New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-26
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II has been supposed, wihstanding theeanss,.
ness with which some of the Charleston and New.
Or eass papers have entered upon an agitation for
the revival Of the slaye-trsde, that some security
existed against that dissracehal measure beas
forced upoa the country in the interest which VIZ.
enia and tie other breeding States have IN securing
to themselves monopoly Of the supply Of tho
American s'sve-market. With al tAe deso.cc OF
Virginia to Fee Trade doctrines il has not
generally been supposed that she would DO pre-
pared to apply these doctrines to her own greet
staple. or to adm. the slave breeders and slavs.
traders of Guinea and Cougoto free competition
with Tar IN he barracoors Of New Orleans Al
Mobile.
Yet an article vii, be 6ourd in another column
copied from The Richmond Engxrr, the leading
Sham. Democratic organ il that State, which Gus.
tains the policy Of the revival Of the slsvetrsds
with no less yea, than The Charleston Standard sal
The Ner. Orieass Delta. From this il wOsld seea
that the opposition of Virsioia to she revival Of tho
slave trade is rot to be relied upon. Or perhaps
TIE Enquirer anticipates that the'intesest Of Viz
ainia IN preventing the revysl Of the slavetrsds
will be overberne by the cobjoint interest Of the
planting ard navigating States in its revival
Just as these same two interests copjoined tn
umphed in the Convention that framed the COnsh
tuition Of the United States over Virginia, on The
question of the continuance Of the slaye-!rade for
twenty years.
It's 10 doubt true az The Eaqs,cr says, that
the conscience of the South on he subject OF
Slayery depends good deal for its activity on the
condition Of the slave-market. Ne doubt tho doc
trnes about the benefits and perpetnity OF slavery
equally absurd and strocious, now cVreot In tho
South are very much due TO the high price which
slaves have commanded during some years past
The Enquir,r, probably speaks from IT'D own czpe
rience sud recollections. Twenty years or so ago
the price of slaves being then down to two hundred
dollars the head that journal was very earnest
advocate for emancipation aud the transportation
Of the slaves to Afics at the public expense. Now
that slaves average 800 all round" The Enquirer
is equally vehement for the perpetua.on Of Slavery
and even for the revival Of The slave-traae. That
Journal falls, however, into an error in judging all
the world by itself There are men, and consider
able numbers of them, too, and r the Southern
States az well 80 elsewhere, to whom money is not
everything; men who have hearts - we'll 40 intel
lects and pockets. II is in vain for The Enquirer
to hope that the voices Of such men will be entirely
suppressed or their influence cease 10 be felt even
though slaves, instead Of selling for 800 "Al
round, should rise to Governor Vices mark OF
four or FIVE Thousand. There arc other points, too
= k:~lx Of IL IN n
the slave rade seems TO outrun its knowledge and
discretion. However II may be with France,
Great Britain and New Engaid will BIO rather
surprised to hear that "ruin and hunger" stare
them in the face The. trade and manufactures Of
Great Britain have been greater this year BY many
millions of pounds sterling than ever before nor
was New. England ever in more aourishiRs condi'
ton, either financially or politically. AZ 10
supplies of .ood-it has not been slave territories
which are looked to fo- that; they are oftyer i'm
porters than exporters. The immigration Of
European laborers 20 tho fertile fields Of the West
is daily adding such stores to the supply Of food
will make the revival, Of the slsve.tfsde quite
unnecessary for that purpose. The bmqsiry
promises, however, that its revival will mako
"cotton and sugar and coffee and rice and molassss
"isrd tobacco and pinesppIes and oranges and
/" lemons and all tropical fruits" "chesp as dirt"
Il not tina. rather poor encouragement for renewing
the slave-trads1 When all the products Of slave
labor sre made "cbeap as dirt, how much will tho
slaves be worth and what is TO prevent the imms-
6iste revival Of prickDgs Of conscience tn the slave
holder and new projects Of emancipation With
cotton, sugar and tobacco all "di,t cheap" slaves
viii hardly keep up to seven hund,sd or evento tee
hundred dollars, "all round" h that case mus
We lot expect, even upon TIE Enquirw's OWE
principles, new Jehersons preaching emsncIpst'n
and perhaps even The Enquirer itself assn
"iistened to and admired" sor its psOmises ~
projects not merely TO relieve tender conscieress
bot to "better mems fortunes by RIDING thea
troublesome and expensive negroesT