New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-08
sl.vehade may yet be necessary to preserve
to tie State Ct Virginia herse the blessings OK tho

to tie State ct Virginia herteu TIE biessings Oh tA0
Institution Of Slavery, to prevent that foundation
Of Ter republican lber!iss fOm beins sIea!ny
undermined. and TIE Ancleut Dominion thus lad
oren to the inrosds Ct free sb9r sid all those -
cries 90 grsphic.ly depicted in the Virgins neTs-
psrers as the necessary incidents and c)rssqus1css
Of free society. TIE b gh price Of wheat snd oher
farm products for the four ysars pre;ed7g the l'e
fLaucisl cIist-s. less. tsice hat the customary
sve!see-hss hsdtie effect not OILY to rsise the pace
Of Slaves 10 SO Ligh figure as 20 dnFe the c'5'on
pas.ers 70 cry out for sn African supply but u Gas
r.erfered to a sensible extent with that transfer oil
slaves from TIE more northern 10 the more southern
Slave States vbicb has teen STEADILY going on, sitn
some variations Of rtersy, for the last fifty yssTs
This dtfcieIt supply Of labor has undoubtedly been
one CHEF reason WHY the consumption Of that st,-
PIE has oEertAien tie production. Hence the c2n-
parstivey high pIice wbish, While other sgrlcul-
tural products have 20 fallen cotton still main
tsirs Now it is impossible but that this high
price of cotton, in the face Of low prices OF
wheat AID other produee- ihould operate to re-
vive the domestic slave trade, and to give
q rev impetus 10 The current Of slave labor
that seis from Virginia southwark. Openings for
the profitable employment Of slave labor 10 l>nger
pIessrtrg Themselves in Virginia, the slaye market
vii be pretty much abandoned to southern pur-
cbasers. This increased supply Of the domestic
srtice, attended as il naturally will be BY fall OF
price, nsy perhaps teld to spPeass 70 certain e1-
text the demand CT the cotton growers for slaves
from Afcics, though i; L 1st be confessed thai IN
point of cheapness Virginia Will be Likely still to
log amentably in the rear But what is going to
be the effect Of this drsin upon Virginia After hav
ing been stopped Off SIS i we're for four years past
II 1iI row set IN with redoubled force, scd 80 long
as TIE price Of cotton lnaintsns itself, vii uu-
doubiedly 60 on with decided energy. Should the
consumption e cotton continue TO increase as Il
hes done for the tweLty year, last pss', the newt
able coDPequence mus! be to concentrate al! toe
slaves of the country 10 The cotton growing region,
leaving Virginia stripped snd desolste with 10 other
re.ource bc. the bsted AID detested one OF
free labor. IT thus appears that after
aN, if tie domestic Institutions OF
Virginia are TO be preserved AID if she ia to be pro-
tectej against sn nrosd Ct free laborers, more to
lie dreaded, according 70 he nOtcns current in
that State, thsn so many GOths and Vandals. the
sooner the African slave trade is renewed the bet
ter TIE cotton growing States, after ali, are much
ore in position todisper,e with that renewal than
is the State of Virginia They have not only their
present large stock Of slaves but the Virginia stock
also, to depend upon; While poor VIrginia, thus
draired, has no possible res)Gtce whence to keep
up her supply, except tLe renewal Of the AfcaD
trade. Virginia also has s.ill more decided
Interest than they have in reducing the price of
slaves. While the price of Gotten keeps up as it
does that cultivation will psy, even at the present
prices Of labor; bat what branch Of Virginia udus
try. we should ike 70 know, can afford to supply
itself with sla7e labor at present rates