Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-08-01


ua cotton planters. We quote further from tins plrt
tc letter:
81 presume that no one viii deny that cotton cannot
continue t be raised IN the Oh states n three or fur cents
the pound. and know # nothing else that en- Le substituted
iosI. Save, viii then become am .ncumtTauce which wcshal
beSlai 20 te "a" Of; aid confess fr myself ttati L. Will afford
into hto3m-Scd-e and washed iUto -ulics. 70 DC told that the
institute m of slavery SIN exists ent ir urasrera.s In Texas
IbcIeye that slavery i in no sense an evil. that the African
j. MT only more cantcafei aad happy, enjoys more phy sicl
c1riot I, and IS moic moral. religious and vitiuous ~ The
mos, confidently believe that the only alternative Of that
~ctttiu is vice, iliene-> and debauchcty, ultimately leadu.
10 lar5ltSn bit I confess that my philanthropy is not 50
expensive Is 10 sacrifice every thing 10 ITS perpetuaii1n
elsewhere, even n such would be the effect, Which ] do MT
believe"
r, tie su9-o- ion. that If al this be true, Texas
VIII >~uper~clc tie planting States in Ike production
If co,.on. wAc,aer anooTcd 70 tins country or not,
General ThOmps7a replies
eff Icxls Is >e'tel without any attentions stimulus
being given 70 such settlement. the increased demand for
colt n may keep ace with tie Increasing supply. Cotton.
xlc,1c,tt .-ovcs IN. Tio.c .i,yc, - o ~" 'oo, a. -
Texas from the United states. and as long as Texas, Na
a fcclinS e Tiile in. and affection ior, ms county 10 Tic
heart OF every American viii prevent most Of orr people
lion yie ding - Tie temp'ail ms which arc held ont to them
90 a5iuton thrir country. But once make rcX,s a Tolion
Of that c un'ty. and ox'end our g'orou> nag over il, and
such a tide oi emigration has never been witnessed as viii
set in jat dIcci1n."
A. 90 tie other INF. .lrt tie annexation of Tczas
would lead TO tie ahit.n # slavery. General
-- .FI-+-l tdFttr "ti- 10 4.af-- NJ lI344r e.. tn-
-r.H D, and Mr.. Walker. If Mississippi. VIC i'm
d --H-~ ~ this question. havo almo,t borrowed tLc
style oI. a'itlanIts end have ~p-otc-,cd 10 eEult over
tie r.r.arhiug downfall OF >lttorv. if TesaS should
3" aaarzel t. Tie Union. Gcac1al Tso,n on thrn
lr0. -ei' t. argue the fo.nt in has own manner. lie
'Wn any one deny any Of thee propositions: l. That
The w St cfiracius measure in favor Of abolition would lie
O the p"ce 81 oett n 10 ihIce o. four cents would destroy
the value of slave labor in tic Old slave STATES 3. That
arF large inciease of the qnantty Il cotton produced would
have tue elect 10 reduce is ulcc q that point. or even low
e. say, fl example, a sudden iacIcase of five hundred thou
cause such an increased production Mech the larger Dor
Of cotton which regulates exclusively the value Of slaves.
as ~ aim Il every other Article. Let il he home IN mind.
too, that Texas Is admirably adapted % the production Of
sugar long >taIle cotiop, a Il toiaoco-ihc only other anti
ele, with tie oNcciton Of iice, which are produced b.
slave 'a'or. But. ii the pfFe of cotton is not fninou " lc-
'a-'i D over production, 1t Viii not be denied that Slave Ia
bl car 90 employed m Texas with Al least twice the profit
Jnion- our slaves viii t'"n be carried - Texas by The
frec f a lw - fixed IS that By which wafer finds lis lev
-. Tac saves vii very soon d~i,arloar fiom Maryland,
Nir,lnia North Caiolna, tennessee. and h%en'uckv. AID ia a
pcllod vcy short II such an operation. those states viii be-
come nou->iavcAold'rg Sat's; and whenever that l. tho
case, they VIII not only No longer have a common interest
q o., bnt VIII very - N pIttke e that fanatical INIT Of Z
lai-e phiitth3oTy which l. IeNa!fg the whole verdi
iH card - the lD,litary advantage Of possessing
Tcza. Cen. Ih"mi on asks whcticr Texas whoa
' N'NrA - a.
