Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-06-22

to the prolific nature OF plants or AMI
mails, but what is made by their crowa
ing and interfering with each olner
means of subsistence. Was the face q
the earth vacant Of other plants, 1t migh
be gradually sowed and everspread WI!
one kind only, as, for instance, tennei
and were it empty OF other inhaoilan'sI
il might in a few years be replenIsheq
from one nation only, as for instances
with EnglIshmen." The only question:
with US therefore is, shall we the pioneers
in these beautiful and fertile prairles,
provide for the population oil them with
our kindred descendants oil Europe, who
like ourselves are Tree and enlightened,
or shall we people them IN part with
tho descendants OF Africa, who are not
only unlike us IN person, but are TO be
a degraded race OF slaves. In the Ian
guage of Mr.. Clay, +" degraded and de-
based, aliens TO the society OF which they
are members, and cut off from all its
higher blessings" In word, whether
we and our posteriIy after US, are to be
a happy community of brothers, living
in peace and harmony, doing as we wish
10 be done by, or a motley and hetero-
genius mass, composed of masters and
slaves, in a stale of open opposition and
injustice, and of secret war and ven
geance.
Ifmaking Illinois a slaveholding state,
would have the effect ofreleviDg some
oil our sieter states from the evil of ne
gro slavery, the arguments now used in
favor of the measure could, with more
justice and prppriety, DO urged. Blu
such would not be the effect. On the
contrary il would not only prolong the
evil in them all, by the countenap, gi-
ven it, but would not diminish the num-
Der 10 any one Of the old slas cholding
states. History affords abundant proofs
thet a gradual emigration from coun-
Try does not diminish Its population;
but on the contrary generally promotes
lis increase. AS long ago as l75l, Doc
tor Frankli laid it down as principle
IN political economy, that "any occa-
sional vacancies in country Gil the laws
are good) VIII soon DC hiiea " haiurai
generation" Who can now find the va
cancy made in Sweden, France, or other
warilke natiohs' oy 'he Pisgoe oil nero
Ism iorty years ago. ~ fr'nce, ny '"e
expulsion of The proiestaBts; III England,
by the settlement o' her oo''l'ies OF IN
Gufneq, bv a hundred years eraortq-
non or sfaUes mat mas 0tde*e"ea Haf'
Hmerlea In me ne observes ma
tlon we'll reguia'eu' Is Ike po'ypus
'ake away a 'i'no' us pace IS soon sup
phed cut 1t IN TWO, ana each dehcien
part shall speedily grow out oil me par,
remaining. mus II you nave room ana
subsistence enough, as you may say, oy
dividing, make ten poiypusesoo OF one
you may OF one' maHe Ten oatiobs' eq'ai
~ populous ana powerful; OF ra'aeF III
crease nation ten iold IN numbers and
strength" These principles nave since
been tuiiy established ny Malihus' In
ms treatise on population. Ana nave
been compieteiy ana unuehiaoiy SUI
s'ah'ia'eu as II ie'a'es 10 saws ~ oo'
country oy 'he u'ueteo' ce'suses "nieP
nave oeeh TAKEN OF 'ne popo'a''on u ''is
Onited o'a,es IN i'yo, 'he nuinoer o.
slaves IN Maryiaha' Virginia. inc TWO
caro- ''nas a'u Ueors,a a'hou"'eu ~
ooz,o94; al inc same 'i'he 'ne 'u'ho''
III me .erfhory now oo''s'''u''ng 'he
s.a'es Oh heh'ucky' iei'''ssses' -''isS's-
sippi ana 1'aos'l'a' a'ho"','eu W aDou'
ie'ooo. IN i0lo' soe nu''o1f % slaves
10 me ias' haiheu o'ases nau increased
chieby ny m'sra''o'' l'o'n '"1 'o'',0'
states 10 49, i"4' anu ye' 'pe saves eu-
ring the same time naa lncreaseo ~ inc
hrst named states 10 20 1913, Dut as