Review of the Slave Question, Extracted From the American Quarterly Review, Dec, 1832
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Excerpt from Review of the Slave Question, Extracted From the American Quarterly Review, Dec, 1832: Based on the Speech of the Marshall, of Fauquier; Showing That Slavery Is the Essential Hindrance to the Prosperity of the Slave-Holding States The American Quarterly for December, appears an article on this great subject, of peculiar - ability the - most calm and philosophical spirit of enquiry - and of reasoning, to our poor judgment, unanswerable. The article is based on the Speech of Mr. Marshall of Fauquier, and its design, says the Boston Courier, is to show by a clear induction of facts, that slavery "is the essential hindrance to the prosperity of the slave-holding Stales, and the necessity of prompt action to check the palpable mischief they are suffering from it." The subject, says the same paper, is treated with particular reference to the situation of Virginia; but it is obvious that the doctrine he establishes is equally applicable to all the States, where slavery exists. The author declines, wisely, to consider the subject with reference to the iniquity of slavery in itself, asserting what is undoubtedly true, that the holding of slaves as the south is conditioned, argues not the slightest degree of moral turpitude, and that the average condition of the slave in Virginia, is by no means a bad one. [He might have added, that it was positively, nay incomparably better than that of the labouring population in Ireland, and various parts of Europe.] He demonstrates the effects of slavery to be: inanimation of public spirit - destruction of the spirit of industry in the free population - the degradation of labour itself - ruin of agriculture, by a wasteful mode of cultivation - interposing obstacles to the improvement of the soil - and the encouragement of habits and opinions, destructive of economy and enterprise. "The writer then states the conditions on which a slave-holding State may be a prosperous one, and shows that Viroinia has scarcely a single requisite to make her so. None of the States possesses them but imperfectly, except Louisiana. Those conditions arc an inexhaustible soil - a small territory - a climate, the products of which can be reared in but a few spots on the globe, and for which there is a permanent demand and which is insupportable by white labourers." - Boston Courier. There are a thousand reflections in this article fraught with wisdom and forecast. The essay of Professor Dew, we learn, has been studiously circulated, and we hope measures will be taken to secure an equal circulation for this, in our opinion, far more worthy of it. At a more convenient season, we shall transfer liberally to our columns, from both articles. The author is Jesse Burton Harrison, Esq., late of Virginia, now of New Orleans; a gentleman destined to reflect honour upon his native soil, and to elevate the American reputation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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