The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-06

master is allowed to 60 and gel, his
negro if he can; yes, in, point of fact, it
is we'll known that tho free negroes,
abolitionists, and other disorderly per-
sons, acting underline countcnance and
authority of the State laws, are able
usually to overpowcr tho master and
prevent his recapture. y "s +
| The extent Of the loss to the South
may be understood from tho fact, that
the number of runaway slaves nowFin
the North is stated as being thirty
thousand; worth, at present prices, lit
tie short of fifteen millions Of dollars.
Suppose that amount Of property was
taken away from the North by the
Southern States acting against the
Constitution: what complaint would
there not be; what memorials, remon
strances, and legislative resolutions
would come down upon us How
would his Hall Be, filed with lobby,
members, coming here TO press their
claims upon Congress Why, sir,
many of the border counties init.
slaveholding States have been obliged
to glve up their slaves almost entirely.
IL was stated in the newspapers the
other day, that few counties named,
IN Maryland, had, by the efforts Of the
aboli,ionists within six months. upon
computation, lost one hundred thousand
dollars Worth Of slaves. A gentleman
OF the highest standing, from Delaware
assured me the other day that that little
State lost, each year, at least that val.
NC OF such property in1the same way.
q hundred thousand dollars is a heavy
tax to be levied on single congression.
al District by the abolitionists. .E
Suppose a proportional burden was
infiicted on the Northern States. How
would Massachusetts bear the loss a, an.
nually Of one hundred thousand dollars
J not oaly inflicted without law, but
AGAINST an express provision Of the Con-
stitution !? We may infer from the
complaint she has made Of a slight in.
1 convenience imposed on her BY that
9 reg'ilat aE South Garoliuaa#hich pre-.
a vented slip-captains from carrying frea
a negro servants to Charleston.
/, This whole action on the part of the
, North is not only in violation, of the
!. Constitution, but seems to be purely
t wanton, or originating in malice to-
=, wards the South. 1t is obvious that
. they do not want our slaves a,nnne
0 them; because they not only make no
A adequate provision for their comfort,
r but, in fact, in many Of the States, have
forbidden free negroes to conc among
. them on pain of Imprisonment, &c. 1t
f cannot be desire to liberate slaves.
because they have never, to my knowl.
edge, attempted to steal negroes from
t Cuba or Brazil. 1t is true, however,
that having the right now to come
, among us both by land and water, they
: have greater advantages and immuni-
, ties. For if they wen, into foreign
5 country, they would incur the risk Of
f being shot or hanged, as robbers aud
: pirates usually are.
! Sir, if any evils have grown out of
the existence of slavery, they have not
r at least affected the North. During
: the days of the slave trade, which Gas
: l formerly had occasion to remark } was
\ continued down to 1903 by New Eng.
land votes in the convention, the north.
: ern shp-ownors realized large profits by
purchasing negroes on the coast Of AT
rica at thirty or forty dollars per head
and selling them to southern planters
for several hundred dollars. The bring.
: ing in of these slaves caused large tracts
t of the southern country, too unhealthy
E. to have been cleared by white men, to
be brought under profitable cultivation.
The price of cotton has thereby been
. brought down from fifty to ten and even
. five cents per pound. An immense
amount of capita, and labor is employed
proiitably in its manufacture at the
North. In England, also, not less
! than six hundred millions of dollars is
thus invested, and vast population
exists by being emdloyed in the manu-
tactnre. II is ascertaincd that at least
five millions Of white persons, in Europe
and this country, get their employment
: are fed, and exist, on the manufacture
: Of cotton alone. The cheap southern
; production of the raw material not on.
ly is the means of thus giving subsist.
ence to great portion of the population
OF this country and Europe, but is clio.
thing tho world at cheap rate. In
addition to cotton, rice, sugar, coffee,
tobacco; and various tropical produc-
tons, are supplied at cheap rate for
northern consumption. On tho other.
: hannd, our slaves seldom come in com.
} petition with northern labor, and are
good consumers of its productions
While the North has derived these
great advantages, the negroes them