" itu fion Louisiana nnN.
"Nith cur RAILROADS and Iiycrs, we can assemble three
hFnfIci thousand met m tbity days 10 New Orleans. OF at
any other punt IN the slavcholln- States not 50 with
rc>a-. There oou'd De no fncans of u%an~portir. troops -
I'Xa' hut by tie dangerous navigation Of tie Gulf; thus
,ncHun'ctirg al the inconvenience IN q g defence which an
inVa'i z enemy wau'i have 10 The ai;at X; and. wl'h a ST.
periaI h,>tic uavtl force IA e mm,nd % the Gulf Of Next
4. which T. 10 De aniicipatcl m the event # snch an itva-
SIGN. onr u ops e .ud mo- &c Transported ar an. In any event,
1t would be u%ln-fcIung HE cor1stiioin the land. where We
should be absolutely impresn'hc. 10 the wat.r. Whore We
IF Tn sfa oil A.u.r TIfn ar4rt rr.fa4t If fHr|
co., is lie sw amps Wing between the Mississippi ard Tex
as. a material anl impso-nab'e foriiGcaton. We should have
an rccasoi maine frontier Of several hnnirel miles, and a
l.td frontier OF two thousand, without rivers. mannai,s. on
sNamrs, ~ any of the slightest natural bar icr. unless We
i. all the couts1oa, tctitiy. To 20 which, we ma.t
.nnd "a eul boundaries 10y soing TO Cape Horn aaa tie Pa
We canv lat orc further PASSAGE fom ihe lr,tcr.
nac' long as ii :. viii be read Wldl much interest
"nu, it has been saiI Cat Texas viii be divided into 6ar
cr rive states, an of which Will be slaveholting States, anil
a course represented ~ The Scratc. and thus g'vc 70 the
South a "on>cIyaltc. a checking power. II ! believed The
ror-eatcio DIN. states would cofccie MS tas, would dis
regard an minor O. Iccloa- AMI = Ton he measure. But
ofirg states having TIE mtiortv iu he senate rs le-s-
hutr body, sulrllr. hat msinifv. aui also the majority d.
the House. "a an alternative electoral body OF pi,slent ?
VII th1y divide T'Nn> INTO four Siitc'. ani give 20 toe
fr Stic. equal Iowcr in The election &C P,e.iicut with
Sew York. pennsylvania, thio, and Massachusetts, Would
We. under like crcumst1nccs. c'nscnt 10 thc anncNt'iou of
Cauaa,. and divec a. mo fout on five >ttos VI euil w
DO As ~ the TX of . fal,i-n war, and more tspcraiiy #
our n%oit'crl brethren, VIII = most remark slc Gatkto,s.
woe 8, .nnopnrc 10 as that then sfcaf MOTIVE in dcIr az q
90 thor own : Aud arc toy lfss sl-a,lrI> m pclc isiug
their infcle.f>. lo.s prompt 10 pgIsac iuom. or ia re iiciai
ia %aoicrue th,n thin We asc} such certainly /, not The
general estimate 81 h'fr character. \ siueitc TACT go tn.
natter i. la. n Tie ,crN threshold 0f th, Gnc.ti O., 30 has
been rpH.fdhy two Senator's flom ,lvohplling >ta'cs fAir.
I,ntau AID Nj. Ionici<oa) % divide Tcxas mo an equal
then. VIII We haze gircl IN , liic1l strength Il SOUTH
en- Scaat r., viii bcsia ly making his concession, there
rHg.f ln - fe shayC 81 ft4.lu on that Atie. AID Isl z Ia 10