New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-23
THE WAR AGAINST LABOR.

THE WAR AGAINST LABOR.
History tells of period when the king
and the mobiles esteemed the laborer as
much an incident of the soil he titled as
the OK or the pillow. When in one case,
from an intolerable oppression, they re-
VOTED and were subdued, these untortu-
nate serfs were murdered by thousands
They were hung, beheadea, lmpaled' toln
to pieces by four horses, and Durhe"'
These were the agencies by when d COT
rupt monarch and a proud nobility en-
deavored to explode an lmpassaDle cna'in
between themselves and the laborer' al
thouph he was of the same race, falth anu
| color with himself. This barbarous pol
lev came to an end by the improved IN
tefIigence of the laborer and the de9ene-
racv of the nobility, but it eliminated IN
some instances in degree Of violence and
vengeance on the part OF the freed Serl
which was deplorable The modern states
man has endeavored to reconcile the TWO
GREAT classes of laborers and employers by
means OF kind offices rather than force
Hence the charity and instruction be
slowed upon the l.bofer Hence IL Amef-
ica The children Of the IabOrer rise, asso.
cia.e with and intermarry among the
children Of his employer. Thus society
is rendered safe, and the IealousleS OK class
,anpo1i1Ad ~ Hli6
whvsical and social reasons render these
relations between the whites and the cox
ored people the same ss between pop1-
lation entirely of The same race, fhe fela-
lions Of che laberer who creates, OF the
citizen who votes, and Of the soldier VINO
hears arms. and those who belong 20 the
same political and industrial system
demand justice and harmony between
these great interests.
The colored people have, during and
since the war, rendered invaluable ser
yices,to the whites they had never ex-
perienced the same expressions that the
white serfs Of Europe had undergone.
They were docile, obedient, and there
was tacit attachment between the mas
ter and the slave. Why, then, since the
colored people are now free, should not
the whites recognize their value TO so
ciety? Why not recognize che political
rights which have been secured, and
which will be maintained? Why should
not the former master endeayor by
kindness 10 convince the laborer tina:
he is his best friend and adviser? The
consequences Of attempting to eIpeI the
colored man from the polls has been 20
force him in many instances into the
hands Of the inexperienced and unworthy
The debts OF the Southern States have
been caused by this intolerance on The
oart of the former master. If these debts
be analysed they would be found, rs es'
pecially in the Carolinas, 70 have been I'M
posed by the ignorant colored members, by
distant adventures, and by Southern
men, who imposed deb. u2oa their i'm
poverished countrymen.
For this state Of things 'he in.o1etans
war upon labor is responsible. and those
who waged that war have no one 20 blame
for the present state Of the South more than
| themselves So evident has this become
| to most of the Southern States that they
have made peace with labor. In doing Sc
they have suppressed their violent men,
| and recognized conservative sentiment.
The correspondence Of the Tribune shows
that even South Carolina has suppressed
or expelled from influence the. anti-negro
and anti-Yaukee declaimers, and all the
| interests Of society are coming into accord.
Louisiana is the last to learn that a wal
against labor will ruin any State.
/ We make this consequence Of intoler-
ance plain by an example. If IN The late
conflict at Corfax there were two hundred
!aborers slain, disabled OF driven away,
there has been direct loss Of two hundred
. thousand dollars in the marketable values
produced for our market. il we add The
interruptions 10 labor elsewhere, this los
will be greatly increased. IN this we est
mate nothing for the suffering and alarm
of The women and children Of those labo,
ers, guiltless Of no crime, but aiding il
the servile tolls of The household, and
| thus relieving the women and chlldreI
! Of the whites. No one can calculate cor
rectly the consequences Of this war or
labor. Not the least will be the reyulsior
Of sympathy and the withholding Of i'm
| migration and aid from a people who
make wax upon the ve,y laborers by whom
they live.
PRIVILEGES.