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Hfo? in the spring. In the next place
lhat convention should take into con-!
aideration the present quest'..na, and
all other matters connected with the
wron/ars of which we complain. Let
them lay down a platform on which
the State could act, and provide for
:the representation of South P nrnlinn I
*n the Southern Congress. If we
determine to act in conjunction with
our sister States of the south, the establishment
of such a platform would
Eive a basis of action, and would thus
avc a good effect. I
Some gentlemen believed that any
action by this State would operate
against us in the other States. //e
did not believe so, nor was it recommended
to us to do nothing. The
' 1
inisiiviiic uonvennon unci recommended
a southern Congress; but
the^ had not recommended no movement?they
recon?n^ended no indefinite
postponement' of the question.
That body did not advise us to attempt
the recovery of our rights in
- the Union- //e was willing to do as
they counselled?send delegates to
n southern Congress. But suppose
it did not assemble?suppose other
States do not send deputies ? Shall
we, in either event, take no step?
If the delay of ten years was to
take place, as mentioned by the gentleman
from Charleston, he felt that
his ardor and that of his people would
expir . It would be a virtual sub
mission?an indefinite postponement j
of a vindication of our rights. Neither
the people, the State, nor this
//-)use would consent to an indefinite
postponement. What have the people
said in their primiary assemblies
?on the muster-field?in their court- !
houses?in the pulpits of the State? !
What are the wrongs ot the government
which you solemnly pledged
yourselves to resist? The admission !
of California, the Wilmot Proviso,
arid interference with our domestic
institutions. These pledges have
been endorsed by your people?reiterated
by your Representatives in
Congress?and they must be carried
out at any and every hazard. If the
issue be postponed ten years, you
cannot again rouse the neonle to re
sist the past measures of Congress.
His honorable friend from Charleston
had brought forward as parallel with
the present the contest oi the colonies
with Cireat Britain, where so much
time elapsed between the commencement
and end of the strife. The cases
were not analogous. The colonies
were separate, having no sovereignty.
Individual had to operate upon individual,
until an organization was effected.
\V?* me u State* with n recognised
sovereignty. A revolting
colony would instantly have been
subjugated. But if a State de'er
minus 10 secene, ner sisters would interfere
to protect her in her inherent
rights, You must resist, or pocket
all the past wrongs which have been
inflicted; and if you do not, but delay
the issue, you cannot bring the people
to greater readiness than they
now arc in.
Some gentleman were opposed to
calling a convention, because the object
of sought could be accomplished
in another way. There was propriety
in assembling the people in this
wav. for Willi thorn it rncit!
J , It llyOlO IU \.4UICI"
mine whether they will remain in
their present political connection, or
whether they will maintain their indepe
dence. And who is more competent
to determine this question than
the people of the State when thus
convened? The eflect of a decision
ar-iived at in this way would be greater
upon our lukewarm sisters than all
that could he done during a postponement
of the issue. The old parties
are nearly destroyed in the South
at present, and we have instead a
?-5ouxncrn mgnis party. 15ut it we
delay, the Presidential election will
break in upon us, and whelpi us>in
its vorte^. F' deral power will corrupt
and seduce from our support
ouj ablest men, as it did Toombs,
and Cobb, and Stephens, who led
the SqjjtheVn phalanx^t an early period
of the contest in the fconffrtess of
tiva- 1?1 *?- -
v>.u VIMVIII JL 11*711} l?K-y fUlt uiw iuremQst
in <ihc souincrn causQ-^novv,
noiiefio low~rtK>no so sunk ipinfaniy;
Oh for y?ord? of fire tfralJHame to
cursejyii^lftvesof ptfto#! who brought
aistraetiorilo the counseJs of the brave
amLlree. a* jsUp #
fi" aeonvomion of our State and
the Southern Congress should fail to
restore to us our tights, lie pu" one
cherished the hope and deafae that
South,Carolina wfliridT intfcityose her
sovereiffr^tlo mfcem her own horror.
