Year: 1860

man so aSpireS TO 90 all things,
g natural consequence we are weak
poirecally when we otherwise might he om
| npotent. Our weakness is caused bv the
rivalries and j.alousics OF comp ting states
men, and therefore the Unity of the South
is only apparent. Indeed, have we not seen
in the recent election of Speaker how little
| there was of concert cf action among South
ern members? Whatever there is of con-


cert OF action is because they are smaller in
number, and because they are attacked and
have to act on the defensive The North
forces them into combination by its pcrpct-
ual assaults upon the institutions of the
South. Let us cease our aggressions and
attend to cur own affairs. Abstain from
intermeddling with their affairs, and +. lv
! upon it you will see them as much divided
as any portion Of the North. Applause. |
So much for the so-called undue influence
| OF the South. That also has taken it's place
IN the lumber loft Of the limbo of vanity,
and that weapon b,ing used up, we come to
consider third that is now presented to Us
the alleged irrepressible conflict between
the Northern and Southern States. That
assumed conflict is put, in the first place,
as a question between free labor States and
slave labor States. We We're not long since
told that there was necessary irreprcssible
conflict between them, Let us ponder a
moment and see whether it be so. ask
every man to r,fsct carefully, and to an
swer to his own conscience if he is able to
see how any ntiict of labor should occur
between laborcr at the North ard labor
er at the South in respect to industries,
which are necessarily distinct, dependent
upon our climate, upon geographical and
Typographical facts wholly Independent oe
human control. For instance, ought we in
Massachusetts, to regret that we produce ice
and to insist that that fact is a course of
conflict of labor between us and the people
of New Orleans or Savannah, who do not
and cannot produce ice? Or, to reverse it.,
is the fact that the laborers at the South,
because of the congenial climate, produce
| cotton and sugar, which we cannot produce
at the North, IA cause of conflict? What
conflict is there where the differences of
production constitute harmony of relation !:
1t is not identity but difference of pro-
duction that creates harmony. What sort
of harmony would there be between two
men that should marry each other? Great
laughter There is identity instead of DIFF
ference. 1t is difference of organization
difference of capabilities-tha invites the
man to the woman, and CONSTITUTES IS the har-
mony of the family, which is the basis of
plause. But, again, would you have iden-
tity of labor in these United States? Let Us
reflect. What would be the condition of
Massachusetts? will take Massachusetts,
for example, because do not want to be
| 1rupporaA IN ronrn.ch rcppoot;o,t ,lo,t
anything. Laughter What would be
pursued the same labor? know it is an
impossible thing; but we are dealing with
suppositions Whit would be the condi-
ton in regard to happiness, wealth and
prosperity, if every man in Massachusetts,
were occupied in doing the same identical
thing? Is it not obvious and palpable that
prosperity is the result Of difference of pur-
suits? But enlarge the supposition. Let
us suppose that every man in the United
States were engaged in doing the same thing,
raising the same crop, or manufacturing the
same product of art. That, again, is an i'm,
possibility; but we have got to suppose it.


because the assertion Of conflict between
differences Of labor implies that there would
be no conflict if there were identity of la


bOr. Then let us see. | would like Il
know whether it would do any good to tn,
city of Lowell if every man in Alabam;
should leave off raising cotton, and betak'
himself to manufacturing it. should lik'
to know if it would be any advantage t,


the city Of Lynn If every man in Soutl
Carolina should leave off cultivating rice
and b.take himself to making shoes
| Tauphtrr | ()r once fnr examnla comin,


to the State Of Connecticut, would like t


know if it would be any advantage to tn
: city OF New Haven if every man in Louis
ianan should leave off raising sugar and be


take himself to making coaches. Laugh


ter How would our industries in New


England fare in that new eutopia of identit,