The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-21

view OF the question, that the timld will
be intensely terrified, and say that we ale
to have more slave States annexed to the
Union. l have not the slightest appre-
henson of that result. 1t may be said
that Yankees, when they get down into
Central America, will, if the climate is
suited for it, make use of slave labor.
| have heard that argument before; and 1t
has been asserted that the Yankees who
go into slave States oftentimes turn slave
themselves. | have no doubt that they
Guido them, if they do anything in that
line at all. Laughter. The Yankee has
never become Shareholder unless he has
been forced to it by the social relations Of
the slave State where he lived; and the
Yankee who has become stakeholder, has,
every day of his life thereafter, felt in his
very bones the bad economy of the system.
1t could not be otherwise. Talk about
our Yenkees, who 60 to Central America,
becoming shareholders! Why, sir, We
can buy negro power, in steam-englne,
for ten dollars, laughter, and we can
clothe and feed that power for one year
for five dollars; renewed laughter; and
are We the men to give ST. 900 for an
African slave, and $3.50 year to feed and
clothe him?
No, sir. Setting aside the arguments
about sentimentality and about philan-
thropy on this question, setting aside all
poetry and fiction, he comes right down
to the practical question-is it profitable !?
The Yankee replies, "not at ALL" Then
there is no danger of men who 60 from
Boston to Central America ever owning
slaves, unless they are compelled to by
their social relations there. If man goes
from Boston into Louisiana, and nobody
will speak to him unless he has slave !;
nobody will invite him to social enter
tainment unless he owns negro and if
he cannot get wife unless he has ne
gro; then, sir, very likely he may make
up his mind to own negro. Laughter.
But tell you that he will repent of it
every day while he has him. He cannot
whistle =" Yankee Doodle with the same
relish as before. He cannot white in
the same free and easy manner. He used
to cut with the grain, with the knife
edge from him; now, he cuts across the
grain, with the knife-edge towards him.
The dolelul fact that he owns a negro, is
a tax upon every pulsation of his heart.
Poor man There is no inducement for
the Yankees to spread Slavery into Cen
trail America, and there is no power in
any other part of the country to do it.
Therefore, most fearlessly do | advocate
the Americanizing Of Central America.
| We must have some outlet for our over
whelming population. Necessity knows
no law; and if we cannot have Central
America, we must have the Indian Terri
tory; we must have something we are
not exhausted in our power of emigration;
we are worse off than we were before the
opening of Kansas. No: one-half of our
natural increase has been exhausted in
colonizing that Territory, and furnishing
people for Oregon and Washington. We
might, as told you, make eight States
year, if we only used our forces econom-
ically; and we will use them econom-
ically by establishing, not for the present
time only, but for all coming time, this
system of organized emigration. Just as
fast as this has become understood in the
| county, Just as far as it is known to the
people-not single man who has any
sense will emigrate in any other way than
between men going in colony and 60
ing alone. Suppose man goes to Cen
| trail America, and settles there alone
| what is his influence upon real estate by
settling there alone: There is no appre-
ciable difference from what it was before
but if he goes there with five hundred
men from the city of Boston to establish
a town. by that very act he has made him.
self wealthy. [ can point to numerous
examples of this kind. Hence this ma
king money by organized emigration is
not going to be speedily relinquished.
Depend upon it that we have only begun
to use it, and that we have not used it
with the efficiency with which it will be
used in a year to come.
Now, sir, for these reasons hope that
the committee to which this question
shall be referred, will so modify and eluci-
date the neutrality laws, that we shall not
hereafter be subjected to this Executive
interference. And, in accordance with
the views | have expressed, / now offer
the following amendment:
Sand, also, that said committee report,
SO far as they may be able, the present
social and political condition of the peo-
pie of Nicaragua, and whether they in
vte colonies from the United States to
settle among them; and, also, whether
the soil, climate, and other natural ad-
vantages of that country are such as to
| encourage emigration thither from the
| Northern States of this COnfederacy."
Now, Mr.. Chairman, will state briefly
my reasons for submitting that amend
ment. The gentleman from Mississippi
Mr.. Quitman referred to the social and
political condition of the people Of Cen
trail America, as proper basis, think he
said, for our action. Therefore, with open
arms, do we welcome that gentleman and
his associates to our noble brotherhood
of missionary political regenerators. For
myself, | am willing to take the gentle
mans words about the necessity of some
thing being done to aid these people but
in grave matters of legislation like this, the
committee having the subject in charge
should first fully investigate in reference to
the matters suggested by my amendment.
do not intend any offensive sectional
ism by using the word Northern that the
committee should inquire whether the nat
ural advantages of soil and climate of Gen.
trail America were such as to invite emf
grafton thither from the Northern States.
so phrased the amendment because, as l
have shown you, the Northern States are
the only ones which can furnish migration
| that would be of any consequence to Cen
| trail America. We would be glad to re-