The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-15


hat Consequently great nnmoeis oil Them nave
been exported from Kentucky. Yet IN spite oil
his powerful check, our negro population haS
continued TO gain upon the While. ne Soutneih
demand Tor slaves may therefore Continue unsoa-
ted, and yet, unless we eulancipaie sld rolonlLe'
a period will arrive when the blacks ol Kentucky
shall ouinumber the whites, and going on 10 IN.
crease, they must finally press The wsites oui Of
The country.
But the Southern demand for slaves has sbsted
and will ere long entirely cesse. An uneon-
ttollable law OF nature will produce IN 10 result
Ii is now ceftsin that slavery cannot te EXTENDED
into our newly acquired ter,iionea- NO Wiimo'
oroyiso is necessary TO exclude Il from them
Therefore, while the white population has ample
DOM 10 spread, the slave population must CO..
Time TO increase and multiply within iis Pfes' nj
boundaries.
The natural rate OF their incret,e is Tile ovei
30 per cent in ~ years, which doub'es thrir nun,
Ger ia about Is years. The causes which check
the increase OF the free p puiaton, as county,
becomes more densely peoped, do not operate
upon our well-fed slaves. who multiply WIN
The full force OF vigorous health and uareslIalnec
concubinAge. Therefore, az our Southern oiatrf
grow Older, the increase OF the whites VIII De
checked more aud more, but that oil the slive'
will proceed without check u abatement. IN
consequences are obvious. they are unfolding
themselves ever yeat The negro population
gtIns upoa The white. The poorer wtIie Peep
md the mechanics are giving PisceLo u'e negiOeH
Masters do, aud hereafter mus lransier an IncfeaF
ius portion OF Their multiplying hordeb, tom ih'
cultivation of poor and ont lands 10 vafieiN
e other employmeots. LabOring white men beini
thus superseded will fee, as they have been het-
ing, 10 the open Tsalms of freedom. until the,
cave the SHAREHOLDERS with few merchants anC
confessional men Immersed in Black Sta o!
slaves.
IN, clo tate n saef afv N the Son tine
the opening of new Rrrilofy for The diffusion OF
slavery. This has adorded continual SUPPLY OF
fresh lands for the enjoyment OF slave lsbOr, AM
prevented the necessity OF turning many s ayes it
Iher employm-nis. Bat now slavery has amos
reached the boundatie, which IL cam D, pass.
must hereafter swell aid DEEPEN upon The space
Shih il occupies.
The second canse is me cotton and sugar cnl.
rure in the Southwest, afJrdng pTofilahle employ
nent TO the increase OF he slaves, and cansing ,
movement OF them from roTth 10 South. But thu
., nj for the surplus OF NIiheIn slaves will 500
| "a CLOSED. The ptoductI,n OF cotton has been f.
years tending 10 excess, md the price has he.i
Ieclinius The value OF slaves has declined pro
,ortionaily. In a lew yrirr the natural IncfrHs
4 the Southern negroes vii fully supply the SJu'h
IN demand for slaves. Then OF necrssily, I'd,
n g oes of each State mat remain upon their 80
i've soil, OF he coloniEee as free pee pie in for
ign county. Without ,oloniz tton their numbei,
will douhle themselves ,yery 25yeafs. The result
| q sure, because IL proceeds from the Invariabl'
| avs of nature. THERE'S indeed one preventive
| within the power OF thewhite popala'ion,-a gen
| eral OF a periodical massacre of the slaves. Blu
such a remedy for the effects Of our own wrong
and such a reward for their uureqniied services I,
as, cannot be applied; / is morally impossible Il
| d, humane people like the shareholders of Thu
| sounIy.
Without emancipation, therefore, the slaves o
| he South must in An age or two more fill up III
a.. 49, g.
| alton. Theft NUMBERS will touble and doubi
| themselves, until tfe county can hold no more
| rhpy will press out tie whites, because they mus
| remain IN the couutIN and The whites will be ire
| o seek refuge in III, immense territories OF IN
West AT last only asPrinkling OF whites will II
main.
