New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-06

from s other races by pccuAries no; 20 be mistaken.
be- eve % % De- IN the order oi froFllcnce tlAi me
Continent of North America with the exception per-
hans OF some Uncomfortable districts. - ultimately O.
he peoried by the same race which has oFerspIead
Europe and made 70 what . j. ID science ~ AT 10 eve
lizat0n. and IN morals. We may oy mlsai p--a-e'
OF the means 90 our command. thwari FOR season ihe
divine purpose w. may postpone the consunm 'ton
of the md we have % accomplish but the deeply
seated causes which are - Work VIII lliunatey III
umph over all obstacles. Years. possibly ctntlries-
~ iat are c.n-ire. IN The history II nations and
empires N- say possibly centuries may be necessary
% complete this process bat % must. in the END uc
coupleed believe 10 may be- satisfactorily shown that
the free black population the Northern states does
not increase by IL inherent force doubt whether
Il "a fully reproduced Ina four of the New England
States-Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode-lsland and
Counecticut-thc black population from l--o % leo,
materially decreased. In NcwYorS Massachusetts and
Maine there was an increase during the same period
but this was doubtless due % the immigration 90 manu-
utted blacks from the south finding their way % the
principal commercial states Without these accessons.
Inc result In these states would probably have been the
came as in the four New England states referred 20
Under the most favorable circumstances. % - and mus
continue 10 be IN inferior IN the North II counts
nothing in the estimate physical or Intellectual OF the
9Th Of the body polite Lven where the forms Oh
IL admission 20 the privileges on reeulen aFc compete
il excluded class. Let the liberal and the humane
90 what they may they cannot change the unaterale
law OF its destiny. Public opinion a. the Norn-cNl u
prejudice if you wl-presents an insuperaoie barrier
against ts elevation in the social scale ny own Stac
has recently. hy majority ~ ABOUT one Aul.l'" ais.
thirty thousand votes in two hundred thousand refused
20 place blacks on the footing whites IN the eN
crcse of the elective franchise. Illinois ana Coneccul
have believe, done the same thing by decided votes
class thus degraded VIII not multiply. Thsi the hr,t
stage Of retrogadaton. The second almost certainly
follows Il VIII not be reproduced and in few gene
ra0ns the process of extinction u performed 10 Is tne
slow bur certain process Of Nature, working out her
ends by laws steady, and yet so silent that their ope
ration Is only in their results am not sure mat
this fact l. supported by statistical data that can be
considered settled beyond doubt II lt Iefe' y might
solve great problem in population IN the Jnted ral's
"a problem fun of consequence and OF instruction Tor
our uidance-that manumtcd blacks as class, do not
multiply, and perhaps are not reproduced
Is IL the part OF wisdom or humanity 20 promote inc
extension or increase of race which has Its destiny
written in characters 10 be mistaken or ehaccd-an
extension adding nothing to the public prosperity or
strength and enarging the basis OF human degrade
ton and suffering
What is the true policy of the country looking 10 its
rapid growth and 10 the steady extension of our people
over the unoccupied portions OF this continent Slr.
there Is crave cause tor reelection IN the uneNampled
increase OF our population by is inherent force ana
It'll more in the accessions annually made - our
numbers by immigration The public order and pros
pery depend in degree in giving 10 these Access
sions foreign and domestic, uniform ana homo2ehe-
ous character We could divert the current OF I'M
migration if we were disposed 10 do what every dictate
of humanity rcpcls and condemns II Is IN the vast ana
fertile spaces Of the West that our own descendants ~
well rs the oppressed and needy muutudes OK the Ola
World must ind the food they require and the rewards
for labor which necessary 10 give them me spr'
and the independence Of itecmen nold IL 70 De our
sacred duy 10 cousccrae these spaces 20 the mutp'
cation of the white Our part Is 70 see Also rs
far lies that this new material - made 70 con
orm 10 the political organization. al whch 10 l. 20 oe
come an integral Fart. have always utltNeu llir oD
iect would be best accomplished by liberal policy
The Federal Government can do nothing IN thls re-
si,e.t The state Governments must do au-rather
perhaps by acting upon future generations tnan the
prescnt6y establishing schools by the removal OF re-
sricons upon the application Of labor and capital ana
ny cmancpstng industry under an us forms rom Tue
shsckles OF privilege and monopoly
Ii We were % look % the rapid increase oil our own
population alone without reference 20 external Access
sOns-accessions annually Increasing ana win a con
sautly cTatcd force-l should hold IL 70 uc our
