Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-02-09

negro servants to Charleston.
This whole action on the part of the North is only in
violation of the constitution, but to be purely wanton
or originating in malice towards the South Il is obvious
that they do slaves among them because they
only make adequate provision for their comfort but
in fact in many OF the States have forbidden free negroes to
among them pain Of Imprisonment &C. tcannot be
desire TO berae slaves because they have never my
knowledge, attempted to steal negroes from Cuba Brazil
II true however, that having the right among
us both by land water they greater advantages and
immunies for if they went to foreign country, they
would incur the risk OF being shot or hanged robbers and
pirates usually are
Sir if any evils have grown out Of the existence Of slavery
they have not at affected the North During the days
Of the slave ade which Gas formerly had occasion
mark was continued down 1908 by New England votes in
the convention the Northern ship realized large profits
by purchasing negroes the coast Of Africa thirty forty
dollars per head and selling them Southern planters for
several hundred dollars. The bringing in of these slaves
caused large the Southern country unhealthy to
have been cleared by white to brought under profit
able cultivation The price Of cotton has thereby been brought
down from fifty to ten and five cents per pound. An
immense of capital and labor is employed proftaby
in its manufacture the North. In England also not less
than six hundred millions Of dollars is thus invested ad
population exists by being employed in the manufacture
is aimed that at least FIVE millions Of white PERSONS In
Europe and this country get their employment fed and
exist the manufacture of cotton alone The cheap South
production of the material only is the means Of
thus giving subsistence to great portion OF the population of
this country and Europe but is clothing the world cheap
rate In addition to cotton, rce sugar. Coffee tobacco and
various tropical productions supplied at cheap rate for
Northern consumption On the other hand slaves sell
dom in competition with Northern labor, and good
Of its productions While the North has derived
these great advantages the negroes themselves have not been
sufferers. Their condition not only compares most advan
ageossy with that Of the aboring population of the world
but advance of the position they have been able
time, to occupy at home The researches of Gddon and
other antiquaans show that four thousand years ago
Africa they slaves and bak they Since
then, in that country where they placed by Providence
nd vVhQ The
est health, they have existed only savages They are
here continually made slaves of by the OF more ne
gent and enterprsng Nor have they gotten out
Of the tropical parts Africa except when they carried
merchandise. It remains to be proved, however, yet
the world that the negro any than the horse
manenty exist in state Of freedom, out OF the tropical
regions Their decay at the North well other crcum-
stances which have not time to detail adverse to the
proposition And yet sir the journals of the North, while
they deny that the French and the Germans the most
ghened of the continental nations Of Europe, capable of
freedom, stouy maintain that the negro sthe negro, who
has never any where when left to HIMSELF gotten up to the
rePecable state Of barbasm which all the other races have
attained not excepting Indians Mexico and Peru
While the people Of the Northern States and the negroes
have BEEN benefited am prepared to admit that the South
if injured at ALL has suffered generally supposed The in
ux Of foreign emgrans and other circumstances to
which will presently advert have, in respects put the
North greatly ahead But you deduct the foreign popula
ton, which goes chiefly to the Northhe little get not
being equal to that portion Of people who go the
Northwestern Staes-if you deduct this say it will be
found that the white population of all the saveholng States
has increased faster than that Of the free States Owing to
the comfortable condition Of population there had been
emigration from ABROAD the descendants of portion of
the American white family would be than the
Northern. Nor is true that the poorer on the
contrary we to take the valuations Of property in the
different States assessed by the public officers appears
that the savehodng States much richer in proportion to
their population than the free. Even if you exclude the
negroes property, and count them in the population,
it appears that the citizens Of Yrgina-the oldest of the
lave head he pns ofan
one Of the free States. 1t will also appear that the slave
holding States have vastly less paupesm and crime than the
Northern States Looking, therefore, at all these different
elements viz greater increase Of populations more wealth.
and less poverty and crme have to regard
people as prosperous and happy.
Sir, have NOT for of time, gone into details on
these points, but contented myself with the statement Of those
general views which every candid inquirer will sais
fed find to be true do seek make comparisons that
might be regarded invidous unless by defence
against habua attacks bu regard right to say
on this OCCASION that whether considered with reference to
the physical comfort Of the people, high STATE Of public
and private moas elevated of honor, and of all gen.
emotions, have to believe that higher
state OF civilization either exists elsewhere has existed
at any time in the past, than presented by the Southern
States Of the Union.
When look to foreign countries these views are con-
frmed and sustained. Brazil, with population Of two
slaves to fireman. is the most prosperous Of the South
American States and the only which has stable pol
cal system Cuba is greatly in advance of the other West
India islands, though ST Domingo and Jamaica equaed
ne before the emancipation OF their slaves besides the
pense Of maintaining her Government at home, Cuba pays
spain revenue Of nearly fourteen millions. This greater
sum for her population than two hundred millions would be
for the United States. Could people, in addition to The
expense of State Governments pay six times much
the Federal Government has yet raised by lmpos and
taxes That Cuba should be able bear this burden and
still prosper s'evdence Of the high productiveness of the
system.
In Spite however, fhese great fac which ought strike
all impartial minds, the Of the North has been
santy aggressive this question. The ordinance Of 1887
adopted conemporaneousy with the constitution, made the
territory north of the Ohio ee and left that south the river
savehoding, giving the north than half Of all the exist
ing territory When Louisiana acquired slavery could
legally exist in every part Of it, The State Of Missouri, hav
ing formed republican constitutions proposed TO come into
the Union, but the North resisted her application Though
her constitution, recognising slavery, precisely like those
OF majority OF the old States yet they, against all constu
onal principle because they had the power in branch
Of Congress, obstnaey refused her admission, until it
provided by act OF Congress that other slave State should
exist north of $50 80. By that means, after leaving the
South only territory for single State, (Akansas, they
qured enough extent make ten or fifteen large States
Now encouraged by their former success and having be-
come relatively stronger they claim the whole of the territory
Should we give way, what is to be the result Caor
MIA, Oregon, New Mexico, Desere and Minnesota will
into the Union less than five years. giving the North
clear majority Of ten fifteen in the Senate. The
census Of the coming year WILL under the appoon
ment give them nearly two to in this House. With
immense controlling majorties in both branches will they
not at once by act Of Congress- abolish slavery in the States
Mr. Adams, who in bis day controlled Northern opinion
this question: said that there twenty provisions Of
the constitution which, under certain circumstances would
give Congress the power Would not this majority find the
power easily they have done in their State Legisla
lures where they have complete sway to nuliy the prov
sion Of the constitution for the protection of fugitive slaves
Have not prominent Northern politicians, of the highest posi-
tons and the greatest influence whose well known
to all gentlemen this floor, already declared that there