Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-02

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labor South, soon rendered Northern slave
labor Improbable, by the superiority and
greater cheapness Of free labor, SO that the
political economy Of the North alone, was
quite sufficient, either to emancipate the
Northern negro, or send him slave 10 the
South. Ii was The interest and policy Of
the North to get rid Of The negro. Il was
a speculation worthy Of Northern sagaci-
~. Not SO with The South. As early as
the first instance Of Northern abolition,
the slave question was one Of life and death
to the South. II was then, and continues
10 be, vitality connected with tho tenure
by which life is held, and tho order Of
society maintained.
The greater value Of the slave South had
been centripetal force, gradually attract
ing the slave from the North, for long
term Of years, until when emancipation
began, there was found but small num-
Der to be got rid OF. Their sale to Sou
thern purchasers had greatly thinncd the
North Of slaves, as Improbable servants
and prepared the way for the emancipation
Of the balance. Northern humanity, which
forbade the sale of the negro within the
limits Of Northern States, did not forbid
his transportation and sale in the South,
and to this process the North owes large
share of its boasted freedom from slave
ry. Reasons have always existed in the
South, both for the introduction and CONT
nuance of slavery, which never existed in
the North, and it was as much the interest
of the North TO abolish slavery, as it was
of the South to retain il. Ii was a BUSH
ness arrangement, resulting from motives
of interest and policy with both, the South
having the additional plea of its own safe
~ TO urge in the case. The North knew
that to abolish slavery was to Danish the
negro. The South knew that 10 abolish
slavery was to turn the negro loose, in
countless numbers, without restraint or
control. lis abolition North presented to
no danger then Or 10 its prospect; but it is
admitted OH all hands, thai its abolition
South, at any time for at least sixty years
past, would have been attended with the
most imminent danger. Even we're the
Southern States to try the experiment OF
keeping in slavery the present generation,
while making legal provision for the free
dom of the next, il would establish prin
ciple, in the view Of the mass Of slaves
which would give birth 70 an amount o.
4 Impotence and irritation, endangering the
safety Of the whole South. What was safe
and laudable in the North, would have
been suicidal and ruinous in the South
The inutity of slavery mingled with ant
strengthened the religious convictions o.
the North. One Of the fundamental prin
ciples Of all slavery, the interest Of the
master. was attacked in the North, ant
: made its appropriate impression. During
I all this period, however, emancipation il
! The South, without the removal Of the ne
! gro, would have been not Norihern Blu
i National madness, for it would only have
5 disposed and prepared the two races fol
mutual destruction. Any state Of things
: tending TO disturb the existing relations
! between tho races in the South. and which
| does not ct the same time contemplat,
the removal of one, must tend to the de
struction Of one or both Of them. Sine
| The foundation Of society, the white AM
] black races have never co-exlsted, unde
!, the same government on equal footing
D and never can. If The two races, as is en-
!, tirely certain, cannot mingle, they mus
!, as il regards equality Of intercourse, Who'll
! " separate, and such separation withou
Il removal is impossible, except in state .
y slavery or civil discord. The whole orde
+ Of society in the United States must b
; first subyered, and then remodelled, be
4 fore the negro can, b possibility, deriy
9 and enjoy the same benefits Of sociei
d with the white man. 1t is incontestibl
3 true Of the whole North, from Maine I
I Illinois, that in the proportion the legs
d distinctions between The white man an
i negro are abolished, new barriers to an
n ching like equality Of intercourse, are SIT
n diously thrown up by the white population
il BY means Of which the negro is re-ensla'
ed, and more hopelessly deemed 10 all III
., disadvantages ot both caste and condition
}. The whole course Of the North, for half
e century, procIaims their purpose and pol
j, cy, not 10 mingle with the negro, anc "
b, they are necessarily pursuing cours
:el the object Of which is to compel the Soul
10 mingle with them, for this they must
Z in some form, or else keep them In slav
$. ry, unless they can be removed. The r
Ie pugnance Of which we speak Is inyincibl
ID Nature, moi less than the habit and y
10 ASSOCIATIONS Of ages, has established visib
ID aud indelble signs and reasons Of separ
,e ton. n We subdue and overcome Y
il, mere fact Of servitude, The evil remain
e, as il regards The actual condition and W.
he fare Of lhe negro. and 10 most instanc
e, is increased beyond estimation. Whcrey
pr they arc found, the free negroes Of Y
IN country are deprived Of all the more i
TO poriant privileges d social humanity, a