He had ifbfear of federal troops
dcvfffctatin# our soil?he was appalled
no terrors. If th? conflict snoufd
be brought to our shores, brave*men
'uiij^W'Uui rcouuw *^1 "Ui
I ? one clropofbfood betf&Jfjpd in jgtefe ruling
our rights?and the knell"of the
Union would be *ung.|L| The South
would rise in our defence, apd rush to
the rescue. But s?ppo$r they aid*
nrttl SL?.r -I 1-VL
uic ^ud^iwiiiu ins mva?
ded by federal troo jjs. wonin,qj|P
if taarr wrongs. #It woum
only be^edjj^ary to imitat&giNehion
at the battle of Trafalgar*^wheri hfc
flung to hiy jimsthcua > the motto,
* ? Englandlskpeets every man to do
1
rr** ?c ' * ?* tmfe.
say?she expected every Carolinian
to do his duty?and from the mountain
passes to the ocean's shore, her
?pliant sons would come to her deence.
No son of hers would prove
a recreant in defending her honor and
his rights.
lie had often brought his mind to
reflection on the rcenes which would
be enacted 111 such event in the Palmetto
State. If the conflict should
come, those who remember what our
troops have achieved in former days
may imagine the deeds of noble daring
they would perform in a struggle
involving the defence of everything
man holds dear?politically and socially.
On motion of Mr. Ayer, the com
J .. ' ?: I
muict- iusui iiuu ?m:i some unimportant
business, the House took a recess.
On re-assembling, the House took
up the general orders, and then adjourned.
?
Columbia, Dec. 13.
In the Senate, to-day, a Bill appropriating
$300,000 for military pur
poses was passed, and sent to the i
I Iousc of Representatives by aunan- j
imous vote.
Joshua S. Ward was elected .Lieutenant
Governor of the State. The
vote stood | W ard 81;Irbyf>7.
In the House, Air. Ayer, in a
speech?the order of the day being
t lie various resolutions in reference to
Federal affairs?offered the proposition
that this State should take the j
lead. lie did not doubt that other j
States would co-operate. Ik advocated
a Convention of the people?
was in favor of a Southern Con
uiuoo aim nuuxu au Y ISU d icctui ui
the South Carolina Delegation from
the present Congress.
Mr. Delia Torre made an eloquent
speech, lie was opposed to iinme- i
diate separate slate action?in favor
of a Southern Congress?and went
Slinilirlv for nvnnliml sr> ?ueifm.
In tfie evening session, Mr. Sea
brook advocated the assembling of a
Southern Congress at some definite !
time?that there should be a conven- :
tion of the people?and ultimately
separate state action.
Mr. i/arrison was in favor of a
convention of the people, with a
view ol immediate separate state action.
Mr. Lawtou spoke in favor of a
Southern Congress?a convention of
the people?and asserted the right of;
the State to secede from the Union.
The Ex-Speaker replied to some
oluections that had he?*n made
against his resolution respecting the
vacant Senatorship to the United
States.
The debate will probably close torn
o r ro w.?C ourier.
KEOWEE COURIER
Saturday, Ucc. 31, I H50.
With a view of accommodating our Su
cribers who lire at a distance, the following ,
gentlemen arc authorized and requested to
act as agents in receiving nnd forwarding Sub
criptons to the Kkowkk Courikr, viz:
Maj. W. S. Orisiiaj*, at West Union.
KitwAitn Iluoiir.s, Esq., " Horse Shoe.
E. P. Vkrvrr, Esq., " Bachelor's Retreat
M. F. Mitchell, Esq.. " Picjicneville.
,J. E. IlAooon, " Twelve Mile.
T J. Webb, for Anderson District.
Ourself.?After ar absence of
some weeks, we have been again per
mitterl to sit quietly down in our
sanctum, and promise our readers
redoubled eflorts to please them.
