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

eaxfh Ill., o. Inc people On the fara' the
49," il"sttates=l IN d greater depras n 1f.a
"I1:s @ss'ea2f'o'1 to wiaicI. hpn,an;t., she e.,
s"sjee9e~ 'aaia The African ii liz 49, !. san=b e
Try, LAYING III hopeless tnesta ,aasl !. com
a!la "ofai a~a5ussment, they ara III a-afst'ess,
o. Sneif catats andcoaquerors-g,aas.ss.1s fhe:.tsast
oHfae7S, to be dfipsa, sold, ibera H. eeasss q
lIaz&' e1 pzssa1tt, that ahese ara Az ~ q. e.
as lto''a which to Manufacture H. laaseft-5
tces) or murdered, as passion 80: aHlRfeu..s
NatEy may dictate. Does hurasIp,lse, ogseu-
Us 10 laSTodaee such loathson1a &. REQUIRE
amongst our happy, Centennial y. phsagston
slave Tt ~pniation : Evil cornn guy moral
corrupt good morals" The |aa ia.'aeal tom.
aFass the higher down. But i alWays
Wsoe phllanthrophy Of the co,nrn;taa world,
Siefi 70 IS our bounden daty not ~ -. T. slsnt
me African, but We should raLa q. 4 With
seo'rings OF ST. Domingo, The viii !. sne aI-
ne lar West, the degraded raj ~
EIs1u!alat'x Of the North. or anu su1ssef Tho
balls we might find in the ben'aht ~ y eanai:
TIC eaft.', and transplant them ar,ana s
pev!us Oh Louisiana that the demands i ~ sae
responded to. property
ihe Committee next argue the ;ntroa a..
u taese africans upon what, If it Was'nas t..i1#
grave 4 subject: should have supposed Nv,
meant as IHcetious-that IS. uponfsbst a Us
rsease 70 term the ground Of sound noI;eas ],
taey argue sfaere As 4 scarcity Of siaxs 1T.
re aes5 it, and ask for the moot r..
sTaSely remark, 1t Is an estahl;shad 4sey
st"1 'tt!s Is not now a sufficient al,antitwsa !;
these commodities cotton and siIaas, Z, Y.
unced July 10 supply the yearly incrs.p;a.
aei4laSas o1 commerce, and the Wants.aftpa
world" What have we to dn VIII We 4 "a
demands OF commerce and theswants II H.
world" except 10 rejoice that W. hasa 10
yet g'utted them and ktnoeEed nr;es. ~ J.
The "a" material down to starvation na;.s.
Is .5 the object Of the Committee i y.
worldwide philanthropy, to stimulate ~.
oaSSlon onai all the wants soi the warid
are supplied and o~gersorged and H.
"ten our products (which are rean|afads;s'
value oy supply end denaas,d} are own#Ya
zero, way then We should have the philan
thfopie satisfaction Of knowing tbat-wa
had at least succeed in sapplyins the= wsnt.
OF the world, the Increasing detnands -
commerce Included
Let Us see what we are doinr*as :.
saila cotton only with cur pre- sent ~ d
- Lex " LIE ctdIeS. We make
annually abou: 3,uo0, 900 bales cotton. Tll,ase
VINO have examined our ability CLOSEST
say thai IN Il year or two, when our farms Al
Teopened and oi1 ~al'usiaI bottoms subdusd.
tue cotton States Will never make less
than 100000 gales. Now, suppose Nc in
pert only 10000 Africans to helm rafs.
eosfen to supply the : wants Of the vorId.n
we Will suppose they make four BALES II
cotton each; that would amount to 100000:
which added to Gil: crop 81 A.ooo, o00#Eas,,d
give US 5000, 900. What would cotton then
be worth / sfonld think not 81 much q
five cents. But the committee 20 in for
supplying the wants of tie world. md II
FIVE millions won't do It, we would have
10 import more tren negroes till tie world
acknowledged its wants fully supplied, and
that would be when cotton bales sid sugar$
hogsEeads were as plenty as blackheftisF.
and would not pa y for transportation to n,arkkss .$#
The Committee again put forward another
argument, which | am satisfied they Rererss
gould have properly considered, Of i lseser /
have received their sanction. Here ii
Is. with no extraordinary supply d negro
|a1oofsfron: abroad,iin ma te# years tbe purchase
,f a valuable slase viii be uiat ta!sallle ,e-
:ept tty TIE ueaiMy1 i'll whose possession ~
aus by the torce al circumstances grow n,
Of eaeEtnoGs magnitude, ct saaTsaafss
aith tie genera! 1reai, and nat aIasrttaaer cossss.
.eHt svoth republican Institutions. TOD IurlIl
he propagation OF such a%sIoetfila Ihsfe 81
yet to learn that it IS Inconsistent with u. II
"fHatilly1 as..sS311. ftmu7l : cc.l.iiz3en Of the states ~
accumulate property BY industry, eeanoHiyY
and thrift. The country in not quite readyy5gett
FIR the doctrine propasated IN tlls aaoFa=
Sss
know the Committee could not lasescas
the weight that such a derIaFalIaIls Ii
coming from 4 CuEltnsttee OF the Seiiatessuf
Louisiana, would have in other f1aTtefss.esss q
he Union / know they are as sound pas.1e24 ID
slavery question as /, OF any other cif1zsnHef
he State, but the deduction will pc dfa q
rom the language Of the report: that I rse
,eg1o ~estatss ale Inconsistent with re publican
Institutions. And the North inavlse ltaggaIilsf
he admission Of any slave State hereai.seEs
ttto the Union. upon the ground that her "A
titutjons are nctsaitogettaer republican, oerss=
,ause her laws permitted her citizens 70 as-Sss
,uire and hold these overgTowu slave States,
which had been ~denoencea in the South y
at variance with the general veal, and #Hos Il
itonelISI CutESiatEAt Will tSPaE1RSrts -s@sN4s@@4E
It is a duty deaolvsd upon Congress
y the Constitution to see that each Stale
pplying for admission must have . repuoli,
an government. III -
4 great objection that I have to the measure
gain, is that if fully and successfully catIlsd
ut. it. would have 4 tendency to destroy
in the States Of Maryland, virgins,
and Missouri. This i Z nfoposl.lo
;hich cannot be proved or dIsprosed. Wy
is founded upon the fact that y every
tate where slave labor has caesed to bes pfen-
able they have abolished slavery. fof 1ass
eason tbs Northern States got rid Of the ansfl-
and not OH account Of phllanthroIAe
Twenty-Five years ago slaves were
r~enuneratiye property IN Virssll "
either in faruaingor raising them Tor naaises
he was then infinitely nearer: II.atleiItatlo
ian now. Slaves are too bic A. sni l
me in the Old Dominion for her tothank
y a moment of parting with such proPefsT,
Introduce Africans enough to greatly Is.#
ace the price Of slaves. Or the rfoh.s.a1 y
,eir labor, aad YOU strike a blow 1T thehs 81