The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-07-25
VOL. w..

Tor slave labor appears be conceded on All sides that
would be introduced N le free 20 seek profitable invest
meni me other capital The whole point issue then
nrst point Of inquiry Hence that point ony Il Ia
ary Tor me 70 confoe my answer.
nssd not remind Of the Las
Of capital ID viii always 20 where under ali
VII Yield the greatest return 10 the Upon mi.
on am very clear that slave labor II unrestricted
oe employed In Oregon with at the rrs
20 me owner Of the slave that yields any STAT
me Union am uninformed to the usual price Of sIsys
the past year for labor has ranged from two u
so'sp per Day Domestic negro servants whether ms 80
command, readily, ave six hundred dollars Yea. cad
oect wei that there vas mustto on board The $50,
"a soos psssaye fsm Oregon to San Francisco VIII
was paid one hundred and eighty dollars per month a. 10
services a. cook will not stop p.rtca.rire
regard 20 the Inducements Oregon would offer Ia
slave labor but VIII simply add, that very large nnhs
Of slaves might nov be employed in Oregon :, $3.50 per
sufcently large to purchase their FREEDOM ,h;s wee
fore that the point Is settled 50 far Oregon is conc,
and that slave Ia or IL had been left free 10 ssak
employment would readily And it's way to that
As TO California, am equally clear. California van
be mining country and wages viii range hsb Az
slave labor in California would be more pro6,.h
Oregon. And have always been OF the opipion th. ~
ever there is mining country not in climate
lal TO slave labor that species Of labor would he
That II would be In the California mines Is evident
able bodied slave woold have In California 80
ing the past year from eight hundred Solsrs
When IL Is recolected that one hnndrsd da ~ an,
snnnm, upon an average Is considered good comnsnss
for their labor in the southern States Il u idle in INV ind
t0 he Tat
ifornis market, II protected by law " ' va
The greatest impairment which white labor has to ,peopp
yer IN s1e tne Of the heat and the preva
while the other is residential Against both these d.
s'IaeH q wbi,s laboyer esnent a, =
rate that ssstS esa Sis ront No -, Nm 1-yrn,,
That species OF labor might be obtained for half the
which you would have TO pay for white labor The result
would De prom alike TO the hirer seller Of slave sb
There Is doubt my Judgment that almost anv nnS
OF slaves might be hired Ina California were the whit
wiling 70 allow u, at from eight to ten hundred dollars
year ms pay 30 much above what their - ryces com
msnd In the States TO satisfy any one that coud bi
species Of service be protected In California il would
u the Pacihc In amott any quantity
Let us next turn attention 10 Utah and Ne N.,,.o
have no doubt from what knowledge have Of those
tries that they viii turn be ed with the richest
mines. clip the following from recent contan,
the news from Texas and chihuahua.
Mr. James was informed, by Major Neighbours and Mr.
Lee Snng that they had been shown by Major Stein some
gold washed cut by his troops on the Ga in ghnr
excursion to that stream
is reported that, at the copper mines above FL Psso
are about one hundred tons of pure copper lying pon
the sroasd This had been got by Mexcans and abn
doned when attacked by Indians.
There are are at FL Paso in the hands of different per-
sons several large Of silver ORE taken from he
mines in that neghborhOod With guarantees Of titles 10
snds and protection from Indians only short time would
apse before all these mines would be we'll worked
through this placs.n
And yon consult FremOnt map printed by order of the
Senate in 1913 you will find the source Of one OF the
branches OF the ella river cooper and gold mines laid
uosh. ana III am not greatly mistaken, Il will turn out
tne ormons are in possession Of the richest kind
and copper mines have for many years been isd in
New Mexico; aud am informed by Hugh N smith ESQ
that there In that Territory gold silver lead
and Mines Of the richest quality and that the res,o,
WY ney have not sery been worked extensively
thst prevented by the bcursions Of the Indians He
Of the opinion and be Is borne by what history we
get on the subject that when these shall come to be
hporeo tner wealth VIII turn out TO be enormous When
you have your eye over that oounr living west
tue ROCKY Mountains and Of the Sierra Nevada and
are informed OF the pecosrty Of the gold bearing region
You at once become convinced that the United States Is IN
possession Of mineral wealth vast that ages will not he
able measure its extent And when mines shall be-
gin to be developed and their unqu stionsbe richness
known population will set that yay attended with tn
consequences high prices and demand for labor If ssye
labor Is like other capital If it will go where ia best paid
then We have right to say II will seek these mines and be
come part Of the producing capital Of the country vhsrs
those mines are located That these whole regona are ed
be probably worked by slave labor is sure Hence were
southern man aud my property invested in slsv should
consider the markets Of New Mexico Utah. and California
Tor slave labor worthy Of an honorable secure
am, sir, with due consideration, yours, truly
SAMUEL X. THuHsroN
s. CONTRADICTION IN MR.. wEBSTERs
SPEECHES.
The kepnebec letter has another most extra
ordinary and discredtsble passage. 1t is near
the close. MIR. Webster quotes from speech
delivered by him In the Senate, March %, 1s4s,
says it was published in newspapers and circu-
lated in pamphlet form, and that that speech con-
tanned the same doctrines in regard to the legal
construction and effect of the resolutions for sd
hitting Texas, as are contained in the speech or
the 9TH Of March. He says nobody complain
ed then, and he wonders that any body should
complain now.
1t 10 very remarkable that such man a. Mr..
Webster should furnish, in the very quotation
which he offers, the means Of utterly continuing
the assertion which he makes suppose this can
De accounted for only on the ground, that he now
occupies position so antagonistic to that which
he has abandoned that he can hardly refer to his
former views without sef-impeachment and SELF
conviction. Let passages from the two speeches
be placed side by side to show, not their identity,
but their utter irreconcilability.