Washington telegraph., 1856-09-24
Bachaaass ssusassl Recsrl.


Pursuing oar investigation Of what our
ant;-American friends are pleased to ter i
..Mr Buchanan's Southern 3ec,sri. we
are led, in this issue. to consider the rea-
sous (as expressed by himself w:iic., in
dueed hia to give his support to the
tresty wl.icli annexed I'ex.s to this Dsi,n.
We have his reasons in his own wOrds-we
give them.
In speech b. ore the U. St ties Sen-
ate, at that ti..ie in secret session and con
sidering the question Of the annexation OF
Texas, MIR. Bu;,isnau said:
In arriving at tie conclusion to sup
port this treaty mad to encounter hai
one scrtous oJstdotc, and hdt rus The
question # stacery. Whilst l ever have
maintained, and ever shall maintain, III
their iull force and vigor, tie constitu
tIonal rights % the Southern States over
their slave property, i get feel a strong
repaJ"dnoe GJ any act IF ne'ne to e.ete'd
the t'mits of'the LHiOH ocer "a HtW slaee-
holding territory. After mature reflection.
however, L overcame these scrupies, and
now believe that the acquisition oE Texas,
will be the means o: t'm.t'Hy not e"tarye-
ing the dominion OF s,dcery-
'-ln the government of the world. Prov
idence generally produces great changes
by gradual means There is nothing rash
in the cVuucils OF the almighty May MT,
then, the acquisition, of Texas be the
means ot gr,duIly drawing the slaves far
20 the South t. a climate more congcniai
to their nature; aud may they not finally
pass of into Mexico, and there M "gtc trifh
a rae uhere H0 Prj..di-e e-ctas aJo:nI
their cotofP The Mexican nitIJn Is COM
posed o. Sps.Iiards, Indians, and negrves
blended t.,gether i'll every v.riety. who
would receive cur slaves oil terms oi. per
iect equality. To tnis condition thcy new
er can be admitted III the United st tcs-
That the acquisition of Texas would
ere long, convert tiaryland. Virginia, Ken
lucky, Missouri and prob bly, others %.
the more Nort-iern slave Statcs into free
States, | entertain not a doubt
''Bat sloHtd Te.ra; b. aaaercsl 10 &,
CHtCH, tUAStc t-ttt " CS'b }Ht tHES
ton ,chich naaa ineottG5ty remote >idrr-
sy from ,chai may be caued tie iisFnady
.S;ates. From the best inior nation, it is
no longer profitable to raise whe..t, rye,
and corn by slave labor. Where these ar
ticles are the only staples IF agriculture
in the pointed and expressive l:rnsuage o.
Mr. Randolph, ii the slave does not Iun
away from his master, the master must
run away from the slave. The slave will
naturally be removed from such country
where his labor is scarcely adequate to his
own support, to region where he c-.nnor
only maintain himself, but yield large pro-
fits to his master. Texas will open an
outlet; and slavery itself thus lnJlly pas,
tine Del Norte and b. lost in Mexico.-
One thing is certain, the present nunber
of slaves cannot be increased by the an
nexation of Texas.
Il have never .ipp-ehended the prcp'rI-
derance of the slave States In the council.
of the nation. Such fear has always
appeared to me visionary But these who
| entertain such apprehensions need not b.
alarmed by the acquisition of 1exas--
More than one-half vi its territory is w!lol
iy unit tor tie slave labor, and there ore.
in the nature of Things, must be free