The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-08

lshsaid ne ieagsr ~iikheld ths pghlss en-
prrsssoa 81 ny npinioss spoA lksl sakirrL
snd Il = cue y snysed ila sAssid q
he nns lime give he rsa.ans Cos koss
aPinlDns IA Ghs spsssh shleA I nsds q
Albshy I expressed no eIinsoa svea Ne
,qufstlan ol 1itinas sDtsKsfaon. 10, BE-
esgse | thosrhl thst az tisss Fl thsl
sUbjrei soV'd be dissffseabls 20 he an
dlsnee which ] mas addfsssisg. 81 Coz
srarily he oppossts rsasn. tPrrfssrfd
20 discus ihis subject before SaBlhsrn
sDdenes. we're esasrus opiaions wsrs
snifrlsiusd. ssd where 10 sss possible
thsi some good might be done. No indi-
sidasl 10 ne uaiied sl.iss bss more mo-
lliTss of persopsl character Than have
20 sd.ecsls he immsdl.ls sanrrslien of
Tsrss 70 ikis eoualy. I was ne 6ss,
man sho. on ths aeor sI Congress. En-
psrsed bis sympsshy 10 ME Rssolu,ian
ol Tsrss. ID wa sn snsldasni offered
by me 10 she spprerrisnan bill in Mech.
1881. ~hieh SECURED lhs Recognition Of
Tsxss By our Gossrnnenl--a measure
~ thsi iins &c rasl imgonsnee TO lhs
young Republic. Circumstances have
sInes placed IL in my power 70 sise many
Other and substantial proofs Of my Tread.
" lrellng boIh 10 Texas and The Terisns;
snd am proud 10 know tkss no living
msn has snoagef bold upea che srsn-
inde and Affection of ihs people Of Texss
than ksyt; and. l sill add, that there are
pseunisry considerations 20 me nol pnim-
porisnt shich ~Vvid make ,hs snnexstlen
Of Texas eminenlly desiIahls 20 me; vet.
with sa ,hsse MONIES 10 different conrln-
,ion. I have not been able 10 change nv
J opinions upon the subjrei Thess opm-
J ,ons have not been hastily formed. but
have npsned into sxsd aud settled COO
/ sietions.
Ian opposed 10 the anne alton bsesuse,
! m the language Of Judge Upshur. !,
would injuis their chief sgrie.llursi inte-
rest. (hsi Of tie Soaihl by raising up q
powerful conpeu.nr;" and u would ches.
pen ,hs price Of cotion, the principal raw
| ma,erisl." Nov these consideration
; may have gres, weight with ,he msnufsc
/ tusers Of the North: they have sxseily the
: opposite effect with me, Is a Southern
: man and q COTTON plan,er. Will such be
3 the effect OF the messur.' That il wilI
! be. no ore can doubt Who 10 acquainted
b With The unequalled advantages Of I'exai
{ % cotton growing country. do not he
{ state 10 ssy--snd do so on no light su
u iboruy--lhst IL the most skilful co,tol
& planter were 10 ssk Of Heaven country
8 for the growing Of that s,sp'e, thathe woult
ssk no single advantage hich 10 not found
! IN Texas. There are millions OF acre,
: there which will produce from 1850 "a
5 1000 pounds Of cotton 10 The acre. A,
: provision county il is al least equal Il
any portion Of our Western country, snt
i, IS more healthy than any other co,tou
+ growing region 10 the world. Ii is tue
! that there are some portions OF the UnIlct
; States where. in favorable years. hsnt
\ can make as much COTTON as he cen gather
, bu, here presents itself an iasppreciahls
advantage which Texas possesses, which
is this: IRON The month Of February, when
. The cotton 10 planted, until tie middle oI
: July. when il is ms,ured, there are con-
, slant showers; sud from July until the
, middle OF December, in ordinary years,
there 10 m rain al al: thus sffnrding five
months Of uninterrupted good weather for
gathering The crop. The cotton lie there
! fore un.,zire,l. and il. s,apls 10 also bet
ter thsn iha, OF American cotton. ] am
{ perfectly sa,i.f fed .ha, q judicious invest
meni in . cotton plantation in Texas will
yield, besides all necessaries for family
consumption, IRON eight to ten per cent.
: pr &, per snnum Of the price Of three
cents per pound Tor the cotton.
10 confirmation Of these views il 10 on
ly necessary to cay. that even now. with
all the insecurity Of property in Texas.
many Of The best planters ~ the South " es,
are removing their property there.
know nysslt that Two gentlemen who
own the very bss, plantations which
have seen 10 Alabama and Fiorids. have
abandoned in great degree their estates
and removed their hands t. Texas. A
Distinguished advocate of the measure &c.
Inmates that in very short time two hun
dted thousand negroes will be removed 10
Texas. The most OF these will be Ia
ken IRON the exhausted lands Of The old
States. where they do not produce 1000
pounds Of cotton TO the hand, and carried
TO Texas. where they will average i've
thousand lbs. TO the hand. To which may
be added large number Of slaves and
hhe lsborsrs DOW employed in other
: branches Of agriculture. which will s''ll
: more increase the production Of cotton.
, IL i, v Use in 10 thus II stimulate the pro,
ducion Of our great staple nov, shen the
sdjas,ment OF The demand and supply 70
trembling in the balance, and when all The
indications are that This adjustment wall
be mos, disastrous 70 the cotton planter,
and not 10 the coton planter alone. but 10
the value OF slavs labor, aud Of necessary
consequence to the exis,ence Of slavery
. presume that no one " III deny that cot