New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-26


lection first. II is not acicable-African
slaves are continually pouring into Cuba. Brides
there suffice TO Obviate the weak epposltion oil
officials. In the South no brides will be neces-
sary. English. Spanish, and American navies do
nee suffice to guard the coast OF Cuba. What
precautions, then, will answer for the extended
and infinitely indented coast of Cottendom
Hitherto Federal laws as well as Federal fleets
have blocked the way. Yet Southern Juries
have been exceedingly tender of the abettors Of
"njracy" under the old regime; what will they
be then, under the new The cargoes Of the
Wanderer. and other "piraticaw crafts were
mysteriously disseminated over the country. by
some subtle means Uncle Sam was relieved of
the Elephant" which fell into his hands at Key
West. Southern people laughed at his perpleIity
and poohed ct the folly of sending the nggers
back, at heavy expense, when they would
cheerfuly give Uncle Sam the same amount to
let them stay. Does any one suppose they would
be guilty of such foolish act themselves.
Lastly. the objection of the arstOcrats is with
ont good reason, at least for the present. In the
new States enough lands are yet unappropriated
to accommodate the influx Of the slaye-trade for
years without materially diminishing the value of
negroes. When the produce Of a negro's labor
fails to net the present profit thereupon, the price
of negroes will fall. But past experience has
shown that cotton consumption increases as rap
idly as the cotton culture; and, as far as that
staple is concerned, negro labor does not seem
! likely to grow less valuable very soon. This OBJ
lection will obtain il Georgia if anywhere. She
| has much old aud worn-Out land. Her people
contribute largely, for this reason, to the immi.
| grafton of Texas. Yet they 90 there not from
any lack of fresh lands in Georgia. There are
countless acres of untitled land in her borders.
But it is mainly held in large estates by the
wealthy, and these refuse TO ALLEVIATE an acre.
| On the contrary, the large landowners manifest
! the true Yankee disposition TO annex " all that
| lines him." The average plantation is probably
not less than | goo acres (of course We do not
refer to the "crackers' OF the "pnery woods }.
Estates of two or three thousand acres are common
! One large estate Of ten thousand acres in the
best cotton and corn region of the State is held
by parties who, their neigbbors complain, "wont
part with an acre" The lottery lands of the
! state, comprising the Indian reservations, and
| including the larger part of the State. although
afordiug an opportunity at the time OF their DIS
! tributiOn for citizens 10 secure somewhere lot
of 200 acres for little nothing, fell, the better
portion of them, mainly into the hands Of sPeca-
lators, and are consequently now found grouped IN
large tracts. Thus the aristocrats have the
poorer classes in their power. What can man
do with niegers, without land ? They VIII prove
very cannibals 10 him, deyouring him quickly and
without grace. The rich have 10. only greater
means wherewith TO buy, and thus to absorb the
African influx, but they have also the need for
more labor To open up and fructiy their idle
| fields Here is one planter IN my minds eye
| He owns Z, 800 acres of land and but % hands.
| lie cultivates but about 500 or less-not more
than 800, we believe in any one year. The ave-
race through the South is 900 acres of tillable
land to the hand. Surely, here is a fine opening
for the African slave-trade, and II il mostly IN
the hands of the rich. In fact, the first effect OF
opening the slaye.trade will be to raise the price
of land. and this effect has already followed Sc
cession, in anticipation TO some degree More
ever, along the coast, on rice plantations, and IN
the cultivation Of sea-island cotton, cheap and
hardy Africans are in great demand The labor
is trying, and demands the real African. The
natural increase does not compensate for the an
nual loss of labor here; and it is just here that
the welcome supply comes first 10 hand. IT IL
/ here that a. hands are stretched OUT 10 Ethiopia.
If Ethiopia reciprocates the compliment there is
not the least doubt about her being taken in and
" civilized"
But all objections viii vanish if free career Of
Slavery extension opens up before the South.
She really cannot oyerrun virgin soil with her
"system of civilization without the slaye.trade.
The prize of political power will escape her in
the future as it has in the past, for this very
reason. Her system may be model one, but it
If weak in the legs. 1t cannot run without art-
fetal stimulus Does any one suppose the craving
ambition Of " Southern statesmen" viii rest con-
tent with the slow and apparently ingorOus task
of developing the power and resources Of the
new Confederacy within its present limits, while
the Unsuitable spirit Of Northern enterprise is
girdling them about with impossible barriers
| Surely not and / close with the words of one
who, not long since, announced them TO the South
| az /" the true solution of the yexed negro cues
/ tion:" &" When she at last realizes that Slave
/ States can only be constructed on the basis of
cheap negroes, She will consent to reopen the
trade with Africa"
FROM MARYLAND.