The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-04-18
Extract from the Spssch:o::
z hc Hon. Jaiiics u'D0yEcli,

EAlldct nom la6 Opsocn.o.
hc Hon. James M'DoyycIi,
~ VIRGINIA.
o.. he farmativ,. II Corernmsnis ~ Nslr NJ
ico ead calitsraia.
Delivered ii the House u Representatives.
febfuaT. -, 1919.
Allnoueh j, wwil.l lie sssy. Mr. Chi,
man. Ia illustrate Tie Eain,r aud es,stt .
Ihal : extension" 80 denounced and .,
resisted. Nv gentlemen hire. il siill oihr
asprrls. We, enough has been said. 'liins
10 shnw Inn he nan idea " lIirh il ron
seys 10 lhe popular mud j. decrpiis,
aud rnislakrn "ne ll,a,, 10 ppinl 81 iarl
The extension Of slavery IL The lerrilnrirI
Will nni and cannnt make nnr single IN
nsn heing ia tins country slave. VIII,
would moi have been nne wi,llout 10 lha
! Il will noI render Tie personal condition d
the slave particle hr,ller lhan now
llmi IL aill not render the rights Of slave
~. a. a social or legal system. d pariicl.
stronger Than now that IL will mt aid
anything whatsoever i0 lis strength, rx,
crpl, enniingenily. III its gre tier political
representation III The United States Scnqie.
aud Iha, the aldilIon 81 male 10 il there
Is moi only ~ s'.iciesl accordance with the
guarantee principle on ahcii Thai branch
nf Congress, for just such eases. is ron.
snlule,l. bu, falls short " lull anl peIleri
prolrriion. because nf Thai nltlmilr mino.
r,iy ~ which the slascholding STATES sre
destined 10 refrain.
We thus see, Mr. Chsirman. What u.
tension ,ciN nor d.. Lei us rev rss lie
picture for moIBrist. ard see What il Ssiil
do. not politically. but Practically. Il viii
cooperate with other causes already eI.
isiing FL. Ire gradual transfer of slaves
from situations where their labor - least
valuable, 10 where Il will be most 81: that
is. from the graingowing 10 ihr p,nling
regiuns of the Emitted States. Wherever
sugar and cul0n-Rmwing lanls could be
had IN these rerrl,orie. cheaper aud more
productive TRAN similar lanls in the States.
ihey would be baigh, up aud settled with
slaves. aull these, 10 that extent. would be
dr lined of from their present 4l'n,lrs into
them. This depoflalion Of slaves e the
very purpose Of settling such lauds has
been steadily going on ln many years
amongst the States themselves. until al
length il has come 70 mark ilsrlf upin the
condition Of pro, 'er'y and tie structure Of
society in some 81 them Virginia. Tor IN.
consequences Of The mos, de-
cidpd aud almost revolutionary kind.
First, the annual reduction ri The black
race hy removal is equal 10, il MOI greater
Than his natural annual increase. Second.
this reduction oi black lahGg opens up ma
ny employmrn,s. especially mechanical
cmploymcnls, f. the ,aslrr ald more pro
fiiabie pursuit Of The While man. and thus
dl>c0uragcs his einigralian Irnnl tie State.
Thirdly, this reduction has lie further ef
feet Of leaving progressively increasing
deficiency Of labGr for the full occupation
and iilage nf The soil. aud 81 throws ou,
Of use an,i in,o market immense quantities
Of improved! land, which. far exceeding
The wants AMI tie means Of local purcha
strs. are left 10 grow on iniu gteSter arl
greater amount, uf:ii, liv snl bS--pcr'laps
81 tits hpur--habi,a;ion &c comfnrla-
BILE kind. anil of indefinite extent, ran he
had upon better terms in the oldest. and.
commercially considered, the best portions
Of lh Il ancient Commonwealth. than
eSen IN the unpeopled wllds nf the " lar
W,a." These causes, combining with
oas another and with other causes. have
so operated upon The relative growth Of
the iva races M llltl State, AZ To be ,lai-
Is aiding 10 the mare and more decided
pr-ponterancs OF The white one. Ii they
arc allnwed to work on As they have al
ready done and are u Nv dung especially
Il The auxiliary aud stimulating cause Of a
free admission Of slaves INTO The Terrific
rirs be superadded, il is evident, rs their
both absolute aud relative. will
.rov less and less. that ihe whole system
Il slavery ia Virginia will be placed in IA
lew and mdre cuairllab!c relation Than il
ias eset stool in before. When. under
lie uniform aud Wholesome law Of private
interest, tue black population Of Virginia
and MarylamI and Nurlh Carolina. Mis-.
s"dri or Kentucky, quietly implies itself
nnt nfnn The sugar aud The cotton lands 81
The Territories, or Of the lower South.
where lie torrid sun is so pfnpilinas to
lh.lr constitution and labor. aud When. as
consequences Of this removal. frecmcn
enter INTO aud occupy the homes they have
lett. what is tiicrs in this 10 Lament. What
shock does it inilict upon personal huna-
ilty or general freedom, that these of us
rte WHO are the proiessed, IL no, thr ex-
'lrsir snpfor'ers of both, should de-
'uunce and '!,,p!ore III
Rai. Nr. Ciiarn.n. lat this transfer of
n ,isls L, lie leaer, moss ce,,sautal,