The daily union., 1854-03-05


cerned. is 10 them matter Of any practical importance
whether this bill passes fails Does any believe
that you will have saveholdiDg State in Kansas
Nebraska ! confess that. for moment, ! permitted
such an Illusion TO rest upon my mind. Bat, upon fur
ther examination OF the subject to the conclusion
that il utterly hopeless 10 endeavor TO effect any such
thing Slavery might 90 there ior time i might go
into the Territories while other labor DEAR and
sis in preparing the country Tor admission Stale INTO
the Union But in my opinion, could not survive the
formation OF Stale constitutions II would pass away
into that region which more suitable Tor the negro
and better fitted Tor his abora region which, for long
time to come, will be large enough for the employment
OF that labor and more genial in every respect 70 the Al
rican race, than that embraced in the bill What then,
would be the effect upon the North. II we were 10
dspersc the negro little more Ii would certainly
be great benefit TO the negro for his race like every
other, ues Tor It's Improvement capacity Tor emga
ton. To send him where his labor s most profitable is,
in the general TO give him larger share OF lis proceeds
and TO place him in climate and upon soil more suit
What the senator from North Carolina [Mf. BApoERl
said upon this subject was not less true than beautiful
These facilities for emigration are undoubtedly great
boon for him. But put his happiness out OF the ques
0n, not because do not think that ought not to
slder It, but for the arguments sake wish consider
the matter now IN reference only TO the white and
TO the northern portion OF that white race II the negro
were dispersed throughout the Union, would
it do the North any harm' Suppose that there were
more slave States than there and many OF hem
Delaware now has, would the North be injured by sa-
very being thus extended So lar the interests OF the
non slayeholding States are concerned, are not the
interests of Delaware similar 10 theirs! Do the few
slaves she possesses have any effect upon her
here, except to make her more conservative upon
the subject Of slavery! With thus Dispersion. then,
ton, you would diminish the intensity OF the pro-
slavery feeling it would not in here anago-
nistic and hostile element. would only be felt
king your legislation more conservative in reference
that race, and those who hold them. II they were more
dispersed, people would BIZ more Homogeneous and
they would assimilae more nearly in interest and char
acter; the intensity OF the proslavery feeling would
diminish, and the outlines OF its individuality sepa-
rate interest," would gradually lose their disnciness. and
perhaps in the end would fade away entirely. 1t
tany could be felt hostile element in po
litical system
Let US suppose IN order to test the matter in another
point Of view that you could concentrate the slaves in
live six of the States OF this Union You would have
this people irritable, jealous suspicious, knowing they
in your power, and believing you not disposed
TO exercise that power tor their welfare They would
here to whatever power they possessed in an
adversary and hostile manner, and become disturb
ing element in your government; and you would soon
have to treat them SO as 10 convince them that you
meant to consider them friends and equals or you
would find tha, you would be better without than with
them They would disturb the OF legislation,
and oppose all that policy you might think BEST that
you would find that they giving you more annoy
ance and disturbance than assistance II this be true
view OF the case, What good you have for
combining the negro race within its present limits Is il
that you think that If you to disperse them more
you would have more negroes, and the same relative
proportion of blacks to whites in of the Staes
Why, our statistics already show that, far ha, is
concerned, it is merely question of slaves east of
the Mississippi and fewer west, or fewer east and more
west The census OF lS40 proved that the ratio of the
black to the white population IN the slave States
pared with the ratio between the elements in $780,
had at that time been diminished The census OF 1850
shows still further diminution in that ratio In ls4o,
the slaves were to the whites in the slave States
IS but in 1850, they stand in those States as to So
showing still further relative increase OF the white
Suppose, then, that the negro could be scat
tered over larger surface, would not still further d
mnish the ratio OF the black 10 the white the
slave States and Territories. 10 soften and mitigate
the intensity OF sectional diherencesl
Can the North be afraid that The white will lose It's
preponderance in this Union, that the slavehod-
ing States will lose their relative superiority over the
savehocing States in point OF political poweri Why,
that question oil the preponderance OF the white race
settled when the law passed forbiddng the for
egn slave trade, shut out black immigration,
while all possible facilities and encour agement were
given 10 emgrans OF the white We ind that toe
white stands TO the black the proportion of
l9,9s7,573 TO 3204, BAT. We find that al each sue
cessve from 1890 the white race has ncreas-
ed and the black race has diminished its ratio We
find that while at three per cent per annum the black
is increasing at the annual rate OF about 100000,
the white Ia receiving annual accession OF nearly
100000 from foreign engrans alone, besides the annual
natural increase OF about 600 900 The annual IN.
of the white race, compared with that OF The
black nearly nine to Surely, then, there can
be ground for fear that the white will lose It's
prepondeance, that -slavehodng will lose their
relative political superiority the slaveholdng Staes
Ii Is not now,as II was when the ordinance of 1857
adopted. At that time il a much more doubtful
question. The blacks then constituted larger proper.
ilon OF the whole population; il a much larger ee-
ment than now is At that time there every motive
OF interest bring them here, because the slave trade
going quite extensively, and there was not the
same encouragement for the white to immgrate as
now exists. Then u was, perhaps question OF some
doubt And II was even more doubtful question in
1890 than II now is; Tor the great tide OF inning rallon
not even then setting IN IL is Bat now there
cannot be the least particle OF doubt the certainty that
the savehoding States will retain their superiority
in point OF political power.
Ii may be asked, If believe that the passage OF this
bill is OF practical importance far as new slave
States are concerned, then why do | support IL so
warmly support II for lis moral and political conse.
quences-as a measure OF peace | desire 10 remove
this great OF dstur bance and from our midst
wish to give greater efficiency TO our government TO ex-
tend the jurisdiction OF the constitution over the subject
OF slavery well all Others seeing that il has
given peace and prosperity whenever have adhered
to and applied it,
Take the provisions OF that instrument, and you will
find that almost all OF them may be resolved into two
great objects purposes the s that all the prizes
OF life, whether OF honor profit, far as the
legislation oil this country is concerned, shall be
thrown open TO the free and equal competition OF
every individual The other is that all the prizes OF
social exer,ion shall be thrown open TO the free and
DO thus and you stimulate human energy 10 the highest
possible pitch OF activity regulate the motive power by
provisions which prevent each in the exercise OF its
rights from encroachng upon the equal rights of another
and you have pIshed ali that government, can ac-
compIish in order promote the welfare of the people
or develop their moral and material resources II is
owing 10 the operation of these great principles that
progress is such TO have become marvel in the eyes
OF mankind. They constitute all that gives a peculiar
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