The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-27


eminent men Of a.! portions Of the country,
N regard to this suhJeol. But soon ouapgo
al the north and the sou h, aud severance Ct
opinion soon shnwed r,sei,- tie North groH.Dg
much more warm aud sitorg sgeins siavcsy.
and the Sou h growing much more warm aai
strong iu lis support SIR, there Is 10 gen
Grafton Of mankind whose opinions are 10.
subject 10 be il fuenced Ly What ayrs $ r.
them TO be Their present aud eGefgpGt sl3
exigen, Interest. impure to tie sou ~
particularly interested view 10 the cE he
which has come over her. ! lupu,e ,l .er
cer,ainy no dishonest view. All ttat hss
happened has been natural. has .oi,lued
those causes which always Influenced the la
mao mind AID operates upon II. bat, aH,
have been the causes which have created -
new feeling Ii favor of slavery il TIC s0ula
which have changed The n hole RomrlC.s-
lure of the south on The sabjact-aud from
being thought oi aud described 10 ,he Terms
have mentioned aud Hiil not repeat, II has
now become an ms. tltIon, cherished iugil
tuition there no evil, 10 scuurge, bat ro-
ligous, social and moral blessing as lllak
have heard ii laiey described suppose
this sir, Is owing 10 the sudden usurpiur ard
rapid growth Of the cotton plantations Of IL,
south. So far as any motive OF honor, Is
J tice, and genera Judgment could act, II was
the cotton interest that gave new desire a.
!. promote slavery TO ,pread 1t and 10 use is
abor. | agajn say this ls produced by lie
causes which we must always expect to pro-
duce like Ell, cts-but their whole interest
became connected with il. II we look back
Z 10 the history of the commerce oi tins coun-
. try at the early commencement, Of this Gov.
T ernment, wha, were our exports! Cotton
/ was hardly, or 10 q very limited extent,
/ known. The tables will show that the eN
n ports Of cotton for the years 1870 and 81
Z, we're hardly more than forty or fifty Thousand
5 dollars year. It has gone on increasing
d rapidly until 1t may now be, perhaps, IN "a
II season Of great product and high prices,
n hundred millions of dollars Then there was
i. more of wax, more Of indigo, more Of rice,
e more of almost every thing exported from the
q south than Of cotton. think have heard
: it said, when Mr.. Jefferson negotiated the
n. thai cotton was exported a. all rom The C'l'
Ii ted States; and have heard it said that, al
he ter the treaty which gave to the United
e States the right 10 carry their own commo'
n Jlles to EGG aud 10 their own ships, the Gus
u. ON house IN Loudon refused to admit co'too
ID, upon an allegation that it could not be an
by American productioR there being, as they
nj supposed, no cotton raised III America
e, They would hardly think s. now
ne Well, sir, we know what follows. The agC
u of cotton became golden age for our south
en brethren. 1t gratfed their desire 10
'ar Improvement and accumulation at the samt
fas time that il excited i. The desire grew by
m what ii fed upon, and there soon came to bt
nId an eageTness for other territory, new ars'
ex or new areas for The cultivation OF the coito
vas crop, and measures were brought about, some
'ad what rapidly, one after another, under tn
YER lead of southern men al the head OF the u oV
ner eminent, they having majority in bot
bic branches of the Government to accompiis
to their ends. The honorable member Froi
Carolina observed that there has been ma
to lariy all along in favor of the north. II tbs
be true sir, the north acted very literally an
ear kindly, or very weakly; for they never excl
the clsed that ma lorlty FIVE times IN the hstor
aid oflhe Government. Never. Whether the
the were out generated, or whether it was owIo
j to to other causes, | shalt not stop TO conside
,slr but no man acquainted with the history
lv. he country can deny that The general lead
cry the politics of the country for three lauN,
,on Of the period that has elapsed since the I'd
vent ton OF the constitution has been a sCuih2
,nly lead. InlS02, in pursuit. ofthe idea Of ofa
ing a new cotton region, the United Sla;
,ae OBJ a ned a c. ssion from Georgia Of the wis
The Of her western territory, now embracing
,anl. rich and growing state Of Ala bama. In Is
P ex. Louisiana was purchased from France, {
that of winch the states Of Louisiana, Arkae|
+, the and Missouri have been framed as slaFrho
ung ing states. In 1919 The cesslon oi FI1rl
hand was made, bIinglng another cession ot STA
Con. holding property and territory. Sir,
honorable member froM South Caro-
this thought he saw in certain operations ot
two Government, such as the manner OF cole
and lug the revenue and the tendency of -
, the measures to promote emigralloo lnto
a re. country, what accounts for The more Ia
a,es, growth of the north than the south
pro. thinks they were not the operation ot u
itory bu, the system of government established
c,ion der this constitution. That is a matter
here, opinion. To a certain extent 1t may be
for bu, i, does seem to me that if any opero'
con- of the Government could be shown in any
b and gree to have promoted the population
lod oil growth, and wealth Of the north, us mi
opin more sure that there are sundry import
'ed- and distinct operations of the Government
avery bout which no man can doubt, tending to |
was mote, aud which absolutely have promo
this the increase of the slave interest and
10 my slave territory Of the south. Allow nj
nd Vi say that it was not time that brought 10
estor, is,apa it was the act of men. II was
nera- time tha. brought in Florida; i, was the
} wof' Of men. And lastly, sir, to complete Il
Its he ocis of men who have contributed so n,