Des Arc citizen., 1859-03-18
Erpan.ian ,h. PoIicr of ,hs sOuth.


 Wnh ihr exception of Senator Ham, mond. we bellrvr that no southern siates- man has doubsrd that southern expansion
 s an absolufe necessity for the PeTpe,ua- ton of slavery and the preservaiion of soushefn socic'y. This gentleman, oS- ever. in bis celebrated Barnweli spceels-- a speech ,hatin other respects i' the uues, embodiment of soand southern eonserva- iism we know of--expresses the opinion ,has no more slave territories are to be had, and ayows ii as the policy of the South that she must remain quieseent within her present area Of slave territory.
 To ,tis political doctrine, with all our respect and vcuenlion fof the eminent CarolinIan. we are nos willing lo submit To the institution of slavery expansion Is ss much necessity as is the Iife-giving shower to vegetation. Abolition Ingena- ivy could have devised no more successful means for ns overthrow, than the policy of refusing ,he South to advance and ex- pand pari Fassu with the North. Il is attacking il in is most salient point.- Confine the South 10 her present limits, give her no outlet for her surplus slave population, and with the rapid and enor- nous increase of that species of property, the land to be cultivated in proportion 10 the namber or slaves will become so small that slave labor will not pay. In faei t will become burden 10 the master, and like the adder will sting itself 10 death. The problem then to be solved will be how to get rid of it. The very destiny of Afri- can slavery, and with it of southern civili- za,ion, is involved in this question of ex- pansion. If no, permitted by dominant majority 10 expand ia fhe Union, the law of self preservation requires that we seek an outlet even at the sacrifice of the Union.
 Nor do we believe wirh the eminent Senator, that there are no more slave ter- ritories to be had. Independent of Cuba, there are countries we may obtain legIti- mately. where southern men may go with their property and continue their domestic institutions. The right bank of the Rio Grande. from Arizonia to the mouth of that noble river" gays an eminent writer, :" stretches out before us, inviting oeeupa- lion, and almost begging a pro,ectoraie. " There southern men may go--may estab- fish their institutions and cause their prop erty to be protected, by establishing a new State on the most legitimate basis-fhe consent of tte gorerned. With Texas as the boundary on the left bank of the Rio Grande, and new territory reaching to Sierra Madre on ;he right, a new State can be added to the South by the assent of the rancheros and the voting popula- lien, and slavery which was planted there by the Spaniards under the scheme of Las Casas. and fourished for so many years may be again successfully revived. The recent pro-savery legislation in New Mexico, augurs we'll for such result Thousands Of rifles are now sleeping in the Southern states. ready 10 awake at he call of a leader and become an army of occupation in that broad territory be- tween Monterey and the Rio Grande.- IL is eminenty adapted to slave labor, and would be an immense element of strength to us, in the Union or out of it. Then too, there is the inviting region of Central America, right in the path of our progress souihward and westward. It's acquisition in process of time will become necessity 10 us as an outlet for our sur plus slaves, and will redeem from barbar- ism to civilization one of the fairest re- gions of the globe. There is enough slave territory within our grasp, and its acquisition is absolutely necessary for the preservation of our cherished institution.
 No, the South must not manaele herself and be perpetually inactive. An echo from the grave of the lamenled QuITMAN reminds Us that EXPANSION SOUTH WARD AND WESTWARD" is emphaticaIy the policy of the South. If he were liv- ing he would tell us that non-cxpansion is perfectly incompatible with the security of the South and unsupported by the tra- ditional policy of our statesmen as illus traied in the acquisition of Louisiana and Texas.
 .ryT Hon. WM. T. AVERY announces himself as a candidate for re.election to