Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-02-22

s'uStaoiS outuiess dho hot Sohtioiicu W
the consideration Of immediate proximi-
,sy, 1t is an emigration to States very
similar in local position and physic al
characteristics. Such differences as do
exist, however, in climate and produc.
lions. would incline the Southern emf.
gran, to Missouri. Ye, we find three
iifths Of these emigran,s placing them
selves voluntarily un er the operation Of
the Ordinance Of 1857. II is q fair in
ference and it is true. that the real wish.
e as well as real interests Of majority
Of the whites Of the South are in opposi-
ton to the extension Of Slavery but it is
only the minority Of Shareholders. which
is represented in Congress, or which has
otherwise any political weigh, in the
country.
|, is UNREASONABLE that the immigrs-
ton from the South has brought into the
Free States more ignorance. poverty and
,hriltessness than an equal amour, oil the
immigration from Europe. Where ii
forms marked feature Of the population
as in Southern Illinois, long time mus,
elapse before it is brought up 10 the gen.
eral standard Of intelligence and enter
prise in the Free States, This remark !.
made in no spirit Of unkndness. The
whites ofthe South are nearly all Of the
Revolutionary stock, They are a fine,
manly race. Their valor, a,.ested upon
hundred battle fields, shone untarnished
and sill resplenden. in the las, conAlc, Of
the Republic. No banner Aoa,ed more
de6an,ly amid the smoke and FIRE Of the
Valley Of Mexico, than tina, up.borne BY
the inextingushable gallantry OF the sons
Of South Carolina. l feel 10, that unhap.
py people all tie ties Of knh and kin.
God forbid that any avenue should be
closed. by which they may escape GU, OF
the horrible pit Of their bondage. II the
Constitution permits the South to recap.
ture their fugitive blacks. happily it does
not permit them TO recapture their fugi.
tive whites.
II is said that no equal number Of ne.
groes were ever so we'll Of, upon the
whole, as tho slaves Of the South, and
that IN contrast with their native barba-
rism, their present lot, hard a, it is, is one
ofimprovoment and compar alive advance.
ment. Even il this be true even il three
millions and half Of people Of African
blood have been raised in the scale OF civ,
ilization; the price for it Is too cosby
An equal number Of people Of the eau
cassian stock have been deprived Of oil
that constitutes civilization, and thrus,
down into barbarism. thus reversing the
order Of Providence. and sacrificing the
superior TO the inferior race.
1t is said that an extension Of the area
Of Slavery would add 10 the persona!
comfort Of the slaves, a least for a COLI
siderable period Of time. Even II this
be so. our frs. and highest duty i, to our
own race. and it will be . mos, fragrant
aud inexcusabIe folly 70 permit such
sacra6ce Of it as we now witness IN the
Southern States, to be enacted over again
upon the vast areas Of the West
Where the two races actually coexs,,
the relation which may Ut subsist be-
tween Them may afford fair matter for
dispute, but It is sgains, The clear and
manifest dictates Of common sense. vol.
unfairly, willingly and with our eye.
open, to subject the white man to com.
panionship which, under any relation. is
an incumbrance and curse.
1t is for the intelligent self-interest, the
Christian philanthropy Of the people Of
this great country. with all the lights OF
the past and present blazing with such
efulgent brightness tina. none bu, ,he>ju.
diciaIly blinded can fail to see, 10 deter.
mine whether the system of black STA.
very shall iraict upon regions now fair
and virgin from the hands Of the Creator,
its train Of woes, which no man can mum.
Der, which no eloquenee can exaggera,e.
and Of which no invoc,ive can heigh.en
The hidsous reality. !, is for the people
Of this great country to determine whe,hs
er The further spread Of system. Of
which the worst fruits are not seen in
wasted resources and in Impoverished
fields, but IN q nsglec,ed and outcas. peo-
pie. shall be left to the accidents Of isti.
,ude, Of proximity, Of border violence, Or
OF the doubtful assent Of embryo commu.
mites; or whether, on the other hand. il
shall be stayed BY an ialesdiction, a. uni.
se'sa rs the superiority Of Good to Evil,
- perpetual a. the righ,iul authority OF