Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . ted by slaves; the climate, the nature of thesoil, ancient habits, forbid the whites from performing thelabor. Experience convinces us of the truth of this. GreatBritain made every attempt to settle Georgia by whites aloneand failed, and was compelled at length to introduce slaves;after which that State increased very rapidly in opulence andimportance. If the slaves are emancipated they will not rem
Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . ted by slaves; the climate, the nature of thesoil, ancient habits, forbid the whites from performing thelabor. Experience convinces us of the truth of this. GreatBritain made every attempt to settle Georgia by whites aloneand failed, and was compelled at length to introduce slaves;after which that State increased very rapidly in opulence andimportance. If the slaves are emancipated they will not remainin that country—remove the cultivators of the soil and thewhole of the low country, all the fertile rice and indigo swamps,will be deserted and become a wilderness. In a short time theNorthern and Eastern States will supply us with their manu-factures; if you depopulate the rich low country of South 24 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES Carolina and Georgia, you will give us a blow which will imme-diately recoil on yourselves. It has been said that the toleration of slavery brings downreproach on America. It only brings reproach on those whotolerate it, and we are ready to bear our share. We found. BLACK AND WHITE SLAVESFrom the collection of the New York Historical Society slavery ingrafted in the very policy of the country when wewere born, and we are persuaded of the impolicy of removingit; if it be a moral evil, it is like many others which exist in allcivilized countries and which the world quietly submits to. Another objection is that slavery vitiates and debases themind of the owner of this sort of property. Where, he asked, isthe proof of this allegation? Do the citizens of the SouthernStates exhibit more ferociousness in their manners, more bar-barity in their dispositions, than those of the other States?Are crimes more frequently committed there? Much had been said of the cruel treatment of slaves in theSouthern States; he denied the fact from experience and accu-rate inform
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