The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-30

asserting the principle with perfect cleaess and GER
tanty Az this moment confne myself TO bref
nation OF the practical bearing of the measure ii will
affect the Territory TO which il is to be applied.
prominent member from the State OF New York Mr..
BEsNErTl asserted the other day that the institution OF
slavery In this country apowerfnl and prepondernt
in our legislation that it seeking spread itself
all our Territories with every prospect OF success He pre-
sented an estimate OF the proportions OF territory held by
each seeon and according TO his figures established the
fact that the South has in proportion 10 her population
much larger share than the North Already having
than her just proportion he magnes that she is ready
spread her slave institutions Kansas and Nebraska
Other gentlemen have taken the ground and urged
1t with too much earneness 10 admit doubt Of the
cerity Of their belief One gentleman said last night that
although southern had admitted that slavery
would 60 into these Territories yet they had given
for their assertion and in his Judgment they could
gve none wil endeavor to supply the OMISSION If such
omission has been made EasI a.g L e4S
have little hesitation in declaring my solemn conyic-
n that the fears Of northern gentlemen wholly
founded Slavery will not be established in Kansas and
Nebraska not because of any legislative prohibitions but
Of that condition OF things which all your legs-
laon cannot possibly control The truth is as shown by
the from Illinois, Mr. DOUGLAS in the other branch
of Congress, your legislation has controlled the
spread and progress Of the slave institution and
\ can
! While do not agree with the gentleman from New
York, Mr. BENNETT that slavery is alpowerfu and pre-
ponderan in the government am certain it is sufficiently
strong for its protection interviewer it is with
the very framework of southern society," and constituting
vast pecuniary interest to nothing Of s moral weight
it has vitality and power enough to every territorial
Of pursuing its proper destiny whatever in the
/ providence Of God, that destiny may be.
But where will it go? Where is it necessary de-
srabe that should got Look at the condition Of
population, shown by the last census and then let
ask 10 the probability of its expanding into the Terri
tories now in dispute The population Of the free States
is in round numbers thirteen and half millions while
that Of the slave States, including all the slaves, is only
nine and half The people of the North outnumber us
by nearly fifty per cent and taking only white popu
ation, they than double numbers And in this
state Of the facts gentlemen seriously assert and argue with
the utmost emphasis of alarm that three and quar-
ter millions of slaves about to inocuate the whole OF
vast territory with that institution Sir the bare
statement of these facts is to the whole argu
ment 1t is palpable impossbiitya physical and moral
mpossby nthe very nature of thingsthat three and
quarter millions OF slaves can spread themselves out over
the whole country in the face of twenty millions Of whites
Such diffusion is not nbre desirable to the South than it
is practicable If such absorption could take place,
slavery would be- at that very moment pso tdco at
end. And submit to gentlemen Of antsavery senti-
ments that if they desire the speedy and easy accomplish
pent Of their cherished object certain
could be adopted than that OF dusing the slave popua
lion among overwhelming number Of whites. OF
course nobody will understand supporting the bill
in question upon this ground On the contrary, sat
sed slavery will not go into these Territories and hence
repeat the is Of practical Importance TO us
except for the principle of nonntervenon The tendency
of slavery is to conne itself to the cotton and sugargrow
ing regions where it is far profitable than ii can be
elsewhere II may have some strength in hemp and to-
baceo countries but IN grangrowing regions has none
at all. The gentleman from Arkansas Mr., GREEswoop]
said last night that there very few slaves in his part
of the State for the that II devoted chiefly to
the cultivation Of grain and he very consistently and
forcihy argues that slavery win not 60 into the neighhor
! ing Territory of Kansas
| But suppose | should be mistaken in this view, and
slavery should go these Territories. II those gentle
governed by the principles Of humanity and ph
lanthropy which they loudly profess and in which be
eye many Of them sincere they ought rather to desire
that il should go there. Ii is contended that diffusion
tends to increase population and therefore the number Of
slaves would be augmented grant that under ordinary
circumstances, such is the law Of population. But be
int do, pf trare
Of men like those of animals created in their several
proper localities and although has far greater
pacy for adaptation TO all the circumstances of climate
and condition than other animal yet that capacity is
not without limits especially with the African
northern climate it is well known is unfavorabe to the
development of the black The South is the true nat
ura home of the negro and there he ourishes in all the
\ n alive vigor Of his
II we accept the argument of the gentleman from New
York. MR. BENNETT in reference the extent of territory
held by the North and South respectively shall find that
there is ample for the diffusion of the black race in
their present abode They not crowded in the South
to gain any thing by going into new Territories, On
the contrary their ratio of increase would be diminished
by the OF the climate and the local condition Of the
country. The natural tendency Of the race is TO extend
southwark and by the admission of gentlemen there is
ample and verge enough for diffusion in that drec
| tion for century TO come.
venture say that in portion Of the country do the
blacks increase faster than upon the cotton rice and sugar
plan Of the South Diffusion tends to increase pop
uaon because Of the abundance of food pure air and
other circumstances favorable to health to be found in
tons the South and assert and statistical facts will
verify my proposition that they increase faster there than
in any other position in which they DO placed either
by mistaken philanthropy the one hand, or by inem
peratc zeal for extension on the other.
Now sir with this admitted state OF facts, il is TO me
surprising that northern gentlemen should be alarmed at
the passage Of this bill The honorable gentleman from
Virginia Mr. CAsEIE in his able and eloquent address
last night spoke of the friendly competition and rivalry to
which this bill invites the North and the South BY the
of the measure each free TO exert all Its consu
tona power in moulding and framing the institutions
Of the States TO be formed in these Territories The
people of the North have every advantage Their popu-
ation is fifty per cent than ours and is annually
increased by half million Of emigration. They double
white population They have the advantage of climate
and condition in favor of free against the blacks They
ofhaving their side the sympathy and approba~
ton Of the whole world And yet with thirteen and o
half millions Of population strong in the moral right of
their position and backed by the sentiments of the whole
civilized world They refuse to enter into fair and friendly
competition with six and half millions of shareholders
Surely sir they have but little confidence in the truth
Of their representations of the sin and evil of slavery
They must attribute TO IL far greater strength than
supposed II TO possess If they believe IL win invade the new
Territories against all the formidable obstacles have
pointed out
And, indeed il 10 those gentlemen ought upon
their principles 10 desire the diffusion OF the black
race have shown think that under existing circum-
stances the ratio of increase would not be greater Then
why not duse slavery Why not scatter the three and
quarter millions OF blacks among twenty millions of
whes2 There would be thousand chances TO one for
the emancipation of individuals and families You could
then attack the institution in detail and you would
cut IL up and destroy it You complain that the South
win not educate and improve the intellect Of the slaves
Dihuse them widely possible, and you bring the
whole moral Of your party TO the task of eleva
ting and improving the under conditions in which
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