The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-10-31
No. 1911.

Dandry, IN the use oil Fertilizers saved on
the farm, and others, which are becoming
better known and more attainable than for-
merly and thus all the outlay will be more
than reimbursed at short day by the in
crease OF products, besides enhancing the
value Of real estate. Thus will our agri,
culture be rendered as pleasing and as profit
able as that Of the most favored portions
Fof the earth.
1 Then let me say once more to you, men
/ Of North Carolina, stick to her, and make
her what she can be and ought to be. For
you and your sons she will yield rich
harvest: to some +" thirty fold, some sixty
fold, and some an hundred lold," accord-
ing to the skill and diligence with which
the tillage Of the good ground is done.
1 The nature Of the labor employed in our
agriculture is the next subject for our con-
sideration. 1t is a most important element
! in the cost, amount, and value Of produc-
4 tlon. | very frankly avow the opinion that
our mixed labor of free white men of Eu-
ropean origin and of slaves Of the African
race. is as well adapted TO the public and
private ends Of our agriculture as any 9th
er could be-making our cultivation not
less thorough, cheap, and productive than
4 It would be, il carried on by the whites
alone, and far more 50 than the blacks by
I themselves would make It ; and therefore,
that it has a beneficial influence on the pros
perity of the country, and the physical and
moral state of both races, rendering both
better and happier than either would be here
without the other. Of course, am not
about entering into that controversy which
has connected itself with the contentious Of
sectional factions, struggling for political
power. It's unnecessary that should; for
every one is aware, | believe, Of the nature
Of the controversy and the motives OF the
parties to il. Ii is one of the conservative
effects of slavery to impress on Us deep
conviction Of the inestimable value of the
Union, and a profound reverence for the
4 Constitution which created il; and hence
we habitually cherish a good feeling, as of
N brethren, towards our ellow-citizens Of
every STATE, and any deed or word tending
to impair The pcrpetuity Of the Union and the
efficiency of the Constitution and the laws
passed III accordance with il, or to ALLEVIATE
the affections Of the people Of the different
States from each other, is seen with impa-
tience and frowned on with indignation.--
Indeed, il there were any thing in slavery
ur the interests connected with il incom-
patible with that fundamental law, doubt
not that our people would willingly abide
By that sacred instrument, though it should
cut of right hand or pluck out right eye.
nut mere viii be occasion for a display
Of our loyalty in that respect, since the Con-
stitution clearly recognizes our slavery,
sustains the rights OF ownership, and en-
lorces the duty Of service; and am persua-
ded, that the obligation Of those provisions
and their execution will be ultimately pro-
nounced and carried out by those on whom
the Constitution itself coniers the authority.
My purpose now, however, is merely 10 MAIN
tain that slavery here Is favorable 10 The in
terests Of agriculture in point Of economy
aud profit, and not unwhOlesome TO the NOR
al and social condition Of each race. In
support OF the first part of the proposition,
a decisive argument rs furnished BY the fact
! that the amount and value of the productions
Of slave labor in this country exceed those
Of similar productions, nay, Of all other ag-
ricultural productions, Of an equal number Of
men in any other county. as lar rs they can
b. aseertaincd. In some local. ties, indeed,
and IN respect 10 some articles Of great value,
the production would cease, OF nearly cease,
with slavery; since the blacks by tie con-
. stitutions inherited from their African ances-
tors, can labor, without detriment, under de-
grees Of heat, moisture, and exposure, which
: are found 10 be fatal 10 the whites, whose sys-
. tens are better adapted to different cundi-
tions Of the atmosphere. In truth. if the free
| men in those States in which slavery prevails
be allowed credit for common sense and the
, capacity to understand their own wants and
. interests, the utility Of the employment Of
slave labor and is productivencss are estab-
. lished beyond controversy, simply BY the
: fact, that il is done. Men who are thorough
i " yersed in the practical operation Of any
{ institution, certainly will not, 20 their own
: prejudice. uphold il from generation to gen
r elatiOn, and cling the closer 20 il as by it,
/ natural extension Il becomes more aud more
. destructive II il be said that the continu-
: ance Of slavery does not prove It's utility 10
4 the Commonwealth, because 1t was continued
i Of necessity, aud would have been. however
!. impoltic Il might be found, We must own
d some iurce in the suggestion, By itself, since
al all times alter is introduction il w0uld
: have been diilieult 10 gel rid Of is, and that
) difficulty has been continually increasing
{ II was much easier for thuse who now con.
G ,lemn 30 strenuously our liberation Of slavery
I to capture and enslave the helpless Africans
c aud bring them here, than for Us, without
!, crime Yet more heinoas. to rcnOunce our do.
{. miuion over them and turn them loose 10
E their own discretion aud sclf.dcslructOn.---
n Their tate would sOun b. that Of our native
!. sayagcs or the cnffanchised blacks or the
/. Wesi Indies, tie miserable victims Uf ille-
o ness, want, drunkenness, aud other dcbauch.
{ cries. But The argument goes only to show
il that We would have done right--eyen though
i enforced thereto by the necessity spoken off,
e in still holding those people IN bondage. i