Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-02-23


pertincncc of the abotionists have heard many
good people say this, who firmly and sincerely be-
eye in its truth nevertheless, 1t is not the whole
truth. The fact is, that very great rise took
place in the price of cotton about that time, and
has been maintained ever since, and this multiplied
the money value of negroes three or four fold. Ii
is sad confession to make, but it must be made.
The advance i'll the value IF slaves caused the hui
name policy of emancipation to go down to dis
count, to be computed By applying the rule OF The
inverse ratio Such alas! is the frailty OF our ma
ture that all men will seek to Justify what seems
10 be their interest; and hence the change OF
sentiment upon the subject of Slavery at the South,
reversing all her maxims of policy creeping steal
thily beneath the crmine of the Judge. and by ju
dcial mandate robbing the poor negro of s soul to
justify the cnslavement of his person. Cotton is
indeed King. If he can thus drive another rvet in
the chain which holds five millions of bondmen.
1t may not be an uupeofable inquiry to consider
whether he is not equally powerful to loose as to
bind Ifthc half million and more of free negroes
now in the United States should be transpanted to
the tropics, and should employ themselves. and the
natives of the country under their guidance, ia
planting cotton and sugar, il would make an i'm
mcnse difference in the supply OF these stiples.-
they could raise them more abundautly and cheap
ly than can be done in the Southern States with
slave labor. The competition would be difficult to
withstand and would certainly dispose the minds OF
hiSh W WIFI iHOTt COui-
placency than they do now. Would not the hope
thus held out inspire those who belong to that race
and who are now free, with an eager desire TO
brace the offer which have supposed our Govern
mcnt might make them? How noble the task of
redeeming their own race from bondage, and how
( full of Inspiration the thought. Many of them are
gifted with high order of intelligence and | be-
lieve them capable OF such Improvement rs will en-
4 enable them to establish and maintain better and
more stable Government than any now existing in
the tropics--one which would confer benefits u,on
the whole world
| Volumes have been written and spoken about the
commerce ofthc Indies and the East--a commerce
which has enriched all the nations which have pos
scssed and enjoyed it, building up vast cities inthe
deserts through which, in ancient times it took its
laborious course, and creating Empires and States
J into whose lapit poured. to decay and disap-
pear from among nations with its loss. The vast
commerce, which has founded empires, was itself
created by the productive power of the colorcd
races of Asia-Iione of which are capable of en-
during the fcrvors of the torrid zone well the
negro, none of which possess greater capacity for
| Improvement, more patient industry. than the
people OF that race-and the country from which,
/ tor so many ages this almost miraculous stream of
wealth has flowed cannot be compared with the in
tertropical regions of America for fertility of soil
AID mineral resources. | have already advertcd
] to some Of the reasons which give decided supc-
IL.
make it absolutely certain that they arc destined to
supply the world with cotton and sugar Here,
! also, are procured the finest qualities of toblccO,
an the best and most abundant supplies of coffee
all the precious woods and dye stuifs, medical
plants, and tropical fruits 1t is, moreover, the
richest region ofthe world in gold and silver, and
precious stones This immense reservoir of
wealth, whose commerce will one day make the
marvellous riches of the Orient seem Insignificant
BY comparison, lies adjacent to our ports almost
within reach of our ouSretched arm, accessible to
our fleets bv n few davs sail across the Gulf AMI
its vast interior penetrated by mighty rivers, nav
igtble for thousands of miles by going vessels
Europe can only avail herself of the productions of
the East by y0yaging half around the world; which,
with steam vessels evcn is an aff,ir of months. A
few days stcaming is all that is necessary to reach
| our India from any Of our great seaports. The
Mississippi river pours itself out into the very lap
of the tropics and the great Gulf stream, gathering
there is volumes, pours its floods along our At
antc seaboard as If iture had provided these two
great currents, flowing south and north, to be the
arties OF our interchanging commerce.
The torrd zone contains more cutiyable land
than all the rest ofthe earth put together, and is the
most productive with the least labor. On this con-
tlneat, its resources may be said to be untouched
| for the small part of it which has been subject
ed to cultivation is Insignificant indeed, when
compared with the vast tracts Of its ulltamed
its untold wealth is, race of men capable
Of enduring the climate and who shall at the same
time be sufficiently advanced in civilization to be
capable of maintaining stable Government to pro-
tect property. Experience has shown that our race
cannot extend itself to that region without loosing
its hardihOod and vigor-indeed, it cannot prop
agate itself in that climate, and requires constant
recruiting from the temperate zone to keep up its
numbers. Even in the mountainous regions, whose
elevation procures the climate of the temperate
attitudes, the defendants of the Spanish conquerors
have, from some cause, diminished in numbers, and
become thoroughly dcmoralized, and incapable of
maintaining any kind of government worthy of that
name. All the productive industry is performed
by the negro race and it is by that race alone that
those regions are to be regeneratcd, and brought
within the circle of civilization In the United
States, there are FIVE Millions of negroes, who have
received, under eur Immediate tuition, amount
of instruction and knowledge in government, re-
liSion, and all the arts of civilized life, Which
makes them superior. as a people, to any of the
! coiored races of the world. Etr Grey Colonial
Secretary under the Administration of Lord John
Russell, in speaking of plan to promote the inn
migration of the frcencgroes from the United States
into the British West India islands, bears this
phatc testimony in their behalf:
.sch an addition to the existing population Of Trinila
would have tendency TO raise Tie sr3e conamsaIg
se Of cfrao whnrnas there is precisely the opposite
tendency with respect to immigration from other quar-
ter and this is slight drawback to the adyantas, to bc
obtained from it,"
Itis this race ofmen christianizcd in onr church
cs, civilized by our firesdes and educated in gov
ernmentby hearing our political discussions, tiro'
whom would extend our laws, our power, and our
influence. to the tropics of America, and make its
wealth tributary to our commerce, requiting US a
thousand fold for every sacrifice it would cost ex
plating the error OF their enslavement by giving
the enfranchiscd bondmen free honlestcads and free
! government; removing from our midst the prolific
| cause of bitterness between brethren; brushing
asay an institution whose m,lign influence brings
desolation wherever il is found, and avenges the
wrong done to the subject race by the evil it incs
upon the wrong deer -s.-
| / invoke the example Of the pioneer nation in
colonization, Great Britain She has created an
empire. surprising in extent and solidity that OF
| Rome, by her colonial system, inparting to her
dependencies her free institutions, and making
them adhere to the empire without force, from
sense Of mutual advantage, and the attraction of
! common power and CORY 1t is this which has
made her the heart Of the world OF commerce, its
! life giving currents imparfinc strength and power
/ to resist the combined dcspotisrn of Europe.
| What has been her policy in relation to the ne
groes under her control in the West Indies and what
| the result of that poiicy7 She has liberated and
instructed, and has propagated her. power and infu-
influence, through their ins;rumentality. to such
degree to control most of the of those
regions, and to sway the counses of all the sur
! rounding ia ions; whilst we, to whom the people of