The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-10

can entertain such views and expectations when within
these few years the South has lost her equality in the
Senate and the free States have at length decided ma
joty in both houses Of Congress- while this unfortunate
contest has swept into their political graves
many of ancient friends in those States that it may
be doubted whether they have at this moment after the
recent elections 1.-THE finale Of the disastrous Kansas abor
tion-a majority in any single of them and there
to be at prospect OF extending the
area OF slavery in any quarter.
These facts true and if you will bear with me,
will place them all in the strongest light can before
youfor 1t is of the utmost importance that should
at least clearly how stand, and what
sources in order To form idea of what do and
how avoid wasting our strength what cannot be ac-
complished The equality OF the free and slave States
has long been lost in the House by the admission of
California it lost in the Senate Since then another
free State has been admitted and another yet has passed
the Senate and in few years shall have Kansas,
Nebraska Washington New Mexico, and perhaps others
roll. The immigration from Europe to the North
Is sufficient to form States every
To the South there is literally emigration We have,
since the closing OF the slave trade, added TO
population mainly by the natural increase of
people, and we have no surplus population, white
or black, to coonize States. We lost kansas
partly by our inability to COLOMBO it, and we are
perhaps yet to have struggle for portion of Texas
The dca then of recovering the equality of the two
tions, in the Senate, remote indeed. We
have it proposed to reopen the African slave trade, and
bring in hocs of slaves from that prolific region to
store the balance. once entertained that idea myself
but on further investigation abandoned it. will not
go into the discussion of it, further than to say that
the South Is itself divided that policy, and from APP
pearances, opposed to it by vast majority, while the
North is unanimously against It, 1t would be impossible
to get Congress to reopen the trade II it could be
DONE then it would be unnecessary for that result could
only be brought about by such entire abandonment by
the North and the world of all opposition to slave
SYSTEM that might safely TO erect any defences
for It, But could introduce slaves where could we
find suitable territory for slave States The In
dian Reserve vert of Arkansas, might make But
we punrn ed hat to
Of the red race Everywhere else, / believe, the
borders of States have reached the great
desert which separates the Atlantic from the Pacific
States OF this conlederacy Nowhere is African slavery
likely to flourish in the little oasis of that Sahara of
America 1t is much likely, think to get the Pa
cc SLOPE and to the north in the great valley than any
where else outside of its present limits. Shall We
some suggest, take Mexico and Central America to make
slave States African slavery appears to have failed
there Perhaps, and most probably it will never sue
coed in those regions If it might what we to do
with the eight millions OF hardly semi ciyized
Indians and the two three millions of Creole Span
ards and mongrels who hold those countries? We
would not ensave the ndians Experience has proven
that they incapable of steady labor and are therefore
unfit for slavery We would not exteminac them,
ii that inhuman achievement would not cost ages of muir
der and ncalculable sums of money. We could hardly
think of attempting to plant the black there, supe
ror for labor though inferior perhaps in intellect and
expect to maintain permanent and peaceful indus
try, such slave labor must be, to be profitable,
amid those idle, restless demomlzcd children of Mon
tezuma, scarcely civilized perhaps sunk in
superstition, than in his age and trained to civil
war by half century of incessant revolution. What
say, could do with these people these countries
to add to southern strength Nothing. Could we de-
grade ourselves far to them equal terms
they would be to into this Union free States
all. To touch them in any way is to be contaminated
England aud France, have doubt, would gladly
us take this burden back If we would secure for
them their debts and neutral route the shmus
Such route must have for ourselves and that is all
have to do with them If cannot get it by nego
ation by purchase must seize and hold it by force
Of The law of nations would justify it, and it is
absolutely necessary for Pacific relations. The pres
ont condition of those unhappy States is certainly deplo
rabc, but the good God holds them in the hollow of His
hand and will work out their proper destinics.
We might expand the of slavery by acquiring
Cuba, where African slavery is already established Mr.
Calhoun from whose maturcd opinions whether con-
stopal principles southern policy it will rarely be
found safe to depart said that Cuba forbidden fruit
to us, unless plucked in EFFICIENCY of war Tkcrc
reasonable ground to suppose that acquire it in
any other way and the that will open to such
occasion will be grcatand general and bring about results
that the kccncst intellect cannot anticipate. But if
Ind Cuba could not make than three slave
States there, which would not restore the equilibrium
of the North and South while, with the African slave
trade closed and her only resort for slaves to this CONT
nent, she would besides crushing out whole sugar
culture by her competition afford in few years
ke for all the slaves in Missouri Kentucky aud Maryland
She is notwithstanding the exorbitant taxes imposed
her. capable of absorbing the annual increase of all
the slaves on this continent and consumes 1t is slid
twenty to thirty thousand year by her system of labor
Slaves decrease there largely. In timc under the sys
TEN practised, every slave in America might be eSerm
mated in Cuba the Indians. However the idle
African may pocrcae in the tropics il yet remains to be
proven and the facts against the conclusion that he
in those regions, work and thrive 1t is said Cuba is
to be Afcanized rather than that the United States
should take her. That threat which at time
somewhat alarming is longer any of disquetude
70 the South after experience Of the Acanizng of
st. Domingo and jamaica. What have lost by that
think we renped some benefit; and, if tho slaves of
Cuba turned loose great sugar culture would grow
up In Louisiana and Texas rivalling that of cotton, and
diycrting from II much labor that cotton would rarely
be below its present price.
You must not suppose for moment that opposed
to "the expansion OF the of African slavery On
the contrary believe that God created negroes for
other purpose than to be hc hew. of wood and draw
of water that is to be slaves of the white race
and wish to them in that capacity every spot
the surface Of the globe where their labor is necessary
beneficial Nor do doubt that such will be the final re
suit Much less would oppose the acquisition of terri
tory that would place the slave States numerical
equality, and more with the free States in the Union
But this review and scrutiny of the resources of tho South
shows, think, pretty conclnsively that have not
the surplus population suitable territory within
present reach to create any number of slave States
that attempt it Ivy costly, yet impnccabe and abor
tvs, enterprises will be to waste strength pur
posc and that the idea of recovering the equality in
voting OF the slave and free States whether the floors
of Congress elsewhere Is visionary We had better then
think at once make up minds according to the facts
and giving up all boote efforts look every consequence
of our position full in the face For one, can do SO
without dismay- without the slightest trcpidation Why
he South m twc1y mi If