The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-07-23

conclusions are correct, another ques-
ton is presented to the minds of South
ern Statesmen, which The South must
certainly meet and dispose oft is
this. II the annexation Of Cuba will
weaken Slavery and destroy the sugar
interests Of this State, will It not weak
en- the institution in all the slave
states and most especially in the
more northern ones Admit that
such will be the result how can you
and your friends and neigbors, favor
the project of annexation 2 Slavery
rests upon no more solid foundation
in any portion of the world, than
that Of agricultural and commercial
necessity, giving to slave labor an
intrinsic value more or less above its
costs.
Reduce the value of that labor be-
low cost, and slavery instead Of being
profitable, becomes burtbensome.-
Hence follows schemes to get rid
Of that burthen. Will you coun-
tenance a project which inevitably
leads, to a train Of circumstances
that will produce such condition Of
things in any slave holding commune
| ty Of the Union9 Are You willing to
give up the system in some of our
States, in order to secure the annexa-
ton Of Cuba9 Are you--are your
friends-are the true friends of Louis
lana, who may be also, favorable to the
annexation Of Cuba, willing to risk all
the consequences of such an event ?
In fact could the friends Of Cuba, be
more efficient in bringing about the
very condition Of things, most earnest
ly prayed for by the abolitionists, than
they now are in their endeavours to
sever the Island Of Cuba from Spailf
and in bringing her into this confed-
eracy9 Who then may / ask is the
true friend of our beloved State, he who
boldly puts these questions to our peo-
pie noso, or him who would cover up
and stifie all discussion Of this matter
until the scheme is complete, "aufait
accomplish" Evade it npw as much
AS we may, the day will come when
these questions will each come home
to our own homes and hearth stones
and demand to be answered whether
we will or not. This scheme of an
nexation of territory does not Of itself
carry danger or threaten destruction
to our political system, but it must
inevitably shock and change the social
structure, and this is what the people
Of Louisiana must now prepare for if
the annexation of Cuba is foregone
conclusion with the powers that can
effect that result. True, our State
cannot be ruined by it.; but it is q
question that deserves careful consid-
Grafton whether SO great an interest as
that employed in the culture of sugar,
should be suddenly stricken down
without time to prepare it for the
blow.
The liberation Of Cuba from the
Spanish crown, has been. and still is
favorite scheme with many who like
myself can see only danger in annex
ing her to this Union on an equal foot
ing with the other States but in her
independence as nation there is
much more to gain to both the Union
and herself, than there can be in her
incorporation as part and parcel Of
our national dominion. MENTOR. |
YELLow-CovEREp hTERArrRE.-
There is more immoral and detestable
trash issued from the press Of the north,
and disseminated through the Union,
at cheap, picayune rates, than many
persons have an inklipg of vile stuff,
which should never be permitted to
circulate amongst the young, and to be
because Of its economy 10
price. Sailors are extremely partial
to such reading; and, when at sea, give
all their leisure time to uninstructive
and destructive tales and adventu-
Of robbers and murderers,
and storics Of the vitiated and deprav-
ed. The very titles of some Of them
serve as indexes to their characters
while several Of them are as quaint as
those Of Cromwcll's time. Yesterday,
for instance, VIC looked ION quite an
attractive cover, with this imposing