Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-11-07
From the Augusta Conslisnlnnalist.
NEGROES In CALIFORNIA


very, are now apparent in California. If
California becomes free State in this
Union, Southern wings will he to blame
for il. But for A. II. Stephens anu Rob
erl Toombs, Esqnires, and their Southern
c6nfedcrales in Congress, aud the South :.
ern whis papers, such as The Chronicle s.
Sentincl, there would be row a large
amount of slave population in California.
The Southern SLAVE holders would have
been there in thousands with their slaves,
and deriving from The gold mines rich re-
wards OF slave labor. Three or four thou
sand dpllars 10 The maud are now realized
there by The few Shareholders that have
boldly yenlurcd 10 asser; their rights as
CO. equals in The confederacy, with North
crn citizens, and claimed To enjoy upon
the soil Of our new acquisitions, The pro-
perty which is recognized as theirs by the
Constitution of the UniIcd States. Read
the following statement in the alabama
Journal:
"NEeRoEs ~ CALlroRNM.-H has
long been apparent, since Mr.. Polk pur-
chased the Mexican territories, declaring al
The same time, that they must, from The
nature Of things, be free terriory-thal The
only way 10 make them slave States was
for SHAREHOLDERS 10 emierate there with their
property in sufficient numbers TO control
the policy of the country. That they
could have douc so with safety to their
property, is now apparent. Those from
this quarter who carried negroes have had
no trouble with them, and it is found they
adhcre To their masters there with greater
zeal aud devotion than elsewhere. Seve-
ral have written back expressing their re-
gre,s that they did not carry with them
hands from their plantations, A gcuiIe
man from Macon county who took ou,
three goods hands, has written back thai
he hires them out al three hundred dollars
per month each, aud has had no difficulty
in retaining Them. Every man there is so
immersed in his own absorbing pursuits
that he has no time or inclination tu inter-
fere with The business Of others. or engage,
even if so inclined, in abolition move.
mems. Much The largest portion o. the
population at the mines having the means,
il is stated, would purchase negroes to aid
Them, were they in market. A portion Of
The work al the mincs-,hc cxcavaling. is
bard and difficult and mus, lie accomplished
by manual labor-hcncc the great nrcessi
~ and advantage Of The services of able
bodied negroes. If the southern cmieranls
had invested their capital in negroes in
the place Of goods, &C., which they took
will: them, their labor would have rapidly
made them independent, aud heir exam
pie would have been followed by Others
with their slaves. in suliicien, numbers 10
have controlled the policy Of The territory.
The plan sci on foot las; year by Mr..
Howard, Of Georgia, for large bodies to 60
in company would there is little have been
successful ifl had been carried out. Com
panies of twenty, fifty or hundred, set
tling together would be able to protcc!
their property in all emergencies, if, by
nny chance, II Should uDeendangureu. be we
learn that many have this enterprise still in
contemplation, and as The season apprua.
chcs for the passage Of The f,lhlEus, wc
trust it will be carried out"
The comment Of The atlanta MtelE.
gencer upon this editorial is worthy of note.
ave have no doubt bYl that Mr.. How
ard would have succeeded in his plan, had
il no, been opposed by certain editors in
our State for political effect at The North.
What have they gained by their opposl.
ton ?"-Ep. lHT.
/, cannot be doubted tina, the course Of
certain wing editors in Georgia aided ma
,crialy 10 throw cold wafer upon the plan
of Mr.. Rober, K. Howard, 10 form an emf.
grating Company with their slaves from
this State 10 California. These editors
were sustaining Messrs. S'erhens aud
Toomhs in their position that slavery
could mol be carried to California until
Congress passed law permitting il-hat
California was free soil-made so by
Mexican laws which the annexation did
not abro.alc, aud that when slave
touched that soil he became ipso ,facio
free. This is the doctrine of the Northern
wings, free soilcrs. and abViliouisis. This
is the doctrine that Benton espouscd in
order to curry favor with The North. This
is the doctrine that it suited The policy ol
certain whis leaders and editors in Geor-
sia-as il did certain whiS editors and
leaders in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee
and Missouri. and o,icr slave holding
States. 10 preach. 1t was The advocacy of
,nis doctrine that was The mcst ctlcctuaI
opposition 10 slave emigration TO California
thai could have hcen adopted. The free
soilcrs aud abolirfoGisls could mol have
asked more clIeclual aid from The South
ern wings. II played rish, into their
hands. |. pleased such men as Fillmore,
ssreely, Goll, Root, Truman Smith, aud
Tom Ewing, and honest jacob COllamcr
TO nicely.
Ii will doubtless encourage !hem to cx-
pect other and further aid from their South
cn Wbis allies.
How did this doctrine aid them? 1t did
so by discourasius emigration. Property
is ti;niJ." Men are unwilling TO incur The
sIigl,es, risk Of loss Of property, and ow.
ners Of slaves ate especially limid, owing
10 the faculties Of voliIon and locomoIon
with which that species Of property is en-.
dowed.
The question asked by tho IntclHgrncer
is not pleasant one for certain ediiorS,"
to answer. "Wha, have they gained by
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