New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-02-10


favor Of admitting Texas on the basis of the Joint
Resolutions Of the House, snys:
mo man In the Uniopis opposed 10 slavery more than
we are II Is institution that Is Incompatible with liz
cry, and stigma uron the American name and charac'ef
Raf VIC desire the admission of IeXa, Is slave territory
as much OF slave territory rs the people who now
inhabit or may hereafter nhabt Texas may desire W
sloud erfeenely Ttuytt ~ admission ff States Suc
would VIC firmly believe prolonS the institution of slavery
many generations. Surround the present slave States
with free states. AMI you have 3OOoOO0o slaves IN the
heart the Unon rapidly Increasing IN number and they
only be made ,ec by cnsavae the white race Admit
large portion OF Texas slave territory. and there Is
some hope that the period Is not remote WHEN Savefy
Will disappear from the Chlon.
These 'Juts play the mischief with many n
noble sentiment. To be as vehcmen,ly opposed
10 Slavery as men can be and yet prefer that four
new States to be added 10 our Union shall be
Stare rather than Tree Stotes--nay, TO regret
their coming in except Slave States, is species
OF 'Democracy which we cannot get the hang
Of. The Plcbcian of the day previous in the
course of a very hatterng tribute 10 onr merits,
impeled by sympathy for our late misfortune, was
kind enough to say that on all points except the
Tariff md DorrSsm. the Editor of Tho Tribune
was really Democrat. and advocates the true
principles of the Democratic party. 1t is hard
to spoil so generous and kind compliment as
this, yet truth compcs US 10 say that on this very
important point Of preference that new States of
our Union shall be Slayeholding and regret
tina, they should be any thing else, we are no
Democrat at all, in the Plebeian's sense hut n
real British Bank Wing Federal Arstocrat OF the
hluest kind.-rank enough TO have been Hart
ford Convcntonisi, or something very nasgh,y OF
that sort, but for the accident tina, we were no,
born in season.
We really canno, see how candid men have
the face to say that entire Freedom in Texas
would tend 10 perpeiH0tc Slavery in our Southern
States, when Nlessrs. Calhoun, UpSher, Gilmer,
Duff Green, &c ali 80 strenuously insist that
Freedom in Texas would destroy Slavery in tho
South. Then, as to the increase OF Slaves Al
oar States, the Census says That they DO not in
crease in Delaware, which iorbids their srporta-
tioa. Cut off the more Southcry market tor
them. and they would soon decrease in numbers
in Maryland and Virginia likewise. Slaves will
increase jus, 50 long as they are profitable, and
they are Profitable in the old States only because
,here is demand for them further South.
The assumption that the Annexation OF Texas
as Slave region woald cause Slavery to disap-
pear from the Union is too gross. Most certain
", the acquisition of louisiana has had no sach
effect; On the contrary, We are contiden, that
there are many more Slaves in Virginia to-day
Than there would have been il louisiana had come
in dives,ed Of Slavery, while moi single Slave
State has become Free in consequence, We have
IN abiding confidence tina, Slavery viii eventually
disappear from the union,' but every addition 10
tho territory covered by it renders the era o. thai
contamination more and more distant,
OF all the parro,-phrases which Prejudice and
sel6shness teach Honesty and Candor 10 say after
them. il does seen, 10 US that this habbement that
Slaves 'can only be made free by ensiavins the
White Race is the most absurd. Here are
three Millions of Slaves, in,ermingled with
much larger number of Free Whites. The
Whites are shrewd and Intelligent; the Slaves.
are stupid aud grossly ignorant. The Whites
have arms, forts, s,rongholds, steamboats,, raii-
roads, and every means of offence and defence
the Slaves have their weaponless hands only
Ho,o arc these Slaves to enslare these Whites
What uotire have they 10 attempt ito away !