The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-10-19

summing up al the Argument on that aide of
the question, We should haze been glad 10 have
republslicd IT, We have been prDcludgd irom
so doing by press Of other matter wi'ic'' We
fc, bound TO bay before our reader, 300 sac pros
cnt number In the absence Of She litter. hos
ever, we .hatl state fiiriy the POSITIONS taken
b, Mr. SMITH, and proceed to their nluiaiien.
Nj SmyIh says that The country proposed tn
be ceded contains aboo, -iary-s,N millions Of
acres Now, here IN thus first po'iflo0 ct Nr
\, We find the usual want of fairness adopted
by those who advocate a salc niacr the pr, sent
arrangement An the map ve have ever seen.
except kaHfinans represent the amount Of
lana at over Que hundred million. Of acre..
/: these be- correct, land Kaufman cerife- 10
the correctness Of one Of them. d. Corlpsa -
Tcyas MI -, about ton cents pe, an, for tHe
hands proposed to be- ccd-d TO tho luteA
S,airs
Mr. Sfn{ih estimates the amoput nf land
claims against TcNas, 80 far n known, AZ T.
3is.p9l acfe~, and says that aftef we may have
Disposed If tie territory, sac wil have reInsIn
ing over hundred milioas 81 aerr.. lIc seems
to foeget TIA, lhs territory from ii- position
and the character Of It, products is intended
for slave population, and that 1t W,,l bee meas
uraby sslueless IN this respect to the State, on
account Of H. approximation to an extended
frce-soil frontier II She territory proposed 10
be- ccdod !. worthless, 80 also must be-, IN al
llihnod the one hundred million. ~ prre4 re-
naming. II The territory len 70. is valuable
however, it viii be- valuable only iof "a hr1r
frce-sol population. IN that event b. ai.l d.
capable Of holding 800 900 people, who, i the
country is coded. atc destined 10 be- uucl ~
the institution of slavery
Il may be true, ~ Mr. Smyti sa,s that ter
millions II dollar. is sufficient for Nc tefnlof,
embraced ia pcarre'. Bill # there wen no oth-
considerations in view. But We would put IL
To every candid man, whether u Is q liberal Of
ier--whether it IS such an oArr as We bad il
right to expect from the Government Of tAe
United States We think It canuoi be- rcgard.
ed in Rny other laht than a. q uigesriiy oAcr
Mr. = says that the General Government
desires the territory for Indian purposes How
does he Know that the United State. has any
idea Of appfoprihiing It TO any such nhl"cL
let him search the debates Of Congress, and De-
mud that no such intention has ever been sig
gcsied. On thc contrary let IL look At thc ORR
gin Of the difficulty IN relation To- tbis territory.
aud the manner in which our title was first
questioned, aud We viii find that il took Ia.
rise with the anti.-lnyery party Of the north
thai il was the moving spring Of ue clcciieHs
in the non--aycholding states, previous ta the
assembling Of the late Congress, and that tho
ayowed ohJcc, l. TO create free. soil states.
But Mr. Smyih, nd content With misreprc.
sen,ing tlc amount Of land proposed to be
coded, informs US that The country 8, q drear,
waste. And IN order To prove d, be- quote.
from Malie-Brun. And when did Maltc-Bruu
write WHY, his work on geography, to which
/ Mr.. 4. alludc,-vas written nj least hiriy ysar,
ago, and abound4 in Inaccuracies with regard
to countries which have long since been settled
Take up any geography written thirty years
aye, even tea years ago, and II Will be found te
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'o"'f, '',' ~" fF'
says ''n. "''''''"' account "'S u''" cor
roboraicd by othcfs Yet he has not given ~
the name of q single individual to Justify thi.
statement So much for the character o. the
country proposed to be- transferred great part
Of which j, represented by others who are re-.
1 liable, as being filled with valuable mines Of
"a ,aa1 anal comm, f. ..alI.. -.,,.,,,,,.,..l
a,,t,.l.d IN ,bo p...lJ,.,nocr.,-n,
-" w u
81 august " '''''' '''''' '''''''",' ~,
"e''s"'e 10 ''"S'''' ''N"' s''' ~
ace Mann OF New YORK ~ 'r'"'o" 10 u'' III
qury made by the latter, whet"r slavery
II were le't unrestricted Won" hkeb De III
iroduecd into California, Utah or NcS NeSfo.
Here is an extract from that letter
1.-The greatest impediment which white
labor has to encounter in the mines, is the in.
ten-liy OF the heat aud the prevalence of
bilious disease. The one IA almost insuaar.
able, while the other Is pcstilenlal Against
both of these the negro is almost proof
Now while white labor is so high, it is cyi.
dent that no one can hire II white laborer,
except at - rate that would consume his
profit. Not SO with regro labor That
species ol labor might be obtained loy half
the amount which you would have to pay
for white labor. The result would be profit
alike 10 the hror aud seller of slave labor
There Is no d""o' ~ my Judgment, that al.