I Congress.?Th'.s body is again in
session, and as our readers begin to
understand pretty clearly by this
time that they are to receive 110 benefits
from irfmcts, we presume they
do not look with much anxiety to its
deliberations. They are not curious
about affairs in Washington for the
further reason that every body Lnows,
judging from the history of the Federal
Government during th^ ia^l
twelve months, what will be the naturp
and character of its action for
the future, from what motives they
will eminatc, by what spirit they will
j be characterized and to jvhat object
I 111 i J tir
muy wm lcim. we Know very well I
at the South that our voice is heard
there, only to he rebuked; our interests
studied only to be destroyed, and
otir rights defined only to he/trampled
underfoot by the usurping majority
who are our mnst?rs. Asn
mercjnnattcr o?, lihattcr of news however,
ivcwill observe en jtaaaant that
the ^slavery agitation" has begun
again, Mr. Geddings declaring in the
jfrousfe ftiat the ^Fugitive Slave Bill"
muat b<s repealed?lhat it is a disgrace
*to humanity, a blot on the
$4a?4e book, &.C., and thpt it will
not, cannot. Khd shall not be enlbrc?l.
Wfe will also Jako this occasion^to
mention thfttojftf of themost prominent
Measures in Cootemplation ? h
hHk. '* f # ** '
i JP* s ' +* *
L J|| m ?
the passage of a Bill granting to ev- !
every head of a family in the "United i
States, either native or foreigner, imt-!
unitized or unnaturalized, 160 awes !
of land, on the very reasonable con- j j
ditioire that it (the 160 acres) be taken
into possession. The Abolitionists
rejoice "with a great joy" at the '
anticipated succoss of this liberal 1
scheme, as it is to be the mean* of
colonizing many of the Southern
States, which contain largo bodies of
public lauds, with their indigent ,'
brethren, and thus thev hone to in-!.
trod lice a sort of wooden horse within
our walls, from which armed men
wi'l issue to burn and destroy with
tho fire and sword of abolition fanaticism.
We are drawing out this article
to a much greater length than
we intended, but while we arc upon
ttie subject we had as w<ill say, that 1
the men who rule us find themselves j
just now in rather awkward position
in relation to money matters; they
find the public debt to be about 100,- 000,000
dollars, the income about
*10,000,000, and the current expendi- j
tim s about 58 or (>0,000,000, and j
they are in a quandary how to raise
the deficit, retrench, economise they
cannot, for it is not in the nature of a
yankec when he has his hands in the j
pockets of another to take out emp- 1
ty; the natural expenditures of the
Government cannot bo dispensed
with, the interest on the public debt
is to be paid, r nd besides they have
extensive schemes of internal im
provements which- now thoy hav? I
everything (heir own way, must he
put into operation. So you see clearly
enough, the great question is, ho s*
is the money to be raised? The public
lands have been so disposed of
that no revenue is to bo expected
iiom them for years to come, so that
some recommend to meet the exigencies
of the times a recourse to
loans, ethers (o an increase of tariff I
amies, ana omers again, aireci luxations,
this latter measure however
will not he adopted, as, in that rase,
the North would pay with the South
an equal share of taxes.
Hon. J. M. Mason.?Our readers
will be pleased to hear that the legislature
of Virginia has re-elected to a
seat in the Senate this honest and
true hearted man. The most persevering
efforts were made by the
hi*..'. i~ _r i
menus i'i compromise, now uener
known as "submissionists," lo break
him down, every sinew was strained,
every means was employed, the most
popular men were placed in nomination,
but all in vain. Mason was reelected
by an overwhelming majority?and
thus, while by this election,
the truckeiing and time-serving poll
ipionc r\f iKn n/M i it ?** r Unt'A ? ?
wviiiiiu wi Uiv jf llrtVU ngctllJ
been shown that the only road to an
honorable fame is that into which
truth and honesty would direct them,
and that <
*"Tho purest treasure mortal time* afford,
Is ppothsa reputation."
the people of Virginia, by endorsing
the acts oi this fearless and tincom
promising defender of the South,
proclaim their sense of the true import
and bearing of those infamous
~ i._ i?*
mcaouiua WJ. I'Jll IIU, 111 III(J IclHl SCSsion
of Cor ;ioss, so bravely resisted.
