Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-26

WHY ht litSt nDt ClSHduu '"i i'4NSSi bub Wv
chr power wisey-and do our duly in the VEGA
ton 10 which it has pleased an enlightened people
o call James X. Polk.
ISLANDER AGAINST THE SOUTH!
1t was Daniel O'ConnelI, We hs.ieve, who was
the first 10 sligmaiize the citizens OF the South a.
"slayebreedcrs" To him belongs The honor Of
inventing a term, which is as absuld as it is in
suitins; which is as contrary the laws Of slave
~ itself. as it is 10 those rules Of counes. which
bind gentlemen together. But he ephct, as it
was OF trans Atlantic origin, did hot long want
circuators on this side The water. That polished
civilian and refined gentleman, Mr.. }. G. Adams,
was mol long in adopting il; and spoutin" Ii out
even upon the floor OF Congress. Mir. ID. Web
ster ha> caught the sentiment if nol tie expression
and in a speech, which he delivered al Pep
per.ll in Massachusetts, on lie Oh instant, h"
assumes il as fact, thai we du breed slaves Tor
market: that we would urni,h the fields OF Texas
with 4 brood Of them raised far The purDoSc; that
the acquisition Of Texas would really add 10 the
number Of slaves in North America; ard upon
! this silly hypothesis, he POUNDS one OF his most
spcciou- arguments a inst the mcasnre Bul We
I will let Mr.. Webster SPEAK Tor himself.
! "nut hold this 10 be tic fact. that Inc anneya-
ton Il Texas must lend 10 the iEcicasc and per-
petua:ion al slavery. an. that IS reason enough
for ne 20 oppose il, now, atal! tunes, and nmtrail
! circumstances. In Il speech made in New York,
some seven or eight years ago, took occasion 10
| declare that / never would give my consent 10 any
measure whose tendency was - extend the sla
very ofthe African race On his continent From the
! principle which | then declared have no YET de-
! parted Ard hold this scheme Of anncXing Tex
as 10 be The very thing. of all others, which would
produce that effect. am told, however, that there
| are men, whom must regard either a. very so-
phislical or very shallow, who 90 about ana
argue hat TIE annexation of'TcYaS woGli dlmi'l-
i>h slavery: !hai the -laycs would, in timc, pass
OIL from Virginia North ana South Caro.ina,
and Our o.her slave std,ca. gather together III Tex
as. and leave The rest OF The country free al them.
Genile.aen this is all a miserable, shallow hum
bug. What would b. the obvious effect Of an
nexaiionl Why 10 thro" a large amount OF
cotton lands into cultivation. iiut who would
cultivate them Why slaves Of course for sla-
very exists in Texas already. And what would
be The clec; OF ihi. int 10 enhance the va!ic ri
slave labor ard OF slaves? inc net Snrcs rais 4
jW Tic martst? Are hey no sold in the market
And will not the opening ol a new market for
their dSaosal increase their value where they are
raised by increasing The demand! Run olt, in
Your own minds The eject olaEreX1;ioa, ami Won
will not tai 10 sec what great Inducements il will
afford to the South IL Lr,cl and ,oiSe stare: How
ridicuous--how pFcpo,eious, 10 talk abor. lis Ill
lninshing slavery, !; must inevitably increase
and extend H..
TIE position. witch Mr. w. conrover,s, is
really the true ore: whilst his own argument is
the israsga3i,. staHo,r humbps" The acquis-
ton ot Texas would not adj, in al probability,
a single slave 10 the County. In TACT il Texas
were part OF Inc l.. States. fewer slaves wonlt
be introduced from Africa or the W est Indies, in
consequence Of The superior vigilance and CHI
cicncY of the American Navy. Texas could
obtain no servilc laboreIs except for the stock
cxis,n. in the Southern States. These would
only charge their place, withou; adding 10 The
number. The only difference would rc, that IN
consequence Of the rich cotton anu sugar lands
of Texas, they would lie purchased from Us; and
the slaves ofthe James River might be transfer
rcd 10 the banks of the Sabine. AS she obtained
slaves. Virginia would lose il:m--and thus
would approach ncarert the condition Of Maryland
or Delaware.
The change of location, then, would he all
The Number would no; be increased. Messrs.
