The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-31
LITTLE ROCK, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER

which in fraitfnlness and rich psodncsiena s.ieh view with the Garden of Eden; but st the sam, time, 10 secure ifs permanent possession to thst race, he made the climate fatal to the white man planted the poisoned Upas tree, and suTroun unded Ethiopia with barrier which the descendants of Shem could never penetEase. The lust of gold however whicE braves every danger, attracted the white slave dealers of England 10 the coast of Ari- ca, and the Ethiopian forcibiy brought to our shores, and sold by the merchants of the north to the planters of the soath; and when the eloquent Patrick Henry and the immortal Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, raised their voices ia the convention against the accursed slave-tFate and were the frsf 10 propose its abolition by lsw, cur northern sym Pathizers denounced Virginia for pres0ming 10 iu- teFfere with their traffic, and ship after ship arrived in the Carolinas, Virginia and Geo ga with slaves, having northern captains and northern supefcargoes on board and after settling their slaves and receiv- ing the gold of the planters for whole earvnes they returned to the north with the spoils and were ibe most wealthy, upright and pieas of citizens of New Engiand. You, sir, and their descendants having sold the slaves 10 tsse ssath aud receiving fu consideration for their value, how demand that their owners shall no, emigraie with them to dts ;ant lands The slaves purchased by the south arc essentially necessary to the existence and cultiva- ton of those lands, and when you deptre the south of their slaves
 "You do take their lives whea you
 Take the means whereby they iiys.'
 A black man cannot live in Oregon, while the white man grows robust in that c'iid climate; the white Inan cannot cultivate the lands of the south, while the black man iuxuriaies in those ci- mates of intense heat and moisture. The sickly, cadaverous appearance of the white overseer the banks of the Red river, living cslonel and sha- king his very bones out of their sockets, show the deadly character of those climates, while the negro of the same attitudes, aud oniy w th moderate en- pioymeni, is healthy and happy ,' thus see the effects of those boundaries of soil and climate which Divine Providence has established, and which no human law can alter. California and New Mexico, however, ia relation To climate present serious objection to the emigration of the coore9 race bat the great, obstacle which wi forever exclude them from those territories is of interest. It would cost more in personal expenses 10 transport slave from the Pee Dee 10 thc Bay Of San Francisco. on the Pacific, over the many ,hcuslnd miles Cf bleak and bghted territory, than tIse slave himself Is worth. end 1t would b. the sane If he sent round to Cape Horn. Taking, therefore. the ex- penses and the risk of Transportation the end less prA'iss of the West 1t would be 4 ruiaoas ex- pertinent ss8d a slsVe those remote shores, and if he should arrive there R safety, be has to ter the riva'ry of peoRs, the native slaves, who numerous sn4 work for nothing. You will an swer 10 this, II avrs cannot be proa,ahly em oy ed in Caiifornia aud New Mexico where i, sour objcc- ton to prohibit their entrance iB those territories by laE7 1 answer this by askug anullser question: If climate and Pecuniary interest forever prevent slaves from being carried iato Oregon, New Mexico and CalilorHs, whers is the necessity of excluding them by law where is the necessity of legislation tbs subject. when tine ght to lrgislatc tAis question is disputed 1 am. adlnonishei by The length of this letter to close tt. Rey this, the valae of slaves decrease they arc disseminated over the fice of the rePnblie- and te more they dissen'Inaie the T. slavery lpe it's is- iinctys character Rely il. 20 slaves will 6nd their way iHioi ose new Tn cries
 IL Ii NOAH.