The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-02-08
PUTNAM COUNTY oHIo TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, ls4s

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constitution to The, State governments, and
would infct serious blow upon our funda-
mental principles. Few indeed I trust,
there are among us, who would thus gran,
to foreign power the right to inquire into
the constitution and conduct Of the sovreign
states of the Union; and if there are any,
am not among them, and never shall be-
To the people lof this country, under God,
now and hereafter, are its desiines commit
ted; and we wan, no foreign powers TO In
terrogate US, treaty in hand, and TO say, why
have you done this, or why have you left
that undonef oui own dignity, ami the
principles Of national independence unite 10
repel such a proposition. 4, agga 8
But there is another important consdera-
ton, which ought not 10 be lost sight of in
The investigation Of this subject. TIE ques-
tion which presents itself is not question
of the increase but ola diffusion Of slavery.
Whether lis sphere be stationary or progress
dve, its amount will be. the same. The re-
Election Of this restriction will not add one To
'he class Of seryitude, nor will its adop-
ton give freedom, 10 single being who is
now placed therein. The same numbers
will DC spread over great territory; and so far
as compression with the less abundance Of
the necessaies Of life, is an evil, so far will
that evil be miliga,ed by transporting slaves
,o.a new country. and giving them larger
space to occupy, ,,..,;,s.,. n c;rf) ts ,,.,
say this in the event, Of the extension Of
slavery over any new acquisition. But car
|itlgo iherei This may we'll be doubted.--
All the descriptions, which reach us Of the
condition of the Californias and of Mexico,
to the acquisition Of which our ,effnrs seem
at present directed, unite in representing
those countries as agricultural regions, simi-
lar.in their products TO our middle States,
and generally un6, for the production Of the
great staples, which cpn alone render slave
labor valuable. If we are not grossly de-
ceived--and il is difficult to conceive how
we can be--,he inhabitants Of those regions,
whether ,heydepend upon their plows or their
herds, canno, be slave holders. involuntary
labor, requiring the investment Of large capi-
tai can only be profitable when employed
in The production Of a few favored articles
confined by nature 10 special districts; and
paying larger returns than the usual agricul-
inrai products spread over more considerable
portions of the earth. ulsal3' nsH yasa
In the able letter of Mr.. Buchanan upon
: this subject, not long since given to the pub
7 lie, he presents similar considerations with
I great force. "Neither," says the distinguish
led writer, "the soil, the climate, nor the pro.
ductuns of California south of 36 deg. 80
I; lnin., nor indeed Of any portion Of it aorth or
i south, is adapted to slave labor; and besides
: every facility would be there afforded for the
u slave 10 escape from his master. Such pro
e perry wonld be entirely insecure in any par
of California. II is morally impossible
therefore, iha, majority Of the emgran's Ia
I that portion of the territory south Of SO deg
80 min, which will be chiefly composed oI
! our citizens, will ever ,re-establish slavery
' within its limits. .,t ai ie,.- ..,f' t'-t
: "In regard to New Mexibo, east Of the
Rio Grande, the question has already been
! settled by the admission of Texas into the
: Union. s.i .ua-;al t1a o. 70 ges5fq a..
: "Should we acquire territory beyond the
U Rio Grande. and east of the Rocky Noun.
: tains, il is still more impossible that ma.
i iority Of the people would consent 10 re-es.
tablisb slavery. They are themselves a
; colored population, and among them the
! negro Dies not belong socially 10 a degraded
race" ..1--....s ,r.. all.
/ With this last remark Mr.. Walker fully CO.
= ncid IS in his letter witten in 1874, upon the
: annexation of Texas, and which every where
T. produced SO favorable an impression, upon
: The pnbic mind, as to have couduced very
: materially to the accomplishment of iha
3 great measure. "Beydnd the Del Nore,,'
: says Mr.. Walker; "slavery will not pass; no
J, only because it is forbidden by law, but be
a cause the colored race there preponderaies
in the ratio of ten to one oter the whites; and
i holding as they do, The government and mos,
D Of the officers in their possesson, they will
not permit the enslavement Of any portion ol
Il the colored race, which makes and executes
the laws Of the country" 0..4.3 asa 2
T The question, it will be therefore seen OIL
J, examination, does not regard The exclusion
q of slavery from region where il now exists
Il but a prohibition against it introduction
s where il Goes not exist, and whore, from the
y feelings Of its inhabitants and the laws ofna
r ture, i is morally impossible as Mr.. Bnch
9 anan says, that il can ever fe.estabiish itself
:. II augurs we'll for ,he Permanencey Of ou
:, confederation, that during more than half ,
9 century, which had elapsed since its estab
9 lishmeht, many serious questions, and some
e Of the highes, importance, have agtated III.
II public MUD, and iEore than once threatened
y 'hs g,avcst consequences, but that they have
a.ssed AMY, lesyag our ins itu,ions unscath
s. = A Il, NJ ,I,frS
: jaWai AID wealth, and in all the other ele
Il ne &fs' 'ofin1tlonal prosperity, with rapidi,,
!, |3aka,oM,t ia ancien, or modem days. 1i !,