The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-22
POLL Gal,
From the Southern Press.
The Fortune of Slavery.

the most instructive phenomena that
can have the attention Of the states.
mai or philosopher. It's introduc.
ton into America was the work Of
one of the most eminent philanthro
pists of that age, the pious and en-
'ightcncd Bishop Las Casas. It's de-
struction is attempted by the profess
ed philanthropy of the present time.
Soon after the introduction oi
slavery into the Southern colonies,
they began to protest against it. and
would have prohibited it but for the
opposition Of the British government
= so that the establishment of slave.
ry in the Southern colonies is owing
to their union with the empire OF
Great Britain. Strange as it may
appear, the subsequent preservation
and extension Of slavery in the South.
crn States are owing to the present
Union. Ii the States, after their in,
dependence, had not formed Union,
each one would have had it's own
large commercial towns and manu-.
features; for New York or Phiadel.
phia could not have Imported for
Southern cities, since duties would
have been required at the latter as
much on imports from cities Of the
North as from Europe. And if tic
South had thus become commercial
and manufacturing to the extent OF
its own wants, it would have attract.
cd It's share Of European emigration.
The consequence would have been
that with large commercial, manu-
featuring and foreign population, sew.
cral Of the Southern States would
have abolished slavery long before
now. Even without such clements
Virginia came near doing so in
1S3l-a2 and if she had gone that
far The political power Of the South
wouii have been materially weaken.
cd.
The earnest advocates of The In.
iru, Suc!. men as General Washiurton
all" hlr. Jci:ttson, expected and dc.
sired that the Union would be favor.
able to c,nancinat:ou.
Such and So general was the cmi.
ncnt .Soul!. crn statesmen in favor Of
emancipation, that up to 1920 scarce,
" man could bc found in tic ,V,n,h
who did not profess to rcpard 4 aycrv
as curse. At that time tho ,;dr II
foreign emigration set il 50 strouo,y
as within dirty ycals to ada l., Ike
North some four millions Of neon;.
tud if uo5hins had occurred to conn.
teract its effect on slavery, the latter
would have fallen before now For
the South was anxious to secure a
part of it. But almost exactly 90.
eval with the sudden and cy,r,iorl;
nary increase Of forciun eu,;.rot;on
has been the sudden and wonderful
extension Of the cotton cuItnrc IN ,ln
.South-a ,linr which Is ncrh,ns
without a parallel in history TL;s
at once elevated thn vo,rn ,Il ,own,
of slavery, and enabled i 10 stand
against the rapid increase Of the
North riom Europc.
If the wars Of Eu,onc had not in.
tcrvcncd between the close Of onr
revolution and 1915. and fins nro.
vented Euroncan cmi orot;on 70 Ills
country until the Use Of tlc cotton
interest in tho South. it is very
doubtful whether slavery would hoyr
long survived the Missouri Comnro
misc. Even the ACQUISITION Of lou
isiana would scarcely have bcrn
available to slavery; nav, would hay,
been destructive by opc,i;ur the w,v
to emigration from the North or y
population unfayorablc to it. Eut
as it was, cotton not only found en-.
ploymcnt for the surulus slaves ortLo