The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-04-14
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ing each other. 1t is not improbable that III THIS
way the wrongs OF the system will be more FULLY
exposed The people OF Mississippi have already
INV prohibiting the sale OF slaves during the
first year after their introduction into this State.
The design of the law is to prevent any such rap
id increase OF slave population by Importation, as
will seriously diminish the value OF such proper
tv But they find that the law is evaded.> The
slave traders are rich enough by this time TO own
plantations, and the slaves, brought from the
Northern slave States, are placed upon them TO
labor for a single year-the best year OF their la
bors in the more Southern States-and then they
are sold in violation of the spirit OF the law though
not Of its letter, and their places are again sup
piled from the North. The people OF that state
are now seriously agitatng the question of en-
acting more stringent laws to prevent the further
increase of slaves from the North, by which the
value OF slave property is deprecated. Alabama
aud Georgia are joining in the discussion which
looks to the prevention OF so great calamity
They are Just now aroused 10 the enormliles OF
slave. trading, ard TO the denominations OF slave
breeding, not indeed by any conviction OF the in
herent wrongs Of the system, but by the convic-
ton that their craft their part OF il is in dam
ger.
The Virginian and Kentucky shareholders
would not like to have their southern brethren
pour such overwhelming supply OF negroes up
Oh their soil, as to destroy the value OF such pro.
DertV IN tnSlf nduuS. ct unQlIlS IL more p.O-
htabe for themselves to sell their slaves than
either to work them, or have them run away,
they do not hesitate TO send them farther south, IN
fthe face OF the oit-repeated protestaons OF the
Georgians and the Alabamians. This has been
carried on so long, that they have how such
glut of the commodity, that the depreciation Of
the value of human flesh will ruin many who
have embarked in such speculations, and as they
believe, will great lnjure all who own slaves. 1t
l. a - L
ians thus to disregard the interests OF their breth
rem, but they tc'H do it; for they doubtless think
that it is well Tor the property to deprecate in
the hands OF Georgian consumers, as OF Virginian
breeders. 1t is difficult to that they are mis-
taken in this conclusion.
Another consequence of this transportation OF
slaves southwark, is this: From Missouri to
Maryland, Shareholders are excited by the loss OF
runaway slaves. To save them, they thrust
them by forced sales upon Georgia, Alabama, &c.
The people of these states, rritated by the con-
sequent depreciation OF their property in men,
begin to threaten their Northern neighbor with
retaliatory legislation, and also to tell tales upon
them. They begin to expose their wickedness,
as well to legslate against their business They
begin to say TO Kentucky and Virginia, Sc Ii you
will raise slaves, you may keep them, and if you
will not keep them, you may emancipate them at
home, and not send them here to drive us to
around the Gull propose TO enact laws, rendering
the slave trade betw cen the States penal. Who.
ever imports, shall forfeit. The effect OF this in
two respects, will be most important. 1t arrays
slavery against itself. 1t will be likely to fall
under its own blows. The conflicting interests
of different portions Of the slave territory is ap-
pearent. and il not real now, will soon be made
so by party feeling. The slave trade between
the states must be exposed. There seems to be
just enough of exasperated feeling on both sides,
to induce both parties to turn States evidence,
and to give to the cause OF truth the evidence
that inculpates each other. We may thus expect
that the Southern slave states smar.ing under
mutual injuries, will show up the denominations
of the traffic. The Northern slave states, on the
other hand may retaliate upon tt EN-, by showing
that 1t Is no worse to sell men for this consump-
ton, than to consume them by labor and disease
when they are sold
The other effect OF this Legislation is more i'm.
portant, because its bearing upon emancipation
is more direct and obvious. The Alabamians not
only fear the depreciation of slave property, but
they also fear that the Northern slave states in
tend to run off their slayes-pocket the market
value, and then declare for emancipation. To
guard against this, they would compel them to
keep their s'own nuisances' al home and thusby
their dread of free black population, prevent
emancipation. They hope in this way to pre-
vent the recession OF the slavehoding border to.
wards the Cult, and by holding the Northern slave
states between themselves and a land of freedom
they hope to avoid the Interior danger of losing
their slaves by their flight to the tree states, by
increasing in this way, the difficulties oftheir es
cape. Will they succeed in this endeavor' We
think not. 1t is the very step to hasten emanci-
patton; for these Northern states, thus burdened
with slaves, will have the expense OF retaining
them, while their chief profit is destroyed. They
can no longer avail themselves OF the increase OF
their slaves; and slave labor, as all allow, does
not pay the cost, except in the Southern slave
States.
What, then, shall hinder emancipation The
supposed prohtabeness OF the system is the great
argument IN its favor. Make it burden and
expense, and the people will no longer tax them
selves to support so great wrong. The wrong
will then be maiest.
Besides, there is, by the testimony Of Southern
men, growing party sincerely opposed to slave
ry:
''We have in our midst the germ of an anti
sIdoery party, composed of those soho are
toeGr,ed Nth the struggle ofunproductiue labor,
those Uho deem of slavery that 1T has produced,
pecnniariy, nought but barrennes, and political
iy, nought but bitterness "-T Hon. Mr. Hyden-
telts letter to the Gov. Of Alabama.
There are those there, also, who are conscien-
tously opposed to the system-who are conyinc