Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-03-23
From he L0pfsrilll Eramincr.
ThA rnnlinNn Of Alabama.

TIC lUUQliiNI VI IlAVhhIu'
IN The Examiner OF Feb. II. VIC pub
lished me letter recently addressed by
'Jndoe H~oydenlalJl, Of Alabama, 10 the
Government OF that State, in which he
assumes it 10 be indispensable TO The well
fare Of Alabama that some restrictions
shall be laid on tho immigration OF slaves.
He shows very conclugively, that there
are too many slaves in the Safe already.
and that further importation will incfcase
an evil which is already sorely felt. His
letter is one Of the most remarkable pro.
duciions which we have lately seen, and
vel ii has not met with any particular ut.
iention at home or abroad. Judge Hev.
denrsldt is, we are informed, one Of the
most able ard influential citizens Of The
State. He was born and has alwayslir.
ed in tho South, and his plan conteln.
plates The security and profit Of sluvo.la-
Dor. Ho is, therefore, well qualified to
give testimony on the mos! interesting
question of the day.
He says that there already exists in
Alabama the "gem Of an ~arti.slavery
parry" made up OF those who are "wea.
yied with The struggle ofunproductvo la.
Dor, and desire more p~opulous white
communities for tho purpose ofirode and
educaiion," and those who look upon the
slaves as their rivals in production. He
says that numbers ere added every day
10 those who long 10 SEQ slavery cXlirpa.
ted, and that, unless some conservative
plan is adopted, the time will come when
capital invested in that ''species Of prop.
cry" will be PROSTATE at a blow. To u.
void any calamity Of the kind, he propo.
poses that hereafter no more slaves shall,
under any pretext, be admitted into the
State, and iha; shareholders engage in
some other kinds ofontcrpriso than hose
they are accustomed TO. He says the
Stale Of Alabama is poorer now than she
was fifteen years ago. Notwithstanding
that within that period she has expended
nearly ten millions of foreign capital
within the Limits Of The Safe, for which
a heavy dobt now hangs over her people.
Her resources for taxation are dimin-
ishing every day." ard her political
strength is ''yielding 10 the Of
q system which must finally reduce it 10
o cipher"
He thinks that sone persons may
deem such confessions "imprudcnt" al
The present time. What he says is true,
TO some extent, Of every other slave
holding community as well as Of Ala.
bama. We have no doubt that the icon.
stilulional Incidence ofwhich he speaks
rs existing among the Alabama slave
holders, will effccluaiiy prevent the 0dop-
ton Of any great remedial plans, Emi'
grafton 10 a new country is the only
remedy that shareholders ever adopted
10 rid themselves Of evils Of tho kind
of which Judge Heydenfeldt complains.
If slavery is not extended beyond lis
present limits, the time will come when
that remedy will fail, and then there vii!
be no alternative but emancipation OF
flight. The Shareholder will run away
from his slaves, or tho slaves will be
manumiued and run away from him.
The picture the Judge draws Of Ala
bama is truly melancholy. She is poor.
er now than she was fifteen years ago,
Notwithstanding she contains within her
bosom millions Of acres of uncuItivated
land of the finest quality, and has "im-
mense water power, coal, iron, lead, mar.
bic, granite, lumber and ,urpentine,"
and is well situated for commercial put.
poses. And, yet, despite these great and
numerous advantages, she is re'rogra.
ding at this early period in her history 7!
Whal q fearful commentary on The CT
fec,s of slavery on i SAFE which enjoys
q delightful climate ard Qbounds in all
those natural resources from which The
prosperity Of communities spring.
VIC feel that to add any Thing TO this
picture would be 10 mar lis effect. We
call the attention Of KentuckiCns TO lha
coadilion Of Alabama, and invoke them
TO be wise before ii is TOO late, and TO ~
,irpate slavery beforeit has utterly ruin
cd our proud Commonwealth.
The following petition has been quite ex'