The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-08-01

afoes VIII be removed 10 Texas. m
most OF these will be taken from the q,
II hausted lands of the old States where ,bo
DO not produce one thousand pounds Of co
r ton TO the hand, and carried 10 Ttxa
=. "here they wall average five thousau
e pounds to the hand. To which NAV i
added large number of slaves and whit
E 'aboTers now employed in other branche
!. OF agriculture, which will still more in
. crease The production of cotton. Is il wis
10 US thus 10 stimulate the produc,ica of on
! staple now, when the adjustment of the de
mand aud supply IS trembling in the bal
ance, and when all the indications are ,ba
lhs adjustment will be most disastrous I,
The cotton planter, aud not to the cottol
planter alone, but-io the value of slave IN
Dor, and OF necessary consequence TO III,
existence Of slavery : presume tia, nc
one viii deny that cotton cannot continue
70 be raised 10 the old S aies. at three o,
lour cents the pound, and | know OF moth.
ing else that can be substituted for it.
Slaves will then become an incughrance
which we shall be Glad to be rid of: and |
confess Tor myself thai II wlll afford me We
ny iltIe consolation IN riding over ny fields.
grown up IN broom sedge aud washed into
gulIles, 10 be told that the institution of sIa.
very sl'liex and IS prosperous in Tex
az. believe that slavery is m no sense
an evil, that The African Is not only more
con'ened and happy, ENJOYS more physlcal
comfort aud IS more moral, religious. and
v'rluous m the condition Of domestic slavery
Than ia any other, but do most confident
y believe that the only alternative Of that
condition IS vice, ld.euess. and debauehery
ultimately leading TO burbatsm but | con
iesb Ina; my phiIaHthroplly is no, so expan.
ssVe as 10 sacrifice every thug 10 its Der.
petuatIon elsewhere, even i such would be
the elect, which do not believe. Nv GA.
IrlotIsm IS 10 some degree geogrophlcal,
aud the first object Of nv s5Itclude. love
aud devotion Is the country in which was
born.
1t may be said that if ali this is true Tex.
as will supetsede US in the production Of cot.
ton whether annexed or not and that we
should avail ourselves Of the present and
only opportunity lacqulfng ii. To winch
fepiy, That q Texas is settled without any
adyentltloGs stimulus being aiken Ia -s.4..l. !
setl'emcut, tue increased demand for cot
ioh may keep pace with the increasing sup.
ply. Cotton, ~ large qualities, can ouly
be made by slave labor; oil experience
proves this. These siAves can only becar.
rled 10 Texas from the nIed States and
IS long as Texas is a separate Government,
although Individuals may remove there, a
ceiling Of pride 10 and affection for his
country IN tue heart OF every American vii
prevent most OF our people from Welding
10 the temptations which are he'd out TO
hem to abandon their country. But once
make Texas portion Of that couniry, and
'xtend our glouous illg over ii, aud such
ide OF emigration has never before been
as @lu sci IN that direction. Il
eens TO me therefore thai to stimulate the
reduction Of cotton beyond the possibility
i consumption because the supply may pos
IDLY, without such stimulus, exceed the dc.
nand, would DO as unwise as il would be to
I'VE halt an ounce Of arsenic to friend ;
ecause We supposed that sc had discover.
q The Signs Of lnclpenl consumption.
have never yet heard any satisfactory
ns"er to these views. have nnxiously p.
ought to have them answered; Tor It is pain i,
most 81 UNIVERSAL Isl P5pYslotf @aanseG to aQ al
non This subject. It is still more painful {
q me to oppose, almost solitary una
lone. the opinion Of tho patriotic and non
',aJ State 10 which i, is my pride to be
oog. Nothing would have been more
ofeaahle te me than to fad myself once
more agreeing in opinion upon great qnes
lions OF pubic policy ~i'h the mgo'''! o,
tina, State Daring an ungry and eNeite1
marty conflict for the last seven years.
have beeu treated 10y that majority WIN 50
much Kindness that would gladly have
made any sacrifice to the genera' oPln'on o.
the State which could have done coo''s
,cotlv with a sense Of duty. Althoug
am not one of those "whose thoughts Keep
the roadway only because II IS me ROAD
wav. trust thai am just as Tar above 'le
noltry vanity Of al ostcutatIous niePeo
dence Of the general public opinion OF NOSE
amopCs, whom my lot has been cast
have been told that all these views may DC
correct. bat that there are important poi'n'
cal considerations which outweigh ihem'
When have asked that these mght DC
stated, have only been answered wan SUCH
broad generalitcs, cabalslic phrases ana
marty ca,chworGs as this That y Is
question Of security and existence TO 'nt
South" | was no, converted TO the uc
fuuct sub.Trcasury humbug BY o9'HS 'ol'
tina, il was a question Of "del'verahee an,
liberty" when thought that saw, % a.
must now see, that the rum ana oeso'o
ton which ii caused every whore wer
greatest at the South. Every where els
: The agony is over; at the 0'u'h II
. scarcely begun. Nor can ! suppose ano'l
: o. measure, even more disastrous, w''no'
} more Ineligible or more suilc'eu' reason
l. I am firmly persuaded that the certain al
IS inevitable tendencies of the annexation ,
Texas are to promote the abolition Of 81
,, vory moro SO, indeed, than any o'n
~ measure which has heretofore been pr
" nosed. Nor am | without support IA F.
a e. opinion from distinguished advocates oil