The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-06-17

| Nhysio Iowa. having 4jiil~ souls, ana w lscon-
sin, 3O,945, in lS40, are this year ahead--a long
way ahead-of Arkansas.
Now cast your eye upon the map. Look at
| the position of Arkansas. See her bounded on
one side by the Father of waters-and the Red
and White rivers penetrating far into the inte-
| rior-her soil rich-her mountains full Of min
erals-and all famed by genial airs, and the glad
dening warmth Of Southern suns. Turn now to
these Northern States. For five months shut
up by the snow and ice. Possessing fertile
soil, it is true, but having few of the natural ad
vantages which belong TO Arkansas. Having
made the contrast, now say which ought to grow
fastest and thrive mostl Which, other things
being equal, ought to be first in wealth, power,
intelligence Alas, clog is upon the Southern
State. Her virgin soil invites the laborer; but
| slavery brushes all who toll upon il. Her rich
resources provoke the capitalist; but blighting
servitude drives them from her borders. Her
fne navigable streams tempt the enterprize of
the trader; but the plague npot of the South for
bids his entrance upon them. Thus, this glori-
Gus region, blessed by Heaven with every boun-
comparatively. wild and barren waste, by the
curse Of negro-slayery.
Well-the State seeks 10 overcome this diff
Guilty by giving array her lends to uhOeper piIl
till them. We have said Southern non slayehold-
ers may accept her offer. On reflection, we
must recall the admission. The poorer classes,
or majority of them, in the Carolinas and
Georgia, &c. are really ignorant of what is going
on; are unable 10 remove, even if they wished
to go, and knew Of the liberal offer Of Arkan-
sas. The laborers Of the mid-slave States will
not, as general rule, 60 further South. And
as for the freemen Of the free States, they would
infinitely prefer paying for lands in the North |
west by the sweat of their brow, than be masters
Of large farms, where IL Is dishonorable or de- !
grading TO work. We see the operation of this
feeling very strongly in Kentucky. Slavery ex.
lists here in its mildest form. But except in the
border counties, and cities, we are not benefited
by foreign emigration; none of the masses of
Germans, Irish, &c. who come to the United
States, settle among us. And the exception we
make proves very strongly our position. For
wherever-as in Covington and LouIsville-the
whites are running rapidly ahead, and the ne
groes are.decreasing, so that the growing ills of
slavery are scarcely seen and felt there these labo
rers venture, and give to us much of the prosper
ity We enjoy. The liberallty of Arkansas will
avail her but little. 1t viii hardly touch the
svil which she seeks to remedy.
But this case, In Some respects, is the most
we have seen. Arkansas owns half
million Of acres-she has, besides, any quantity
# rich soil which may be purchased at low
ates She is poor-very poor. She is without +,
cal power in the Union, and, with slavery, new
II can have any. But If she were free State, J,
lot only might Askansas sell hsr lands at fair
ates, bat have them settled by an energetic,
hriving population Yet rather than yield upl
lavei'y--rather than cst out the cancer which C.
eating up her substaIce--she proffers to give a
'ese lands away to any who may come, nay s
egs all to come, that they may be settled, and s
lus the State regenented, viviied, ami filled .
18th enterprize and wealth. Vain hope The A
cision knife is the o. h remedy. Pat that to r
% root Of the evil VIII &Iesp Arkansas down, 20
I'd keeps her down; SPnce, 70 SLAVE. =