Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-24

profit; for the planter well knows that If he can
renew his supply at will by an outlay of some
two dollars per month per hand flor wages)
without investing dollar of capital in pur-
chasing outright, he can make most money by
SO driving his hands as to work them to death
as speedily as possible. He knows well that no
system of police over his plantation can be es-
tablished which will take from him the absolute
control of his hands-ignorant savages, who do
not speak the language Of the country, and are
from that cause and thousand others utterly
incompetent to make their bad treatment
known to the authorities, in ninety-nine in
every hundred cases where it will be practiced
By way of showing how England is appeal
ing to the cupidity Of the planters as mentioned
above, we make the following extract from the
London Times:
Take first the interest of the planter, fairly
considered. A slave costs f140; a free black en-
igrant could be landed i'm the West Indies for
about TT los, leaving a difference in the first
price large enough to cover an infinity of minor
expenses. In fact, as regards outlay, there is no
doubt that the balance would be in favor of free
labor. AT some of the seasons OF urgency it is
possible that planter might miss that power OF
operation which an absolute command over the
bodies Of his slaves insured, but against this
sideration how many others may be set There
would be no fear of disturbances Instructions,
no smOuldering fire under the surface Of things
ready at any moment to explode in devastation
and havoc. There would be no danger of inter-
cepted supplies. such as the increased efficiency
OF the preventive squadron might at any time
bring about, or the policy of the Supreme Gov
eminent occasion. All would be lawful, regular,
and certain.
'.At present the Cuban planters must needs feel
that they are under the perpetual risk of losing
those importations on which they depend-in-
deed, the proposed employment of the gunbOatS
may perhaps 20 far toward producing such
suit; whereas, when free emigration is once
tablshed such perils will cease. In Africa the
consequences of such system might be benef-
cial in the extreme. As captives would no longer
be saleable 1t Is reasonable to expect they would
no longer he made, and with the motives thus re-
moved would be removed also the principal causes
Of intentine war. Then, again, it would be
scarcely possible to imagine proceedings better
calculated for the ultimate civilization and CONVEX
sion OF the whole African race. The substitution
of lawful safe, and well frequented highway
for the dreadful middle passage, the establish
ment of recognized agencies on African territory,
the return of free blacks their country after in
tercourse and familiarity with more civilized
races and habits-all these things would tend
necessarily to bring the Africans ont of their iso
lation and to open to missionaries and traders
regions now visited only by muIderers. kidnap-
pers, or adventurous travellers. From this point
of view, indeed the prospects are as encouraging
as they could be.''
We may not pursue this subject further to-
day. Our object is, if possible, to awaken
American public attention to the momentous
consequences to every American commercial or
business interest to be involved in the success
of this atrocious scheme Of the British Govern
ment; and to do so, we must explain it in all
its bearings-a labor of considerable extent
We must accomplish this object, too, in way
to insure that what we write on the subject will
be read and reflected on; or, in other words, in
articles not of too great length to be mastered
and digested by the mass of busy (casuaD Amer
lean readers
ANOTHER IRIUMPH.-At very recent trial
OF reapers and mowers, conducted under the
auspices of the Vermont State Agricultural So.
ciety, the Nanny machine with Woods i'm
provement carried off the prize with acclama-
ton. The advantages awarded to it, in the
opinion of all the judges, are, lightness of draft
least liability to get out of order and to clog up
while doing its work, capability to be moved
from field to field without being taken to pieces.
capabity to be lifted tited so as to preserve the
cutters from injury, over distractions twenty
Inches high, when cutting within three inches
OF the ground, by working the lever within
reach and under perfect management of the
man who rakes on the machine, and that. too.
without requiring him to leave his position on
1t for an instant. 1t was also adjudged to do its
work with more celebrity than any other. Ac-
cordlng to tho report, credit for such advan-
tages was awarded to it, not only by all the
judges but by every one of the large number Of
intelligent practical farmers present
These late great trials-in MARYLAND, New
York and Vermont-havc fully established the
immeasurabe superiority of the Nanny machine
with Woods improvement, over all other reap.
ers and mowers now in use
GOVERNOR WALKER IN KANsAs-We have
lately become possessed of much interesting in
formation concerning matters in Kansas, which
should be known by our friends of the South to
enable them to unravcl the mysteries of late &C.
currences there, and to appreciate the circum-
stances which give the political affairs of the
Territory their present phase. Our information
is from as true pro-slavery source as ever ex-
listed. From gentleman whose sympathhies and
associations are entirely with the pro-slavery
party of the Territory, who has as earnestly
contended in favor of making the new State
slaveholding as any man living, while there ex-
listed the slightest hope that such labors might
in the end prove successful.
The gentleman to whom we refer informs us
that some time before Governor Walker reached
the Territory, the pro-slavery party had with
great unanimity come to the conclusion that it
was useless to continue the struggle to make
Kansas slaveholding State; it being apparent,
past peradventure, that a very large majority Of
those whose right to a vote on the subject NO
one disputed, were opposed to the establishment
Of slavery as permanent institution of the new
State. On consultation, upon coming to this
opinion, they very properly concluded that their
best policy would be to secure Democratic as
cendancy in the organization of the new State,
under the auspices of the old law and order
party, and with such provisions as would secure
to the present holders of slaves there and to the
slaveholding Missourians on the borders of Kan
sas, all their rights Or, in other words, to place
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