The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-01
JUST PUBLISHED,
HE PROGRESS OF SLAVERY
U N 7 Ed st ATE S,
BY GEORGE NJ. WESTON.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Chap. I.-Comparative statements of the
advance of the free and slave States in popu
lation. Gain of the free States steady but not
rapid. Comparative statements of the advance
of the free and slave States in area Causes
OF the superior success and aptitude of the
slave States in acquiring territory. Slavery
as yet firmly maintained in the northern tier
of slave States. The political power of the
slave States still formidable
Chap. DEMONSTRATION rendering IL
probable that slavery will cease to exist in
Missouri. Connection between slavery and
the prices of land. Missouri at present more
inviting to the free emgrant than Virginia
Commanding position of Missouri.
Chap. Ill.-COnsiderations rendering il
probable that the emigration from the free
States, hitherto moving westward, NAV here
after tend southwark, to Maryland Virginia
and Kentucky. Accumulated power of the
population of the free States No apology for
slavery in the northern slave States. The
right of emigration between the States
Chap. lV.-Slave society stationary. I'm
possibility of improvement of the non-save-
holding whites. Tendency of slavery to expel
the white race. Example of South Carolina
Slavery predominant in some portions of Viz
ginia, and freedom in Others Non-savehold-
ing whites in slave countries have no capacity
TO become artisans and build up towns. Slave
holders will never give up slavery.
Chap. V.-Comparative growth of North
ern and Southern Maryland. Tenacity of sla-
very in the southern counties Advantageous
position of Maryland. Descriptions of East
ern and Western Shores. Shareholders take
the best soils. Baltimore not likely to move
actively for the abolition of slavery The
growth Of the city of Washington favorable to
tho removal of slavery from the southern coun-
ties of Maryland.
Chap. VI.-IncreaSe of slaves i'm the sey-
eral decades since 1910. Number of slaves in
Texas in 1910. Increase Of slaves less rapid
in the extreme South. Number Of slaves en-
larges with the over which they are
spread. Why the number of slaves has gained
by natural increase in the United States and
not elsewhere in America.
Chap. Vll.-The Ordinance Of 1887 firmly
maintained by subsequent Congresses. Sla-
very in Kentucky, Tennessee Alabama, and
Mississippi, never within the control of Con
gress. Slavery obtained footing in Missouri
and Arkansas contrary to the intention Of
Congress. The Missouri Compromise was in
fact no compromise, but clear victory OF the
slaveholders
Chap. FllI.-Emigration does not dimin-
ish population. Opinions of Dr. Nautilus, Dr.
Franklin, and the Earl of Selkirk Iustra-
tons. Nearly million slaves of Virginia
stock existing out of Virginia in 1850 who
would not have existed anywhere but for the
domestic slave trade Free negroes increase
slowly, if at all. The Northern States cannot
be invaded by negroes
Chap. lX.-The argument for slavery, a.
being necessary for the multiplication of ne
groes. Carrying slaves into regions not
favorable to their personal comfort, but the
contrary. Cruelties of the domestic slave
trade.
Chap. X.-The introduction of slaves into
the States of the extreme South, to some ex-
tent legislated against by them, and always
opposed by many of their citizens. Slave
trading disreputable at the South. The sup
preston of the domestic slave trade would find
supporters in all the Southern States Inter
colonial slave trade prohibited by Great Brit
ain in 1924.
Chap. Al.-Amerlca settled during the
first three centuries chiefly by negroes Euro
pean immigration inconsiderable until recently
The probability of the further territorial ex-
pansion of slavery in the United States con-
sidered. The high price of slaves an impede
ment to this expansion. Within its present
limits slavery will not be crowded for a long
time
Chap. XlI.-Slavery will be maintained.
so long as it is profitable. The statement that
abolition commenced in 1885, and has retard-
ed emancipation, shown to be untrue. Change
in Southern views attributable toaincreased
profits of Slavery. Opinions of Governor
Hammond. The discussion of slavery neces-
sary, until the fate of the Territories is decided
Chap. XIII.-Review of Debates in Viz
gna in 1892. Abolition not seriously pro-
posed. The alarm which then existed, in ref
erence to outlets for slaves, since removed.
Eastern Virginia opposed to any action. Views
of Hon. G. J. Faulkner and others AS to sla-
very. Emancipation in Virginia will he long
postponed, unless the domestic slave trade is
prohibited
Chap. XIV.-The extension of slavery
profitable to the save-breeding States, but in
furious to the other Southern States The &C
QUESTION of Cuba injurious to all the Southern
States. Political power the sole object of ex-
tending slavery. The agitation of slavery with
view to party ascendency. The South has
not gained by agitation.
Chap. XV.-Different views of the man.
ner in which slavery may be extinguished.
Slave labor Immediately cheap, under certain
circumstances, but ruinOus as a system The
Southern States have grown poorer by it.
Mr. Tarvers description OF the results of cotton
growing. Free labor will encroach upon sla-
very, because really more efficient and profit
able.
Chap. XVI.-The decline of slavery will
not be the decline of the South, but will ben
eft the South. The evils apprehended at tho
South, from the shutting up of slavery, are
imaginary. Slaves will not multiply beyond
the demand for them, and the fall in their
price will be insensible. The slave-breeding
States alone interested in the extension of sla-
very. The question of race connected with
the question of slavery.
Chap. XVII.-The Union of the States is
only endangered by that discomfort of the
slave States, which results from the impover-
ishing effects of slavery. Slavery itself, and
not the agitation of it, originates the feeling
OF disunion. Notification first aimed against
tariffs. The mischief will be abated, as the
area Of slavery is diminished. Political quiet
ude the ordinary result of slavery.
Chap. XVIll.-The population of Cuba.
Actual number of slaves Representations cor
rected. Tendency of slavery in Cuba to disap-
pear by increase Of whites, the mortality of the
slaves, and emancipation under Spanish laws
Classification of agricultural pursuits. Char
acter and increase of the Monteros or yeo-
many. Example of Porto Rico. Climate of
Cuba. Salubrity. Adaptation to white labor
fossible change in the methods of the sugar
culture. Resources and desirability of the
island. If annexed to the Union, the free
laborers of the United States will assert their
right to Cuba
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