Holly Springs gazette., 1844-08-03

Jusimt nt Oi me deHiand and supply - trem
bling 10 the balance, and y ben al :hr ind
cations are bat tins adjustment will be mos
disastrous to ihe cotton panier, and not te
the cotton planter alone but 10 the value oi
save labor, aBd Of necessary cons, que nce %
the exisionce Of slaveiy9 Iprtsume thai
no ore viii d'By that cotton cannot contIn-
ue To be raised IN the Stat 5 al three CT fou
cents the pound. and knov ofnuthing els
taat can b. substituted for 1t. Slaves will
then become an incuu braacr which w
Sha be Glad 20 e,t nd of; and ccni IS foe
nySslft u viii affoId M very inle CON
ISOLATION in riding over nv fields. grown ur
INTO broom dye and washtd INTO euilies, TO
be told that he institution Of slavery silll *
lists and is prosperous IN Texas believf
that slavery is IN no sense an evil, that tn,
African is not only more con,euted and hap
py. ENJOYS more physical comfort, anu IS
more mOIaI, religious. and vi tuous in tht
condition cf domestic slavery than IN auy
sother. bu, do most confidently b, lieve iha,
The only alternative of hat condition 5 vIcs.
idEntss ard d,ba nc hery. intimately l,adIuc
to ba1 harism hu; conf SIS That my phiau>
thTopv Is not so expansive as To sac ifice CIV
cry thing 70 It's perpe.nation elsewhere, ev.
en Il such would b the fl, CT, which do
not believe My patriotism is in some d.
gree geographical, and the frst Object of
my solicnud, love. aud devotion is ,he coun
try ia which was bonn
II may be- said, that if all this is true T,
as will supcrsede us IN ITO p p-oductIon OF
cotton. WHITTIER ann' X or not. and that w
should avail oursplv,S of the pres, ut ami
only opportunity of acquiring it To which
ItepIy. that if Texas l. Sprtled without any
l. O.
settlement, tie increased demand for cotton
may keep ptce with the Increasing supply
Couon. In Va g qIsntItIeS. can only be md
bv slave labor; all experience proves this
These sla IS can on'y be carried 10 GrXss
from the United States, and rs long as Tx
rs Is = separate Goveinmtnt, although nd
vlduas may remove there. feeling of prId
in. and al. ctioE for his country ia, the Aeatt
ofevery Amr rican viii prevent most Of 90
people from. We ding To the temptations
which are he'd out to them to abandon thti
country But once make r; xas a portion
of hat cnuntrv, and eNt. nj orr glorious a 3
over ID. and such tide OF emig alton has
never before b en- wiln' s>ed as vii sci IN
that direction. 1t seems 10 me. therefore
that "a stimulate the p.oducton of cotton be
youd the possibility o. consumption becausr
thr supply may possibly, without such slim-
ulus. exceed tne d, nand ould be rs un.
,yls-as L would b. To- 1--WE hail an ounce OF
arseuIc 10 a trieni because We supposed that
We had discoveiel The signs of Incip.enl con
sumption.
Thave never vet heard any satisfactory
answer to these views. | have anxiously
sought to have them answered for it is
painful TO me to find myself opposed to an al
most universal popular opinion in the South
upon this subject Il is still more painful
to me to oppose, almost solitary and alone, .
tie opinion OF the patriotic aud honored
State to which it is my pride to belong
Nothing would have been more agreeable
10 me- than 10 fad myself once more agree
inc in opinion upon great questions of pub
lie policy with me majority of that State
During an angry aud excited party conflict
for the last seven years, | have been treated
bv tha; majority with so much OF kindness
/ that would gladly have made any sacrifice
i TO the general onInIon of the State which
/ coud have done consistently with a sense oi
/ duty. Although | am not one of thos.
i whose thoughts keep the roadway" only
/ because 1t is the roadway, trust that am
+ inst as far above the paltry vanity of an os
tentaiious ind pendence of the general pub
/ Inc opinion of those amongst whom my lo
/ has been cast. l have be- told that a
these views may be correct. buI that there
are important political considerations which
outweigh them When | have asked Iha
these might be stated have only been an
sxered " ith such broad genei alites, caba lis
tic phrases, and party catchwo1ds as this
That it Is question of security and esis
tence to the South" | was not converted
to .he defunct sub Treasury humbug by be
ing told that il ~us QUESTION of deliver
ance aud liberty" when | thought that
saw. as all must now see. that the ruin and
desolsiion which il caused every where were
greatest at the South Every where else
the agony is over; at The Sourh il is scarce
| lv b-gun Nor can support another meas
ure. even more disastrous. without more in
telIigihlp or more sufficient reasons. an
6rmly ~, suadsd that The certain and inev
liable tsndencies of the annexation of Texas
are to promote the abolition of slavery; more
so. iudted. than any other M asure which
has heretofore been proposed. Nor am
without support in this opinlon from disting
ushed advocates of the measure.
Mr.. WILKINS. the present Secretary o
War holds The following language In his
| sddress TO his former constituents
.The division between the planting and