Freeman's champion., 1858-08-05

South and South West was checked.
The introduction OF slave labor into
the South--a system so contradistin-
guished in its results, and SO antipo-
dal to tho Freedom ofthis great West
ward movement--fOrced il in anoth-
er direction, and it took an almost
direct course course over the North
ern States. While the advantages
which accrued to those States by its
introduction were seen in their quick
ening civilization and rapid develop
ment, stagnation and decay marked
the Southern States, when slave la
Dor had come into competioh with it,
and forcibly checked its advance
The Great West was thearecipientof
the good results which might have
accrued to the South, and States
sprang into being and grew in strength
with amazing rapidity. T
1t has now almost reached the
Western boundary of this continent
in fact has loapt a vast space, set
tied the Pacific coast, and only small
extent Of territory now remains to be
occupied. 1t must soon seek new
territory. Where will it find it9 The
North teeming with people; the
West overAowing with population;
new outlet must be found. When
in its direct course over Europe, this
Western movement reached the ocean
the current turned in its course, and
overaowed the countries South and
North. Its direct course in America
has been across the Free, or Northern
States. South ofthese are vast couh-
tries with scarce populations snth-
cient to redeem them from barbarlsm.
With soils originally unequallcd in
richness, they are yet fastening to-
decay. A system of bondage WHICH
degrades the enslaverS as we'll as the
enslaved, exhausts the soil, and stag
nation is witnessed on every hand,
Although capable Of sustaining o
countless multitude within their linn"
its, they have population oflesS than
one person to the square mile. is it
r not natural to suppose that, hemmed
, in on the West, and filled to over-
y flowing on the East. it will turn to-
wards the South and overflow that
4 region? This will be the inevitable
consequence as soon as the West is
. populated. The result will be that
. Slave Labor will not be able to COM
pete with Free Labor, and the system
will gradually die out. This migrS-
. ting instinct of the human race 10 op-
I posed, and whenever it could find no
Z other outlet, but was forced to come
, in contact with, it has been victorious
f over Slave Labor. There is a wild,
{ startling Freedom in its movements,
and a love Of Liberty characterizes
. it wherever it penetrates. o 1t will
/ sweep over the South, and bury be-
. meath the cold, incorporating wa
: tsrs, the last vestige Of the system
n which now fetters her energies, aud
4 sxhausts her resources. Into some
4 of the Slave States this migration
i has already penetrated. Missouri has
Q felt It's influence, and her first move
4 msnt is towards Freedom. Kentucky
a trem bles beneath the shock Of this
' strong current, and her people are
: fast awakening to the evils Of the
Slavery system. Delaware and Ma.
!. ryland have been acted upon, and will
o be Free States before ten years have
: passed. Into Texas this tide is pour
q ing an irresistable flood, and she too
/ will soon be Free. No new Slave
= States can be formed out Of territory
religiously consecrated to Freedom.
This migrating instinct is invading
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and the
Indian Territory, and if they come in
as States, they must enter Free. The
a dacraa has Oone forLh and Ia ira