The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-02-12

this class Of persons into tho United S,,.s
The extension Of the area would diminish -.
proportion Of slaves in any given place and
hence me following conclusions seem irresis.
table, The first being obviously true, and the
others plainly susceptible Of proof.
First Tho extension Of the area of slave.
ry will diminish the proportion Of slaves IN
any given place.
Second. Those States where the propor.
lion Of slaves Is the smallest, are the most
likely to became free.
Third. The extension Of he area of .lave.
ry mus, therefore hasten the period of The
slaves emancipation.
Does any rational man doub, the truth Of
any one Of these propositions?
Their sparse diffusion among q large pro.
portion OF whi'es would not be the only nd.
vantage which the slaves would gain by the
emi2faion Of their masters with Them In
new states of he West aud Southwest, thev
would be going TO n country where lands are
cheap and abu' dani, and where they would
not have to contend against old aris,ocracies,
old mooopoles, aud old opinions. They
would be 10 region where they could, when
Tree, take al even start with other classes. in
The race OF Improvement; they would, by
such move, leave behind them that sense
OF degradation ard social inleriori.y which
would fnrever re'ard their impro, ement in
The old States where they have 50 long serv.
ID rs bondmen. The negro is better flied
for agricultural labor than any other he has
been taught only the simplest aud rudes, arts,
VA lst and .i..l
OF the West these rude md simple arts are
all that are necessary. Thus his very occu.
patton, which here degrades him, would, in
new States. put him OH footing of equality
with the white men-ihe predomnsnce of
these, the great number not owning slaves,
and The paucity Of The blacks, their rap d i'm.
provement. when thus scattered among white
men, aud tho deprecia ION Of their value as
property, would hasten the time Of their e.
maucipaiion-nnd when set al liberty, thew
would not, os here, be driven from place TO
place, without being able to acquire even
Iocal habltation and name. world WOULD
be before them where To choose a boundIsss
-.'a~'~ess, 'aon'ing With every source of
wealth would offer them humes aud farms
Inc negro would feel tha, he had made one
aoVahce upwards as soon as his fee, touched
the 'ufi OF these new regions the white man.
by his removal, would be bfeakiop up old as.
sociallons aud leaving old prejudces behind
hun. HIS removal to a new theatre of ON.
eraIlons would expand his mind with new
ideas; whites ard blae ks in their proures, ,o
now homes and countries, woud, q. wa, fstefs
unusually do, epproach nearer TO the hearts
of each other common cares, common dan.
gers, and common necessities binding ,hem
IN more friendly and generous contact
Arrived IN the wilderness, their relsllons IN.
wards each oiher would become still more
changed; and as these vas, esions become
peopIed with strangers from every land and
every nation, there would be less jealousy or
dislike ot race less Of the cansman's feel.
'ng and a wider sympathy, broader phil.
ahthropy. more complete federation of opin.
IONS, colors, and national pecuIiarities than
are to be found IN any of the older States.-
As mcn leave these fur our unpeopled sol.
'iudes, they leave behind them all the arti.
hclal morals, the u Just monopolies. and the
hateful bigo'rIes that have been sanclIfed by
usage and halio"ed BY time IN anclen, ma.
tons; they leave sll behind Them but their
faith IN God, and hope of a brighter destiny.
and come to look on the fresh, fair face OF
nature, and be guided by her laws. They
have been coming, they come now, and thew
will come from the tarhest corners of the
earth; they will come to find in their neigh.
bors and friends the representatives of all the
'amIles OF men, 10 discern that all tho chill.
dren OF Adam are one people. and to realize
the destiny. not Of the Anglo.saxon, but the
human race.
Ts. S.", tn. the sou'1. Of empire takes yy
A fifth shall close the drama with the d,v:
Times noblost offspring is the last"
Westward, still westward, civilization and
tho arts have ever been tending. Westward,
still westward, have men been fly ing from DO.
verify, despotlsm and persecution. Westward
are turned The eyes Of all the weary and ths
wreiched OF the earth; and shall this com.
mon asylum be barred to the master and
his slave Shall all others here find peace
and plenty, liberty and happiness, while the
master aud his slaves are fenced up in their
present abodes, and practically forbid 10
change those relations which are assumed to
be curse to both!
'e'"s '" '"o "'to' VI 'hts PlaIn aud
simple statement, that such a course is not
humane; that if the Provisoists have a, heart
the good Of the negro slaves and their own.
ers, they will defeat their ends. If they re-
ally th'nk slavery an evil, they have mistaken
The cure; they have prescribed a remedy that
will render the disease incursbie. Such arc
he authors views s-and when he utters them
he does il with respect for those who profrss
10 be guided, in their political actions, by a
regard for the public good. He sincerely
believes, that il such bs their object, ,hey
have mistaken the proper means; and If they
'nvc other objects, if they desire only 10 a.
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