Year: 1859

REVIVAL OF THE SLAVE TRADE-N0. XVIII.


"Tae loar must be carried into Africa"


Within the last three months the Supreme Court
of California has declared severe penal statute
against the importation Of Chinese unconstitutional
upon grounds of public policy, which may be con-
sidered as settling the question beyond doubt of
permanent slayery, Chinese or African, or both, in
California. Indeed from the very day that Cali
fornis was admitted into the Union until now, her
people have been as true to tho South on the sub
ject Of slavery the South has been true to her
SELF The California Legislature at its first Session
adopted liberal laws for the protection of the few
slaves which had been carried to the Golden State
during its brief Territorial existence. The Courts
there have always rigidly enforced the fugitive
slave law. The State has never failed to vote
with the South in Presidential elections by large
majorities. Both Houses Of the Legislature re-
Gently passed Resolutions almost unanimously re-
questing Senator Broderiek to resign, on account
Of his afdliation with Douglas Democrats against
the South. The Legislature at its last Session
also enacted law to divide the State 80 as to
erect all her Territory South of the famous Com
promise line of So: 80 into new State, for the
express purpose that it might become negro
slave State, as it is the finest agricultural region
in many respects on the Globe An additional
motive was to secure two more United States
Senators to represent the interests of the Pacific
but the chief object was to conciliate the South,
whence the strongest opposition has hitherto come
to the Pacific Rail Road, which California has
much at heart.


1t remains only for Congress to approve the
Act of the Legislature dividing the State and to
revive the slave trade, so that cheap negroes may
be had, to give the South all she has ever claimed
on the Pacifc-to give her the whole Pacific coun-
try. Oregon is likewise faithful to the South on
the slave issue. Hor people are largely Demo-
cratic of the States Rights, not the National
School Of Politics. Perhaps they formed their
political principles partly from the precepts and
example Of California, which is more ultra in
States Rights than even South Carolina. To the
best of my information the California Courts are
the only State Courts in the Union, which have
asserted reasserted in divers important causes
Mr.. Calhoun's doctrines of State jurisdiction in
judicial matters. But another explanation of Ore
CONS sympathy with the South is the fact, that
several thousand Chinese are there and that they
are treated Us slaves either under apprentice laws
or by the appreciation Of public opinion. When
tho vote was taken few months ago on the adop-
ton of her constitution, nearly fourth of the
ballots cast were in favor Of negro slavery, even
where negroes wero so scarce aud negro labor
higherthsn white labor.


More than one Newspaper there now is friend.
ly to the establishment of negro slavery. One OF
her Senators in Congress, Gen. Lane, is Southern
man by BIRTH native of North Carolina, noto-
riously pro-slavery in his opinions and feelings,
and he is the idol of tho Oregon people. He is
also great favorite in Indiana and throughout
the North West In fact, he appears to be the
choice of the whole pro-slavery party, North and
South, for the next President and he certainly has
paramount claims upon the slave trade Rcvivaists,
in view of the cheering prospect of establishing
Chinese if not African slavery in NIL the Pacific
region of this country. Most of the Chinese now
in Oregon lover 5000 when the Constitution was
adopted) went thither to work as domcstics and as
agricultural aborcrs, not to dig gold. Nearly all
the surface gold diggings in California are exhaus-
ted and the 900 Chinese there rather than labor in
the deep diggings have mostly gone to work as
house and body servants and as laborers upon
farms, or in gardens and orchards, or in manufac
lures of the lighter kind. Those Chinese have
also generally learned to speak English and the
Californians are beginning to find the menial ser
vices of Jno. Chinaman indispensable to their
comfort. So that within O few years more accor-
have been established by Constitutional, or Statu
tory enactment on the Pacific slope.


The Chinese arc also emigrating to Washington
Territory, as agricultural laborers, and although
that tho most Northern of our Pacific Possessions
vet there too we find the white mon growing daily
more friendly to slavery. Many Of the prominent
public characters there are advocating the intro
duction of Chinese apprentices, as menials and
laborers. Let the Chinese once get there, no mat
ter whether they 60 voluntarily or by compulsion,
whether as apprentices, or as freemen, and in the
end they must be slaves. The necessities of the
country require 1.-THE laws of God and man de-
mand it. Even Gen. Harvey now in command of
the North Pacific division of the United States
Army was bold enough recently to address letter
to the Governor of Washington Territory advo-
eating compulsory system of Chinese labor there.
This single fact should encourage the Africun slave
traders to redouble their efforts.


The Pacific slope is larger than all our Atlantic
slave States, as it contains an area Of over $685.
900 square miles, every foot Of which is well adop
ted to negro slavery, If the slaves could only be
got It should be borne In mind thut there are
no Deserts in the United States West Of the Rocky
Mountains. They are oil East Of that great chain
and North of the present slave States, occupying
rhstis boastingly called IS Free Territory" Hence
If the Pacific slope is well adopted to slavery,
there is room in that quarter for as many frecmcn
and colored slaves, Chinese African, as there is
in our present negro slave States and according to
tn tho estimate before given that slavery will pay
until population reaches at least 100 to the.square
mile, it follows, that even if negro slavery should
never bo established in any Of the North Western
States-that even if we should never get any
more Territory from Mexico, or Central America,
vet we have ample space in the South aud on the
Pacific for 1SO OOO,0 900 of souls bond, or free.


have shown that Chinese slavery does now
practically exist on the Pacific Let US examine
some other facts to its climate soil and produc
tions to prove its adaptcdness to slavery. 1t oc-
cupies the West Coast of our Continent and every
Intelligent man knows, that given point on the
West Coast of all the Continents is as warm as
another pivcn point on their East Coast at least
10 degrees latitude and in some places IL degrees
South of the said given point on tho West Coast
Therefore assuming difference Of only 10 de-
grees Latitude as the isothermal line Of our West
and East Coasts, it is clear, that nll the Pacific
Territory which lies 10 degrees North Of the point
on the Atlantic intersected by the 39th parallel s
we'll adapted to negro slavery, other things being
equal. Now the 3sth parallel of latitude runs
littIa South of Baltimore and leaves u large sec