The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-09-22

lence paralleled only by the terrible philipics
OF his Tennessee neophyte yet some de-
serted their standard openly renowned the
order and gave him their votes whilst, ac-
cording to Greeley-Democrats stools ready
and pledged to cooperate in the same dirty
work should their service be needed. >.>--r
But let us go back to the enquiry. Is this
annual influx of half million of foreigners
compatible with the existence of African
Slavery in the South
The great anchor of hope for a large Dor
ton of the Anti-Slavery men appears to lie
in this foreign emigration. They argue uron
sound principles of political economy. that
this large increase Of foreign laborers win
eventually bring about such compensation in
labor that, it wifi become so cheap as to dis
pense with slave labor on account of it's ex-
pensiveness That, the strength of slavery
lies in its privilege of expansion; that this
emigration will hinder this by reason of its
occupying the outlets of slavery that the
necessities of the superior race would cause
the inferior race to give way by as certain a
law as that the stronger force would repel
the weaker. Who does not recollect the
magnificent picture dfawn by DIR. Ross of
East Tennessee, before the Presbytery at
Buffalo two years ago, of the United States
one hundred yesfs heiice-flled, he had it,
with lttig-taifed, tfeacherotns deyils of China
men from the Celestial Empire, filling the
place of slaves and ldborers- backing boots.
driving the ploW and coach, hewying the shaft
and laying the atfhitrave, with Africa re-
deemed and enlightened the leopard's spots
all changed, aid the EthIopFs skin-Japhet
full enlarged and the daughters of Ham
bod
young elephants for their greasy lords upon
the banks of the St. Paul And verify this
dream is not without its philosophy for
certain it is that, if there Was the number of
white population in Tennessee to the SQUARE
mile as there is in Massachusetts,, African
slavery could not exist here az Is does now
That this influx of half million of for
eigners per annum will revolutiohize society
| in the South is evident Let us contemblate:
for moment, that this emigration is Tsuff:
Gent to settle State every year with
! the population of Mississippi--that this is
nearly all added to the North, which is Anti
Slavery-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 increasing the
proportion of whites to the blacks-and we
can form SOME idea of this engagement of
America with elements inimical to the insti-
buttons 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 It
seems only comparable to the folly of the
general who, having it in his power to him
| der recruits from passing to his enemy.
| should voluntarily and without a considera-
ton, permit them to pass to his camp and
thus put it III his enemy's power to onthank
and crt,sh him With the fruits of his own
folly and madness. We look in vain to dis
cover an obligation we owe the North, to
encourage the admission of foreigners no
equivalent can be found coming from her in
the practical workings in this Government,
for the whole onus of it's support devolycs
upon the South In the time of peace, the
South being the great consumer of imported
goods, Of course pays the tariff which is
added to their cost. In time of war, should
our commerce be destroyed and direct taxa
ton be resorted to, southern property being
in more tangible shape than northern, tie
burden would again fall upon the South,
Then Mhy, Should the S1tth efisotiragAs this
adventurous increase of the power of the
North, when it is evident from examples
already set, that it will be used in crushing
her dearest interests, destroying her civil
cation; desolatihg her fields, and turning heF
into mere province lying at the feet of tie
arrogant and presumbtous North.
1t is idle to talk about the conversion Of
these foreignets the desolate fields of ia
mai Sa std Martinique attest too strongly
that political Kbolitionismn itself Is foreir1i
exotic which fanaticism is sndeaTbtihg to
tren ont fo
proceedings of those anti-slavery conventions
Of foreigners in the southern cities of Rich
mond Louisville and ST. Louis prove to5
clearly that they abate not one jot or title of
theif ptejudices against slavery by livingoli-
proximity to it, Axcelling even native Alb in
tionists (who confine their agitations princi-
pally to Free States) in the ferttehht Cpposi
ton to slavery. And just here the Pertinent
inquiry arises, is there any reason why we
may not take the anti-slavery platforms of
these Southern foreigners as an index of the
opinions of the great mass of foreigners in
America 1t is not reasonable indeed, that
anti-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 those platforms are an
index OF their sentiments, great God how
startling the fact that half million of these
come annually to our shores, to swell the
power of the North, and occupy the outlets
Of slavery; whilst the South, in the fillness
Of her folly aid blinded by party prejudices,
is lending encouragement to the advances of
this army Of aliehs which is even now acting
its part in the grand programme of the North,
of hedging in the South with &all of fire.
A Native OF ALABAMA.
KILLING An Explanation SATURDAY.
morning. when about five miles from CAM
den, the elephant belonging to Bailey & Co.'s
Circus Company became vicious, and killed
q horse which happened to be near him.;
Fearing that he might reach the other horses
and the cages containing the animals, the
FIRST care of the attendants was to destroy
the bridge, SO as to Ght off his approach 20
them. Mr.. George West, who, it seelhs, was
accustomed to the management of the animal
did not fear him in the least, and Judging by
his actions that he was already subdued, de-
signed Furnishing him and thought it unnec-
essary to secure him for that purpose; bat
upon his approach, the elephant struck him
with bis ,ttsks, killing him instantly, and
then shook him violently with his trunk