Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-11
THE TRUE SEAT OF INTELLECT.

y,,t fty wears past, arguments and facts and author.
,;.. i.ays in vain been addressed to the brains OF Ell.
,l;si,men, Erenchmen and Yankees, to prove the right.
:,iln-ss and expediencyof negro slavery. But at last
quite nj G Sudden. the products Of slave labor be-
como scarce. and rise 10 price, in consequence OF ne-
gro emancipation. The arguments, facts and author
,ii.s, address themselves to the sensitive and sensible
,u.L.1. and carry conviction along with them. The
Jamaica negroes won't work-nor the d. pou''nso'
nor Mexican, nor South American Tree negroes. just
as sugar and coffee, aud rice aud tobacco and COTTON
have come into universal use, and become necessa'
,i.., even with the poor. just as the demand Tor them
increases, the supply diminishes, and their prices rise
Ruin and hunger stare France, Great Britain and
Sew England in the face. The supply of food nu.t
Increase as their populations increase, or continual
:e,oiue uill be the consequence. Already their isnut
a:e incapable OF producing substitutes for the pro-
ducta of negro slave labor, which they consume, ano
$50 Of raising other necessary articles OF food and
c.o,hius. But tho pocket, .he true seat OF Enslsb
spd Yankee intellect, sees, feels aud understands Oil
this, aud promptly applies The remedy. Slavery must
be extended. The heather must be caught, tanned
80, Il, work snd christisuized. Walker must he en-
r,urar,d. Eew YORK nust send hun thousands OF
gallant volunteers. And Boston aud New York must
vi. with each other in htting ods slave SHIPS lot Asia
anil Africa.
rbs African slave trade is about to become as popu-
"a, II. il was a century ago. The New England Clergy
anil tho Catholic priesthood will again engage IN 1t
,ci,h ,i>ps zeal, Is the only sure and effectual mean'
oi converting the Pagan. Under its revivifying In
a,,ace, Central Auerica, Mexico and South America,
Low living torpid and bAtuarous, will start into new
- r..- nl ,,,ar ard rptfpa and rlpa. and mo-
io-sc., and cigars and tobacco. and pine apples and
oranges and lemons, aud al tropics! fruits will b,
.,,.,n "a dirt. An illimi,able market will be opened
To- The commerce and manufactures. and mechanical
s..ll of the North and Of Western Earope. The
white free labo-er will have constant employment
hi.h wages, penty OF noney, and the uecessaries and
..:yuriea Of life dirt cheap
hu, We have Il conscience and d pocket too. This
e!avs trade, in lowering tue price Of negroes, will be
cat il.:restu.nt Of them-i, will tempt men 10 neglect
Emu oyerT osk, and wesr out slaves. because it will be
;hrsper to buy lreah Africans than to rear negroes here
lhi, view Of the case affects and pains orr conscience.
rLe Diminished price Of slave products will lessen,
by hnif, the value of our present slaves. Snd DIMINISH
liz, Of our lanGs. Our sensitive and sensible pocket
.ru,nbies aud h.si,a:es at this. We are in a qusnde
~. We know The slave trade would perpetuate the
l:niou. and quiet the consciences OF iankee'' oJ
a!lin- their pockets. We know the North would
swap vi ten Missouri Compromises. for u compromise
that would permit her saiuts to re.eugage in the slave
trade. But We ere not yet satisfied, either in our
tender conscience or sensible pocket that We car
Grant the boon. Yet we love the Union, and viii
.scrn6oe much TO preserve il. We sake the PROPOSE
ton under consideration.
We have wandered a iitle from eur subject, which
wa. tn. a,lemp. 10 prove "the pocket to be the true
sent Of Intellect" We have given the affirmative
roof, we will now give the negative.
TL. African slave trade, beginning with the tirst o.
,!.a 10th century, had surcharSed the West Indies
sad North aud South America with ':aTes sbout til,
nm, oS tia American revolution. Tho proSuots o
save le5a. exceeded the d-maGd for them. Sugar
cy;;oa, cofse, tobacco, rice, and other slave aud tro
peal products, hGi not come into general uss with al
.;as.ss 10 Europe. Volts had Got invented the steam
30 mil, 40, sss the caao: Gun in operation. Ne.''