Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-08-06

! mote tie abolition Of starery-mOre so IN
; deed, than any Other meas are that has hill
erto been ofcred."
Read the following extract from his lie,
fer:
E Holding these opinions, my object
not to postpone this result for a short time
but TO prevent it forever. w II any ont
deny any OF these propositions |. Tha
the most eiiicacious measure in favor O
abolition would be TO destroy the value o
slave Labor =. That the reduction of the
price OF cotton TO three or four cents would
destroy the value of slave labor in the ole
slave States 3. That any large increase
IN The quantity of cotton Produced woulc
nave the effect 20 reduce lis price TO thai
point, or even lower say, for example, q
sudden increase of five hundred thousand
bales and, 4. That the annexation oil
Texas would cause such an increased pro-
ducton ? Much the lrger portion of the
produce OF slave labor is cotton. 1t is the
price OF cotton which republics exclusively
inc value OF slaves. as of almost every 9th
er article. Let it be borne in mind, too,
that Texas is admirably adopted 10 the pro-
dncuon OF sugar, long staple cotton, and to-
bacco-the other only articles. with the ex-
cept'on otrice. which are produced by slave
labor. But, if the price of cotton is not thus
ruinously reduced by over production, it will
not e.denied that slave labor can be employ
ed IN Texas with at least twice the profit
winch 1t yields On the average in the slave
states ct the Union Oar slaves will then be
carried to Texas by the force Of law as fix
ed and certain as that by which water finds
lis level. The sl1vcs will very soon d sap
pear from Maryland, Virginia, North Carroll
ma, Tennessee and Kentucky and in pc
Rod very short for such operation, those
States VIII become non. sltyehold,ng Safes;
and whenever that is the case, they will not
only not longer have a common interest with
the remaining sllveholdng a'es to defend
the institution, but WI very soon plrtakc of
that tanatcal spirit Of false phlaufhrophy
which is now pcrvadng the whole void"
The above are the reasons of prominent
Southern Wh'g, and an advocate of slavery
for opposing the annexation Of rcxqs. Ma
ny Of the south are opposed to annexation
| ILL ii''ibiN lOi SlillI II reasons as IlOSe
expressed by Gen. T. Whether this is one
of the reasons of Henry Clly's opposition
to annexation, the people would like 10
know more explicitly. M. Clay in his Inst
letter on annexation, cites the opinion that
annexation would have tendcncvto wc.,k-
en- the Stare poscSr, and also the reasons
why such would be the result. No slave
holder holding these opinions, can go for
the annexation of Texas unless he wishes
to see slavery abolished. or the slave power
OF the south prostrlted. On the contrary
every sl,ye holder who bel ewes in the cor
RICHNESS of the foregoing opinions, and who
deS res TO see the institution of slavery per
pctuatod, viii Of course resist TO the Inst
the annexation of Texas to the L. Safes.
Dickens. in his Brrnabv Ridge. speaks
of one John WlIef. who conceived hins i
a very p1ragon IN the matter of argrmenta-
ton. He would draw mos. singular conclu-
sonS from his prem ScS, but ain lng il : GRO
MES. his words had the we ;ght ofw sdOIn and
truth. If NOT ihc vcg,tlblc John, il IS an apt
inilatnr who occup cs the editorial chtr OF
the Bntl'lIo Commercial. Tlc orIcul If IN IL
ncr in which he delivers certain conclusions
10 which he has arrived, OH the subject of
the tariff, cannot ia 20 impress the 5 lon N
Dlsys Of the county, w tn paotouAd ad:n.a-
ton. la his paper of The 2Sth, he c p es
from the writings OF w Has G. Word. an OK
= l.
after working all his life did not and could
not law up single cent. TINS stale OF
th nos the cd torit LreIs, but how do our rca-
drrs sapposc he proposes TO prevent The evil
from obtaining IN this country. Why. by Il
protective tariff. Now. is it not feos' siHyu-
1r logic. In the very country where ibis
farm llborcr cannot by hard labor lay up a
flrthng. they have a protective tafli IN us
mos, ultra form. Hero, ho~ ever, p lection
IS 10 accomplish vastly different results, ard
, that vh Oh in England makes and keeps the
aborer poor, is here 10 make him rich. Mos
sagac;ous man. Protection we take it, en-
bodies precisely the sam prime pies in every
part of the world. 1t is fax levied by 60
ycrnnent on imports which cln he mlnnflc-
turcd at home, 50 that the home III ,nu!ac-
ture may be advanced in price. That is its
object in Engrhd and tina; is It's object here.
lis result in England is to prevent the farm
laboter from LIVING up cent; sh u we hope
for d fIcren result here? We cannot con
ceive on what grounds
At the recent sitting of the Supreme
Court al Madison, case was decided invol-
wing the right of the Governor and leg sla-
iure to appoint those officers known as Su-
meme court commissioners The decision
was, in effect, that they possessed no such
right. The report oftbc decision is publish
ed at length in the Milwaukee Courier.
A young man named Adam Smith, was
recently murdered near Exeter, Green CO.
in this territory. He had money about him,
Which was supposed TO be the object of the
assassin. A reward of $500 is offered by
citizens of Green co. for the apprehension