We congigitulate the whole South,
not simply for his reflection, but also
for that unanimity of sentiment it
evinces to be^in existence ifitbo, State
of Viiginia. J yft ?t,,e
georgi a ^^venti^?'iqf'j
Committee nnnninlrri ffcroiMti-o ???/!
, r " """
report for the corstderarion of the
Convention, action appropriate to the
occasicnon whiph th^ ha;;e'assembled,
"having," in their own Jar^
guage, "carefully considered the pa-T
pers referred to them, mid fully, interchanged
opinions," have respectful!
v RiihmiitArl n mitn r>f brliiilti u> ill 1
?v JSpr*"1 "*MV" "" ?
if adopted bvj*tfie convention, remain
on the records of and bo
read in fifer history memorial
of her unmitigated shame1 afid (
posterity will read wi(h mingled feelings
of contempt and astonishment
the Rolitrirv inktnno** f?f A' SrtM.-Mim I
State hastening to jiubtiHn and record
the Jtrucjcling spirit of f>er childre^
and her own deep ar<^ lasting degradation.
Qurm^ hope fbi* ^eorgia
arenotreprr >i ven t ion
and that they will Quickly reverse *te
Decision. jj H */
i We would ask no stronger rea?i
**
v A *
I j. ^ * ^ TOi:^ ^ N "w.afl
forth in the report itself?it speaks
most eloquently of the wrongs of the
South; hear it:
The framcrs <>f the Constitution declared
in limine, the purposet" be ncconaplitshed by
it in the following terms: "We the people of
uio united stales in oiaer loiorniamoio
perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic
tranquilityt provide for the common
defence promote, tne general welfare, nnd
securo tho bleslngs of liberty to ourselves
and oar posterity, do ordain nnd establish
this Constitution for the United States of
America. " The people of this Stale, be
uumiiiL; ?i |miv lu tiuiu iiiMf luiiriii, t*n
tilled to all the benefts therein dirccly enumerated,
rnd are under tho most solemn
obligation to abstain from ?*j practices inconsistent
with their enjoyment by the other
pnrties. "It is nominated in the bond,'
thai the people of no one State shall disturb
Llic domestic tinnqnility, "of any other.?
Georgia lavs open the volume of her history
nnd proudly chsdenges her confederates to
the adducton of a single incident volntivu
of the obligation. She docs more In all
kindness compatiple with the assertion of
right, she charges upon the non slaveholdin?r
States infidelity to this stipulation in the
compact She instances existence within
their borders of organixed societies, avow
edley devoted to the annihilation of an insti- |
tution inwrought with the framework of her
social system, and in no way modifying or
effecting their own, societes employing missionaries
and subsidizing the press to pro
pagate theri destructive doctrins and even
to excite with in her ownjimits n spirit of
dissatisfaction among her citizens, and of
insubordination among her slaves; societies
which hnve boldly entered Ihe political arena
seized upon the balance of power, and obtruded
fanaticism into the halls of our Feder
al. These measure of hostility are incessantly
proposed and discussed to the interruption
of the legitimate business of legislation,
denunciations day by day uttered ngmnst
slavery and slaveholders, against confederates
and their institutions.
And yet though the convention
charges the Northern States with j
L : J: i_,i ii.- n i 11 '
iinvni^ nisie^uruuu me ""compact, ,
and broken its covenants, with hav- \
ing violated the letter and spirit of
the Constitution, it recommends un- j
qualified submission, because, forsooth,
running along with the uncon-1
stitutional acts of Congress, and coin
cident with its many outrages, was !
a constitutional act, a measure of
justice, to wit: the Fugitive Bill, and !
argues that, though (xeoreria had
been despoiled of many of her dear-1
est rights, and threatened with the
destructionof two-thirds of her property,
nevertheless she should cling to
ihe Union inasmuch as its masters
had, by (he passage of Ihe said Fugitive
Slave Bill, shown that their
sense of justice had not been entirely
obliterated, and therefore, she, (the
sovereign State ot (Georgia,) though
grievously wronger! and injured,
would unconditionally submit in the
humble hope that her devotion to her
masters (misnamed the glorious Union,)
would be taken into consider-,
ation, and she might he permitted
hereafter to escape annihilation.
