The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-24

! the AmlStad negroes, These, with 2UU,-
coo free negroes, would form very dan
gerous element as regards the tranquility
Of the island under our rule, and most
fearful one in case the Spaniards should,
as they undoubtedly would DO, declare
the freedom fall the blacks, should they
see any prospect Of our success in an at
tempt to wrcst the island foycibly from
them.
OF the free negroes in Cuba, both slave
and free, nearly the whole of them are
male adults; the proportion of females
and children being very small, as the
policy pursued there has been to keep
up the supply of slave labor by direct
importation Of adult males rather than by
depending on natural increase. Under
cessation, therefore, of the slave trade,
the negro population will rapidly decrease.
But, even without this decrease, so small
portion of the island comparatively
is under cultivation that there IS ample
"space and verge" for at least one mil
lion more ofslaves there The cheapnes5
Of the land, the fertility Of the soil, and
the excellence OF the climate for all South
. y.
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years would be required for the transfer
from our Southern States Of probably the
full number of slaves indicated above.
Can any Southern man contemplate
such an exodus of white proDrietors.
moneyed caDitaI. and slave labor, with
ont an absolute dread as to its v;tberino
effcct pnon So,tbcrn rroznnritv wealth
nrorrass Donnlat;op. and noIitical jnfu.
eDce Nor can Southeners derive anv
consolation in view Of the above di,ad-
vartares and losses bv assuning the no.
sition That Il will be oGlv transfer Of Ia
hor wealth and influence from one sec.
tion 70 another and new additional sec.
ton Of Southern territory. On the con-
trorv in addition TO the direct loss to the
,,r,sor4 Sonthorr soa,ion of the TDion i
Would soon to onnorcnt that if wonld
croa+o division IN Sontbern strcnoth
ond tbottbo interests of C,ba would he
antaro2;,ticoI to those Of the present
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bo,so l;r;1ol oc,oiost i+.o1f and not nni-
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