Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-03-23


remuneration for his labor Capt. Pope IN D
. report Of his reconnaissance oI the line OF o.
, explodes the idea that irrigation isan eSpensh
, operation, and states as an evidence tha' eo'
was selling ut go cents per bushe in the vale
of the Rio Grande, and was worth at the sam
time 81 80 per bushel in Arkansas. We o'
: tanned information recently from Loulsan
sugar planter, who had but just returned
the overland mail route, an explanation
Chihuahua aud Sonora, who was eStravagar
in his praises Of the valleys OF Fuerie, May
and Yayui, rivers Of southern Sonora; upo
whica he stated, cotton and sugar.cnne woul
grow side by side in tropical luxurianre.
There is another feature OF this question
which has not elected the attention wlrch tn
Importance of the facts demands. And that i
the .'law of nature" which ncnpaci'aies ih'
white race from the duties OF constant uanua
labor under the vertical sun OF the hopicsi Inc
Caucasian race, transplanred to the plains and
low lands of the lower temperate and fofr'd
zone, looses that physical elasticity and visor
which belong ss-ns the simple effect o. climate
to the more hardy children Of the North
| We have all witnessed the facility with which
the educational prejudces Of the northern emf
grant are dissipated by personal contact win
the 'instituton;' how rapid his conversion un'
der the mollifying influences of our 'nerval'
ing climate, and hoy speedily, II able, he calls
in requision the aid of neglo labor The
same claws Of nature will produce ;he like re.
suits. upon the same clnsses, when removed TO
region still more tropical than Texas. II is
for this reason, we entertain no apprehenSions
as to the Ultimate results Of the influx oil north
ern emigration in any future acquisition TO-
wards the tropics, prorided there is sufficient
'leaven of southern emie ration TO those regions
to 'leuven the whole lump
The climate will do its ,cork i staGs tabor
,cW pap Nor will the acquisition OF addition
al southern territory southern because tropicaIi
cause ultimately diffusion Of slave labor, and
thereby endanger its stability and strength.
The la5or question, though intimately CONNECTED
with that ofrerrtorIul expansion, wH tahe ca'c
Of aset. No one event will so speedily has
len the advent of beuntiful supply Of 'At,ican
Emigrants,' as the opening up of an extended
area for the proftaNs occupation Of that species
of labor
The next generation will not visit our mem
ory with harsh censure, for extending the It.
mits, in which they may pioftab'y employ tie
twenty-five or thirty million Of slaves which
will have accumulated, as the natural increase
of the race now here. We were struck recent.
tly with the candid views of a gentleman who
was an extensive New England farmer, and
also merchant in New York city. He was
that rhe agitation of the slavery ques.
ton, would result in the rcopening of the slave
trade in five years
The manufacturing and commercial world
have learned, at last, that they cannot exist
without the productions of slave labor. They
are slowly bur surely learning; that to destroy
the labor which produces the material that
clothes the world that instant, the looms OF the
tenantess factories Of both Old and New Eng
land would stand silent by the wall; and their
immense merchant marine rot idly at their
wharves England and France are seeking to
retrieve the fatal policy of the past. The abo
ition demagogue and political clergy OF the
lorh still continue to reflect the sentiments of
Exter Hail.; but the paramount demands of
world wide and munifcent commerce; founded
lpon the preservation intact of the patrlarchal
Institution of the SOUTH combined with the dit-
us.on of correct intelligence, which the free
discussion of the labor question has elected,
viii ere long revoluionze public sentiment,
n quarters hostile TO its existence and propa-
Tatlon.
This issue, of The po7itical preponderance Of
he sections, has been cunningly devised by po-
i,icians of the Seward school, TO play upon
he fears, and arouse the baser passions Of
heir constituents; and the woes and wrongs OF
he foIlv, well fed and clothed servant Of the
southern household, has been the hobby upon
which they have sought 10 ride into place and
1ower.
We regard this issue of political preponder-
,nce as unfortunate, as false. The South de-
Tres no more than an equality in the Union,
md an equal participation in the benefits of a
ommon government. The South does not
eek political power to impose legislative res.
rictons, and destroy the industrial interests Of
he North Nor should the North threaten
he vitality Of our industrial strength, in whose
they, in common with the civiliz-
d world are as deeply interested as ourselves.
There is no conflict of interest between the in |
ustriaI pursuits of the rival sections but there
hould exist generous emulation for an in
rease of industrial power, whose happy fruit.
on would result in the unlimited prosperity of
he individual citizen and the consolidation Of
ur national strength and glory.
The colonies of Tyre, Carthage and Rome |
sers never comparable with the Apglo-Amer-
,an colonies, who leveed all obstacles by the
frencth of their arm, and the sweat of their
row. We owe all we are, as great power
f the earth. to the steady and honorable ac-
usition of enlarged domains for the develop
nent ofAmerican industry and enterprises.
the feeble colonies established on the stern
nd rock bound shore of the Atlantic, increas.
d as increases the gentle rill in its onward
ourse, by uniting with the other rills and III
ers, until with majestic sweep its vast volume
,ours into the ocean.
Progressing has been the manifest destiny
f our race. And as our chief magistrate is