Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-06
LITERARY MISCELLANY.


THE NEBRABKA BILI-NO. b.
WILL SLAVERY, IL PERMITTED, 90 INTO Me-
BRksKA
This question | should not deem worthy OF
discussion, IL it had not been put forward, and,
lregret to see, with the aid Of one OF the Sen
ators OF Massachusetts, TO push aside tho qnes-
ton OF right, and TO blunt the ssnsibiity with
which we ought TO zee principle and compact
.,rostrate and trampled on. Az an argument
Tor the bill, all that has been said on this
point. even IL VIC admit tho false psem's ",
amounts to this, and no more: that there Wac
40 guilt or harm in Arnolds treason, since tie
country was not thereby enslayed!
In answer to this question have observe, in
she first place, that 50 deep and universal an
interest would not DO felt in the South con.
corning the organization Of Territories in tho
North, IL they did not expect that tho opening
Of them TO tho infax Of slavery woald strength
en- " the slave power enlarge the slave mar
ket, give new impetus to tho domestic slave
trade, and enhance more or less the prico of
slaves, and Of course the value of slave proper
ty throughout that country. The advocates Of
the BILL and particularly the Southern, say
that they do not expect slavery to go into Ne
braska; that they do not seek to Introduce il,
but simply to assert the principle of the Com
promise Of 1850. They 90 for principle, not
for profit! The efroutery Of this pretencc, con
sidering the high intelligence of our people, is
one Of the most striking circumstances OF the
case II Indicates confidence in the omnipo-
tence OF tho slave power and in the efficacy
IF impudent and transparent imposture, which
confnses the sense and momentarily stnpefies
The faculties like the quaking Of the earth IN.
fer cur feet If the object was merely to gen-
eralixe the theory Of tho Compromise Of 1850,
why was there no attempt TO apply it to the
Washington Territory? That would have
been comparatively easy, as no compact stood
IN the way. Ii would have been repeal o!
an ordinary law. That Territory was organ
.xed nearly three years after the Compromise
Of 1850, and the Oregon anti slavery restrc-
ton, extended over it in 1s4S remained un-
questioned Ia fact, the new Territory came
into being 80 silently that the country was
scarcely aware Of it's existence until the APP
pointment of its Governor was announced.
Either it bad not been discovered, ut that time,
that the Compromise Of 1850 had any such
bearing rs il now pretended, or it was thought
that slave breeders would stand little chance Of
finding much Of market in tho remote north
west corner Either fact is fatal TO the pres
emit pretence.
They do expect slavery to 60 into Nebraska,
and there, if permitted, it will 90 az surely as
night will follow day. Cut the levee, and cof
files of slaves will turn into this fine Territory,
just as certainly as the waters of the MISSISSIPPI
pi would turn upon the city of New Orleans.
Missouri is slave State; we all know that
and by what promises and pledges she became
80. She has now from go, 900 10 100 900 slaves.
Nebraska, to u vast extent lies within the same
parallels of latitude, and consists of wide and
nearly level prairies, quite as well adapted to
slave labor as Missouri. Viewing the matter in
tho Light Of experience, how can any one doubt
that slavery will flow Immediately into the con-
tguous Territory, If the lcvee is demolished?
Will not the inhabitants move soestrard with
the movement Of the tide And will not slaves
as we'll as masters float on its currentsi Ten
years ago, a Missourian# informed me that he
and scores of his neghboTs had removed to far
distant Oregon and Northern California aciih
their siaves though, a. is well known il WAS
very doubtful if they would be permitted ulti-
mateIy to hold them there. IL is stated that
large numbers in Missouri nrc now awaiting
the signal to rush into Nebraska. Doubtless the
same, 10 O certain extent, is true Of Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Mary
land Threefifths Of the territory Ut these Statos
lies in the same latitudes "A Missouri and Ne
braska viz: all Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky,
and portion OF North Carolina ADD Tennessee
rs rge rs Connecticut. At this moment there
are n million Of slaves on American soil situa-
ed in the same latitude as Nebraska, and in
ierior to both in extent and fertility. And
yet not one of the masters Of this million will
carry or tend slavcs to Nebraska!
Further, the States which occupy this Sec
ton Of the South have bred most OF the slaves
which supply all tho rest. 1t IL too notorious,
that Slavery may be sustained indefinitely in
fdrming States, by the business of breeding
fl l.w fha c.. fnu rtn.~ =
enormouf, but it il said, wire and economical
expenditure Of human life on Southern planta.
tons This together with the opening of new
eetates creates a great and steady demand,
which the farming States supply. @The vigin-
tiai I CROP" for Interstate slave trade and cx
portation, takcs the place Of corn and swine.
IL il estinated that a slave, before no is twenty
years Old can earn even on n soil compare
lively exhausted sufficient 10 pay his raising
and when he il fit Cor market, he can transport
himself: and is saleabe at his masters door
The raising and fattening Of other animals j.
dead expcnsc from the fret moment mp 10
the doIi,ery in the market The difference
between the-lnmsn and the brute animal a.
mere marketable commodity, is a. striking
a. any other difference between them; and Il
" rather surprising that this obvious reflection
has not long ago disabuscd every human flesh
jobbcr of the wild notion Of their identity.
fhe resnlt il, that the price Of . sidpe is clear
profit
According 20 data furnished by tho last
census. tho annual amount OF income received
" the farmers Of Maryland, Virginia and Ken.
tuc,y, from ,his business, IL S12 900 600. In
this calculation, add nothing for the stimulus
10 multiplication, which Is generally applied in
the breeding States, and, il il said, with power
fui effect do not refer specifically TO North
and South Carolina, and Georgia, because they
lie, IN the most part, further south than Ne
braska; bot every one who has examined and
compared the cepsoses Of the United States,
knows that all the original slave States are,
and have been from twenty 10 fifty years, slave
breeding exporting Statcs Should Cuba and
sbe valleys Of the Amazon and its tributaries
lie opened to the American slave trade, there
will be demand for the vigintial" product,