The census Of Isi0made the number of slave
in the United States, rith those OF Texas added
tout $40 OUO. Their actual number must hav
been considerably greater: iOr thu preceding Ger
us 0. 1881 exhiDiled tate ofssve increase lrI
,hori OF 81 pei ceht " 10 years wbile that OF 1874
N ,de the rate OF nerase only % per cent; a ia
rTeuce which can tie accounted tOT only upon N
| .unposilion o de.est in the enumeration { 1874
| Supposins the savrs 10 double their numbers
IS years. the Southern Sla'es will cnntdin f'
| millions in 1865, anC ten millions ia 1891 .u a
y"aI 1870, only 81 ltars hence, the ndnb'r wi
| ave swollen TO thirteen m,tions, which Is douo
| he Whole pOpuialin the States 5 "a h OF N
-rn States are dssiin"d to contsin nearly tie who
nass OF our slay. population with al It's ncIrds
| In O-lsvaIe slavery 10 virtually extinct; IN MAJ
land, from a comhnat' on VI causes, IL has teChu,
nd must dwinelr away; il Missouri, Il will
overwhelmed by the sAeiing food O N0uhe
| md foreign emigants. Virginia aud hrutuc
| Vill II pros aycry men continue 10 rule them
Still included within tie boundaries at sHvr-ul'
, plcalon, and will uke their iull share OF Il
consequences.
30 years increase 10 4Q 0UU, and in D years mo
4 To SO0,UIU-oT, il she scmIts the importation
| slaves Eom overstockti VIrginia-to a millio
The slaves will then equal or exceed The prese
, number Of her inhabitants II we have over rat
'hrir increase, still II isbut an error OF time. Al
few years and the era is connected.
Now the question aTiss; what amount Of pop
alton will these II SulheIn States Ne able
! bear, under this multiplying process OF slave
creesel Experience n the United States Al
elsewhere proves, thata slaveholdIRg country G.
not sustain even halfas dense a population,
= one OF free labor. East Virginia il s,atona
with 30 inhabitants tcthe squsre mite; Mdssach
sets, naturally a much inferior county, lhriv
{ with 100. and the oh free States generally thri
with 50 or 60. In al the slave States, populaiu
advances slowly afuT the best lands oecnpis
: and most slowly Were the slaves are most n
nerous. Here is ole fact for our guidance in n
nq-iry Another iict is that slave Isbor impo
-
increase of the sgrictitutal population. at poi
where free labor wouiostill increase ard multip
the products OF the soil third tact - that slav
: ere unit for ali those occupations which requi
I much skill, care ana economy. They can
nothing in the finer ats and manufactures, a
not much in the operations OF Commerce. Hen
!. country of sIsve labor excludes many pursuits
industry, and imports their PRODUCES from fr
: coBntIies,-thus excluding class OF popuiatu
which in old free countries makes large pert
: OF the whole.
Hence il is evident, that when the slave popul
ton Of the South shall have reached certain IL
point, lar short OF what free population coIl
attain, IL will be Impossible for mssiers any long
10 furnish their slaves with pro ftsble .mplOymer
Then their value as sltses Will be al Bn end
they will become an Noticeable burden, aud mu
Ne discharged from service. This point wou
I have been reached long ago in The old S0ulhe
: States, had u not bee tor tie Southwestern ter
tories and the COTTON eulture. What ii The O
slave States had 10 take back and to keep ey,
The one halt OF the slaves whom they have ct aC
edi The county cond not sustain Ihem-tl
white inhabitants would dread the visitation
h.y would deuge OF hr. Or were voice trc
: heaven 10 proclaim 10 the citIfrns OF those o
States, that no coorea person should leave IN,
oundaries for tweny ive years To ONE, IN,
Sould hear II as stntence OF Punishment, or
the knell OF doom TO themselves. Would u.
but listen TO the vote OF DIVINE providt nee spa
ing through the signs of the Tins q, they won
hear such doom as distinctly announced as
were proclaimed by the voice of an angel fro
! heaven.
, The first inevitable effect of the increase
slaves will be their decline in value, until III,
become worse than worthless 10 their owners
This effect has begun, and now that slavery c.
spread no more, must continue TO the end II
end cannot be postponed even TO the close of u
present century, except in those States that ado
an efficient system OF colonization.
Another effect equally obvious AMI inevitabI
is the gradual banlshment OF the white race ito
The Southem country. This process has bee
going on for many years As yet il has show
itself only in The progressive gain OF the coloT,
population upon the white, by The emigration
the latter into the free States. The limitation