The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1860-05-30

Ing 70 admit the postulate, that whcrev
er soil and climate are 20 uniav0rable q,
70 render the employment Of slave labor
Improbable. is permanent maintenaLc.
Is altogether hopeless. But the convers,
u tho proposition BY no means follows
Il Is not true. in the present condition o
our political and social relations. that IL,
mere advantages Of favorable soil and Il.
mate arc sufficient 10 ensure the parma
nent maintenance Of slave property IL.
any Of the territories of the Unions Sucl
sould. indeed. b. the case in perfectly
healthy and normal condition of populai
ointment a. applied TO social and polit-
cal affairs. But the present condition IL
altogether abnormal and unhealthy
There l. IN the moral atmosphere a pesti.
lontul influence Ear more inyidious 10 Ga,
permanent security Of slave property ia
che territories, than IL the icedaggcr it.
.elf which, Ne are told. is borne horizon
tally on The chill blast Of the far North
/ wet. Evcry arrival OF an emigpnt train
from the North CREATES sn auxiliary Of
tntaronism % slavery. which, IL left an
estrained By sufficient legal cnactrpen.
efficiently onforccd, will prove ~ uoviou.
10 the Mcsilia Valley o. on tho shores a
Lake superior. II Is useless 20 say. tina
under the slutttcr sovereignty system
sheruycr the proper natural facilities an,
afforded for tho inaoductiou Of slay,
property. the shareholders will po-sess the
majority Of political power. and can max,
laws sufficient for their own 3 rejection
Tho superior facility Tor emigration and
settlement is in al casya on the . idc Of ths
opponents Of slavery. And even were th,
facilities Of emigration equiyalcst and ID,
numhero Of Northern and Southern settler.
equal siill The great prepoud"ranco %
voting men would be on the side of th,
North. These Is no surplus population IL
che Southern States. Especially i ther,
no surplus Of laborcrs. From Virginis 8,
Texas immense tracts Of land now I've un
cultivated for want Of an adequate suppl,
~ laborers. Thus the Southern popula
tion-especially The lsboring population
which seeks settlement in the 1'erritoricf
-is comparatively small and gradual 10
its advances.
| Again, there Is no surplus OF Aoatin,
capital At the south. The great bulk y
Southern capital consists in rial estate
and the incidental floating capital
scarcely sufficient for the management o
the real estate. When a Southern maj
rmigrates. he must first convert his fxe,
'apiial into floating capital. and the caus
- just mentioned frequently render thi
conversion difficult, and occasion many
incidental sacrifices in value.
A surplus Of floating capital. n surplu
II population. and surplus Of labor
must all combine TO render emigration
and settlement easy and rapid In mos
Of the Northern States this coordination
Of requisites exists n such an ~ tent as {
render emigration and territorial settl,
ment not only practicable. but unayod'
bic. 30 much for the race Of settlement
in which the North possesses an adyar
tage OF ten 10 one. both a. to time an
uupOrs.
IN the first stage Of settlement-at tn
first period in which a territory is rccoi
niled A. partially settled-thc period {
he establishment Of a territorial govern
nent-there is scarcely a territory
which the population Of non-sla veholdei
will not FAR out-number that Of slaves an
.hveholders combined. Moreover. ii
Northern capitalist, with his hnJ laborer
will weld hfyiOne votes while he Soutl
-rn capitalist, with his fty latsorers. wi
cunt but one vote. Apply. at this M
ment, the Squatter Sovereignty rule. thi
no majority Of votes shall beside for
against the holding Of slaves in the teri
tory, and Immediately and forever sla'
property is expelled and excluded.
svery instance, on every soil. under evel
climate. as cIectually and permanent
Is though laid under the ban OF Congre
.ional Introduction
Thus the disadvantage 10 ,laveholde
and the encouragement 70 the introdu
ton Of slave property into territories. q
nuiied or unorgnized. Is almost indie
nitcly cumulative. Let Northern comp
4 tition b. once authoritatively armed wi
tho decisive weapon Of Sluatter Soy,
, eighty. and Il will be mere quixotism
best Tor a Southern STAKEHOLDER % NAL
biz property the stake Of a hopeless 60
dict.
: Under any circumstances the sottI
r ment Of slaves in an uuorgniyed tcrrii
/. ~ Is attended with such txtra0rdina
: risk that their Introduction II sucii Gin
!. s scarcely prudent. The casualties
travel. the change Of climate. the exp
sure incident n new settlements, lndu
Y hostilities, lawless outrages ON the part
b the desperate class Of freobooter- vi
o .csk adventure and profit with un.crur
y lous IMMUNITY in our western wilds, Al
many similar agencies exist. any one
/ which may suffice 20 rcduca 10 inmedia
l. poverty even the most oputnt slavohol
d er who proves sufficiently plvcn,urous
4 hazard the introduction Of his proper
- into an unorganiled Territory Thus.
y most frequently happcns that the sla'
y holder. who desires to push his fortun
Il in the fsr.west, leaves his slaves at hon
u tie goes. like the Northern settler. arm
Al only with his rifle ard logwood axe
G. With his own hand ne howt out for hi
b self a new home In the ar-oH wilderne
upheld By the hope that better DAYS v
establish around him the supremacy a
security Of law Of equal iustire. VIII
will finally enable him to share the Fl
y Ghis toll. and enjoy the opulcnce wh
!, Il procure. him. with the dependents
= whom no owes protection and control
What encouragement con suah n
find in tho assurance that the great
Z iect Of his enterprise. and labor, and /
walton. may BE- snastlrcd from him At
q hostile fiat Of the FIRST band 81 aboliti
? ISIS who may secure the first ioothold
:, a nero patch Of ,ho extended territory
= which he has established an interest 8
= q property T. this right' Is it just :
4 surh injustice l. net the only evil wh
4. must resul. from the lynch law Of
: grab game q iquatter sovereignty.
). not ia the nature Of brave mes. who h
10 voluntarily lcft their homes 70 encoun
Az all the dangers Of frontier life, % sub
M 10 oppression like this without strugl
nd Arms are seized. reciprocal violence
sues. mutual outrages follow. civil autf
tiles are disrcgaryied BY all parties Ia
In good, bad aud Indifferent are alike OF
ith thrown, and the life. as well a. the pr
tee erty Of the stakeholder. becomes a m
81 bubble on the whirlpool Of anarchy Z
ler bloodshed.
~ TINS Is no imaginary picture. The
r. ma has already been performed. and
le' title Of the tragedy 3 true TO the etts
P1 "'quatser ,oversisniy aud AnArohy--,
J and indivisible"