The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-05-15

~ Fiospecl u ,ll1c0n6fAd 1MsfS
f.ie property and emiirraftsRs SSSe /
f,n,y resolved to make t HSi,ss k " Il
.saoof But the effects 81 III
aitica soon conquered tbeA r.Ss! N
I 'aelI physical energies, md tler .;,Iss ~!
turned 10 FRANCE, or oiipb 5000
more suitable etips. aent sul6Ny.
Nature seems to have intended dlus,3 ii
be a land OF inexhanstible and most disrssSs
supplies.s Almost all the different kirS
grain. and fruits Of the temperate, and III N
productions Of tile tropical zones saccssdfA
Wonderfully. The soil requires but yery INN
labor TO yield the richest harvest. twisa III
three times a year. But that LITTLE laboS
Moo great an eSertion for the yhite race. INV
give way under it. This A,sbyft this iii
eel Established fact. Bat The French as
gong to abandon a country with 10 inaayys
sources, Because the present system Of Il
has failed o develop them. They are mol i.
70 give np,on that a%ceannt, Algeria bSasHt
with 50 much precious blood and lfeasnraT
gold. The apprentice system, or more pasjaE
African slave labor, is To- be introducedGiAaa
Algiers, as it has been introduced alIvsdytina
several other tropical possessions Or Frsncg
The Constitutional, which generally oWs
shadows the movements Of The NapoN6@dtKt
GoveFnmeat discusses this plan Of nfgfochl
lzalion whieh'fs conceived ON so grand ss1N
as TO leave no doubt as 10 its originator NJ
project advocated BY the CanstitntioEAlloNnr
forward to- a future population of saasKi1f
jnAtion ortwelyc million negroes. TheFnxAR
s45Aaisls are 10 ~beplantcrs and ovesrsesrs,
.sWSd691 suit them Admiralty. The ~pfatte&SH
emlnentiy rrnciicabie, and based Rnnn y tb&egY
oiigh knoWlerig &c Of the conditions andfesoutSS
OF NO ftefa Africa. There can be- no dNl0R9
ty whatever IN the way Of procuring ths NJ /
gfoes.
There are eighty millions Of them IN AffE
ana the desert Of Sahara, which sePsratts W.
French colony from The great slave n~afkets1e
Central Africa, is passable, while ihe AraGi
would be CAD To be employed as agents l1tH
tfnde. But 1T will, 10 all probability be lt
lefred to import negroes by sea. Fsfanceh hold
several ports ON the west coast Of Africa add
There Is not the rernotest danger OF THE FrnA
Tag being molesied by British cru isefs Ib
anti7slavery policy OF Great Britain, - hxM
France is concerned, is dead. The prpesd8
slaves IS setlow in Central Africa that tley Y i
according to recent travellers, passed " w
daily dealings OF ~thcsnatives as small clanBNe1
which circumstance at once refntess all pcstss
obIeetionstiat could be Inised in 4 fusnsht
point Of view against the plan. 3S5s
IN France, trades and agriculture aref desdas
edly ovrrstocked. The lands are divided lad
IN. the sinallest lots imaggindbsss
Nearly the whole area Of the country y scess
with farms toa small to be truly econs
mlcal, IN towns and cities retail cemniefce ~
m m ehan'eal trades are crushed BY connpetittpa3s
= mere are consequently, many thousancs. "
people possessed OF moderate fortunes ~
would willingly embrace an opportunity soif
vest their property, now yielding toe lll.ssn
plantations promising large profits aud lEpA
Many thousands without property, whcans
stand no chance whatever in Alglers' wo ,ui
tollow them as overseers;, mechanic, etc. N.
! he colony werlid thea become what ~ ~
conquest 1t was intended to be an onlses ~
the surplus population, q satety-yaise aOGs
productive country. Instead oil beng = Dulp4
70 the Government, depicting ING ffeasly
IT. would be a rellefto the former, and. 4 sou Nj
income to the latter. we see notnlng MI NJ
oHary III this grand PROJECT. IT, Is pe, nst
leasiple' 1t IS approved OF ~ ln!einsa IN
efeDchmen, whose knowledge OF NOflnMHa