Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-08

| great father Of waters, which makes thee TIL
Receptacle OF the commerce and much Of h,
wealth Of QUA, great valley which extand
from the Gulf OF 4MeSico 10 the Lakes ani
from the western part Of Pennsylvania am
Virginia to the great plains which s~eIarats
rs from the Paeitic-shaIl it be thy fate t,
fall lower than thy sisters, to become the Ia
zar-house and receptacle Of a filthy, uEtanaed
| be1ighted mass of deerepid free heathens
overfunn!ng Our beautiful plains as did the
frogs and lice the HeaVen-scoufged land @
Egypt? May an all~wiso Creator defend us
and car children from such q terrible DOOM
But the report of the Senate COMMITTEE
says, that if these free negroes have not made
enough at the end OF their term OF service
II it should be for no longer period than would
aieans to esabxe them to return to kheir 4agira
country, or to Liberia, for the appreciation and
enjoyment ct the republicans and christian
institutions Of which Government, they will
in some measure, have been fitted By It Tempo
zary apprenticeship oa american soil. Now, [
almost bush for the Committee who make
such a feeble and puerile attempt to extricate
themselves from the very objectionable con-
sequences Of the measure. that these free ne
gxoes 1T The end Of Ihczr term mould be razspsys
OIL our hands. They may iudenture them
selves for a further tifne.7 Not naust-not
shall-but, being free, they have the liberty
to do 1t or NOT, as they please. IftheY please
not to DO so, they become panpets Oh our
hands, Nov, sir, in q measure Of such grave
Importance, nc laW-maker should have the
possibility Of such u calamity to the eontin~
gencY that an old Tree negfo savage might
peradyent.ire be foolish enough to r~eindenture
with the hope OF making an amount OF Money
he had vainIy attempted to make for f7tces,
gears ta5or in Tie uefy prime q manhood. Why,
savage, as be~ls, he would suppose the Com
mittee underrated his little modicum of se.se.
in supposing he oaid be induced TO undertake
SO hopeless q task. And the Committee
SPEAK of his %soiourn here as u temporary a.
pren1ieesAip on American zsoiI,H whilst |,
when it is ended, would look on him as d fix
ture. a "setfast," a sore which had grown to
the body polite for want Of means Of reno
val. But suppose that the advocates Of this
measure. in order to shield themselves from
the crushing objections against it, should
shift their ground from Temporary appren-
ticeship'' and say, oh, bat we intend to
apprentice them Tor a term long enough to
cover their iEatura! lives-say seventY-hve
years-and that they will die in haruess."-
chen, | reply your bill is a fraud, a cheat. a
a~eluslon, and altogether unworthy Of the hith-
erto uasull,ed reputation OF our cherished
State, 4 soverefsn's filth should be iescor-
fouaFe virtually Eeopemng the slave |
trade, and have mob the m=nliness 10 bring
measure III that shape. That would be
open, direct and tangible, aid would BE pre- |
to a devious course TO attain the SANE |
but that would bring those engaged |
Il the trade, and through them the State iior
he would be bouna in all homer to protect |
Ter citizens in what she had given them her /
liltho1ity ior doing into direct conflict not
,nfy with the United States, and thereby pro-
luce il dissolution OF the Union. bat would
AVE those European Governments, with
We have treaty stipu!ations to ruE !
Town the slave trade, aEEayed also against The
Of louisiana This would BIZ iegista-
with a vengeance, but scarcely worthy
Il the enlightened statesmen Of 1859. and
urstT not Iii accordance with the duties
@nica LcusslaHa owes to her citizens. to her
ell, or to the Union OF her sister STATES.
Let Us now turn our attention 10 til. re-
Of the Committee Of the Seuate upon
he bill. And here / must say, I would haveI
referred 70 nave passed by that production
Unanswered had yen not given it an la por-
by LeTatdlng it TO tsle public as tssan-
werabie, And IWisll il kept III mind, that
ny argument [ may use, will be solely d.
acted against fhe effects OF the measure 4
OF the members oil that Cou,n:ttee
re now nay personal friends, especially the
cnator ircn East Feiicana. and the Senator
ON jackson, with. whom !. m, ;nt;u,ase
nd whilst give every member oi the Com
the credit Of beng influenced by pure
nd patriotic motives, yct / differ irorn their
as wide as the poles, believing
he measure is f5ausht with disaster and ruin
o the best Interests Of Louisiana aud all the
lave States oithe Union,
But TO thu report: It partakes OF the devil
Us nature Of the bill. It starts out with sa y
ag, Our Consideration was first directed to
ae point as to whether toe proposed act
'ould be II violation Of the State Federal
constitutions or OF ;reaty stipuiatior1s, and
avlng lullY satisfied ourselves It would not
e. nor Ct any tato Of thss STATE, phieh scouid
ctr to this particular, be superseded b. the
lsssljf," etc. Why did not the Committee
to see If the bill did NOT Violate the law =
the United States passed in accordance
7lt1 Art y, Sec. /, OF the Constitution? Did :
expect to find the prohibition in Con->|
.st@tzon, whether State or Federal But J
efore quoting the law. let ule say. that | do !
IT believe there is one member Of the Leg =
tature who would advorate such a bill if he =
fought one african would ever be turned
ose from his. lndentures upon the State of =
ontssana. The thing is too utterly prepos- :
rous to suppose sensible .Eaen who would :
FER advocate it if it was liable to SO grave I
objection. Hence. we have the adyocates :
no understood the matter, say ing tii1a.. these. =
'prent ceswnuld be iadeutured for a term s
their lives, and the more boIasssof its :
|voeates: as the open and manly St. Paul, r
'idly pfoclainling the bill as one to re-open !
e slave trade. If it is the slave trade ins.t,
sguIse land it is SO plain it cannot be mis- =
kenl then how can the Committee fail to -
it does virtually and really violate cur s
saty st'p,'iatlons to put down the slave Il