duty 10 promote by all Just and CONSTITUTIONS means
tho intimidation Of the white and 70 discourage
AS far as we properly can, the multiplication OF every
other Reason and humanity acting ~lthin the huut9
of the Constitution viii define the mode anu extent oi
tho agency we may exert over destines IN TINS re-
spect With regard to the policy OF peoplhs ul' con
tuent by the highest IN the order Oh nteectua
and phv.ical endowment there can be no difference OF
opinion No man can hesitate % say whether the con
dton Of this continent in all that concerns Us govern
mant morals civilization, prosperity, strength ana pro
duc'veness, would be most likely TO De promoted Dy
peOpling 10 with the from men we are sprung OF
with the descendants OF the Etliop ana the taHre-
There may be portions OF the southern states IA whch
the climate and objects Of cultivation require the LABOR
of blacks pass by all considerations OF TINS charac
ter for an obvious reason II there portions OF the
Union which can only be cultivated by the African race
they are embraced within the territorial boundaries OF
Organized states, over whose domestic CONDITION anu
relations the Federal Government has no control Inc
question concerns only them gId Orbear 10 touch IT,
But admitting the necessity Of Slave Labor there the
admission furnishes argument IN favor Oh the eAte'
sion Of the African % Territories IN which no such
necessity exists
! The character OF the population, by which this
continent j. TO be- occupied, j. subject OF vital I'M
/ importance % every section OF the Union. Inc
/ strength of the whole s concerned, and with It's
I -fFtf from ext
intestine disorder ami violence The nearer the great
! BODY Of our people-th0se especially VINO uh lAe
earth-apprOa"h the standard in Intelligence ana
uolitical importance the more likely we snail De u
maintain internal tranquility and peace and bring 70 the
common support in war the united Strength oil All A
de graded class IS always, and must De- Oy force Oh I'M
mutable laws, element OF insecurity ana weakness
will not say that the North u "a much heresl'I III
this question a. the South But we have very deep
| interest in IT, Manumitted Slaves come 70 us IN con
siderable numbers They viii continue to do so IN spite
of any discOuragements we may oppose Huu "l'iyu'
| the aid OF compulsory legislation on the part Oh lhe
states in which they are manumitted All such additions
20 our numbers in the highest degree undesraDie
They add nothing 20 our strength, moral OF Pnysea
and A. we IN up their endencys 20 exclude whites %
the extent that they contribute TO supply the ueiian
for labor II the fifty thousand tree blacks m new OF
were ~ be- Withdrawn, their places would De hnea ~
an equal supply OF white aborers Our siren ana O1i
prosperity would be proporuonaoy increased y sug
tit,,ting white citizens for class abOrng under civil
dsqua hcatiOns and excluded, by the force Oh oPh9n
/ from all share in the concerns OF Government we
/ desire and need independent dependent classes
We have then deep interest m this question: hst a.
/ a member OF The common Union, ana next As com
munlty la respects independent ana sovereign ~
both relations II concerns our permanent "eare 'Hu
we can never consent or contbute-by any act Dy mac
zion by acquescence express Or mpled-to the eAten
sion of slavery 10 regions IN which Il does not now exist
Il generally conceded that there Is nothing IN lle
climate or productions Of Oregon which requires me
labor OF blacks n this be 80, Slavery II introduced
would gradually give way in the competition with Tree
| labor Notwithstanding this inherent tendency III
slavery 10 wear itself out in districts 10 which II i not
indpsnssbly necessary IL will be profitable for time
in new countries where there lands 10 be brought
under cultivation and where there i an urgent demand
for labor Bur for a temporary purpo'e-wlth the a.
.urance that IL must eventually be cradcateo-"ouiu
not be unjust and unwise, considering the question H
is political bearing alone, % decline 10 exclude H. aAu
| 10 make the prohibition absolute
Gentlemen have sad this i not practical question
that slaves will never bee taken tO Oregon WIKI All ue
ference 10 their opinions differ with them totally
boeve n permitted slaves would bee carried there anl
that slavery would continue AZ least a. long AZ IN sary
land or Virginia The Pacific coast u totally onereA
In temperature from the Atlantic. II y lar mhdet-
ncs OF equal observation-disclosures lines az thej
are Technically ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the surface
be earth in curves OF varied cccencity IN reference
m the paralles of latitude These curves are nowhere
rbs5s Greater than on this continent In the latitude
~ Novs Scotia which IS bound for nearly hall tne yea
u otter of Ice snow on the Pacific does not lie mof
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