New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-09
THE Tt KiBU n K
observation-disclosures Bearings.


der the subject Of the Annexation Of Texas ac-
cs,ahle 10 the Free States, and especially TO the
conscientious and religious men of their own par
,r.is that Of representing that the Annexation in
question would tend to the abridgment and sub
version of Slavery.
In the little State from which your correspond
ent wntes lConnecticut,l they even, in our late
LEGISLATURE embodied this sentiment IN ReSolg-
ton form, and presented it for Legislative adop
ton. in tho words following
R..o-sd That far the question of Slavery Is con
csrne Annexation atore-ad would teGd To wihdav
hs sye population still farther from and eventually 10
add The Northern OF the present Southern d'Si.'on Of
on, Ccuiederacy to the list OF Free States
Nov II may be that the authors oil the above
,ssoutf,n really believed in the truth of lis scntI-
rncn. sthough confess find il very difficult TO
make my charity extend as far as that. Walv-
ing the question of their sincerity, hcwevcr. II
seems to me very clear that the truth lies entirely
with the opposite of their resolution. How IS this
matter? Ii is believe fact well understood
and established, that in many parts OF this
"Northe.n portion of the present Southern cvls
ion Of our Confcderacy," say in Mary yand. DIS
trct OF Columbia. and Il part certainly of Virgin
ia, principal induccment to keep up Slavery, IS
10 raise slaves to sell in the States still farther
South-it has become Improbable for them ia
raise slaves TO ,c0rk themselves, but IS profitable
to raise them to sell in Louisiana, Mississippi,
&c. Hence the vast amount and extent oil the
Domestic Slave Trade. These facts admit | be
Ieye of no dispute, and will not, l presume, be
disputed Are we to be told then that the open
inq OF an extensive region, "largc enough to
make 5 or Slave States" and Of exceeding
great fertility and to be cultivated by slavclab
and the slave cultivators OF which are TO be OBJ
tanned from the old States, Gmporiaiions from
foreign parts being now Constitutionally prohlb-
tied and prevcnted) is to cut up and annlhilate
Slavery in those Uery States from which these
slaves for Texas arc to be drawn!
The idea, it seems to me, is prepostcfous IN
the extreme. The effect must be the very oppo
SITE The vastly increased and continuous de-
msnd for slaves TO work the fertile plains o.
Texas, accompanied, of course, with an increase
of price, must render the business OF raising
slaves for market far more desirable, and OF
course must postpone, 10 a much more dStaD;
day. the subvcrsion of slavery in the States IN
question: Often have heard said by intelligent
persons, that slavery in Marulaad would have
been done away good while before this had i,
no, been for the fine markets opened Tor the sale
of their slaves in Louisiana, &c.
The Domestic Slave Trade is. think, practi-
in the pres ant working OF the Slave system. The
affections of those poor creatures, ,he Slaves for
their ,oireS. husbands, children, &c. certainly
seem TO be as strong as ours; and from their do
m.slic circle they arc furnished with about all
the comfort they can take. The constant; sun.
deriny Of these ties, bv the domestic slave trade.
is n source nf nnspeokablc sorrpw. | recollect p
pccularl, I'll ctve case. that came within IN,
oHn knuatrdye, a few years ago: washington
from the Gen. Washington family at Slaves ~
old man oi intelligence aud pety ffnm one oi thu
BAPTIST churches III Alex rnfria. DI>t Columbia.
THIS old man had SIR children torn from hln anc
sold INTO hopeless Louisiana bondage. Hc knew
not where they were located, nor had be any cX
pcctdlion oi ever sccirg their faces again IN tbs
world. 1t vas enough 10 move the heart o. any
ono, to listen 20 the old mans sImp'e and pathetic
story, as he related, with much weeping, how hls
beloved children were succcsslvely torn from him
A few months previous TO my seeing HIM, Son
and daughter, his only remaining CHILDREN, had,
with the daughters husband. been taken from
him and sold to 20 South. These he could re
cover and obtain their freedom, by the payment
OF 81 200. He was at the North trying 10 oh
tain the requisite sum, and had realized S700 OF
it-how the poor old henrt.stricken man ultimate
" succeeded do not know. The poor old msn
assured me that cases of the same character with
his, were among the commonest things where he
lived. Z" Do the good people in washington s,ii
their slaves 10 go South 7" said l. "Sir," SAID
the old man, 1--WE don't know who is good pco-
pie every body there sells their slaves"
Another of the resolutions IN question, express
cd approval o. such reannexation, so soon as
the same can be effected consistently with the
national honor, the faith of existing treaties, ana
s TcI r. ft
accordance nth the popular triA."
To the credit Of a few OF the party be II men.
toned, however, that although the matter occur
red when the Texas Fever was az IT'S hight Zone
month ago. these resolutions could not command
The whole party strength. The Loco strength II.
our House of Representatives WAS about - or 81
The Yeas on these resolutions were %, Nays 81
In like manner on the reSolulOps against Annex
atom, which did pass, the vote stood Yeas SO
Nav Gu. A few of the latter >the nays voted
only on going through with the call The seconc
time, and under compulsion-the House refusing
10 excuse them from the vote.
Would Annexation be OF any advantage 10 our
Southern States themselves, on the gre, whole i,
THIS has been subject of discussion among them.
az YOU are aware, and excellent reasons have been
atduced by ,hei! own Statesmen 10 snow That II
would not be.
have not time to enter into It here at any
length. A passing thought or two, howcvcT-the
more Northern portion OF these States woulc
coubless, reap temporary advantage as above
stated, in the impetus gwen 10 the Domestic
Slave Trade and enhanced prices of Slaves,
but this does not subver. the great fact of the
superior lhrt and prosperity OF Free State above
Slave State. A fact admitted and believed IN
all The States in question. A fact which derives
confirmation strong as proofs from Holy WIT,
when we contrast Ohio, Illinois, Iadiano, Mich
qon, &c on the one sidc, with Kentucky, FW
ginia, Mpyiand, &c on the other. As post
poning then, TO the States in question, the day o
their dlscn,hralmeut from the physical (not 70 us'
u worse designation curse Of slavery, the Annex
alton would no, bc of benefit, NJ, oi Gctnmen,.
The same remark vii! apply, with perhaps
equal force, to the more southern States; but II
their case, there is, unless q'ntc misjudgc, an0
ihcr and more direct ana immediate objection
The s,opics OF production in Texas are 10 be n,
same with their stapes-the netO and rich Iond'
OF Texas are to be brought into competition with