Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-02
TERarrOHrsL EXPANSION.

HA4AG NAAANA IN A4H EAA-EA EeaAEn AlL ~ ADl-
promise, was demonstrated IA our paper Of
yesterday, to Be unworthy the serious consd-
GRAFTON, and an insult to tie common sense, Of
the slsveholding States. It practically ex-
eludes us from all the territory now owned OF
hereafter to be acquired BY the United States.
lit pass through The present Congress, it vul
be referred to the several States for their sdop-
tiOrorrsjsshon, and Tennessee must 20 thrOugh
the idle ceremony OF a formal consultation up
on its merits. II It receives its quistus in the
House Of Representatives, ssis prohable.thsn
We are thrown back again e tie starting point,
in the mirs Of controversy which our Unicn
friends have 50 loudly and m~anfully boosted
must Be settled n0p aad f5Tsuer. Lsttbem pre-
pare to make good their words, lest they may
make themselves liable TO the singing epithet
Of the Chicago Democrat, once applied 10 the
whole people OF the South. The whole state
rights party stands ready to back them in any
manly effort to rescue our rights, provided that
we are not required to inpiore them as a boon
from our enemies. Our object al present is TO
call their attention to the practical Importance
81 this territorial question, in its bearing uron
the future. Because but a small proportion OF
the present Territories is adapted to slave labor,
many are disposed to treat the question ss an
abstract one, which may be yielded without
actual injury to ourselves or those who are to
succeed Us. So long as this false idea prevails,
a strenuous advocacy Of our rights in this re-
spect cannot be anticipated. Awise and prac-
tealstLiesman has said +" You must crystal
lie an abstraction into a fact that Expresses,
before you can arouse the people By it." We
hold that 50 far from being an abstraction,
sAiE territorial question is the great question
now between the two sections. The North
already outnumbers Us in the'number Of States,
and in population. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
which viii be f~ree-soil, is sufficient to form six
or seven new States that viii rapidly be
filed BY the tide Of foreign immigration to our
shores. The British possessions on this con
tinsnt, already restless, and almost ripe for
revolt, will swell the aceessions Of northern
power aud fulfil the destiny OF expansion fol.
the North. The organic law Of every young
and vigorous nation is to expand its limits.
The history Of every nation from the snted1u-
VIA PERIOD when the gigantic descendants Of
Cain invaded the lands OF the peaceful pstri-
srchs, 10 the present day, in which England
strives to plant her colonies from the frozen
regions Of the north pole to distant Australasia,
proves The truth Of this assertion. France M
furls Der banner in classic Rome, and plants
her lilies in Algeria. Austria, from a ducal
domain on the Danube, By various secessions,
has expanded TO its present area, ami now
reaches forth its hand 70 grasp a portion Of
the States Of the Church. Expansion is a ne
csssity Of every growing nation. More espe-
cislly is this true OF the slavehoIding States Of
America. The remarkable fscunditY and rapid
increase Of the slaves, have compelled south
ern statesmen to provide Tor an outlet in the
distant future, toward the far South, in regions
where their labor viii still be profitable.
Mere than twelve years ago, Mr. HEERY Ca
hey, one Of the sblest American writer's on po-
litiesl economy, predicted, that at no very dis
tsnt period, the negroes would Be accumn-
lated in such numbers in The Southern
states, more particularly in the cotton
States, that those States would be abandoned
BY the whites, and that black Senators would
ultimately sit in the Congress Of the United
States. Hence the tenacity with which north
ern men cling to their platform, which is d
signed to restrict slavery to is present limits.
The Confederate States, BY Withdrawing from
The Union, and freeing themselves from the
inimicsllsgislstion OF the North, have baked
their scheme, and brought to naught their well
laid plans. They are free 70 follow their
natural destiny Of expansion, and by gradual
aceessIons will form TIE most magnificent
country on the globe, the center Of which will
be the gulf OF Mexico.
How viii ths border slave States, if they
remain in the northern Union, be affected by
this permanent restriction against the extern
sion Of their Institutions. The Constitution
of The Confederate States confers upon their
Congress the power to prohibit-the imPOrta-
ton OF slaves into their limits. should the
border States finally decline to unite with
them, it will evidently be Incumbent Oh
Congress to exercise this power, 80 that the
border slave States may not become Abolition
lied BY the gradual drain Of slaves to the
south. They cannot be carried into the Terri
tories Of the North, because the Biaek-Repub-
Iiesns have blocked the avenue and pro-
pouneed an eternal ediet that no slave shall
ever Be carried into the Territories Of the Uni
Ted States. The inevitable result viii be that
the slave population Of the border States must
remain within tho limits Of the several States
where they now are. Il is more Than probable
bateaeh Of these States would prohibit impor-
tstion Of slaves from the Others The white
popuIsiion would, as heretofore, emigrate to
never and more fertile soiis but they must
leave tbeir slaves behind. Thess DOald remain
10 ~poyalae hx border Stafes, and multiply for
err paasn he fred area froa tshich they oouid
aeBcr depart.
By the census returns Of 1850, Virginia con
tsips a slave population Of 495ss26, being
nearly one-sighth Of all the slaves within The
rnio5 me increase in ten years was 292@.
Tennessee contains 2s7,112; the increase in
ten wears being 1862. Kentucky contains
a95 900. with an increase for the same period
Of l44l9.
This vast seeretion to the slave population
has occurred, II must be remembered, in de-
suits Of the vast deportation Of slaves to The
~.ttou and sugar felds Of The sou'b, which
b,s bssn 90 constant and steady as to have az
ersd TO tie border states the reputation Of the
aslave-brsedingv States, which raised them
Cor the southern narkets. ne ratio OF in
crease Of The blacks is greater now than that
o. The whites. Stop The exports of slaves from
tbsss states completely, while The emigration
Of the young and s%nterprislng whites continues
a freely a. il has in former Fsars, and how
many generations will elspss before the blacks
will outnumber the Whites2 How many add
aonsI generations before tbe prediction Of
Mr.. CArEY will Be verified, and black sena-
tors sit IN the Congress ofthe United states
These results arc as certain as The iaevita-
BE progress Of tine.itsslf, unless emancipa-
ton or forced abolition intervene to change
che current Of events. No people on earth
woul5 voluutsrflv renounce or destroy a prop
.rtv 90 vast and valuable. n the BIaek-Re-
,rbursn Government Of the United States
should attempt 70 initiate the fanaheal
conduct Of England, and smanciPats one
and q half millions Of slaves, com
1snsatirg the owners, even partially, FOL
tbeir property, It would create 2 debt that
would impoverish, sink and overWhelm any
Government on earth. TIE burden would de-
volve in part OF. the border States themselves
and in the end The bankTuPteyof their debtor.
would cause the whole loss to fall upon th'
unfortunate owners 81 ..the slaves.
Such would be be certain results Of a failure
70 obey the divine Law Of territorial expan.
sion. The alleged abstraction IS indeed a fac
OF serious and vital import, more Tor The fo
turs than present.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
We publish his morning The proceedings o.
q secession meeting recently held il this gal
1aut county, whose devotion 80 the souther
cause vas so amply demonstrated in The lat
state elecion. It viii be noticed thaERreso
luton was passed petitioning the legislator
Of the State to esds that county to Alabami