The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-20


tent OF country considcrabl, ,,ce, drc ,he en-.
Tire valley of the Mississippi. To tie Sub
sas l.fi the portion of The Territory oi Leu
.iana ly'ng south of 3eo 80, including the
States OF Louisiana aud A tkatsas. aud lie ,ef.
rtofy ly ing west of toe latter and south Of 3eo
30 ca led The indisn country. These, With
the Territory Of Florida, n0w ,he State. make
10 tho whole 2s3 503 sqpare mice. To this
mus, be added the ietriiorv acqiied uilh
Texas. II the whole should be added to the
southern section, il would mako On increase o!
325 $50, ~hIch would make the whole left N
the South 600 023. Boz large part of 'pet.
as Is s'Ill 10 contest between he iao. .ser.ions,
which leaves IL uucefiain hat vii be the
real ex'on, Of the portion OF TERRITORY shat may
be leli to The South
have no included the territory recently
acquired by the treaty with Mcsico. The
North is making the most strenuous efforts TO
appropriate the ~ho'e 10 herself, 10y excluding
The South fion every foot of IL. | she shou'd
succeed, II viii dd TO that from v hich The
South has already been excluded 526 07s
sqDore mics. aud would increase the v hole
which the Nor'h has opp'opiiated 10 herself
TO 16i 023. not including the pnriIon that
she may succeed 10 excluding us from IN Tex
as. To sun up he whole, The Uulred S ates,
since they declared their Independence, have
acquired 373,0 ,046 squire miles of territory,
from which the North will have excluded he
South, # she shcud succeed "a n,oBopoHzng
ihc nesly acquired lerrdofIcs, ahou, h.ce
toufibs 0. The whole, having to the South but
aLou, one fuuuh.
Such IS the FIRST and great cause tina, has
destroyed the equilibrium beis cen the two
sections IN he 4venment.
The next is the ~ stem Of revenue and dis.
bufsemenrs which has been adopted bv the
Government. l. is well krown that the GOV.
efnmeut has derived It's re venue manly from
d1'Ies 90 imports. | shall 40, undertake TO
show That such du'Ies must n cessatiiy tBll
manly on the exporting S a,es, and that the
South, as The great exporting portion Of The
unon, has IN reality paid ,asily Uofe ihan
her due proportion of the revenue because
deem u unnecessary as he subject has on so
many occasions been July discussed. Nor
shal! l, Tor the same e4eaa, undertake 10
show that far greater PARTON Of the teSeuue
has been dstgtsed al ihe North lhsu It's due
share; aud thnt the jtlni, ii, C o. ghe-e c uses
has been, 10 transfer vast amount tnm
South to North, wh'ch, under an ,qlai sN stem
ot revenue and disbursements, would nor hNe
been lost 10 her. H. 20 thls be added. thai
many ot lie duties wete Euno-ed, nol Tor tese
nue., bot Tor protecion-that is, intended Il
put money, not 10 the treasury, bu, directly
ln;o the pocket Of the manufacturers, some
ctn.epli7n n may be formed of the lmmrns, .,
mount Which, N the long course ot Sky years
have been transferred from Souh 10 N,rih -
here are no data b, whlch il can be e,tima
ed VITA any certainly; but II Is safe 20 say
that II amounts to hundreds of niilIinls Of dol
ars. Uader the most moderate eslmale, i
would be sufficient to add greatly 10 the
ucalh oi the Nnf.h, and thu- sfesi1 lncieast
her population bH attracting eaug alton Itoa
all qulteis To thai section.
This, combined with the great an. pftmary
cause, amp'N explains Why the Moth has ac
qurcd prcp! ndetdnce eve, every depart
menl Of the Government b. It's dl>pfoporucn
ate increase of population and States. Th,
former, as has been shown, has increased II
fifty years ? 400 600 over that Of The S9urh
This incfessc ~ population, during so long 4
period, az satisfactorily accounted Tor by he
number of emtgraHts, and the me ease Gf tie
descendants, which have been alt,uc ed 10 he
northern section from Europe snd tho South
10 consequence oi the advantages derived ffon
The cause assigned. Il they had nol eyi.ec
III the South had retained oil the capita
L 4. J 4 l. a.
cal action Of the Government ard, If il had
cot been excluded by Ihe ordinance OF 81 and
The Missouri comp omise from the region ly
ing between the Olio and the Mss ssippl
rivers, aud between the N,ss,ss,ppi end the
Rocky mountains north OF 36o 80 ii scarcely
admits ola doubt, that It would have divided
the emigration Nilh The North, and, by re
tanning her Own people, would have nt least
egnsed the North IN population under the
census OF lS40 and probably under that abou;
to be taken. She would also, If she had re.
tsined her oqIal tights IN those Territories
have maintained an equality in the number oi
States with the North, and have preserved
the equilibrium between the sections that ex,
isted at the commencement OF the Go,en.
mem. The loss then of the equilibrium is TO
be attributed TO The action OF this Govern
meni.
Bu, while these measures were DESTROYING
the equilibrium between the two sections, the
action of the Government was leading to a
radical change IN its character. by concentra.
ting all the power OF the system IN itself. The
occasion will not permit me TO trace The meas.
~ hv "a oh hpg n
consunma,ed. lf did, i, would not be diff.
cult to show that the process commenced a,
an early period Of the Government tba, 1t
proceeded, almost without interruption, step
BY ster, until it absorbed virtually its enlte
powers; but without going through the whole
nrncpss To esiahlish the luci IL may ha dune