Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-01
From DeBow's Review. san Slavery Adapted to the North
 and North West.

! le apoiogy Tor the Introduction of any fact. \ tiggestions, which may show how the le bate sphere of the institution may be en ed.
 he eager and general scrutiny which tn |ect is now undergoing, and the cordial zea which our thoughtful writers and states have embarked in the discussion of it .oe uses and expansion, make this fl for canvassing the subject matter of tn |nt Atice. Without further preface ford engage at once in the task which Imposed upon me.
 kr the more lucid conduct of this examina | Ts is made under the three following di "A consideration of the objections to negro " of the north, on the score of climate. The value of negro labor at the north. as pared with that of negro labor at the south A glance at the re-opening of the slave as connectei with the successful intro. on of negro labor at the north.
 Is long cherished and favnrte delusion the southern people, that the degree of oe's thrift is in the inverse ratio of his ce from the equatorial line; that the fur he Is removed, the less prosperous he be $, until, finally, when carried beyond cer latitude, north or south, that he is value laboxr.
 is beIiefh has obtained such general prcva- that it is now all admitted thing, bv the hates of the institution in either section of buntry, that slavery north of 36 30 is inn Able
 opinion has taken root in the minds of ost dis@SniShed defenders of the sys- nd eveh doctor Van Evrie, its most phi ical analyst and advocate, has acclaimed notable vigor against the folly of African |y in northern latitude.
 is theory, it is believed, has been accept lon insubstantial grounds, and holds its up to<his time, from the simple fact, that escaped deliberate inquistion. It is southern, but of Yankee extraction. and itself chiefly on the emancipation of at the north. The whole argument of opposition seems to be summed up in this negro slavery existed at the north. egro slavery was abolished at the north. lereiore, that the north was too cold forne- yardlng this emanci patton as the hvpothe- hlch gives the form and character of the theory, 1t would be well enough to ex it's history. Several causes contributed accomplishment. and, among these. the pf a hostile climate makes but trihing may be set down as a general rule. that are comparatively unproductive capital employed in the tillage of very small of land. his is more especially observ- n the cultivation of all growths, outside great staples of the south. In the instan- cotton, sugar. and tobacco, slaves, upon plots of ground, may, to certain degree hta0le, but ln the culture of grain, under conditions, the remuneration must be nely meagre.
 he time slavery prevailed at the north eat majority of the planting community what they are now, small farmers. They d Il, often then, not unfrequently he'd with stones aud difficult of cultiva- On this soll they grew patrv crops, were only In b-annual demand of atten- Added to this, labor was at large dis In Europe, emigration was becoming ac- Id heavy, and, as consequence, free pen abounded in the community, and be employed at moderate wages.
 posed to all this, the southern products. lch demand was rapidly building up, only be successfully tiled with the as. e of slave labor. They could not, like Ifthern growthS, be risked in the hands of ed servants: and. therefore, white laborers. behalf, were altogether unavailable.
 consequence is obvious. Where small one kind may be grown as well with p of free, as of slave labor, and perhaps T, and where large crops of another kind y be cultivated by employing slave la- results, that the large crops will greatly the small crops for the possession of E it turned out, that the Yankee farmer .red it would be profitable to dispose of res to thea Virginia planter. This discov- Fpened moral perceptions, and ripen- intellect Tor the entertainment of these sntal heresies, which Mr. Wilherforce with such distempered pathos The i'm he Virginia dollars, which fretted musi Eanst each other in his brooches pocket,
 the Yankees philanthropy from his DOT He huggged Wilberlorce with fe- energy, wept copiously over him, ab- he unclean practice, and grew suddenly suggests the consideration of another use, which operated to abolish slavery north. That self-interest was the con motive, l do not question; but there is to doubt, that the general sentiment of pnation, which prevailed everywhere the institution, also exerted a powerful ce in its northern overthrow.
 lar prejudice ran strong against it. The of master and slave was ignorantlv re- and its defence was thoroughly errone fact the system was not defended, but pholders were mere apologists. They but with the admission of an offence and, avest ap1toach to advocacy amounted e pleas in extenuation. They quailed the tempest which was loosed from Ex- ll. They acknowledged that their in- was an enormity, but pleaded that it inherited and necessary evil.
 plan If weak apology was pursued, un- encroaching instincts of our free soil br threatened the existence of the insti-
 Under the stimulus of this peril, the |lders were urged into a closer inspec their system. Evidently, on an apoo- basis, it coud not stand. No nation. z to be enlightened, can long per>evere actice obnoxious to the universal senti- the civilized world, and which she. acknowledg ges to be wrong Palpablv. le system had either to be advocated or ned
 3 discussion, which arose under that ne- the rightfulness and policy of the svs- , fully elicited and announced. The ation descendei to the radical nature ations of the institution, and, at last. slavery was vindcated upon fundamen. nds. -A
 conceived that ample reasons are above
 solve the abolition of slavery at the without resorting to the hypothesis of a orous climate. Believing it has been that other causes may explain it, I vet Tke to Apve that frosts and snows can plain it:Snd. therefore, that the obiec-
 
 climate is a groundless objection.
 tting out on this undertaking, it is a< as an elementary proposition, that the C of climate, or any particular class of must be ihown in the population sta that people or, that the comparative
 climate, considered with reference h. must be exhibited in the registry of nd the mortality reports, which taken determine the increase or decrease.
 lv remaius to find the necessary facts abish their correctness. All of the on statements, which interard this ar from De Bows census reports of 1850 his announcement, no other voucher equred for the accuracy of the statist-
 appropriate heads. in these ccrsus re- Il be fourd full and circumstantial re-
 the health, sex, age, and average in- the negro population of the United