
cntratcd effort and OF proper organization, are
meeting their employers on more equal GROUNDS,
insisting that they shall have voice III ueleriih-
inr the value OF their labor, ana In many inStan-
ces these demands have been complied WIN.
Success has encouraged others who are pressing
toward the same goal, and am chcered In the
hope that the day Is not distant wien the enl-
ploycr and employed will realize that they are
mutually dependent on each other; tilat the
rights OF one and the interests 0l the Otner are
perfectly compatible and equally deserving oi
recognition and respect, and that all VIII acqnl-
esce in the sentiment that Il fair days work Is
entitled 10 q fair days wages. In communities
where the system of compulsory labor existed,
the antagonisin Of labor and capital was greatly
| aggravated, the capitalist being the master anu
the laborer his slave whose labor and person
alike were under his control. and VINO regarded
him but too frequently only In his legal relation
OF chattel, in whom he had no other interest
and felt no other sympathy than the amount Oi
labor he could exact from him. or what he could
sell him for in the market.
But this system OF coercion and degradation
which deRed the claims OF humanity and the re-
straints of law, and which in debasing labor, In
iurOusly affected all, both white and colored, VINO
lived by it, was. in the order OF wise and Denen
cent Providence, suddenly stricken mortally anu
and slave were instantaneously abolished and
the workingman was made free to dispose OF his
person and his labor In whatever direction or
manner lie might deem most advantageous, wnlle
IN many cases remnant OF the old habits re-
main: the recollection OF Kindness received on inc
one hand and OF faithful service on the other
large majority are yet loth' to recognize lhe iuL
equality before the law OF their former slaves anu
rrudpngy dole out to them their scanty earnings
as though 1t was q gratuiry ana not rlght ana
their ierentla courtesy is hut too frequently re-
paid with arrogance, eXactl0n ana aouse lhese
exhibitions Of bitterness anu injustice are greaty
10 be deplored, and require the prompt and'enec'
tual interpOsltion of law TO protect the working
man In his rights, and to enable MIN 10 lully re-
aliZe that he Is the owner OF his own aDor ana en-
titled 10 fair compensation Tor IL ; tnat nc Is
the protector OF his wife and children; that his
homei is his sanctuary, where none can moest MIN
or make him afraid; and that lie Is secure Ia his
right OF life, liberty anl the pursuit OF happl
ness.
secure a home however humble, for himself and
family and add TO its comforts gradually IRON HIS
earnings IL is earnestly 10 be hoped that lacii
ties for acquiring such homes VII! De greatiy aug
mcnted, and that an increased number or indus
triuus and deserving persons may soon be sett!eu
Un their little farms, with the pleasant convection
that their labor Is for their own dement, anu that
of their families By settling In neighbOrh0ods IN
coniguity to each other, they can avail tleln-
selves Of the benefits Of association for educa-
tional and industrial objects, AMI also Tor the pur-
poses of protection.
earnestly recommend. therefore, the passage
OF such laws az will protect the TorklnSlnan
from the rapacity and dishonesty or his EN-
plOycr. Men who have been iaihiul ana dlllgent
In fulfilling their contracts by putting III ana fy-
ing by tho crops, as was universally admitted at
the time by the public journals, when the ncces-
sty for their labor has somewhat relaxed have
been driven from the plantation upon some
frivolous prctGXt and all compensation Tor TIER
labor refused them. And these outrages are
palacd ami excused by some of the very j0urn-
ais who were previously Oudcst IN praise ol The
InbnrCrs Thus at the close OF the season, Will
ont money and without employment the ihbOrer
Is thrown upon society, to beg or starve. to be-
come deprctltOrs OH the community, anu canW
dates for our ja,ls and pcniteaiiary.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The remainder OF the message is made up OF
pararraphs on what mag he called routine topics,
such as the census, the university and public
buildings, The asylumS for the insane ami foi the
deaf. dumb AMI blind, education, quarantine, and
the peni;cntiary. Concerning pardons, the Gov
ernor says that the number granted in The last
year has been unusually large, but Justillcs the
granting of them on :hc ground Tint they were
Indispensable TO preserve the civil rights Of the
parties cOnccrncd-whch means, probably, that
he could not lose the chance TO tranSmogrify
condemned lc!ons into good Radical partisans.
Tile message submits for the consideration Of the
General Assembly the prOpricty OF exemptinG
from taxation fo- five years all capital hereafter
invested in manufactures. IL also urges the
passage OF law providing for the binding ont OF
apprentices Governor Scott Vcnillaies 1t some