The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-12-10

dams Experience has proven that they
are incapable Of steady labor, and are
therefore unfit for slavery We would
not cXtormnate them, even il that inhu-
man achievement would not cost ages of
murder and incalculable sums of money.
We could hardly think Of attempting to
plant the black race there, superior for
labor though inferior perhaps IN intellect,
and expect to maintain permanent and
peaceful industry such as slave labor
must be, To- be profitable, amid those idle,
rcs''ess' ochofa'lAeo ch''uIe" VI hY"'o'
yuma scarcely more 'ivi'"'n' Pcthai'
more SUNK ID sHpefHt''"'i"n, 'n"" III '',s
age ana now framed To ciV'' war .y ,'a,'
century OF incessa"t revolution " nat
| say could we 90 WIN ,'iesc Peop,' u
thcs' countries I" au" 10 s'"''ot"
strength Nothihg. 'ou'n We 9csr"uc
ourselves so lar as 10 annex 'i''h CIV
c4"'' uri"-i uo9 "ou'" ~ Sue !" cum,
INTO tlils mon Iree states All 10 iN"','
tli'n IN any way "a 10 DC e""''"'',''',l'
Eng iahn ana fra"o'i hut ~ ,''"'"
N""lu -'a''y see us ,'Ne V''S ,'''.i V''
onr uachi " we "'ulu S'euIe '"' "',''
thcif d'u'S ana heuti"i ipu'c "''"Ss t''
isthnns such a route we must have
f,r ourselves. and that is all we have to
90 WIN ih'n- II we cannot St' II ~
negotiation or by purchase we must
scilc aud hold it ky force of arms The
law of nations would hastily il. and it is
absolutely necessary for our Pacific rcla.
tions Tine present condition Of those
unhappy States is certainly dcplorabc,
but the good God holds them in the hol.
low Of his hand, and will work out their
proper dcsliuics
We mi,.bt cxpand the area of slavery
1D. nroniripa. Cnba where African slave.
~ il already established Nj Calhoun.
from whose maiurcd opinions. whether
an constitutional urincinl,s or southern
,.Ii.,. :, ,c;ll rar,iy il, C,imd SAT-, 10 do.
.,,, .,;lthat Gala was "f,,Iidl.u fruii"
a. n. unless r1uckcd in cxis,oucya war.
rbrtc il mn reasonable Ground H. supposc
tb,t we cam arn,,iro If In any other way.
and the war that will open To- as such an
occasion will hc great and general. aud
brine about results that the kecncst in
t,llrrt cannot now anticipate. But if
~, Ind Cuba we could moi make more
thnn t,vn ar three slave States there.
which would mot restore the cati.librium
If fine \nrth and Snuth. while. with the
\fri,ou slave trade CLOSED. and her only
,,s,rt far slaves Ia this continent. she
would besides crushing out her whole
suror cnlturc Iv her competition. afford
M few yo,rs a market for AL the slaves
in Missouri keutucky. and MAJ! land
She is. notwithstanding the exuihlaut
taxes imposed ON her, capable now Of alb
-otbins the annual increase of all the
slaves on this continent, and consumes
IL is said, twenty to thirty thousand %
year by her system OF labor slaves Dc
crease ibcro largely. In time, under llic
system practiscd, every slave m America
might be eNtefminaiei ~ Neha rs were
the Indians However the IDLE AlricaA
may procrcatc IN tn tropics, II yet re-
mails 10 hc proven, and the facts are
against the conclusion, that he can, m
those regions, work and thrive. II Is
said Cuba j. to be Nlricanihcd' rather
than that the United states should take
her. That threat which AT ON" time was
somewhat alarming, Is no longer any
cause vi dlsqulctnde ~ me Noa'h' .n'''t
our experience OF the Nltitnh@lug OF ~
Domingo and JumaciR. W hat nave we
lost hv that think We rcapci s}ine