The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-10
Mississippi aid

Mis-is-Ippi aid.
$50 one, acquainted with lho yast mineral
resources Of California and Now MrHirn- aud
/ who b aware of thr peculiar a'hptrinrss of
/ slave lahnr tn the development Of mineral
\ treasure, can doubt fora moment that were
! slaves introduced into California and New
Alraieo, tor ne purpose of being employed
I iu thee mining operations there iu progress,
and hereafter, perhaps, 90 H' carried nu to an
|rktrut rpnirrturd of by irW, thrir labor
would result iu prruIlry profits not hrrin-
/ fore rr1lilr1 hY ihr moot successful ruilnu
and sugar planter Of the country W. 10
/ H,hg G'ptr u. Pig,
lhc Hon. senator from Virginia, IN bis o.
/ hlr sIrrrh, say- that-
"Wp have hptm7rLr FROM 'nnpe quar-
! trr, aud from high qultcl, aud repeated On
/ all hand repeated here again to-day bN lhr
honorable SENATOR from llliupa, 4 Mr. Nlirldt)
/ thal there B. law ~ nature which rNrlulra
/ the Southern prpplrfrmu every PARTON ni the
/ State Of California, know ufuo -uch law Of
nature none WlmlrycT hut ! dO know 'ihr
contrary, fh1t ~ California had been prpaul-
ud with territorial form Of government only
and Tor which, 40 the last two sessions oi Con-
| grr-s, -ho has nblAiurd the entire Southern
/ vote, tho pcopc Of the Southern States would
/ have pnuc there freely, and have takcu their
-laNr- there iu great numbers, They would
have duuc pc, hrcausr the Nnlur pt the labor
of ihat cla-s would have been augmented a.
lhru many hundred fold, Why ia the de-
hlics which took place IN the Convention Of
/ California which iDrurd the constitution, ana
(which any senator can now rrnd Tor himself,
Ianrr the provision cNcludng slavery was O.
grcrl iipun. IL M4z prapa-s'' - t'r''''i''t thu
Aiii,au ipuc Hlt0grthrr free as well ~ bond
4 debate aro.p uI-,n il, and the ground was
distinctly iakvu ~ shown Ia those drhairs'
that IL the entire African race was not cNclud-
eel, thcir labor would bee found pa valuable
that the owner of slaves would bring them
there, even though slavery wore prohibited,
under contract a. mnuumit them IA two or
thrcr years. And 10 required hut very hitlc
reasoning, ON thc part Of those opposed to ihu
rluss Of population. tu show that the produr-
liyruc-- Of their labor would hc such %, Ia
cause the rcrulL An estimate was gone into
with reference Ia the value Of the labor Of
tiI- cluH uf people, showing that II would be-
Increased ~ rrl Hn rNtcut in thc mines Of
California TINT they could NOT hc kept Crii, o..
n WIS harpci upon that the labor az slave
Tia any one nfthr SIlg- from which they
would hr taken was not worth more than one
huurirTri TIT urIr' frrrrir7-ri writ fifty ttrut7-
wear, aud that in California 1t would be- worth
from four a. six thousand dollars. They
would work themselves free ~ one on two
p.,,rs, aI.A t.u- tAu ea3giFs woald De- l'!Isd ~
"a elias, OF free blaocs, aud their former own
crs have ap excellent bargain in taking then
there"
The honorable senator from Mi,,i--ipp
|(Mr Da,is) insists that slavery Is a vnluahl,
institution in soil and climate like MrN'ro
land that slave labor would be- profitable IN
California aud New McNico, And hc further
insist, that slavery never has been legally a.
polished in McNico; that il ~ now n slaN.
country,
Rut u,i.,snot all. The following adycr
tiscincnt appeared in the Mis'i-,ippnn ot lh,
o.. -1ll March. L l1n. published al dc city, OF
Jack son, Mis-i--ippi
(diitorpid-iLc Jpr, roiouy.- Citizens OF
the slave states, drsiious of emigrating Ia Cat
ilurnin with their slave property are request
= ed Ia send their names, number of slaves an'
period of contemplated departure, Ia the adj
, dress OF 'Solgh,r" ddrc coio'gi Jackson Mis-
, sis-ppi.
"All lcttcrs,to meet with attention must b
cultural PORTIONS Of California, aud to sccur
}, their uninterrupted enjoyment OF slave prop
orty. lti- estimated TINT ny the igr OF MI
/, nest the members of tn slave colony will a
mount to about ten thousand. The modru
cncctiug organization. &C., will be- priyatr'
, transmitted "a actual members.
jackson, Feb. -, 1850.
, Now, Mr. President who, ask, with thcs
! declarations OF southern Senators aud thi
{ advertisement before him, can say there is ~
danger of the Introduction Of slavery int
- f-tri AtyviTJ7- tauudf 51
IT, No. sir, believe there is danger and
r am quite willing to rc-allirn an ordinance nj
nature or rt'cnact the will Of God Ia avoid it
/. and secure freedom Ia the Territories.
y If there had been an ordinance of nature
or a law OF God excluding slavery from Cal
ilornia aud New MrNico, it excludes it from
the whole habitablc globe. Yes sir from
the whole of il: