Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-08-03

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! Il ,e,,,,a.nt,d uIth tfr nnouualti advantage 81
! fotaaaaa cotton growing country CIV NV
Ihe.,tate A.. .,y. and DO .o un no light authority
Ithht ii ihu most fb.lluI cotton planter W'g W
Iask Of Heaven count v laf ihu growing l 'nh'
Idnplc, that be- would ush 600 auRlt aH'hhhNv'
which a not found Iu lukaH. lhlI. '.' ~,
/ lions ol acres thuft which VII W.H'.. '.''N
Il3nH ia .uUH Mounds 90 cotton niHr aero ~
Iprp, sion country ID b. ~ least equal lu 1hF p"ta
| ton of our Western country, and 1t # moro
Ihsalthy than any other cotton growing region We
Itho world II a true that there are anlu' pnI /
/ tons of The United states whore, u lot'h.'' |
years hand can mako ne much cotton a' we
lean rather, but here prrsuulsIttgll uu u'FPIe. |
Isahlr ADVANTAGE which Texas posscssra Nhi,h
s this. Ffum the month ut February Whcn Tue
cotton il planted, until the middle OF july
when IA Is matufCd, there are constant shn"'fsi
Iand frem lHly Until ibe ndde ct ilttah7fft III /
ordnary years, there is no rain utulli thus AMOR
Idtng five months OF uninterrupted good weather
Tor gathering lhrcfop. The cotton rs therefore
Iunstaiurd, aud it, staple Is also bgttcrth tlal
Iof American cotton am perfectly SATISFIED
THAT dcious Investment ina cotton plantation
lin Texas will WELD, besides all nCcCsarlcs for
family consumption, from eight to ten per cent
profit per annum at the price of three cents per
pound for cotton.
! In confirmation Of these views il is only ne.
cossary to say that even now, with all thor eeu'
Irity Of prCoerty in Texas many of the best
planters milne southwest are removing their
Iproperty there ! know mself that two gentle
linen who own the very best plantations which
have seen ia Alabama and Florida, have abdn.
Id ned in rreat degree their estates and removed
their hands to Texas. A distinguished advocate
|of the measure estimates that IN a very short
time two hundred thousand negroes will be re-
moved to Texas. The most Of these viii be
taken from the exhausted lands of the ole States
where they do not produce one thousand pounds
of cotton to the hand. To which may be adj
|dcda large number Of slaves and white labor
crs now employed in other branches of agricul.
turo, which Will still more increase the produc-
ton of cotton. Is it wise in rs thus to stmu-
late the production Of our great staple now,
when the diustmcnt of the demand and supply
is trembling in the balance, and when all the in
dIca tons are that this adjustment will be most
disastrous to the cotton planter, and not TO the
cotton planter alone, but TO the value of the
slave labor, and Of necessary consequence to the
existence of slavery lprcsume that no one will
deny that cotton cannot continue to be raised in
the old States at three or four cents the pound,
and know of nothing else that can be substitu
ted for it. Slaves will then become an ncum
berance which we shall be glad to get rid of
very little consolation in riding over my fields,
grown up into broom scdge and washed into gull
hes to be told that the institution Of slavery
still exists and is prosperous in Texas. | be-
heye that slavery is in no sense an evil,
that the African is not only more contentcd
and happy, enjoys more physical comfort and
is more moral, religious, and vrtuous in the con.
dition of domestic slavery than in any other,
but do most confidently believe that the only
alternative of that condition is wee, idlcness
and dphauchcry, ultimately leading to barbar-
ism; but confess that my philanthropy is not so
expansive as to sacrifice every thing to its per.
petuaton elsewhere, even if such would be the
effect, which, do not believe. My patriotism is
in some degree geographical, and the first object
IS -l.s:t,'lS, i,'-e, '...L I-,t,, 40 tha ae'an
try in which | was born,
1t may be said, that if all this be true Texas
will suporscdo us in the production of cotton,
whether annexed or not, and that we should
avail ourselves of the present and only opportu
nifty of acquiring it. To which reply, that if
Texas is settled without any advcntititious slim
illus being given to such settlement the increa.
sed demand for tton may Keep pace with the
increasing supply Cotton, in large qua n
titles, c an only be made by slave labor; all cXpe
rience proves this. These slaves can only be
carried to Texas from the United States, and as
long as Texas is Il separate Government, altho'
individuals may remove there, a feeling of pride
in, and affection for his country, in the heart of
every American will prevent most of our people
from Welding to the temptations which are
held out to them to abandon their country,
But once make Texas portion OF that country,
and extend our flag over it., and such a tide OF
emigration has never before been witnessed as
will set in that direction. 1t seems to me,
therefore, that to stimulate the production of
cotton beyond the possibility of consumption
ho.o oh
stimulus, excee the demand would be as un-
wise as it would be to give half an ounce of
arsenic to a friend because we supposed that we
had discovered the signs of incipent consum-
ton. ,
That England desires the independence and
prosperity of Texas do not doubt. Do we diff.
fer with her in this, or shall we quarrel with
her on this account? It's perfectly natural, too,
that England and all other commercial nations
prefer to see Texas an independent Power, with
the markets open TO all the world, than to have
her annexed to our Union, and fenced in With our
proh5tory tariff. And is the South disposed to
enter upon this crusade of annexng all . con. (
hgU0uS territOries' for the sake of securing their
markets for the Northern manufacturers?
think it extremely improbable that England
will put in jeopardy the large capital employed
by her subjects in Mexico, her pr ofitablo com
mercc there, and the fifteen millions of specie !
which she annually derives from that commerce,
by any forcible interposition in favor of Texas.
The whole of the English West Indian and
American establishments are paid with the specie
thus derived; and do not see, if this supply is
cut off, how the deficiency can be supplied That
the abolition OF slavery will be made the cond-
tion of such interpositon unhestatingly say
is not true; and if it were, / as confidently as
sert that Texas will reject the protfcred boon on
any such terms"
The ocofoco papers and orators are
engaged in the abuse Of the