Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-19

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than il we owned il; and with the privileges tbs;,
) the Texas planter would possess of sendino I;s
cotton TO England free OF duty, and OF receiyng
English manufactures IN return free of dutv isn
arrangement TO which effect would Gouhtie..S -,
made between the two counries) the RAISING -
cotton in Texas would be 50 much more vai,,,
bic than the same employment in the L. S,arrs
and she would be able to sell TO England So much
cheaper than our cotton growers, that they
woud be entirely cut off from the loreign
market and would have 10 reduce their suppl,
to the demands Of our manutacrurers-what
would be the effect of this ! Our cotton lanis
would sink low, far below what the equal com
petition OF Texas. state of this Union could
ever reduce them 10. Thrce-fourths, or onehalf
OF the planters. would be forced 10 cultivate Other
crops-in all probability 10 raise corn, wheat and
obacco-and 10 come in competition with lls in
the sale Of these atices-in>ead of furnishing
market tor their consumpiion-vhat then Womb
be the state OF things ? The cotton lands of ,be
United States would be forced, By the superior ad.
vanlages allowed 10 Texas in the English mar.
ketS to discontinue the culture OF cotton 10 nm
to the raising of grain-and the srain-erowino
portion OF Virginia wCuld be happy 10 he. i,,co
any thing that Providence might permit. and tha,
necessity might Suggest The price of our lanIs
would be reduced 10 mere >ong. What. on the
other hand, would he our condition il Texas
We're admitted into the Union
The greater quantity OF cotton sugar and rica
land we have, the better it is torthc gran-growcr
| and tobacco planter OF Virginia Such lands could
produce articles rival ouIS but they are too va
luabc TO bc appropriated 10 such purposes->o
long a. England has 10 look 10 lis Tor her supplies
/ They buy their corn, wheat, &c, from Others and
make their payments with the money acquired
/ from their more valuable crops. Until lately lhr
| Southern and Southwestern States have 81
| toldcd a market for The great gran-growins
States Of the West Ohio Indiana. &c and
have thereby prevented these from entering
| into competition with ON farmers in our markets.
but within a few wears past eroiR has been
shipped down the Mississippi to Norfolk and
our other pors-and i'll consequence, all ot
our farming productions have noiwiihstand-
! Ing the revival OF trade been kept at The lowest
! and most miserablv reduced prices. And this
! evil will progress, with Increased aGgrayaiion
! every year unless some remedy be found Whel.
/ can such remci: he found We answer, in
! anneying Texas 10 ;he Union. Take her into
The contcderacy: restore quiet, tranquility and
sense Of security Ia her lgilalcd population L.,
her people know tina, the arm oi the Union is
thrown around them Ia protect and decnt---
,ha, they may, with perfect safety convert their
swords into ploushshages, and thai fertile region
soon smiling with plenty. and iecminS with an
industrious, thriving race OF planters. would iur.
nish an ample demand !or all the grain &c now
shipped from the Mississippi 10 our ports--ali
leave our farmers possessed Of IL least their own
markets and tree from the luinou> competition
with which they have contcndcd for tie last i've
or six wears.
That our State would suffer any damage from
what our opponents are pleased TO call the de.
population oi selling Il portion o. our almo>,
worthless negroes, (wonhleSS because they aye
too numerous 10 bcput 10 valuable employmen,sl
for high prices, and by bringing their purchase
money into the Stale, Increasing the amount oi or
ciiculatin" Notwithstanding the means OF pay
ing oil old debts and oiconductng future improve
mcnts-and by having the place surplicdby white
cmigrants, is what am slow 10 believe. The pa
pers inform Us. that within the las, Two or three
years, companies ui German clni9ranlS have lnI-
chased large tracts OF land in Virginia, in llar-
dy and the adjoining counties. ami settled on heln
Who objects 10 sellin. oil The surplus oil a supeIa.
hundan, negro population, and supplying lis place
with respectable and industrious cmi9rans settled
on their purchased farms. aGorning and beauty
Ing the State improving the soil and caiiingiou
the hidden resources oi the countly-lii>tead al
having an idle race OF negroes hanging like an III
cuhus upon lis energies, locking up every hcat!
ill function and avenue ot prosperity, and con-
yeline this fertile region, which ought 10 he tie
garden spot OF the Union, into The barren briar
covered field OF the sluggard.
