The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-20

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her lnprnsl sG.as. 90 - aske her undst
lhsir peeaI,sF preasessaR. ~sli be eansad-
Erred % ssrrssion ~ ne uniled 8 ales.
dangerous % anr psars ssd sslesy. and
vi BE- resisted sxeordlngly,
BY ghis mach talked-of tTeaiF. he
UnIlsd s.siss @sil Be b0sad 10 assume
he dshs of TsEss, :. should q moi exosrd
lsp mIllanns a d.llsFs.a Allh8hfh Ehs
particular snm be specified. oil 90 m,
be Obliged "a sssums the debt rEen should
IL sm~aas ts CIV miliians. and are you
prrPsse.l 20 I'D 20 grsany 70 your pre-
cent indsb'edness. or. % nfdsT 20 fes rad
Of IL, would you be = iilng IN resort 20 ihe
cheap and easy mode ii repndiafi0nS
Strage Ihinss samsiimss rrrnr IN poliil.
esl lIls. and had | noi become lsily sssre
Of hrs fsei. I should hare bern ss,onished
81 me effr0nteEy wiIh which some al Ihe
friends ~ Teyss advocate the sssumpiion
of lie deb. 81 Ihs ssps TINE ihai they
cannot listen NTH patience .asny psepnsI
ton which m'ga, be made Tor the strange.
menI or paymsn, 20 he debt owing BY
some ofihe states .lresdy enclosed with
~ the pale of the Uniar, and ahieh. one
might suppose. would be 6rsr snli,led 70
their sympsihlrs,
HssIng Tins elsnred. fellow-eilizens,
81 these po.nHs Of general interest 10 our
eouniry. lei Nc look lutte into the ef
fleets Of snnexsuon upon Louisiana - .
Cotton snd sugar producing State. u 10
my d.hbsraie opinion lhat. should the
ire a,y be- ratified. the l.nds ol ] ."usians
will be reduced sEvEkTy-FIyE PER CENT
IN value. snd our gresl staples FIFTY PER
CENT. Em'granon IN ! ,,u,sIsra iron
the Allanne slsveholiing STATES will cease
lin f.e, We may sxPeel parusl emlgra-
ton from Lau's,sns 10 'fexas. This be
ing the case. where shall We find mar.
ket for our improved 81 unimprosed lsnci
An improved ,taci Of land nov worth 6fiy
Thousand dollars would not command
twenty thousand. ss no purchasers c"uld
he fund. To shst . condition would
This state Of things reduce The indebted
port'on OF our people. who might wish 70
eel, or whose estates might be sod UNI
der execuuoni The effect upon ihe price
"f sugar and cui,on ~ill be equally as
great. We know nom actual experiment
that sugar OF lhe beet quality can be pade
IN Texas, and that the climate Of that
coun,ry 10 more favorable to iis produce
non Than that Of Lou,sisrs. Can. iher,
. Lnuissna planter, whose land has eost
him fifty dollars per acre, expect t. CON-
pete successfully y iih his rival in Teya.,
who removes from Virginia and buys his
land at one dollar and twenty. 6ve cent.
per screi The same may be said Of The
competition oi the Texan cot on planter.
The land would be much cheaper. and the
climate and soil g. well, " not bsiter.
adj pied TO i's cults alton. Bu, there J CT
'emaIns more important consideration,
and one which more seriously affects our
interests as sugar and c"tton planters: and
that 10, the rapid and immen.e addrinn
y htch would be made TO the quantity Of
our staples. 1.-THE treaty be ratified. there
can be ND doubt ,hu IN ,he next three
years two hundred and fifty thousand
working hanGs will be introduced INTO
Texas from the United S,stes, and prn
cIpaIly from secInns Of the slaveholding
Sts'e. producing no sugar and bu, little
cotton. This l,rce smplo, ell tn'rexss. say
iwo hundred thousand hands in .he cult
vstipn Of cotton and fifty thousand in the
cultivation af sugar. will be the means q
adding one million oi bales Of cotton aud
one hundred and tiI'y thousan hogsheads
Of sugar to the present overgrown ct"ps,
and these viii be produced by lsbortrs
not now producing more than one hund.
red thousand bales OF The former and none
Of the latter. What must inevitably be TIE
result ol this great addition TO the quanti.
" Of our s4apIe.! Most sssuredIy Ted"c-
jon 10 each Of more than FIFTY PER CENT.
Apd are sou prepared 10 suffer To this
event. 20 aid IN The accom- shment OF a
m-asurs by ~hich so many evils may be
inflicted upon the nation at large, and
from which you can derive. ss | have
endeasoted 10 show, no Cures conding
adssnt &c!
| lhsse thus, felio~-ci; gems, presented
10 $ o., in my "plsIn and unvsrnished''
way, the views | en,erra apnn ques
ton which. am compelled 10 believe,
has been sgi a,ed, IN il, incpplioa su'. pro.
gress. rather with view To The eran6ca:
tion &c stili.h aDbIiIon aud The sttalnmeg,
If poe er. than J., promote the Interest:
and harmony of the whole country. And
in conclusion, would ask you to .pause
and reflect. as ] have done. before you
ALLOW yourselves is be earned away By
The speei"us but f.lse arguments oil the
| advocates Of This mfasure. wonld ask
tho. il inmsdi4te anneSaiion is Of snct
overw b, Imiag Impntspcs that ~e should
be ready I, sacrfre Tor its aiislninett
,hoep uyeat ntinclpIpx --surh az n oatiOn.