The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-08-01
CHARLOTTE. N. C. AUGUST 1914.

uiat DOuhuhflest ana no euict oil man 60
e change It. There is neither necessity nc
! excuse for extended slave labor beyond III
y nliuvial districts bordering on the Gulf an
The lower Red river, nor can il ever be S
;, extended by law. The rich lands of ihl
q region, running three degrees further sout
than the best sugar lands Of Louisiana
e must always be settled, if annexed, by
population " hose Interests will be American
ihis section of Texas, which mus
ehletiy be sugar growing region, IN,
therefore identified with that portion O
Louisiana now engaged in the same culture
: VIII unite IN supporting the great princip',
OF extending full and adequate protection Il
American products and industry. Sugar
IS crop which uust always look 10 tht
home market for the surest sale and mos
certain return. We shall ihus gain III the
Southwest powerful accession of strength
uron that great question which so deeply
involves the interests Of your district.
cnndIdiy believe that il will not be long be
lore a MAJORITY Of the people of the South,
when their labor is thus diverted into many
different channels, "i!I become convinced
\ o. The sound policy Of Protecting aud ios
ieung American industry. Tins will not
only be important and decisive in favor of
such policy, but will be cninen,lv caleuIa
ted 10 harmonize aud perpetuate our usli
t'uilons-a result to be hailed with glad
ness by every patriotic bre1s,.
81 am no advocate for slavery, ~. would
! see II introduced lulo one region unless
were az the same timc Assorted that il
would withdraw i, from ;unltcr, aud Thai
without increasing I IN the aggregate -
The annexation OF Texas mus, suun be fol.
loving by the voluntary abolition Of the IN
sIllution Of slavery IN our npiehb.rinr
States, Virgins, Maryland, and y slaware;
aud also, indeed, in Kentucky and NJ ssou.
III We can all troy ieloice in its with
drawal from our own Immediate vicinity. |
am satisfied that the bes, interests OF that
class Of our fellow .beings, originally brought
TO and forced on these States by British
rapaclty and lnlIslicc, and who must al.
ways be a marked aud distinct race as LONG
as they abide among oEr own people will
be best Consulted BY securing tie only out
let, he only hope which hns ever presented
ItseIl foe their acquiring an independent
l--.--yr yrvrutrtr,s .s.--rv,
equal to the people amidst whom they (
dwell. Such u refuge - offered beyond I
he RIO Bravo, among the Mexican and /
South American nations. who have no pre-
adicc either 70 caste or color"
Mr {, J. lngersoll, another leading ud
socate Of the measure, thus speaks on this
branch Of the questions
Angry protests against Texas, elected
by Misrepresentation issued at Washing 4
on, predicate slavery as the abhorfent eyll
o be Increased by Notwithstanding
he egresiously false position that more
lud aggravated slavery is to follow that
vent But three.iouflhs Of that fue re
ZION are upland, with soil and climate
.dlPtcd TO agriculture and paslutage, where
'oilon aud sugar will not thrive, and slave
abor cannot be employed rroiiably.-
hrco States without slaves, and ouIy one
gih them, can be formed there, and suCa,
our committee understand, is the wish 81
be present inhabitants of Texas. Slavery, {
1rbld by nature, may be in,crdcttd by or d
anlc law there; and the annexa lon in q
iead Of increasing the power or representa- I
ives Of slavery IN the Union, will, on the /
certainly and greatly diminish u
} }si}p EfialiXq weight. The States Of Lou
nav suffer by depreciation OF thciF n"'"-ir I,
nd other properly. Virginia, Maryland, \,
<on,nckv. The Catolinas, and Tennessee II
~, all The slaveholding States, Will nave
heir slaves drawn off to the Iresher ana
no,c fruitful plantation Of Southern leAas'
ia ii few years many Of them must oecohe
free States, and thus Texas prove me
means of uniting large portion OIL me PFC
scnt slayeholdng parts oi the Union IN M I
ieres,, sediments, and ac'Ion WIN W
Nor,h aud West, where slavery IS uuNno""
and dlsjiked ,,.,l,c,
uThe most important eSPoriah'e Ptouuo'
NJ tho United States, the regulator oi 'nc''
cxchlnpcs aud bond Of unlon-col'ea---e'"
no, be probably cultivated without S'a' " :
~ r,a sooar OF rec. Yet looking Tor
ward 10 the prowdenual era Mhen sia'o'y
mny exist M longer in paris oil tue !, o''e'
c,a,es IN Tho dtminuIlun Of lIs nced, anu
ultimate cNtlncll0ni icNds - 80
Of promise where phianthrops's' wnp a'1
M, zcalots, can descry the theniren' 'na'
accommodation. Mexico has no slaves oe'
cause her population OF the whi''' black
,nJ rcd races is blended. Ia her ne'9h'
borhood, and near, if not WIN her peoP'e'
,ho colored inhabitants Of this country may
he united eventually in national nu''Ioei,
with the strength, the characief' anu VIZ
institutions o un independent people
Thai national combination may DC accom-
, nl,shcd without revolution or coh','o''o'
Q An African nation may arse, the descell
: dan,s Of Moorish, other African ana |"
A. J1,n progeni,ors, with the Improvements
It free Governments engraItcd IN 'he'f SOW SOW
:. ,o;,nty. Instead Of e,crn'zIng s'a'o'S
d calm consideration Of It's connex'on WV
Of ,bo United States encourages the hope III
a. il NAV end in Texas-peacoiuIly ana gray
,r C,Uy disappear there. Liberia, Canad
o. Hayti. abolition of slavery N the SAY
,e holding States, even gradual emanc'patl'
ne ~ the free States, all schemes OF ei'n
mr;,,np whites with blacks, or sepnra''l
r l,ap,a communities, without |