Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-06

neSc fCOuntflee,C VIII, Ill ten years.
reach 800. millions of pounds. l see
no earthlyshope Of preventing it but
by more carefully Outstanding the
coil, and At the same time, and chief
", by re-opening Tie African Stare
Trade. The costs of production
must be diminished, or your monopo-
|ly is gone. r This canAonly be- done in.
the way you suggest. Negroes, cost
ing from ten to, fifteen hundred dol
lars apiece, cannot contend against
labor costing fifty shillings per an
nun. You must have cheaper, labor
to contend successfully with yourcom-
bined and powerful rivals. 1t is in
vain to talk about the ''moral senti-
ment of the world. y 1t is worsc-it
Is supreme folly TODD it in your cir
eumstances. Your very existence is
suspended in the balance. If you
lose your monopoly You must become
the most wretched people that the
sun shines upon in ali his course. Talk
of Yankee opposition, or British
"moral sentiment Why, it would
be far better for you that an impaSs-
able gulf were opened between you
and Yankeedom, and that every SINH
Mar Pbilanthropist of Europe should
point his finger at You, than that you
should suffer the degradation and
Indebtedness which, in the case sup
posed, must most certainly await you.
And what is the %nioral senti-
nent'N of the world--tlis pseudo.
philanthropy of Yankeedom, Of which
we hear 50 much ? AS to British senti-
ment, moral or political, we should
brave it on\almost all occasions. Our
mission looks far beyond the sphere
Of British 'Ssentiment,," real or as
suIned while vas to Yanle. philan-
thropy, Qleaven> save the mark J sin
cerc or simulatcdA it deserves nothing
but contempt. We are. or at least
should be, under God the master of
our own destinies Aand he is more
than a caititf' and a traitor who would
confide them to the keeping Of others.
Neither the mawkish cheating of
Gankeedom, nor the calculating
moral sentiment Of England or
France, can relieve us from the; in
exorable duty Of taking care OF our
selves and our posterity. \
| But what. is the foundation Of this
nasal whining of the North. and ITS
counterpart this simulated moral
sentiment Of. England! Do they
rest on, or : Pring from any sane and
lsincerc regard to wants or rights of
man. either black or white. No. If
theydid they would find ample scope
for exercise within their own borders,
where wrong and outrage; squalid
poverty and an conceivable form of
Indebtedness stagger lis at every
step. Neither in any State of this
Union, nor IN any Country in Eu-
rope, are the great mass of operatives
half as well fed, clothed and cared
for as the slaves of the South. In all
the essentials of natura, health and
happiness their condition is infinitely
preferable. What then? Uby,they
are made. To labor! Then the com
plant is against Heaven, not against
us. All men ought to labour either
willingly, or if not, by force. No
man is entitled to- cumber the earth
an idle carcass and~if nine tenths of
our Northern city tlafficcrs were
forced out upon the soilwith spade
and hoe, and axe in hand, we should
perhaps have much less of this mawkl
ish scntimentality, the naturll pro
duct of Incidence and luxurious vice.
Africa, for five thousand years. has
been the refuge Of useless barbarians.
who have never done anything for
themselves or for thc great communi-
ty of men. Her people ought tabe ia
ken out from her, and compelled to
contribute, their mite to the welfare
and happiness Of the race They
should be no longer allowed to indulge
in their cannibal orgies, and shut ont
from human enterprise and improve
ment one of the fairest and most fer
tile portion of the globe. Send Ms,
sionaries! Establish Colonies !
Chrtsttanize tAens!! Inpotent TOOL
cry! Why, it requires some genera
tons to effect this even in orr very
midst and, if lam rightly inform
led, not in Africa only, but in many
other parts of heathendom, our Mis-
sionaries--men who write stir
ring reports back of their wonderful
progress in making converts, are
themselves, for the most part, rapid
ly imbibing the heresies of their
tiocks, especially in respect to pleas
ant sins. | will state examples of
this. : '.' J.. ..@.:t.' =. ~. .
We cannot christianize Africans
in Africa. Time and experience have
already proved it. In freqnent-inter
views with the English Gov. Of Cape
Coast Castle. { Gov. MLean. the
husband of the beautiful and accom-
EPlished, Il. E. L.") who had resided
on the coastfor more than fifteen wears.
| gained much information in respect
to the then State f1S3S) Of the Col.