New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-16

ton upon the terms provided in the Constitution neither ni-
Tie people his Ike Of
tanning this fact is by full and free discussion of the
The illusions in the above resolves to recent acts of
the Legislature of Missouri refer to resolution which
was adopted by the Legislature almost unanimously,
declaring it unwise and inexpedient to agtate the
abolition Of slavery in the state' This resolution,
however, opposed by twelve of the fourteen rep
resentatiyes Of the city of st. Louis.
The New York Tribune of the sth instant, after
announcing the triumph Of the eancipationsts says:
tits impossible overstmae the importance Of this demon
Ssraon considering time Of its The St. Louis
effective champion throughout Of the Free
81 @ ns sasn the made ave s
n e neS and w a
t. resign The that hs gained his hy
unnistakabe verdict Of his constituents. ma. sg
We are at q loss to ascertain the !" Importance of
emancipation in Missouri to the Abolition party in
! the North Emancipation cannot prove of any great
political Importance to them; for before it can posi-
bly, be accomplished Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota
and Oregon will come in, provided this Union lasts,
with their eight freeso senators, which will give the
North complete control Of the Senate it has
of the popular branch of Congress- And it is not at
all likely Emancipation will lessen the number of
slaves the chances being thousand to one that the
shareholders of Missouri will follow the pious exam
pie of Massachusetts and other Northern States and
sell their valuable negros to their more Southern
neighbors before entering upon the costly experiment
of emancipation! Now, what becomes of " the i'm
portance of this demonstration the Tribune finds it
impossible to overestinate? ~
The New York Times, of the 9th instant, speaking
of the same subject makes the following observations
The effect of this election the public sentiment
State It rs n Be decided esao
nois whcis attracted by the cepnes land
tIsi rs oaly thing Nissear
stitno Of free for slave Almost the entire Slave popu
,ation Of The State which about 10000 is confined
population has increased nearly 100000 and the slaves only
900 and the high Price which command in the cot
liz ae States rapidly diminishing the slave population
These if undstrbed and unchecked by for
in Missouri and eventually make free Stare
h hs e
By ADMINISTRATIONS Of the opponents Of slavery
IN other sections Of the Union but will succeed
viii s@d ] s
cusively, as matter of local and domestic
There is no earthly question that the high price
which slaves now command in the cotton-growng
States is rapidly diminishing the slave population of
the State" The fact applies with equal force to
the States of Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia, and
the drain of slaves Southwark, which has continued
for full fifteen years. If not checked by State egisla-
tion or the introduction of other description of
labor, WILL in two decades place those States more
completely in the power fEmancpationst than Mis-
souri, bids fair to be in three or four years. Even
now Virginia is threatened with the Eruption of
fanatical horde whose boldly and openly ayowed
purpose is to aboltionize the Old Dominion. We have
no idea any harmful results will Immediately follow
this threat as we believe the Virgnans will admin.
lister hempen medicine in sufficient quantities to cure
the disorder should it become aarmingly prevalent.
But, remove the selfinterest which now binds them
together in common brotherhood their pecu
MARY welfare in an opposite direction-and their
treatment and policy will be as widely apart from
ours as the polesa asunder Such is the inevitable
tendency of human nature; and those who disregard
its lessons invariably find themselves where they
ought to be- wouly nired in the sloughs of disaster
The question naturally arises in this connection,
how are We of the extreme South to avert these i'm
pending disasters? We have nothing to do with any
other question, viewing it in practical business
light. Well, there several ways, one of which is
certain, and the others attended with difficulty The
first mode is for the Legislatures of the States south
of a line drawn below Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri to pass laws absolutely prohibiting the
sale and emigration southwark of slaves from those
States This would prevent the holders of slaves in
thoss States from becoming piousy philanthropic at
our expense, as did the shareholders of the New
England and other States after selling their negroes
to the people of Virginia. Maryland, etc. We are
honestly of opinion that people should not be gene
rous, liberal and animated with the loftiest senti-
ments, at the sole and entire cost of other peopie
Wedo not mean to reflect upon anybody in what is
| expressed above. Far from it, We only meant to
tell honest truths, and intimate few sensible
| probabilities. ., .L.
There is another method of averting the evil Itcan
be done by the introduction ola few hundred thousand
Chinese Coolies. 1t is true, the Cooe trade is inf.
nitely more odious than the slave trades far more
| unchristian, barbaroas and inhuman-but what o!
that? The abolition Christian world smiles pleas
antly at the Cooe trade-fosteis Coolie emigration
and while booming the poor free Coolies to slavery
infinitely worse Ito the false arguments of the alb
oitionsts) than Southern negro slavery turns up the
whites of its pious eyes, and thanks COP that is not
leprosied with slayery The English Coolie labor
the Spanish use Coolie labor-the Boston shipping
merchants have many vessels employed in the trans
portation of Coolies; and Coolie labor is found vastly
productive to both shipper and planter. Why, then
should not Southern planters avail themselves of Coolie
labor? Cooe labor is cheaper than negro labor. One
Coolie will do as much work as two negroes and il
costs more to support negro than does four Cool
ies Besides, when Coolie dies nothing is lost he
being free, but when negro dies away goes COO
| Thousand dollars, to say the least Then, again. &C
cordng to English and Spanish regulations an linden
tured Goolie on plantation is ten-fod more slave
although nominally free, than real bona fide negro
slave why! The owner is bound by stringent
statutes, to take good care of his slave He is moi
bound to take care OF his Coolies--his free slaves
Yet, in this Christian age, one system of servitude
benign IN It's workings and suited to the nature anG
habits of those to whom it applies, is iercely de
nonnced while the other receives the sanction of the
/ civilized world w. ,a-..
Our readers will perceive from the above that We
are not unqualfedly in favor of the Coolie traffic
Neither do we say that We have insurmountable oh
jections to it. What Boston encourages and England
promotes cannot be so ue,y bad, after all. But ou
intention was, by pointing out to the Southern PEG
pie whence a supply of cheap labor might be oh
tanned, to demonstrate to them that they could &c
along without draining the Northern slave States an
nualy OF their surplus negro population-that the
could in fact obtain good and cheaper labor else
where, without aiding the cause of emancipation
That's ALL. h-0. ..=.. ....#