The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-29

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sphere I've stationary or progressive, ito o"'Oe"'
will be the same The rejection Of this restric-
tion will not add one TO the class Of seryitude,
nor will its adoption give freedom to single be-
ing who is now placed therein. The same mum.
bers will be spread over greater territory; and
so far as compression, with less abundance OF
the necessaries of life, Is evil so far will that
evil be mitigated by transporting slaves to new
country, and giving them alarger space TO occu-
py."
This Is strong, very strong. True, the Gen.
eral refers to particular measure but MS re-
marks cover not alone the Wimot Proviso' but
any and every restriction which limits slavery |
within its present bounds. Taking this bold
and extraordinary position, he lays down the
following doctrine:
"Taat iLis rsstristios gill not add enc 10 the
class Of ssrUitufe."
Slave culture needs wide territory. There
cannot be, under It, close or compact neighbor-
hoods We need only look at South Carolina,
Alabams or any planting state, to be satisfied OF
this fact. We cannot find In them anywhere,
what VIZ should consider in Kentucky even,
dense settlements, and we should meet, nowhere
among cotton, or rice, or sugar growers, one
who agrees with Gen. CAss. "They want room
and must have it," For let the slaves aceumu-
late, by importation or increase, and be confined
within their present bounds, and their value
would be at once diminished-so far diminished,
indeed, that planters would be compelled, in
sef-defence to get rid of them.
The experience of the past seems to US, to
settle this matter. Wherever slave territory has
been increased the value Of slave labor has "ris-
en-" rapidly. The new lands Of Alabama and
Mississippi, came fully into market between
States wis immediate. The value Of slaves al
most doubled all over the South. Gangs"
were sold In South Carolina high seUen
hundred dollars "round," and negroes were mo
we'd from all the exporting States by thousands.
An Increase Of territory may not always in
crease their value so largely, but the effect Of 1t,
invariably, will be to keep up the price. Of
course, whatever has this effect, must rivet
slavery frmer upOz the country, and add, not
one, but thousands, nay, it may be, millions to
the "clsss Of servituds." What, let Us ask, has
caused emancipation In many Of the States Of
the Union1 Moral considerations had great
weight. undoubtedly; with thousands, we re-
oice TO believe they ruled exclusively; but
mainly the consideration, that il was the inter-
est Of the white man to get rid Of slavery, made
freedom triumphant.
This conclusion, then, is irresistibls--that he
who gives, or helps to give, wider space to the
institution, imparts to II, not only greater polit
lcal strength, but increases It every where, and
in every way.
Physiealiy 1t is so. Open new lands, add new
territory, and stimulate a people thus to enter
prise, and stir, and excitement, and tho slave
population will increase more rapidly In the ssv,
than in tho old States. We know this to be the
result with whites. Compare for instance the
number Of births in Ohio, with those of like
number of people in Great Britain, or contrast
Massachusetts, with Illinois, and the new always
surpasses the old. Our opinion is, 1--WE have
not the statistics, that the difference, regards
the blacks, would be more marksd-that the
increase among them in the new States would
be far larger,
PsesniaiiIy, 1t Is so. Il II for the interest Of
Tcnnesseaiis, OF Ksntuski.ns. or any other peo-
pie, to free their slaves1 Make them, from
any cause, worth from fifty, one hundred, or
two hundred more head, and We shall, so far a.
immediate action is concerned, change that in
terest In ls34-35 Western North Carolina,
Eastern Tennessee, and large portions Of Ken
lucky, were prepared, on the ground Of pecu-
mary loss, to free their slaves. 81 remember"
says Gen. Anderson, looming TO this conclu-
sion with some twenty or thirty slave owners;
but stood nearly alone next year, when IL was
sscertained that we could get three hundred
head for our negroes before valued at one hun
bred and fifty"
Morally, il lis so. Only let planters kasp tina,
new and large slave territory Is to be added TO
the Union--that, as class, their political pow
er Is to be steadily increased and they will hang
on to the institution. and defend il, with vigor,
and a resoluteness, which they have never yet
exhibited. What, indeed, could induce them,
acquisition Of Mexico. with its mixed races Of
negro and Indian, but this one hopel What
else could master o feeling among them so in
stinct with lifel The very way, therefore, to
turn their attention from the moral effects Of
slavery-the surest way to hamper or hush the
efforts o. hose who are seeking to make freedom
the universal lsw-ihs AMY way to crush the
true interests Of master and man, and make sla-
very perpetual, IL to extend II. Gen. Cass talks
Of dfasios! Blot out the word. Increase, let
1t be so written, increase, immediate and con.
slant, inerssae, growing and forever widening,
will follow the extension Of slavery. God fer
give the freeman, or the representative Of Free
men, who with light glaring In upon him q. of
midday, dsrss propose this end, or abet It by
word, or deed, or thought.
Gen. Cas- says further:
| That no restriction ssiA gi,s freedom to sin.
gle being ,Dhs 10 moo in ssrritude.
We have shown already that this 10 ineor-
rect-the very reverse Of the truth-but let Us,
as this an important point, illustrate the sub
Ject further, even at the hazard Of repeating, In
part, what we have already said,
| Alabama is new slave State. II psrtakes a
good deal of the character of South Carolina and
Kentucky; her planters are we'll educated, and
distinguished among hospitable men, for their
hospitality. They rule the State. Now sup
pose they knns-suppose the lar, independent
Of all party considerations, was admitted TO set
tie the question, that slavery never could be
extended into new territory-what would be
their policy, what their Action1 They would
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