THE WORLD'S FAMOUS ORATIONS
$140,000,000) passed through the hands of the
Northern merchants, and enabled them to carry
on their commercial operations with all the
world. Such part of these goods as found its
way back to our hands came charged with the
duties, as well as the profits of the merchant,
the ship-owner, and a host of others, who found
emplojonent in carrying on these immense ex-
changes; and for such part as was consumed in
the North we received in exchange Northern
manufactures charged with an increased price
to cover all the taxes which the Northern con-
sumer has been compelled to pay on the im-
ported article. It will be seen, therefore, at a
glance how much slave labor has contributed to
the wealth and prosperity of the United States,
and how largely our Northern brethren have
participated in the profits of that labor.
There is a spirit which, like the father of evil,
is constantly "walking to and fro about the
earth, seeking whom it may devour": it is the
spirit of false philanthropy. The persons whom
it possesses do not indeed throw themselves into
the flames, but they are employed in lighting
up the torches of discord throughout the com-
munity. Their first principle of action is to
leave their own affairs, and neglect their own
duties, to regulate the affairs and duties of
others. Theirs is the task to feed the hungry
and clothe the naked of other lands, while they
thrust the naked, famished, and shivering beg-
gar from their own doors — to instruct the heath-
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