What patriot however would object to - i'm
porant n measure a> The annexation Of TtXs>
even had it the effect OF reducing the value Of
lands, when he reflects on the vast benefits 10 How
from Observation-Disclosures more than a thousand
fold this supposed evil. especially when he con>i-
ders how it will affect the price labor, and how il
secures the country from The >courge OF overflow
inc negro population. Any gentleman, who vii
examine the census returns will he asionSicd 81
~ mi Of ~
peoplc They have grown upon Us until ;hcit
value has deprecated from thirty Ia Ei,r per-
cent: their annual hires have fallen oil immense
w. and the price al labor i reduced hy iEcH
numbers that 10 render them more valuable, we
see them daily forced into mechanical employ
mcni, which would seem most proper for our
white citizens; and the white arZan and mechanic
is, in Iris way deprived Of the means 10 >upporhis
family i'll ease and competence. Their numbers
have been somewhat kept down by tie drain 10
Louisiana and other Staies in; the demand ior
them in those States is now greatly reduced,
and may he expected TO Cease entirely IN
a few years. Only reflect on what will tc cur
condition then Fancy 10 Yourselves what would
be our situation aolr. had no slaves ever te.u
carried from Virginia 10 Georgia. Alabama Loul-
Siana. and other States. We should have been
oycrrun by the African race They would have
swar,ncd upon us like the locu>,S of Egypt de-
desola,ion around lhem-till the whole coun'ry
would present the aspect of the empty ani bleed
ing skin OF a slaughtered victim. Ot The dreiul
consequences that might have arisen, had tie
numbers oi the subject race so multiplied Il 10
encourage them 10 grarpe fol the mastery
shall not attempt 10 draw the flightiul plciui"
the picture Of our beloved land rent hy ci-
vii tcuds, and drenched in hostile gore she'd ty
domestic hands. Some of these awful conSc-
quences we may reasonably anticipate, I'M
less some other drain be furnished in the place
of the Southern States, which are now nearly
supplied, and which will shortly cease their demand
for slaves, unless such drain he supplied. Many
now in cxistSnce, NAV live 10 see the DAY when
an ovcrshadowns negro population VIII dafheh
our land, and scatter blight and mildew ON III"
little remnants OF prosperity that yet l!nger amols
Us Texas supplies that drain-Shc is the sais'{
valve ON which we may rely-Admit her in'o'v'
Union and a market Is supplied for our surpi,
slaves their numbers instead OF increasing and
pressing upon Us. will gradually diminish. Thri
owners will sell them for high prices: the money
for which they will sell viii low intoth STAT, ALE
WAITING the pressure making money plentiful It.
iordng the means of paving of old debts. ana
carrying on future Improvements, whilst he dfi'-
um left by the negroes, that would he sent a"d'
would admit demand Tor l;.hoi. and ior ldNoi q.
fair price>-and in This manner many u man W."
cannot obtain leave 10 toll for his bread. ana WIG
hangs his head with sorrow III the agonIzin" ir.
Election that his wife and children are dclr'"
of the ordinary comforts Of life would be 'ls>'ri
with a smiling ana happy home, where iofurr
would dispense her gilt, with I moderate. but Nah
a bcnsnant hand ..
A VOTER OF WARWICk.
r. The Coons (Wnrcs they arc not but o.lF
Fcdcralisls in disguise, and purSungthe same dr.
crcdi,able policy in THEN erpcdieHf<, a. they have
adopted in their oli0S name are always >laiih-
some new hobby. some fresh humbug TO hlInt li'
eyes of the People. Suchis the course that ~
trail Committee oihis city have adopted, in Their !a''
adraptatdum Address-the last liumbus % 'N'
dav-'thc last rose of the ScaSon'-and which"W
ingenious Correspondent has laid bare in ms cue
structures. Finding that the great que>iiof OF
IT,. i. .,,ncnin., dnm.n tic Cnnn cnlnlnus LIZ