The true Democrat., 1856-12-09
From the New Orleans Delta ExemptiOn of Negroes from Sale.

LAcnptAOH OI negroes rom sale.
 The south has been 50 much occupied with the extraneous agitation of the question of sla- very, that her statesmen have almost entirely neg ected those measures which were calculat- ed to fortity, extend and perpetuate it as one of her vital institutions.
 Too much has been done in Congress, and too little in.the State Legislatures, with refe- renee to slavery. It is time now that southern legislators should give wise consideration to stabllltatlng sn institution which is indispensa- ble both to her social and political existence m which either she muat live or have no life.
 The exemption of negroes from sale for debt under execution, With certain qualifications and conditions, Is policy as wise in every point of view as 1t Is humane and consistent with the na- tural relation of master and servant. This measure, which proposes to create species of homestead Tn slave property, has been before suggested, from time to time, in various States but in no instance has there been any specific legislation upon it. We learn, however, that the proposition will be introduced at the next session of the Mississippi Legislature, and will be ably supported.
 This exemption of negroes from sale for debt would give a security and permanency to slave property, which would make it the most desirable of all others as family estate. If adopted throughout the south, t would with draw from the banking basis of the north near. ly 1900 millions of dollars, keep the interest on that amount at home, and counteract, to that extent, the concentration of capital at New York and Liverpool, which has been based so largely upon the security afforded by southern slaves without compensation in return. It would also make the ownership of few slaves more desirable than at present, and thus check the tendency to the accumulation of a very large number of slaves in the hands of very shall number ot slave-owners the effect of which is to weaken the institution of slavery by reduc- ing the number and political influence of those who are directly interested in it as propretors It would make it to every mans advantage to own slave, and strengthen actually and poli- tlcally the institution, as every owner would vote, and, If necessary, fight for his pro- perty.
 Not only would such measure diffuse and thus strengthen slavery numerically, but would powerfully conduce to its territorial diffusion and extention. The emgrating class is not the wealthy. The rich and we'll to-do seldom emgrate, to new countries at least Therefore the more slavery is dffused amongst men of comparatively small capital, who can afford to own but few slaves, the greater will be the number of slaveholding emigrants into new territory.
 With the exemption idea once fixed as an inseparable part of the institution of negro ser- vtude, no fanatical madness of Congressional usurpation could endanger the existence of the south or prevent her from growing her growth and appropriating her lawful inheritance on earth. In nearly every household negro ser- vtude would become permanent fixture, an essential idea, continuing with it in all its changes, following it in all its wanderings, and planted and cherished wherever it made its home as an indispensable institution, to be de- tended by the pater tamilas with his life if ne- cessary, and bequeathed as perpetuity to his children.
 The strongest and wisest policy on the part of the south is that which enlarges and diffuses the interest of the whites in negro slavery, and at the same time conduces to increase and pre-. serve the affection of the negro for his master. This mutual bond of interest and affection, of protection and dependence, is truly one of per durable toughness. This relation, wisely che.