Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-01-01

them There are now in the Y. s., III
fifteen ofthe States, about three millions
of slaves, owned by less than three millions
Of people. These slaves are worth. we
may say, 1900 millions Of dollars. Total
emancipation then will never occur. No
people ever incurred such tax. History
affords no such example. But the slave
population increases at the rate of nearly
% per cent. per annum. Therefore, I'M
less an outlet be found for the slave popu-
la,ion, as s7arcs, the difficulties of etnan
cpa;ion will not decrease, but they will
increase at a fearful rate as time rolls a
round
Storms win arise at sea, and cricss viii
come on land; but no mariner or statesman
ever escaped the one or avoided the other,
by failing to prepare for them-when the
ship is too much pressed, knowing that
she may be. theprudent sailor has ready
provided and at hand, the means Of re-
lieving her. In doing this, he considers
the safety Of the vessel, Of the cargo. and
Of all on board. We propose to follow
his example with regard 10 the ship of
State.
1t must be obvious to our Statesmen,
| that unless some means be devised TO get
rid ofthe excess Of the population, when
the time comes, the South viii ultimately
be found in the predicament Of the man.
with the wolf by the cars, two danger
Gus 10 hold on-equally dangerous to let
go. To our mind it seems as certain as
anything future and contingent. that I'M
less means be devised for gradually re
licving the Slave States from the pressure
Of the slave population upon them; unless
some channel be opened, through vhicll
the excess Of this population may flow
of, the time viii comc-it may not be in
the next. nor in the succeeding generation
but sooner or later, it must ana will
come, when the two races will join in the
death struggle for the mastery.
The valley ofthc Amazon is the way
in this view it is the safety-valyc Of the
Union. 1t is slave territory and vii
derness. One among the many results Of
this line Of steamers is the entire suppress
sion of the African slave trade with Bra
I'll, by a substitution therefor, Of "a slave
emigration from the United States. Al
least 50 It appears to rs. Tho ncgroe.
from the New England Statcs-who, un
der their emancipation acts-wcrc forced
into the South and sold there, did not be
come more Of slaves than they We're be
fore. There was transfer Of the place
of scryitudc; that was all Not a slave
the more was made. II they had beer
sent 10 South America, instead Of South
Carolina--it would have been the same tc
them, but how different to the country.
As in the breaking away Of The storm, a
streak ofclear sky is welcomed by The
mariner whose ship has been endangered
by the elements, SO this Amaznnian vista
is tous 1t is tie first and only streak Of
| light TO our minds-cye, that the future
throws upon the final question Of slavery
in this country. Every steamship has its
safcty-valvc but every steamship is not
obliged to use it always. 1t is there in
case of necessity. SO with the valley of
the Amazon; we need not go there our
selves, nor send our slaves there immcdi-
atcly; but it is well to have the ability to
go or send, in case it may become cxpedi-
cnt 50 to DO.
This line Of steamers by the CONNER
cial ties which it will establish, by the
business relations which it will begct, by
the frequent intercourse which il Will
bring about between the valley Of the
Amazon and the Southern States, viii ac-
complish these great results and mere two.
Contested Election.
We learn that DR., Powell the late de
mocratic candidate FOR the Senate in the
Amherst district will contest tie election
of Ills opponcrit Nj. Cabcll, on the ground
of illcgality in votes. We have reason TO
belicvethat the result will show more bad
votes upon his own, than lis advcrsary's
poll Ii is certain that the most cXiraordi-
nary efforts were made by Or. p. and his
friends to get every possible vote TO the
polls--thc Hon Paufus, even abandoning
his duties at Washington, and returning to
Amherst to assist in them. While, outhe
other hand, Mr.. Cabcil was confined to bis
house by Illness and sohad b en,ncarly he
whole canvass. This, Of itself, raises a
strong presumption that DR.. p. received
more spurious votes than his competitor.
What influence, the knowledge ola large
Democratic majority in the Senate may
have had in determining Doctor Powell
TO contest, we will not undertake to say;
nor can we guess how far lie may have
been prompted by a desire to have hand
in arranging the Congressional districts,
with view to the public good ,(of his SOM
One Of the benefits proposed " the
change in our suffrage laws was the pre-
vcntion of contested elections by simplify
ing the franchise qualification Much Of
the time Of the Legislature has heretofore
been absorbed by contested elections, and
it would have been fortunate result five
could have been rid ofthcn. The Doctor