Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-07-18
THURSDAY MORNING. july is, 1874.

- 49, tr u me measure thus speaks OF
ms branch Of the question:
Angry protesls agaiasl Texas, elie,ea B
taiSteptesenlaltons issued at Washington. pred
cate slavery aslhe abhofrehi evil 10 Is. Increase
~ annexetlon --ass nming the egregioa<lv fais
position that mofe and agsrava,et slavery < /,
follow that event Ent thIee-f5nrtks 81 ina
hae regain are uPiani, with SOL and climate a
dapled 70 agriculture and paslnrage. where col
ton and sugar viii not thrive, and >lave lahcl
eaabnd Be employed probably. Three S,aiel
wi'hou, slaves, aad oaiy one wRh Them, can b,
termed lhete, and such, your committee under
stand, : tne wisS Of The pTeseat inhahnants Of
Texas. Slavery, forbid by nature. may be il.
Ieid'cted By orgapic Law there and lhe aonexa.
ton, instead q increasing the power OF repre-.
se9tsLiges .Qf slavery ii The Unihn. viii, % tie
relative weight. The States IL Louls1aaA, hs1r
oams, Geotgia, Carelns, Mississippi, Atkan
saS, Missouri, and Tennessee may suffer by de-
probation ef her lands aud oiher property.
VHgia,s. Maryland. Kentucky, The Carolinas,
add Tennessee, If MOI all the ssveholdiug States,
VIII have their slaves drawn OF 10 The feeshef
and more fruitful plantations Of Southern Tex
as Ia. few yeats many ef them mnst become
free States, aud thus Texas prove The means 81
uniting large poftlonof the present slavehold.
ing pseIs -Os The Uncn in interest, sediments,
and acliop, With the Moth and Wesi, where
slavery IS unknown and disliked,
The most important expoftahle product cf
the United States, the regulator OF their .ex.
changes and bond of -cotton-csnDoi be
probably cultivated wrhoat slaves Dor can su.
gar o. RICE Ye. locking forward 10 The; pfoVi-
Dental ca when slavery may exist no longer 10
parts Of fne Uaited States, 10 The diminutlou Of
ITS need, aud. ultimate extinction, Texas IS the
only land { promise where phIanthrepists, who
are not zsaiots, can deScry the theatre Of that
oonSummation kleaieo has 10 slaves, because
her population ef thd white, black. and red
races Is biended 10 her neigh5oihood, and
near, If moi with herPeople. The coiofed i6habt.
tanlS e this coaRHy may he united eveRlualy
10 national namteis, with The strength, The char
scttT, and the institutions If an independent
peopse. Thai national combination may Se ac-
cnmfllshed without revolution or commolion,
An Afncanna;ien may aIise, the Descendants Of
Moorish, other. African. and Indian progeniIors,
with the improvements # free Governments eE-
grated 10 lhelT Sovereignty. Instead If eterniz-
ing slavery calm Consideration o. lis connection
wnh the United Siatesie acourageS the hope that
ilmay end in Texts, arefufs and gratefully dis
apoesrthere. Lfteua, Canada, Hayii, abolition
# slavery in the slaseholiing States, even gfa-
Guli emancipation 10 The free States, all schemes
o! either unihg Whiles with blacks, or separat-
ing them ~ The same communities, without The
degradation # The black, rf,enl worse than
their bondage have proved aborliye. The VIZ
sion Of siavefy's euthanasy by It's ALLEGATION 10
the southern parrot Texas aud borders tf Mexico
may be delusIon. BGtIt promises more 20 IA.
tional humanity than any Other project vel Sug.
eested. AT all events, the annexation Of Texas
cannol bul lepd ID diminish the allie ged evils and
powers Of stsvehol ding =.
agree 10 nearly all oil the views ex
pressed by The distinguished writer, as to
the effects Of this measure, which | can
thsnasy feqnifes key Are not these
startling views Are they NOT enough at
least 70 induce Southern men TO pause
and reflect before they rush headlong into
a measure of~snch porteniops importance.
with more precipitation and less discus
sion than were ever before knoxn ia a
measure Of equal magnitude Mr.. Walk !,
er, very distinguished Southern man,
has published letter upon this subject.
ltsis divided into different heads OAe Of
which is The following:
.7dmiilng Tsras SECURES The s-iinetiOa Of Slart,g
! Is slavery, thsn, never to disappear from The
Urion' II cohf,ied within lis present limits, |
do, not perceive when or hok il is 10 terminate.
tits true, MIR. GeRfge Tucker, The distinguished
Ynginisn, and professor in their great universe.
~, has demonstrated that, ip period not ex-
ceeding eighty gears, and probably less, from
the denslt, Of populstfon in al the sfsYeholding
States, hired labor would be as abundant aud
cheap as slave labor, snd that all pecuniary mo-
tive for the coniin1anee Of slavery would then
- N. In
appear No, II certainly would not /; for, at
the lowest ratio. The slaves would then humber
al least zen millions Could such mass be,
And, il so, what would be the.
result; We hayeseen, By The census and other
proof, that one sixth Of the free blacks must be
supported Of the public expense and that. az
the low rate OF $50 each, IT. would cost $50
900 600 per snhnm 10 be raised by taxation 10
support the free blacks then in the South re-
qpiring support, namely l,6G6 CSC. ifmanums-
sion were permitted; but as such ajax could
rot be COLLECTED, emancipation would be- as il is
now. prohibited b lac. fand slavery could not dis
appear IN this manner, even when Il became
uhprofitable. No. ten millions Of free blacks
permitted 10 roam at large in the limits or The
South could never BIZ tolerated. AGAIN, then,
The question is asked, Is siatsIy never TO disap.
pear from The Uhioua This'is startling sud
momenlous question:; but The answer Is easy,
and the proof Is clear Il iriH ctrtriniy Disappear
II TtraS Be re asnersd 70 the Union not by abo.
i,ioD, but, aga nst and 10 spite of all its phreuzy
slowly and gradually. BY dif'nsion, as it has al
ready thus nestly reeeded frSm several OF the
more northern or The sIaSehohiing States, and as
il will continue thus more rapidly 10 recede by
the re aune1atioa OF Texas, and finally, in the
distant future, without shock, without ab1lil
tsrffh a IL Ito nj
through Texas, iuto Mexico and Central and
souihera America. Thus, that same overriding
Providence thai watched over the landing Of the
emigrsbis and pilgrims 81 jamestown and Ply
mouth; tkst esve Us the victory 10 anr struggle
for Independence; Inst guided Nv His iaspra-
ton the francis ofonr wonderful Constitution
that has thus far preserved this great Uaion
from dangers 50 many and imminent, and4s now
shielding il from abolition, lis most dangerous
and internal foer-wIlt open Texas as safety.
salxe, into sna through which SLAVERY will slow.
II and gradually rseede, and 6niliy disappear
into The bouniiess regions Of Mexico and Cen.
trail and Southern America. Beyond the De.
Norie slssery win not pass not only because
II is forbiJdeH hy law, bpf because The colores
races there prersndeTaie 10 the ratio OF ten e
nne over the whites, ard holding. as they do
the Government and most of the Offices 10 thei
own r0ssessics., they win never permit the en-
siavemeni OF any portion 81 the coiored race
which makes ard executes the laws OF The coun
try.
RI ! believedwilh Mr.. Walker. tbsl abo
lilion either was OF would becoSh bene
-tcial or necessary for the South. shout
certainly be 10 favor Of apnexa'io6. d
both the most certain md best mode 4
accomplishing that object. But do nc