Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-20

DEMOCRATIC SCHEMES OF SLAVERY ExrEN.
sIoN.-Senator Brown of Mississippi, in one of
his recent speeches on the stump, spoke frankly
on the subject of the acquisition of Nicaragua.
He sees that the progress of slavery West is now
pretty efectually blocked BY the Northern victory
In Kanzas, and he turns to the acquisitions in
prospect at the South as the present hope of
slavery extension. Senator Brown said
II assume that we are directly interested, and
70 deep extent, in planting a slaveholJinR
State in Nicaragua. We are so, because slavery
must go South If it goes at all IL Walker had
been allowed to succeed. he would have planted
such State, and the Southern States would have
populated it. Itis against our interest TO have
an anti-slave State planted in our front We all
know that such State must sooner or later
come into the Union, and help to swell that hos.
tile power at the North which has already given
us so much trouble. And that being in our front
it will stand ready at all times to arrest our pro
gress. II any one desires to know why l want
foothold in Central America, avow frankly. il
is because aoant TO plant Slavery there. 1 think
slavery is good thing per Sc I; believe it TO be
great moral. social, and political blessings
blessing to the master and a blessing to the
slave and / believe, moreover, that it Is of di.
vine origin. said so in the House of Reure.
sentatiyes at w ashingt0n, on the Both of Janua-
Ty, 1850, and say now; said so then be-.
cause thought so then-I say SO now, because
think so yet"
But the Northern Democracy prefers to con-
cede to slavery the acquisition Of Cuba, and the
Albany atlas and Argus, the most Influential,
Administration organ in New York, has a plan Of
its own for obtaining the coveted island. 1t would
have our government cooperate with England
no longer in empty profession merely, but in sub
stantial reality-in the suppression Of the slave
trade between Africa and Cuba. As a conse-
quence Of preventing the Cuban planters from
getting their fresh supplies of laborers from Al
riea i is predicted that the value of their estates
would deteriorate, and their attention would be
turned to the United States as the only source of
supply: Annexation would give them the CD.
portunlty TO obtain slaves from our negro.
breeding States, and under the force Of this mo-
tive Cuba would declare her independence Of
SPAN and seek admission into the Union, We
should thus get the island without paving for IL
or lighting for it. To make this Arrangement ac.
ceptable TO the North, we are told that the drain
OF slaves from the Southern slave States to Gu
ba, that would certainly follow, would soon make
the border states Tree States, and we should thus
gam more politically than the South would gain
in the addition OF Cuba. The Arqus estimstes
the slave trade that would take place between The
United States and Cuba at eight or ten millions
per year. Such are some OF the items in the
Democratic programme Of slavery extension now
projected. aud which destined TO become fruit.
ful sources Of political agitation. The Democra.
ey, while Il Justify cries out "hnality" and de-
nounces slavery agitation. sets itself in the same
breath TO the work Of originating new slavery
measures with which to cOnvulse the country and
secure its own held on the support OF the slave
power Springfield Republican.