New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-11


creUed- and where Il has desreessd. hsve SHOWN
that In much the largest part OF Mi'eoun V 10 pro
of dimnution. Let NE nov submit some oto1
facts 20 show how shght he hold ths system, as ID
Dor syrers has upon dierent sec'ious of The Safe
There are twenty two counties in Mics )uri which con-
tain scarcely any saves. l Will cite them: A1n',
Atchi.on Butler, Dsss, De kalo Gsssons5e, Gsnay
Hnrisep Mcdonald, Marin, Mercer Oregon, OTNk
Pula,ki, Patnam, REYNOLDS Ripley, Schuyler, st3ne
Sullivan, Texas, and Wright have N aggregate white
population amounting 70 "a S5, bat have within their
limits OILY lols slsves-or about one nnesyihrd par,
Of negro 10 trery rkite person. Tnst 10 What would
Be called any where but n Missouri, practical eusnci
patton already sccomplished-an emancipation taf
will compare fsvcraby with many Of the Free S.stes
In like marper such comparison might be insn
tu'ee in many other localities with simar re salts
but though il might add somewhat 10 the fJrce OF Hug
usti7n II win be unnecessary TO pursue II AFTER
the Instances just referred to. The truth Shines
plainly forth. and all nay zee II who will. M
Speaker have been somewhat minute In the elaborate
invesfie alton Of this census Of 1870, because we
proper to establish ha, INDUCING 10 no reckless
rhetoric when making the assertion that an sct OF graz
uai emancpstion was slready in force In S'atean
act controlled by legislative caucus inhas need oy
no political tnckery, and to be wishstood py ne van
receives, but resting for in basis upon tne noe OF
hu man beings who have come and are hereafter TO
to cit down With US in building up the srur'ure
Of Q noble and hourshing commor wealth lna, VIZ
correct In my assertion few, believe wto have care
fully Examined the statistics that pear uPon !ne que
ton, will now incline to doubt. Nor will there be
much inclination 70 doubt that this em oanon
move ment is .fecipg it, encs with cer'ninty ana
rsp'di,y that may well starle those who nave hN
NOE ia progress heretofore Tie fac. thst In twenty.
tg q uiies the whole number OF slaves s only LUIS,
sganrt tS4 whites the fact thai in nineyhse couu
tee the slave increase has been DOLLY 2,2b2 or mum
btrthat not equal 10 the natural increase OF elaves,
showing clearly Q large expectation from the state
the fact that near one BALI OF the tave population oil
Missouri IL q MINED twelve interior coundes-'oe
fact that the ratio Of increased ulaon throughout
the entire State shows an average OF sixteen whites to
one save and last and chief Of ALL the fac. that 10
twenty five coun les Of Missouri the ac'ua number Of
slaves In each county b@ decredsed rapidly during the
last five years all these facts, Sir, are 100 impoi-
tabt and convincing TO be ignored by even the bpd
est prejudice that runs Wild In the Juror OF slavery
propag andism." IL aught else resded 10 the argu-
nent that Missouri must ers long, from the operan n
of Dtsrn causes, rid herself of the osuion OF az
cry II il b. point you 10 ter outyicg poeilon AMID
free Territories On the East, We have Illinois, Tree
STATE, Cd the North lows. free Sstsi on the Nest
Ksnsas, hch che here now douos will necessarily
become free State. TIE example of their Industrial
Write communities al the Influence they canno, but
exert upon our citizeus will be sufficient alone TO
mike the system of Slavery 10 longer q desirable or
yIof able institute smJDg Already the effect OF
at pro xmify fss been felt and large slavehoders In
the ricb Upland Counties of the West beginning 10
stLd their slaves TO Southern market. The ,ttol
fields end the sugar pant.ti DDS of Mississippi sod oui
tiaIa Weld lsrRer such slave labor than the
rural districts Of Missouri Hemp is the Only staple
here LEFT that viii pay for investment in negroes and
this is the secret of hs the e1porson OF slaves that
that standing upon the steps Of this Capitol, you
all many Others saw gangs Of slaves driven ING on
their route to Texas, there to hod new deias f labor
Tat sight was to NE proof strong as Holy WIT thst
the doom was fixed upon Slavery a. a'ysen in the
future history OF Missouri.