Adams AMI Webster are either grossly ..o2nm
Of the character CT Southern population. ard
therefore are gabblng about what Iilcr to not
understand, OF are stating what they lirow la he
foolish and unioundc,I They may choose which
ever horn OF the dilemma they prefer. Their
whole assertion rests upon lhr idle hypothesis.
that the South does raise slaves for Earkct-
STATE Ibis proposition 10 The most i-norah:
Souhon hc he master. u:cIsccr or slave himself.
ami he would laugh nj Danc, Webster for mak-
in. the assertion. Slaves ale not bred, Is The In
irrior animals are. The master takes care 10
raise his horses and his cattle. Ii makes the
necessary appliances for the purpose. Bat this
is no, the case with the slaves They indulge
their own tastes and form their own connections
Frequently wthou; waiting torthe Offices OF Re
lsion The only great check (as Matthews
would call ii) IS the consent OF the master or the
ovcrseer, who sometimes disapproves of the con-
nexion and iorhids ii. There is occasion for the
master 10 invite the relation. lie never inter
cres in this way. His interpuson is the other
way; TO preserve, as mach as possible, the deccn-
cy and good conducl OF his people. There is no
such thing IL TaiSias or b!teGiHg Slaves for mar
kc;. There would not lie one more raised for the
supply OF Texas. The number would no, be
augmented 4! ALL The only eirc; OF il would he,
10 expand the same population into larger com
pass-and give Ms fever slaves TO The square
league, by giving Texas more. This would be
the ilc,. 1t was the effect Of Introducing MiSsou-
ri, as SLAVE Stale. in!a the Union-aEd ii would
he the same case with Texas.
There is moi an old WOMEN in Virginia, vino
is not able 10 correct this ridiculous blnnder of
Daniel O'Connc!l, or Daniel Webster. We (ihc
Senior Ediior are spendinga few days upon one
Of the finest farms on The James River. ltsome-
times produces for market fmn9 To l0,00O BUSH
/ els Of wheat and from ,o0l 10 2OOJ barrels OF
corn. 1t has from $50 Ia 900 slayes-dnd we
have the whole machinery TOW under onrcyc Mr..
Paulding has described The farm III h:S Southern
I.aiicr>; and his na.ae is written with diamond On
| the windows Oh: the Mansion. where ne soJourned.
many years ago, for sevcra weeks tae condl-
n Ia. -
in n admirable Letter, which nc has published in
his Tract or Southern slavery. |; has corrected
many gross errors, into which The Northern pco-
pie have fallen, ahou. The treatment of slaves
And we have luli illustration oflLc sable com
muniiy now before us We haze visited their
comfortable cabins-havc attended worship IN The
Chapel which has been erected iur heir devotion;
and assert in the most positive manner, that Mr..
Webster has rrofeSscd In describe VIA, he knows
nothing about The phantom he has attempted
10 conjnre up has no existence bu. IN The inag-
nation Of the humoug9cr.
II this be the great argument, then, agains, the
great measure Of Annexation, IL l. 10 argument
at all. The aindesl and mast ianalica Aho-
Zionist in tie land, ought 10 scorn to employ it.
If Mi. w. chooses 10 ring another change
against Annexation, Ey dwelling upon lis Pal6i-
raj couscquences-anG by referring 10 the Slave
States, that j. wouhi add with their Senators, 10
the Union then il may he as we'll 10 remind him.
tina, this Union was rs much formed BY the c;i
2ens Of those States. As oil olhers-hat Madison
and Washington had a much hand in orsani-
ling The Constitution aud establishing the Union,
as Hamilton or Jay--and that we can never con-
sen, TO be pu, under the ban of The Empire, as
this language of D. Webster wonla amount to.
Besides, the whole territory North of 81 deg. 10
m, 10 the Pacific Ocean, is Sc. apart for our bro
thren of the North; and when We have j, in our
power. 10 re-acquirc a country. which We former
~ possessed, and which is necessary 10 our mill
tary defence, and calculated as strongly perhaps
,oadyancethc prosperity ottac Northern and Md
die States, as oi' he Souih, it does appear d Ear
row and partial REV Of the Confederacy, TO be
told, "You Shall no, have il, because your Slaves
may be transferred 10 the teryitory-and YOU will
have two or three more slave States" Why
should our brethren ofihc North apprehcnd The de-
struc;on Of the political preponderancc, which
they already hold, over usl Iowa and Wiscon-
sin are to come into the Union and all those