Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-01-02
Vir,. ,.ini;l--1lc~saSc OF Gov. FLOYD
Curious Statements.


The Message of Governor Floyd to the
Legislature of Virginia. has three items
Of merit. which is not common in docu-
ments from tina, quarter, In the first
place. il is not too long. In The next. he
recommends Internal improvements with
all his might and in the las, place. he
has told great deal of truth about the
question of Slavery. On tie subject Of
Internal improvements. he recommends 4
number Of great works. The James Riv-
err and kenhawa Canal is still adhered to.
as thing to be Of great benefit This
is a mistake. To continue it west in the
present era Of the world would be Of no
use.
He recommends a work Of vastly moro
Importance than that, viz: a Railroad
from Central Virginia to Parkersburg. on
the Ohio. This will be valuable work
and may compensate. in some degree for
the churlishness and impohcy. which re-
I. fused the right Of way TO the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company.
What the Governor says about Slave
ry. however. is rather curious. The
Governor boldly announces the fact that
that if slavery cannot enter California
and New Mexico, il must perish! lie
says:
''Submission to the proposed action OF
Congress is virtual surrender ofthe en-
tire South 70 the African race. If slavery
is TO be confined to its present limits. witt,
girdle Of free States surrounding us.
from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico.
very few years. in a nations history.
will be sufficient to drive the white man
beyond its limits. The sturdy laborcr.
the stay and support Of every conmuni-
ty, would soon feave the country swarm
ing with negroes, for a residence in an.
other land. The master, too, would pres.
emily follow. finding it impossible to
main. This view is no matter Of cons
lecture merely; a simple rule Of arithmc-
tic will fix the fact, and the time Of its
consumma.ion, taking basis the CAL
culation. the census Of the last thirty
years. Such are the fruits which tho
| Northern fanaticisnr, viewed in the most
favorable aspect. must produce to the
South
! Here is much truth. to ponder upon.
+ Here is the long conceded fact. at last.
which has been the lcaven to the whole
lump of fermentationt ifSlavery cannot
extend its iniquitous dominion over the
whole region ia the same parallel Of lati-
tude, it must perish inevitably. There is
no hope for IL. Hence the struggle to
convert California and New Mexico
(Which even Mexico left freely into re-
gion Of Slavery. But. happily. it is now
impossible. The Governor is fighting
shadow! The "mcn OF the South arc
arming themselves for naught. Suppose
that Congress pass or do not pass, any
law upon the bject, what boots its Tho
time has gone in which Slavery can con.
quer that land! Tens Of thousands of
free loborers have gone from every quar-
ter of the world, who will permit no Afri-
canism to approach, whether it be slave.
or free. and what Governor Floyd SO
much breads, and has SO forcibly depict
ed will happen. in spite of any Governor,
State. or Congress ON earth. Freedom is
there, and will fight her battles and MAIN
tain her cause, alike against Master and
Servant; for she has as much to dread
from one as the other. The door is shut
upon Aficanism, and the wretched, des-
picable system Of social arisfocracy. eff
feminancy and Incidence which it crc-
ates. The slavery dominion is encircled,
and will be encircled. by Gordon of Free
States; and what will remain for the Fu-
ture! Either tire picture which Cover
nor Floyd has presented Of fine Master
driven out from the Slaves; or that other
and better one, Of African Colonization.
The Stakeholder and the Abolitonist
have both arrayed themselves against the
only plan which really offers practical re-
lief to the evils Of Slavery. In the face
Of such evidence as is daily acc umula-
ting on this subject. can men much long
er remain blind to the power and the wis
dom of olonization?-[ Selected.