The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-13
The Question Of the Day. .More Conserva.
five TestimOmv.

the Republic. "Why," exclaims Mr.. kEMBLE,
I" should we enter upon a crusade against the
Institutions Of our sister States They have
done US no injury. but great good they have
infrinGed no law affecting us, and in main tain
irg their rights upon the floor Of Congress
have borne themselves strictly within the
limita of the Constitution" with them the
question is not whether slavery Is right or
wro.e in the Observation-Disclosures ii De consist
ent with the interests of humanity to emanci-
pate from four and a quarter 10 four and halt
millions Of ignorant slaves, unaccustomed TO
and incapable of self-government-wheth
II other wise desirable, it would inure to their
benefit, as 1t certainly would TO The destruc-
ton of the white population and the desoia-
ton Of the country. With them 1t involves
life and dea tn and the dearest interests Of man.
1t il, therefore, not a question for argument.
but action; and it behooves every right-minded
man in the free States, who holds his allie
glance to the Constitution, and loves the Union
as the source of all our unexampled prosperi-
~ m a nation, to look at it in its true light.
and before it is too late to arrest it; for these
aggressions upon their tranquility and happi
ness, which have already alienated the minds
and exasperated the passions in the slave
STATES against Iuust otutI" SoohSA VI
later, eventuate in a dissolution OF our great
and glorious Confederacy."
Mr. KKMBLE then refers 10 the ignorance in re-
lation 10 Southern institutions which prevails
In the Northern States, ana gives the result
Of his own observations in visiting the South
He says with truth, that in all ages the negro
has been slave, but nowhere las slavery
ever existed in a form so mild and bene:icent
,t,.,rn
the tights Of the slave been so protected by
wise and equal laws; nowhere his physical
wants SO abundantly supplied; nowhere his
moral and INTELLECT impro vement so cared
for; and nowhere can the increase, which i
little short Of the white population OF the
country, be compared with it. 1t has been
double that Of England, and treble that OF The
Continent of Europe in the same 'ime-a re-
suit that could not have taken place under
tyrannical and oppressive system of go
vernment, and is the best retuta,ion tha
can be offered TO the falsehoods and eXag
gerations of abolitionism. Slavery with Us
Is very different from that which former
ly existed In the British West Indies, where
q country establishment is still called 4 pen,
from prison in which the slaves were always
confined for the night; or in Cuba, where the
same practice still prevails on all the larger
estates, and to which even the Chinese, who.
under false pretences, to the disgrace of hu-
mainly, have been induced to emigrate, are
equally subjected. Under such circums iances
any natural increase could hardly occur, and
accordingly, the number has only been KEEP,
up by impor tations from Africa. Baron Hum
boidt estimat ted the whole number of slaves
imported into the English West India colo.
Mes from the commencement to the expra-
ton of the trade, at two millions one hundred
and thirty thousand. In carrying out the act
of emancipation the emancipated slaves paid
for by the government was about 60u,0UO, ana
the returns gave about 100000 free colored in
all the colonies-together7 FOG, 0OD--an awful de-
flciency. With us an entirely different system
prevails" MIR. kKMBLE then describes in de-
tail the mode of supplying the wants, provid-
ing for the health, comfort, and religious in
struction Of the slaves, winding up by saying
that "a happier people than the slaves Of tht
South would be difficult to find and instead
Of plying the blacks-so much better off than
the daily laborer with us-I feel sympathy
for the whites who are compelled to think for,
and take care Of them, for they are thoughtless
and fxcitable, and easily led estray, although
the crimes that disgrace our Northern cities
are rare among Them
Mr.. kRMBLE quotes Mr.. GALLATIN in q
statement which ought Of itself to arrest The
attention of all mel in the North or England
who honestly believe that the slaves are badl.
treated in the Southern States. Mr.. GALA
TIN, after the most careful researches, makes
the number Of slaves imported into the United
States up to the suppression OF the slave trade
in 1868 not to exceed $4,000 souls. and Mr.
CARY, including Louisiana, states it at 33J, 600
In the year 1890, when the first census of tn,
United States took place, they numbered az
follows:
1890 The slave population numbered. 697 6o7
Free blacks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80 81
Aggregate OF African extraction. .... 757 20,
1900 Second census gives slave population s96 81!
Free colored .......... .....-... 40 or
Total. .............I COS 90
ls5O-Iast census the number of slaves was 20i
Free blacks and funaways AS d3
Total. ...s 652 75t
1t is estimated that the census OF 1860 viii
not give less than $4,000 for the colored pop
ulation Of the United States, an increase per
fectly unknown in the his tory of the race and.
when compared with results in Cuba and III.
Mr.. KkMBLE thus points to the free ne
groes OF New York, who are sinking out o.
existence, in the miist of filth and vice; Il,
Jamaica, where, from population of $4,000,
nj the time Of the ncipation, the decrease
according to government returns, in five years
was seventy thousand. Let such facts a.
these be pressed home upon the Northern
mind, aud all candid and intelligent citizens OF
the tree States will perceive and acknowledge
the emptiness, mprac,icabiiity and iniquity
Of abolitionism.
The Commissioners from South Carolina.
Col {. Il. MkMMiNGEE, the distinguished
Commissioner from South Carolina 10 Vir.
ginia, Is an eminent statesman OF the Palmetto,
State, aud Is not less respected for the pure
and elevated qualities OF his character. than
for his superior intellectual abilities and ac-
complishmen,s. Col. MEMMiNGER has been
appointed by the Governor of South Carolina.
under the instructions OF the Legislature O,
that State, TO visit and confer with the Execu.
tive and Legislative authorities. Virgins
deeply appreciates this manifestation of sym.
paihy and Kindness from South Carolina Our
citizens will no doubt rejoice in the opportu.
nifty 10 manifest the mos. cordial courtesy aGd
attention TO the distinguished guest of GU,
State-a guest who represents one Of the mos
chivalYic and intelligent and generous people
ander the sun.
OPENINo OF THE ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA
Exr4NsiON.=-The Directors Of the Orange and
Lynchburg Railroad will on Saturday next
PASS over tho entire route In train OF cars
from Alexandria to the river opposite Lynch
burg, to which place this railroad is now nm
iahed. The train will reach Charlo ties willie by