Washington telegraph., 1855-09-19

of Cinnamon from the Celestial Empire,
filling the place of slaves and laborers-
backing boots, driving the plow and coach,
hewing the shaft and laying the architrave,
with Africa redeemed and enlightened-the
.eopard's spots all changed, and the ETH
ope's skin-Japheth fully enlarged and the
daughter of Ham clothed in pu1e qrhite
%l91e'a. feeding the young elephants for their
greasy lords upon the banks of the St Paul.
And verify this dread is not without its phi
lOsophy, for certain it is that, if there was
the same number of white population in
Tennessee to the square mile as there is in
Massachusetts, African slavery could not ex-
Isl here as ;t-does now.
That this influx Of half million Of for
elgners per GnilUn5 will revOluti0nize socie-
ty In the south is evident. Let us con-
template. for moment, that this emigration
Is sufficient 10 settle State eUery year, with
the population of Mississippi-that this is
nearly all added to the North, which Is an
tj-SIGUery-that this forms an addition TO
her natural increase-that the population
of the North. in many places, is already so
dense that 1t finds egress South, thus in
creasing the population of whites to the
blacks-and we can form some idea of this
engagement of America with elements in
imicable to the institutions of the South.
The calm and settled moderation Of the
mind Is scarcely competent to convince the
madness and folly of the South in lending
encouragement TO this emigration, and 1t
seems only comparable to the folly of the
General who having it in his power to him
Grs- - |
should voluntarily and without considera-
tloR, permit them to pass to his camp and
thus put it in his enemy's power to out tank
and crush him with the fruits of his own
folly and madness. We look in vain TO dis
cover any obligation we owe the North. TO
encourage this admission of foreigners; 10
equivalent can be found coming from her
in the practical workings of this govern
IEent, for the whole 09sHS of It's support de-
wolves upon the South In time OF peace
the South being the great consumer Of
imported gcOds-of course pays the tariff
which is added to their cost. In time of war,
our commerce will be DESTROYED and direct
taxation be res5rted to- Southern property
being in more tangible shape than North
ern, the burden would again fall upon the
South. Then why should the South en-
courage this adven:itious increase of the
North, when it is evident from examples
already set, that it will be used in crasing
dearest interest, destroying her civilization,
desOlating her fields and turning her into
mere province lying at the feet Of the aro-
CANT and presumptuOus North.
1t is idle to talk about the conservatism
of these foreigners; the desolate fields Of
Jamaica and Martinique, attest too strongly
that PolitjeaL G50LitjoniSnt itself is a for
eign exotic, which fanaticism is endeavoring
to transplant to our political Eden, and the
proceedings of those anti-slavery conven-
tions Of foreigners in the Southern cities of
Richmond. Louisville and ST Louis-prove
too dearly that they abate not one lot or tit
tie. Of their prejudices against slavery by
living in proximity to it, excelling even Ia
tive AbOlitionists (who confne their agita-
tons principly to the free States) in the fer
yOr Of their opposition TO slavery. And
just here the pertinent inquiry arises, is
there any reason why we may no, take the
Gnti-SlaUery platforms Of these Southern
foreigncrS as an index of the opinions of
the great mass of foreigners in America
Is it not reasonable, indeed that an;i-slavery
men in the South, who hear and see both
sides Of the question, should have even
more conservative views than-those Of the
North : Then. if these platforms are an
index Of their sentiments, great God how
startling the fact that half million Of
these come annually to cur shores, TO swell
the power Of the North and occupy the out
lets of slavery. whilst the South, in the full
ness Of her folly, and blinded by party pre-
judices, is lending encouragement to the ad-
yances of this army of aliens, which is even
now acting its part in the grand programme
of the North-of hedging in the South as
with a wall Of fire.