New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-02
AN rFFrCr OF SLAVERY.

u,,,,rr, a. leng,b on Southern destitutlon, espe-
,i.lIv Texan. in that regard; but, as happens in
all Southern jeremads, ignores the cause-oaV-
erv. 81 do Mt feel well at all to-day, we heard
an old toner say; II think it must be because
81 have changed ny diet from whisky TO gin.
The political ailments Of the South a'e deriva-
tiyes Of causes equally pbiiosopoc.
The writer of The Bulletin details converse
tion which he had with Nor'h Carolinian who
wtut-neproes ard all-ffO his naive STATE TO
settle in Texas; and when in the new country,
though satisfied with the crops, and though the
land was well watered and healthy, yet she
could not be contented; he was out OF the
world. cut off from communication with So
" ciety, ard without easy and certain access to
" market TO sell bis produce and purchase his
" supplies. In Q word, he was not living in
4" country of railroads, and he had sold out his
possessions, and was now on his return to his
a" old home in North Carolina, where be lived in
sight Of railroad He is wire man; for,
" although the lsn1s in the old North State a:e
"poorer and yield sometimes sorry crops, he
Z" can always find sure and ready market for
whatever he makes, and he does not risk
" being Starred TO death for ,cant Of railroads"
This is precisely in accordance with the view
THE TRIBUNE has uniformly sustained and it's
Likewise precious tribute to railroads, which
are as eminently the product of Freedom as the
right TO walk about without plantation pass.
Never under the broad sky could that immense
agent of intercourse, affection, business and
prosperity, have been invented within sound OF
the lash or the bay Of the bloodhound. 1t re-
quired the capital, the industry, the brains, the
genius of liberty to evoke il; and 1t Is only by
borrowing the iron, the mechanics, the engineers,
the science and the skill generally, of free COM
munities that the Slave States tangent to the
Free can possess such things, while those afir
want them altogether. The bsrbarism OF Texan
life may be well understood in the following
extract from the above-Damed New-Orleans
paper contained in letter from Texas:
eve have been without coffee, sugar, tea or -four
for the past six months We have had 10 potatoes Tor
two years and no sweet potatoes this year. we have
had 10 pea crop the past season. not being aoe 20 get
seed In fact we have been literally starving almost
in sight of abundaI CO. My baggng and rope cost me
last year % ard II cents and my cotton owing 10 the
high rate Of transpo taon only netted ms i've cents
section, and within few miles of two important
rivers
The country whence this letter Is dated is de-
scribed as follows;
"The finest portion of Texas is about fifty miles
back of Shreveport-a rich cotton growing region
and which, by railroad, would be within forty
hours distance from New-Orleans There is section
Of country, embracing thousands OF square miles,
living in Norih.we Louisiana Eastern Texas, and
South.e ern Arkansas but which is comparatively
vaueless because il is shut ont from market. What
avail good lands and rich crops without markets in
which TO buy and sell Z!
Precisely-they are worth nothing; and yet the
whole slay, drivi policy is 70 force people from
the Atlantic States to places beyond the reach of
civilization into the very mire of desoli.ion and
de spair described above. Emigrate-emigrate-
emig ate Leave the old lands of Virginia and
the Cartlras put, too, the wooden and cotton
mills. tie iron FORCES, Of the North under the
sheIif's hammer; and go West go to Texas
that new Paradise, blessed by nature, and what
is more, endowed by ar.-that is getting al her
debts paid and bonuses into the bargain, from
the General Government, with the prospective
hight Of robbing NJ, xco at will. The N. o.
Bulletin, in noting the above facts, further says:
"Tte,e is no greater obstacle to immigration
nothing mere calculated TO deraDge the whole social
and business ecoromy and to retard population and
the prosperity of cOuntry-than the absence OF easy
and certain means Of INSTRUMENTATION. II IS an
automatic truth that in this emuous enterprislng age
10 country can prosper and flourish without railroads.
We will 20 further and say that the country, what
ever may be its natural advantages that has them not
must retrograde, wither, ard decay.
"Tte Gaze of the North Carolina planter mentioned
above is not singular few years ago kind OF
stampede took place among class of planters in Geor
gia Alabama, and Eastern Texas. They were wealthy
and had each large force for up country planters;
their lands they thought were wearing out, and they
wanted to 60 10 country, where they could make
more 10 the hand In the north western part OF this
State in Texas and Arkansas there are large settle
ments Of these enerpsiDg, industrious and deserving
planters; but how have they been benefited by the
changei They make larger crops, but the advan-
tages of Few and rich SOIL and greater yield, are
more than counerbalanced by the expenses OF uans-
portaton, and the pnyaon OF the comforts ana neces
taries Of life. We know many of them who have
returned TO their old homes and others most anxious
to do so where if their crops are smaller, they have
certain and quick returns and enjoy the privileges OF
society and privileged life. ~
early for their experience. One of them showed US
bill OF freight by which it appeared that he had paid
800 for the transportation 10 this market OF o. ,es OF
cotton. Another tells US that he paid 70 70 Tor the
freight of bis cotton, when the ordinary charge was
81 25; and still another advises US that his factor had
raid $500 insurance for his CO.. ton, which has been
lying under the shed on bis plantation since October
last with no prospect Of getting to market as lar es
be can see.
"This state Of things cannot continue; there must
be change. The people may not be persuaded nor
reasoned by the force Of argument into building ran
roads, but they can and will be driven TO II BY the
absolute and Irresistible force of stern necessity With
large region Of country west Of the Mississippi de-
pe ndent upon New Orleans for market, we have had
no communication for eight or ten months. The
rivers which, 10 an ordinary stage OF water WI hoat
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