The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-17
,,.,,eucy. Reuben Chapman "o''
70 o." STATE Of Alabama

TToder the Constitution, IL becomes
- recommend to the Legislature
yoal ao uo, Of such measures as you '6 may
he ens S..i 10 promote the public welfare.
deem - - Jason. | take the liberty oil pro-
FOi ui' q, your consideration the question
posing ~ tbe further immigration OF
o. lO INTO The State of Alabama, and a
save ,bs bIl to be brought into the next
copy !, 70 amend the Constitution so as
Ls. E'., that purpose. A measure some
. ga a- sia,jIsr. but more limited IN It's char
Tl1 80 49, heen heretofore proposed. | al
se,a; !. H he attempt 10 prohibit slaves Ise.'
S .ooS ;" brought , in for sale. That scheme
g gsins ,bink. for TWO reaSons-hfSt, be-
lal's he public mind was not prepared loi
49, second. because the measure Itsell
L. a 90 impotent to effect the good II aimed
l. wa. evident that such law could
r. no easily eyaded, and, therefore, did not
sr,;Es =, the root Of the evil.
The STATE of Mississippi, am informed
oo.s had a similar law, and, to Provrde
- 80, evasions. enacted that no slave
S5ongbt into the State for the ostensIOle
U.s. D.oa Of settlement should be sold or Of
f,.IJ for sale within twelve months.
The result was that the slave dealers es-
,,bIisbsd plantations, stocked them with
I'm s,,ooIies Of negroes, and, at the end oil
,5s ,s11iiTed twelve months residence, sold
an, and replenished again from abroad,
and thus went through the same formula
Zach succeeding year. The only probable
advantage which that law conferred, Injured
"a The negro dealer. 1t taught him that ne
could carry on his business more Proh1aoly
and at les expense, by having farm and
raising his supplies Of necessarles IN the
centre OF the slave market.
The measure here contemplated, is more
extensive in its operation. 1t is to prevent
The future immigration Of slaves for any
purpose whatsoever, and to be SO framed as
10 indicate itself by the forfeiture OF the
slave introduced contrary to its provisions,
and the still further punishment Of the law
breaker as felon.
This. and this only, is deemed OF suffi-
Gent s-yerity to insure TO the State that
slEpro.ection which her situation demands
the reasons Tor which will now proceed TO
give.
It's very evident TO any one who is not
g careless observer, that restless and I'M
easy state Of public feeling exists in the
slave States north Of US upon the subject OF
slavery. Maryland, Virgins, North Caro-
Ina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri
are peysded with feeling Of hostility 10
the institution, which is only suspended
rom open exhibition and action, by the
dread Of pecuniary loss, and the hope Of
finally shilling their slave population fol-
value received upon the Southwestern
States. This last alternative will doubles:
be accelerated by the enactment of pros
pective emancipation laws, which mean'
simply what it has ever meant by the State
which have already abolished slavery-tha
Is, that their citizens may have time enough
to sell US their slaves, and, having pocketeC
the price, to unite against MS in the unius
and bitter crusades Of the Northern Adolf
tionists.
Ii will then be easy to foresee that tn,
gulf States must become the St. Doming,
oil the continent, or rush into a war Of eI
termination, for the utter prostration Of thei
capital.
The States above mentioned, compns
more than half the political strength of tn,
slave States. Ii is, therefore, wise to en-
deavor to preserve our strength by keepin
them on our side and united with us in tn
same interest," This must be the result {
the measure here advocated, not merel
from the money value which these State
aihI to their slave population, but from III
necessity Of keeping in the only propt
mode OF subsection class which otherwi:
vail become fearful nuisance. Or, If the
De sincere in their ideas Of abolition, If the
are actuated by sickly sympathy for the col
dlon Of the slave, then at least we fore
hem to turn their slaves loose upon the
respective domains, and thus keep their ow
nasances and submit to their own loss.-
but It may be safely said that this latter a
tentative need not be apprehended. tn,
osre not turn them loose.
Dut stronger reason for immediate q
uon upon this question lies nearer at hon
quo may be a startling assertion to tho
VINO have never investigated the subject
nave N mr. midst the germ, nf an an
slavery party-no; in the Northern sen
VI he term-not men who sympathisc wi
Ine slave, and would, therefore, turn the
IOos upon society; but composed of the
VINO are wearled with the struggle Of imp
oOctIve labor; those who deem of slave
aat It has produced pecuniarily nought
oaffenness, and politically naught but |
NInes'; those who desire more populc
ShI'e communities for the purposes OF ira
sud education; and Of those who regard
save as their rival 10 production. T
combination Of opinion against slavery
P'V0lgously increased within a few We;
auo Is now increasing among us at a ra
pace. Numbers are every day added
nose who long for the exodus OF the sIs
ano unless we adopt, as a conserval
measure the plan here proposed, the 4
viii come when we will see our capita
'nls species of property Frustrated at a bl
tHd ~hen, unPrepsred for such a cha
y any oil the steps which prudent
s!' always adopts in mitigation, we
Se IN the same condition Of poverty and
OSdffassment, without hope, which the
~, o. Great Britain upon this same q
On mas inflicted on her West Indian
Psnoencles. Upon this subject, we ca
'sAe The past as any indication for IN,
cuntY OF The E,t,,ro w