The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-11-23
Effects Of Slavery.

The disastrous effects Of negro slavery
is seen in il. breaking down all The inter
.sls OF The SAFES where il is established
The slaVe owners constantly complain OF
heir losses from runaway slaves, aud IL,
1880 passe a law TO have W. return them |;
hut there j. not State In The whole south
that would not he better of 10 morrow, u
all their slaves should die Tonight. Instead
OF pursuing the negroes TO carry them back,
il is wonderful, when they see the evil,
that they do not dive IN IN away and hunt
Them Nth hounds and guns beyond their
hoTder- As a simple illustration OF what
slavery does in the "0ld Dominion" look
at thu fact Few years ago 40 900 ACRES
Of land weIe sold, in sePerale tracts, vary
ing rom 1000 to 10, 900 acres. located in
six diffsren; counties, at rom l-2 10 2 8
certs per acre! Just think Of il, one, Two
and three cents an acre for lands in The
hes, located and naturally riches, State M
ihi. coufederacy, right in The heart OF the
county, surrounded with unequalled ad.
Saniages Tha, land was npgIo-cursed ;
nothing else was the matter. The negIoes
hal eaten up all Thai was on lis surface, and
hal not energy Cr intelligence enough 20 20
below 10 the mines, or 10 renew II Oh The
top, aud a. no ileemen will settle with me-
gtoes. The elnTe il sells al less per acre than
would the ice cakes about Dr.. Kane's
vessel in The Arctic seas. What more
could be said against the slave institution
Than thai il has changed The garden Of The
new wold-lhe Ellen Of Anelica-,o a
desert thai s-lls al Two cents per acre!
But this result j. not peculiar 10 Virginia;
you can follow the dividing line ives, 10 the
last negro hut, and on one side Is the sun
light OF freedom. and on The other the shad'
NV Of negroes-On The first prosperity, pro
gn'ss aud real value, an the other slOth,
decay and poverty. Kentucky is a better
Slate than Ohio. but for slavery and today
thousands Of settlers are rushing through
Missouri. rs they would ihp ugh cholera
Districts or yellow lever cities, TO reach
Kansas. and vet there are hundreds OF ihOu-
sands Of unsettled acres "a Missouri better
than the lands OF Kansas, aud nearer 10 mar
kets, and less exposed TO wilderness suffer-
ings that can be had by any body that will
stop on them, but The poorest emigrant lor
The wesi-the poorest OF The paup1rs thai
The slave holders say We are sending 10
Kansas, will not stop TO look a, them. In
The great State OF Missouri there are hui
so, 900 slaves-20 900 less in the whole
Sale than The population Of the single Gil
of st Louis, but they ave more loss 10 the
Safe in living. than fire would be 10 con.
sumo $50 900, 900 Of the most available
property at their oinmand-Iowa and Miss
our lie side by side Missouri the il oldest,
richest, best wate,ed, and most heallhlul.
aud vet the public lands there cannot be
sold or given away, while the land offices
are crowded nom m"rning I'LL niahi. and
from New Years TO Christmas, in Iowa,
with settlers asking their lands To be enter.
ed. On The south side Of the dividing line
cleared farms sell nj SO. per acre, on the
north side, at S2O.-Nstsbwypori Herald.