Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-09

ignition of our undevelopcd resources, and
| approaching tho conceded disappearance oil
the servilc system before the march Of I'M
shackled enterprise, that they have rested
their cause in its incipiency. That is thcii
/ ground. Antccedent facts have already dis
closed much Of the character Of the progress.
sion which is to relieve Missouri from this
incubus and antecedent facts will very prop
erly illustrate, just now, the future courses il
is likely to pursue. Slavery extinction has
been pressed on gradually for some years in
parts Of the States and if it be pressed on
now with a more vigorous effort everywhere
it will not alter either tho mode or the end. -
Nothing is left of the Slavery question here
but the question of time, and the very con-
duct of the negro advocates is fast reducing
that to the narrowcst limits.
LET us instance a case in point The
county of Gasconade had in 1851 a relative
population Of 1856 free whites, and l01
slaves. Free labor, however. marked it as
its own, and began to make there its settle
mcnts, and fix its home. The result was,
that Gasconado had, in 1856, relative popu-
laton Of 1854 free whites, and 40 slaves.
The free white population in five years had
increased ne-third--the slaves had decreased
onc-half Furthermore there were no free
negroes IN Gasconade, either in 1856 or in
1851. No such element was left as resi-
dunn Slaves and Slavery had disappeared
at the advent Of FREQ ycomnnry; yet no tax
was levied 10 buy the slavos--no Constitution
was inlrngcd 20 got rid Of the slaves One
half Of the slave property of that county dis
appeared entirely from the field of employ
ment within the time named yet will any
ono have the hardihood 10 assert that that
iroe-labor triumph was an attack upon the
rights of private property? Some may have
sold their slaves South at cuticing prices
others may have sent them off, liberated as
radiance both classes perceiving that the
enhanced value of their lands from an influx
of people and the superior worth and thrift of
skilled industry far more than compensated
for the abolition. And thus Slavery is seen
to have been half oblitcratcd from the county
of Gasconadc, without Infringement upon in
dividuals, without charge upon the public.
peacefully, prosperously, progressively. And
the same gradual elimination may be shown
in other parts. st. Francois was returned in
the census of 1851 as follows 1926 free
whites, 1921 slaves; but mineral develop
mcnt induced an influx of free laborers, and
the census of 1856 thus enumerates the cf-
feet: 5,033 free whites, 726 slaves The
slave population under the influence of white
immigration had decreased almost one-half
within the five years. VIII it be affirmed
that this process of Slavery extinction mill
tated against the constitutional rights Of any
class On the contrary, we believe every
man within the county was richer. better.
lrecr by the change.
Again, Cole county, in which is situated
Jefferson city, tho State capital presents a
similar showing having had. in 1851, a pop
ulation Of 5,7l7 free whites. against 037
slaves and in 1896, 92lO free whites, a.
gainst sos slayes-an addition of almost one
halt to the former, and a reduction of nearly
onc-half in the latter. Herein. likewise. it
was the iroe-labor element making itself felt
IN the social system, just as it has lately made
its mark there in the political system In
tho same manner we might point to st. Louis
St. Charles, Usage. Harrison, Crawford, or
twenty other counties in which Slavery has
been fast vanishing since 1850. As the past
progression, too, has been conducted with
forecast, so likewise will the future be kept
free from any insensate policy. If the Rcpub-
hcoR wants to raise fifty millions of dollars
for emancipation purposes, let it do so we
shall not advocate it. If Shareholders want
the State to become the purchaser of all their
slaves, let them find argument in its favor
we do not advance such proposal But we
do say we shall urge forward Slavery extinc-
ton IN Missouri, anticipating its accomplish
ment by those vast appliances of population,
of coloni2ing, Of machinery, of development,
Of industrial legislation, and of a liberalzed
public sentiment, that will Danish the system
as surely as the sunlight drives away the
darkness, and that, instead of working injury
to any, will be as inyigorating and innocuous
as the smiling morn Within two or three
years, when Slavery shall almost have dis
appeared from the whole State. Just as it has
almost disappeared from the county of Gasco-
made it may, perhaps. Mea be well to consult
upon the most advisable mode of dealing with
the feeble remains ola supplantcd scryilo sys-
tom. When that time comes, we do not
mean to say that we shall listen to no moder-
ate proposition that may be brought forward
to relieve the stakeholder and the free labor
er Of mutual drawback We are always
charitable, and will so far to concliate. That,
however, Is matter subordinate to tine one
in hand, and may be left to tho cxgencies as
well as the wisdom of that day. Let us noU
discuss economies, organize opinion, invite
immigration, chronicle free-labor victories.
quadruple the value of our farming lands. and
Nt"'iHbpNtA tue nluutn wealth. OF our mineral
districts. All these are the occupations of
the present day in which the hosts of Free
Soil are invited to engage If thrce-sodden
fools see fit to humble their gums over stale
tabrlcations such as violated Constitutions ,
fifty million compensations. &c. let them en-
JOY that toothless luxury Sensible men will
consider the argument and the policy adyanc-
ed by the advocates of Slavery extension and
II they find the issue, as presented by them,
Is not met, and cannot be met. fairly and
squarely, they will be little moved by sinister
attempts to falsify the grounds and belle the
aims of men who stand by the rights of free
labor and the dominancy of the white race in
Missouri"
From the n. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
1t may be doubted whether in the whole
party history Of the country there has ever
been so complete miscarriage as the Eng.
LGsH expcdicnt for wheedling Kansas into an
acceptance Of the Lecompton Constitution.
When first presented by the Democratic ma
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