The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1843-1852, 1844-08-14

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Igive half osspee Of arsnic to q friend because
I'VE supposed thek we had discovered the signs of
Iincpent consonption.
have never ysthsard any satisfactory answer
TO these views. | have anxousIy sought to have
them answered; FOR il is painful 40 me to find
myself opposed To an almost Universal popular
opinion IN the South upon this subject. 1, is
Isuh more painful to me to oppose. almost "sota-
| ~ and alone" the opinion Of the patriotic and
honored State to which it is my pride to belong
Nothing would have been moro agreeable to me
tllau 20 Ind myself once more agreeing in opinion
FaPcn great questions ofpublic policy with the ma
lor'ty o. that State: During an angry and excited
party Sonnact Tor the last seven years. have been
treated by that majority with so much kindness,
that would gladly have iDade ary sacrifice to
the general opinion Of the State which could
have done consistently with sense of duty Al
though am not one Of those "whose thoughts
keep the roadway, only because it is the road
way, trust that an just as far above the paitry
vanity OF an ostentatious Independence of the gen-
oral public opinion of those amongst whom my
lot has been cast. have been told that all these
views may be correct. but chat there are Aimpor-'
tant political considerations which outweigh them
When have asked that these might be stated. II
have only been answered with such broad general
tiles, cabalisdc phrases. and party cot shw0rds us
theses That 4 is p question Of security and ex-
iste,ce to the South" I was not converted to
the defunct sub Treasury humbugv by being told
that it xas question of "deverance and liberty >"
when / thought that ,saw. as all unuses now see
that the ruin and desoation which it caused cyeryl
where. was greatest mt the South. Every where
else the agony is over; ut the South it is scarcely
begun. Nor can support another measure, even
more disasterous, without more ineligible or
more sufficient reasons. am firmly persuaded
that the certain and inevitable tendencies of the
annexation of Texas are to promote the abolition
OF slavery; more so, indeed, than any other mca.i
sure which has heretofore been proposed. Nor
am without support in this opinion from distir,s
guished advocates of the measure. 356 sS
MT Wilkins, the present Secretary of War
lholdsthe following language in his address to his
former constituents: e,e 8 S -
The division between the planting and farm
ing districts is marked by the best natural bound
aries, and no edct of man can change IT, There
Is ncither necessity excuse for extending slave
labor beyond the alluyal districts bordering ON the
Gulf and the lower Red river, nor can it ever be
SO extended by law. The rich lands of this re-
g'on. cumming three degrees further south than the
best sugar lands of Louisiana, must always be set
tled,f annexed by u population whose interests
will be, American at
This section of Texas, which must chiefly be
sugar growing region, and therefore identified
with that portion of Louisiana now engaged in
the same culture, will unite in supporting the
great principle ofextendng full and ADEQUATE PRO-
lection to American products and industry Su-
gar is a crop which must always look to the home
market for the surcst sale and most certain return
We shall thus gain in the south-west D powerful
accession of strength upon that great Question.
which so deeply involves the nte Sts Of your dis
trict. canddy believe IL It it " ou, not be long
before majority OF the people Of he S'outh, when
their labor is thus diverted Into many different
channels, will become convinced Of the sound pol
icy of protecting aud fostering American industry.
fas,r of such s s poi a no sssssS Ss ass 1n
lated to harmoniss S!ss 81 psFrstua5e Sls1I:.
"a result to be hailed with gladness by every
patriotic breast. =
II am no advocate for slavery, nor do 1 wish
to it introduced into one section, unless were
at the same time assured that 1t would withdraw
1t from another and that without increasing it in
the aggregate. The annexation of Texas must
soon be followed by the voluntary abolition of the
institution Of slavery in our neighboring States,
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware; and also indeed in
Kentucky and Missouri. We can all truly re-
joce in its withdrawal from our own immediate
vicinity. am satisfied that the best interests Of
that class of our fellow beings, originally brought
to, and forced on these States by British rapacity
and injustice, and who must always be a marked
and distinct race as long as they abide among our
own people, will be best consulted by securing
the only hope which has presented itself for
their acquiring an Independent home. attaining
position elevated and equal to the people a
midst whom they dwell. Such refuge is offer
ed beyond the Rio Bravo, among the Mexican
and South American nations, who have no prcju-
dice either to caste or COLOR
Mr.. @. Ingersol, another leading advocate Of
measure, thus speaks on this branch of the rnea.
sure" rGE
ANGRY protests against Texas, elected by rep.
raae..tatio,r5 issued w ashinston predicate sa-
very as the abhorrent evil to be increased by an
notwithstanding the egregiously false position
that more and aggravated slavery to follow that
event. But three e-fourths Of that fine region are
upland, with soil and climate adapted to agricul-
ture and pasturage. where cotton and sugar will
not thrive, and slave labor cannot be employed
progtably. Three States without slaves, and on
ly one with them can be formed there; and such,
your committee understand, is the wish of the
present inhabitants Of Texas. Slavery, forbid by
nature, may be interdicted by organic law there;
aud the annexation, instead Of increasing the pow
ot representatives of slavery in the Union will
on inc contrary ssssai9ly and greatly diminish
Alabama, Georeia, Carolina Mississinn; A rLo m