Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-12-01

mother, expressly to beat the little ne
groes with. A taithiuI and pious POM
pey exposed to all kind Of iII-usage be-
cause Dinah, who loved him-oh, how
tervenlIy would not listen to the un.
manly proposals Of Drive. the overseer'
completed the picture. By such repre-
seutations as these a body of AS hardwork-
inc md loyal subjects Of England ever
possessed, were held up to %obIoquy, and
negro emancipation WIS affected with
| out regard to the interests OF men VIII"
We're popnlar,y supposed TO be revelI"g
in iII-yo.ten gains. But politicians and
tn public, and ever the friends OF th-
slaves themselves, have now begun TO
See matters in a clearer light.
Our W colonies are impoverished,
but the sum Of slavery is no. diminished;
i. has only been transferred from US to
more graspi"g, p'tiless and unscrupulous
hands. Never was the prospect OF e'nan-
| cipa,lon more distant than now that
foreign shareholders are est bllsh'ng a
monopoly OF all the great staples of
tropical produce. The islands which in
the oldeu times suppl ed so much sugar,
coffee and cotton, are going out OF cul-
livation, while Cuba, the United States
and Braz'! are every day extending the
area of their cultivation and the number
of their slaves. SO valuable indeed, is
the slave 10 Cuba, that, in spite o ftrelt1es
and penal laws, cruisers aud blockades,
thousands of Africans are yearly carried
across the Atlantic to wolk on The sugar
and tobacc, plantations. Tie wealth. OF
the island is such ;iat, IN spite OF the
missovernment, oppressive taxes, and a
Spanish army Of $1,000 men, lis pro-
prietors are among the richest men in
the world. As to the Unite Sta,es, ii
is, indeed, folly TO expecl anything rom
that quarter. Slavery on the North
American continent has extended, is ex-
tending, will extend. As long as the
supplies of cotton are below the demand
in all the markets Of the world: SO lon-
| will slave labor be too valuable 10 b
parted with. Even the Northern slave
States, bur a few Yeas ago were discus
s1n. tie gradual abandonment OF the
system. are silent about the abolition,
immediate or pros eclive. The slaves
are at present a .real, perhaps tie
greatest source OF we.ll,. IF they tan
not cujtivaie their oan land, they bred
negroes 10 supply The new P!aet"ti"ns o
the South. 1t i ay be declared that tie
attacks Of Aboliti"nists aud Interference
OF the North are The cause of tbs de
| claratlon TO uphold slavery; but no sen
sinie man will believe that mere rrita-
,ion a9d oo>tinacv {. uIl lead to ST. Ii
great tcsui's. TIE ~ tencr Of slavery
Is IA eeon"mIcs' question, aud so long
rs The system Is profitable We cannot
doubt l'at ii Mi be mtntajne.!. Muell
the same may be sud with respect t.
Brazil where the Institution prevails
with features Of cruelty unknown ever
in The woist of tImesOhuder Ea.Hsl
rules.
Now. 10 these countries We have gwen 4
monopoly Of products which are The
ct,iei bass Of our Industry, or among
lue chief sources Of our revenue. + et
are becoming rich, powerful, arrogant.
every day less inclined 10 be Quilted bs
English COUNCILS, or moved bv Enoti>h
Interference. Viii all lae readiness
that seIf-lutt,est induces thew have learn
ed the Arguments against limiting slave
ry and slave importation, from our mis-
haps our acknowledgements Of failure
from their own prosperity, and from Our
dependence upon them. They have the
law Of nations ID their side, and nav
quo'e it in answer to any assertion Of our
right to interfere in the cause ef tumsni-
ty. They are free nations and Africa Is
a free coast. Negroes are necessary to
raise the cotton, sngar. coffee aud to-
bacco which the world wants. The
white man cannot work under a tropical
sun, and unless The African be used as a
laborer, the tairest regions Of New World
must remain a desert. ln fine, negroes
must be had at any cost, and no nation
has a ri.btto impose its own s%crupulositv
on other free %c,nmunities. Ii England
has ruined her own colonies, there is no
reason why sho should seek to check
the progress of the whole American con
tinent. Such is The kind Of reasoning
which is becoming more and more coun-
mon every day aud We NAV depend
upon it that in some form or under some
pretext the slave owners of their hemis
phere will again attempt to obtain a sup
ply Of negroes from the coast Of Africa.
The recent importation int" the French
colonies has naturally aroused their al