The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-20
t4'
M(iboleburp 8egister
M I'D D L Z B RY:
WEDNESDAY. MAY 20, 1867.
New Tactics of the South.

readers a statement of our view as to the
prospects of Slavery, not only in the new
territories but also 10 several of the old
states, where by law it yet exists. In
that article, among other things, We said
that the extinction Of slavery would be
brought about by the operation Of tho
laws Of trade, and not by rcforma,ory
resolutions or inh,mmu'ory conventions;
that slavery must cease as soon as it
ceases to be profitable; and that the in
PRODUCTION of rail roads aud machines was
Fastening emancipation more than all
moral forces combined. We state it
now, as our deliberate conviction, that
the invention Of one machine by which
cotton may be successfully picked, would
de more to abolish tho institution than
all the pamphlets, speeches, newspapers,
resolutions and conventions which could
be brought together, At the same time
we would not propose to place the subjcc:
out Of the reach of moral influences
these are no doubt yet powerful for good,
but as compared with the other means
we think them of but little avail
We are much surprised to fnd that
the correctness If these views has been
recently acknowledged by some Of the
f.,, IL
We are glad to perceive that the dawn
OF reason has at last appeared in the vi
entity Of the Southern Cross. The least
heated Of tho ,uthern men have for a
long time felt, that the struggle in which
they were engaged was not with man,
but with the laws Of Nature and that
ultimately, however intrenchcd the in
stituton must 60 down. At length this
fact has b,c1m obvious to the most un.
reasonable A few months ago news
paper WAS started in the heart of Virgin.
il, devoted exclusively to the interests
Of its section, and called Tie South.
This paper was committed, in lis inccp.
ton, to all tho extravacanccs of the new
ly preached theories Of the slavery qncs-
ton. That paper has at last been able
to SEQ the folly, which like Saul would
kick against the pricks. Certain of dc.
feat in the attcmp, to crowd Slavery in.
to the west and north west, or to sustain
i. in tho southern Slave States, it now
proposes 10 beat a retreat, and to seek
other fields of extension, and if possible
to take tho war into regions where the
inevitable law Of profit cannot DO
brought to contest it. Nor, we are bar.
py to state, arc the views Of that paper.
which VIC are about to suhjoin, peculiar
to virginia, but we find them fully en-.
dorsed by the New Orleans Creoie, which
occasionally cats more fro than any pa
per Which We have the honor to receive
from tho extreme South.
We commend to the attention Of our
readers the new cry of The South:
"Wc are glad to see Southern papers
leading off in the right direction If,
instead Of wasting their energies anil
Weakening their influence in vain and
hopeless attempt to extend slavery Into
Kansas, Southern people wonld incline,
with th.ir slave labor, towards the trop.
les, where that labor is profitable, they
would add greatly to their power and
weight in the Union. 1t is by the pro.
duct OF the great staple of slave labor
that the South holds the rest of the
Notwithstanding the Northern States Of
our Union-in bonds of peace and amity.
AS sho ausments this product, she ia.
cresses this dependence. Let her, then,
take this labor to regions where il will
produce the largest amount of those val
liable articles Of necessity to the whole
world, and she will make her slaves q
source of power and wealth"
Nor is there any foundation for the
apprehension that the South will loss her
importance and duo weight in the con.
federacy. by tho withdrawal of the
slaves from her mora Northern States,
where they are blight to moro South.
ern regions, whero they arc immensely
productive. If voluntary emancipation
should be effccte ! in Virginia, Kentucky
and Missouri. those states would still
continue to adhere to and sustain their
equal rights in tho Union and, in the
meantime, other new Southern States
would be added from New Mexico, Gu.
Ia and Central America, or by the di.
vision of Texas This would DO practi-
cal equ;librization This would be the
natural course of events. But cquilibri.
cation is not essential to the safety Of the
South. Her reliance should be on the
constitutional oompscts. These will
protect her, though she were cut down
to ono single State. Let her not pro.
woke and invite aggression by profitless
effort to leap tho natural BARRIERS which
oppose her extension towards the North.
west"
"A few weeks siuce We noticed calf