The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-06-19

irstlMlia But slavery neye, can OK
isl to apH considerable extent in tho tec,
utoY A posed to be embraced IN The
Enew Slal Itpoycr has Aourishel there,
1t never n. The incxotabla laws Of
climate bd it, The staple commodi
| Ties OF Il country agoNot such as in the
/ produciiq Of ,hom slave labor is Wlua
bio. WI then, shoul West Virginia
be foray Subjuga,e toa system OF laws
and polio adopted to md indeed Hoces
sary fotF state Of Socictyaod class Of
Interests Fundamentally different rom
theirs, Il Embarrassing their progyes
IN almo every dopntmept Of lIIel-.
Why shdii the labor of the wbiic mon
Of the y Il be compelled to DO resuloted
by the hcy adapted 10 the Save labor
OF The eftg
In ma ng these remarks, have no
reierenS lo the moral cspectof thcsla'
very qQa iinn. I do moi wish in this con
neclion7 be cutanglel u the ma4es of
afgum2d 6iih which mora'ists and roIi-
Fionists iave surrounded aniinyolvod
the que ion Of slavery. In tbi, respect
my opifBns arc mauely formed. !
have bsl4ororc expressed Them in the
Senate, i am only roIerriug Q slavery
and th6fe Stale in tho light OF a wise
and jad ouS political economy Hon
ogeno1sAess Of interests, pursuits, and
social iailulioos IS essential to tho has
lmony I'D prosperity OF every politicnl
commaey, lIonco, the utility and wis
dom of gar separate State organization,
exercising municipal authority within
theirrcs pactiyo limits, ana adapting then
policyt -be peculiarilics of soil, climate,
marhct3 Social habits and education cx-
isiing q bin those limits Our naliouaI
Union, nbracing such q variety and cx
euto( #Eheso poculiaritics, kas found,
and md continue to fnd, the surest
guara1Rsnf its perpetoi,y, in the perfect
frecdoo Nith ghich each State in ii reg
nlaics sown institutions and policy in
con(ce6fy with local cSigoncies and in
tarcsSf peculiar to each State, Now,
sir, nod at this fact. The total number
Of sl55fs in Virginia, at the last census,
was fobr hundred aud ninety Thousand
eight bundrel and cighty-soyen. OF
lhesc, | have already stated, th6ro
were dily twelve thousand seven hundred
aud sdfeniy.onc- mot more Than nine or
ion 4 M 4 snnd- within the boundary of lhe
prop5sd new State, although those
boundfies include full third Of all the
lcrrit. of the State Of Virginia. If it
ware irable, yct it's utterly impossi.
! i,iastf j p.6lber Of slaves IN SNest.-
en Virginia should increase During
the last decade, which may be said to be
the era Of slavery propogandism the
number of slaves in the forty. four coun,
ties composing the territory asking all.
mission in the Union asa new State, ac
tually decreasing more than two thousand.
There wos decrease Of slaves iu nearly
all, f not in every one, Of these counties
AS | have said, the geographical posi-
ton, the climate, the soil, tbeproduc-
lions, the demands OF labor, The habi's
aud pursuits, and ! may as we'll add
the moral and religious sentiments of the
people forbid It's existence there. Tac
country is mainly adapted to the growth
of cereals, to grazing,aol to manufacture
ing. Hence, slave labor cannot be
profitable there and for this, If for no
other reason, it will be ia demand, Be
SIDES, The extended border Of free terrilo.
ry, from the Kentucky line 10 the upper
end Of Hancock county, aud thence back
again on the other side Of the State of
Maryland, makes it impossible 10 prevent
the escape Of any adult slave who wishes
to escape.
Mr.. President. ia view Of lhose con.
sideations, think ! am authorized 10
say that the division Of the SAFE Of Yjr-
ginia oskcti Tor, is a physical 4 political,
a social, an industrial, and Commercial
necessity. It is necessary for the pres.
ewulion Of harmonious and fraternaI re
lalions between the eastern and western
sections Of the State. 1t is indispensa'
bio 10 the development Of tho great nat.
ual resources Of West Virginia, and to
the prosperity and happiness of its inhab.
ilonts. And now, sir
9th. Aud lastly a lew words in re-
isig5b to Tue r9HIGrtgs@ thS GeS Stlls.
Its otoa will be OF lcas! respectable
greater than very many many Of the
other States Of The Union 1t will con.
tain about twonly.lour thousand squorc
miles. It will embrace immonso mineral
wealth, Il wil include wslc; power
moro than sufficient to drive all The ma
chincry Of New England. It contains
the finest forests Of timber on the CONT
nen,, /. includes the great Kanawha
salinos and tho Little Knawha oil wells.
| II gbounds in ion orc, aud It's coal fields
are sufficient to supply the consumdon
of the entire Union Tor n thousand years.