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prevalent Free Soil doctrine. The President has
declared Mexican law in force; under il there is
worse bondage than exists anywhere else on this
continent. The peonage system makes the deb
tor the slave of his creditor the miserable poems
of Mexico serve in more abject slavery, than do
our black slaves. Even now, while we Of the
South are excluded, the Mexicans and others,
with their peon slaves, are reaping wealth from
our mines and am informed by an honeroble
member from Kentucky, [Mr. Morehead that
Kentucky negroes are mining there as poems,
who, according to General Taylor, and certain
lawyers, could not otherwise be held to service.
[B.l
The property rights of American citizens, upon
American soil, cannot be construed away by law
Jyers upon the authority Of Vattel, or. any other
foreign authority, as expounded by the Court of
Kings Bench, or any other foreign court, while
we have a written Constitution which declares,
that "the powers not delegated by the Constitu-
ton, nor prohibited by tito the States, reser-
we'd TO the States respectively, or the people,
Neither can our property be confscated by Mexi-
can law, when our Constitution declares, that pri-
vate property shall not he taken even for public
use without just compensation. The People Of
the South will not tamely submit to an usurpa-
ton which makes a distinction between them and
the people OF the North, in or on the territory
of the United States, when the Constitution de-
clares that Sc the citizens Of each State shall be
entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens
i'll the several States" H N#
ra [C.1 N
To calm the outraged feelings Of the South we
have again and again been told, that California is
not adapted to slave labor, and that therefore we
are contending for mere abstraction: Now,
some may honestly think so but better informa-
ton win satisfy them that there is not a spot on
the globe in which slave labor is more needed, or
could better thrive. Read the following extract
from speech Of Mr. Semple, in the California
Convention, against the admission of free ne
groes .-..F. ~. ........ ... ...
LET us look at the inducements, and see
whether these fears are without foundations; let us
see what is the probable value per annum of an
able-bodied negro man IN the Southern States
They hire there, at from sixty to hundred dol
lars year. | have known them to hire for as
much as two hundred, but never more. ! was
raised in slave State, and believe they more
frequently hire at a less sum than sixty dollars,
than over that amount. Let gentlemen reflect for
a moment, and see how many Of these negroes
are producing their absolute value-paying inter-
est on cost. The life estate is from four to six
hundred dollars. Physicians fees, and occasion
ally other expenses, have to be deducted out of
their hire, so that the income from this sort Of
property at the present period is very small. Sup
pose you pay seven hundred dollars to get slave
here and set him free, on condition that he shall
serve you for one year. He produces, according
| to the ordinary rates IN the mines, from two 10
six thousand dollars. There are many of our
Southern friends who would be glad to set their
negroes free and bring them here, il they produced
only half of that amount. y ...
Look, too, to the message of the Governor Of
Californian, as quoted by my friend from Ken
lucky, [Mr. STANTON, and you see that the peo-
pie are depending upon uncertain supplies of
damaged and unwholesome food from abroad.
No free man be induced to till the soil, under
the stronger temptations Of the gold mines.
What a field for slave labor!
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| The following extracts from the Democratic
| Review, for the month of January, 1850, will
show the extent to which the different sections OF
our Union are tributary to each over; but espe'
cially will they show the extent to which Southern
slave labor and capital are tributary TO northern
prosperity. If space could be allowed me,
would gladly quote more freely from that admra
bic and well-timed article. . .......
| The imports and exports Of the Union were
| for IS4S, as follows: ...l. ......
Free States 137,367,S26 75,9S5,05(
Slave States 17,63l,l02 7s,05l ,3St
Total 1854, 1896, 1913 Sl54, O36, 43f
"This embraces the large exports of farm pro.
duce from the North for the famine year, and is
therefore, above an average for that section
Under the estimate that one-half of the imports
are consumed at the South, then $50, l31 ,638 mus
pass through northern hands, leaving at least fif
teen per cent. proft--say S9,O0O,OOO, including
|
bills, drawn against southern exports, must be
sold in New York, equal to the difference between
southern imports and the amount OF their exports,
say $50, 100000. The negotiat on of these, gives
at least 81 ,OOO,O 900 more to the North. On data
furnished by the census Of 1910, il was acertained
that the value OF the manufactures of the New
Eng and and middle States was S1S2, ,317, in
Guiding 100000 bales Of cotton worked up ut the
North. Of this, one half--say $4,000, 900 finds
sale in the southern States, and those of the west
which delivering their produce on the great water
courses, necessarily form part of that region, at
profit to manufacturers, jobbers, forwarders, ex-
presses, insurance, &C., of 25 per cent, or $685.
100000. ar@ .... r... ."u. ."na' "
There arrived at New Orleans last year, by the
Mississippi river, of produce from all the western
States, a value of S36, ll9 ,09S, and probably
Sl4, 000, 900 more found sale in the slave States
through smaller avenues, and at shorter distances,
making-say, $50 ,000, 000-for all which was re-
ceived in return, sugar, coffee, tobacco materials
of manufacture, and domestic bills drawn ON the
North against produce and bills of exchange.
These sales of produce probably realized 20 per
cent. profit and il is from the proceeds Of their
sales of produce to the South, that the west pays
for its purchases of goods at the east. There is
also, probably S20,000,000 Of Northern capital,
drawing large profits in Southern employments--
stocks, shares Of companies and Interests in firms,
which, with the amounts expended by Southern
ers coming North in the summer season, must
yield S6,0O0,0O0. These rough estimates of the
profits of the North, by Southern connection,
may be summed up thus -.l...
Freights of Northern shipping on 49, !.
Southern produce, se s4O,1s6,72s
Profits derived on imports at the North
for southern account, ~3 ........ 100000
" of exchange operations; re 100000
" on Northern manufactures sold at ..,a r
the South, n.. 22,!250, 900
" Western produce descending the
Mississippi, t.. l0,00O,000
the South, ~' N.r 6,OO9, 900
Total earnings of the North per an
mum, =. .-.0 G...i $50, ADJ, 72s
"These estimates are exceedingly small, and
do not embrace variety of transactions, which
form the basis of most corporate profits. 1t might
also embrace the profits sales to western states
which are enabled to pay by their sales to the
South. Now when you reflect, that the whole OF
the transactions out Of which spring these profits
enumerated, and also the employment OF very
large proportion Of the Northern people, az well
as one half of the whole external trade OF Great