Tbrovgh bout the remarks which have had the honor
to .ubui Mr. Speaker Ihave had ason Incidentally
to refer to inmigra alton more than once That 10 isc
10 90 intimately blended with every aspect in which
em cpaiion can be viewed TO render it difficult to
separate he two But desre now to invite attention
more particularly to it, with reference to the earrings
Of this quteton upon the immigrant himself ihat
both foreign ar American inning alton coming into
Missouri making large yearly solutions to our Popuia
ten, and planting its colonies here has already been
shown sDd mecca further proof. Even the civil
stnfes borders and the negro sgitatons OF the
interior have not svaed to deter IT. no wever much the
two combined, may have eesened II. But it must be
cvufcss.d, At the same time that II has cOGs, SIT
we're grudgDgy Add with hesitation, and that the In
lux bas boIne proportion to that which pous into
hss ay oed regions thst have more congena i.stit-
tioBs The Consequence Is that Instead of that disper
sion of - settlers throughout the State which would
conduce the welfare Of the old resident, well
o. the Lew immigrant, find that those who como
snong &C mime themselves to narrow limits and ps
tculsr tectionr. Kindred tongues and community Of
feeling attach them often to the Iuggedest spots.
thus we find large bodies Of Germans congIegstcd in
tie COUNTIES Of Franklin, Washington, Usage and
Cole. While the slave tilhDg the eIubeant rolls of
Lsay cite and Howsrd the free white immigrant With
the ueu ory Of his native land warm IN his heart IL
clothing the broken cliffs OF Gasconade With whey arde
and mskiDg beautiful the sterile hills OF the Maramcc
with industrial cultivation Where shareholders have
rarely found il desirable to locate and often dhcultto
eubsf there the sturdy enterprise and uncCnqaersble
toll Of the Teutobc has built up houIsning vii
sets and extended long lines Of settlement. The banks
ofihe missouri and the Mississippi, MT less than the
routes Of our various railroads, furnish abundant
e'dsrce Of this fat But contend thai such restric
tons upon white population, such repression within
the poorest pare of Nissopr is neither just wire
liberal as policy, in regard to immigration and that
those who would crush the tmancIQdtion
that ofen the only speedy relief ~ such ,tate
Of things thereby make discrimination against the
white and in favor Of the slave. am satisfied
from my own observation in connection with this sub
ect that this tendency to segregate into isolated COM
mp tiles has been in great part caused by those very
PIo.SlaveIy cruiadss which have been lattery the
staple Of politics in Missouri and hencs it Is that
eotSti.d snS .hs party that
lent itsef TO such work. the foe 10 iDmigrs alton Into
State Furthermore. l here make presen meot
before the people, as guilty Of high CRIME 10 this
behsf Of that political organization styling itself Ma
II, nal Democratic though in truth mere Pro Slavery
Deunion organization, which has this day brought |
forward the reoutions against which have addressed
my arguments Sir there is no middle ground whe,eon
men may ttabd and encourage immigration while at
the can time u ey make war upon ena ncipaion The
two are 20 bound up together that they may not be
separated. That party which undertakes By entries
upon the public journals here, to avow itself q one
ard ,b. tiu al the friend of immigration and the
p lar champion of the adopted CT izsn and the
Ice 10 the trsdual extinction q Slavery and the aisail
ant Of the rights of white lsbOrDg men Is ,npy self
convicted Of impoeiure. Immigration is extngushiag
Slavery wherever IT obtains, and the 50 called Ma
iional Democrats msy set it down in their books
that wten they scopt the negro, they cconnec them
selves fre the copder and support of the sbOrns
Shi'e man matter what nay Dc his race or clime Or
tongue There 10 stand point between tae two
The party that plants itself upon the res luton bet re
ne uust accept the consequences Of the position |
Welded to aPfc-Slavery propaganda they may a. well