'I'llllS in snirit enoat oiul mnonn !
? .. .v > uiiu * l.uov;ii
(his Convention.
Munificent Donation.-Wc have
been kindly permitted by a friend to
make the following extracts from a
~ ? ? ? 1
ivu^i i?/civcu iiuiu ci currcsjjoiicicill
of his in Spartanburg. The public
spirit which the last will of the late
Mr. Wofford shows him to have
possessed, will win for his memory
the tender regard cf all who admire
noble or generous actions. It is such
examples as these that should make
us proud of our humanitv* for thev
? . J
teach us 111 fit in spite of all his sins
and short cqjnings, there is something
pure and holy, something exalted
and high in inherent in the nature of
KlARTAWUB^8.a,)
' v M December 11, 1850 $
Wt|, # - Ti . *
"Rev.penj. Wofibrd, as you have
doubtless seen announced, died on the
morning of \he 2nd. inst. To<day his
Will was produced and proved ligfore
the Court of Ordinary, in common
form. No document of the kind Jitfs
?wer yei oeen proved Which earned
with it ?o much .importance to the
people of this District. The sum of
fifty thousand defers (50,000) is given
to thirteen gentlemen, (mo?t of whom
are methodist ministers, Jfa the most
distinguished connected with*S. Or
Conference;) in trust, to b? efcjtanded
by tHfem in the purchase of a sufficient
quantity of land, in the District
of Soartaiiburg, and the er&fctjtin
the|f3on of a (College (and the neces- J
sary rollegcf buildings) for Literature, i
science,? &c. Tl?e, College Whenl
corrplettfH is to be transferee! by these
Trustees to iKrsam? ftjmber of Trustees,
who shftU i>o appointed bythe
S. O. Conference of the Methodist
E. Church, ffndAjwbose charge and
iupfcrvigibn it w?8 re%n#f*iy fftfe
testator the l&st&ution should tie
placed* and the appoint n?tmM>f these
Trustee* by that b- ; made
i ^ **- -
r?r?- . l , yy/ i.' ..mm*.
biennially. The further sum of.fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000) is also
given by the Testator, to the same
gentlemen (or perhaps to t|ie Trustee
s to be appointed by the Conference)
in irtifit, to be by them invested
in such stocks or in such manner
as shall be deemed most advantageous,
the interest and profit of which
is to be annronriatcd annually to the
pj yment of the expenses of professorships,
&.c. It was the desire of
the testator, (whose memory, in consequence
of this last but great and
generous deed of munificence should,
and doubtless will, ever be cherished
by the people of Ins native District,
who will be the principal recipients,)
that the tract of land be bought, and
the buildings be put in progress of
pi'Ai?)inn. sim vtnnn sis fan nnssiblv ho
done, and naturally enough our people
are already indulging in speculations
as the probable location of the
Institution. It is rumored, however,
am) ?m no doiiltl trOo, thut,tli?> Jonor
expressed a wish to one of the Trustees
appointed in his Will, and who
was legal adviser in drawing it up,
that it be built within the corporation
. I t T'll I . 1 11
ot liic village, oui nuiuceu oy peculiar
and cogent reasons not to restrict
it to those limits. But that wish
will doubtless have great weight with
the Trustees, and this together with
other similar reasons induce us to
calculate and hope that the College
will be built in the Village. If so,
apart from the positive benefit that
muct cim'itur irnnt ciipK oh nninimmmco
in ihe promotion of education, and
the diffusion of light and knowledge,
to which an easy facility will he thus
given, the great good that will result
to the District at large in various
other ways cannot easily be calculated,?and
in view of all which, 1 say,
may ihe memory of the generous and
liberrl though lamented donor be
perpetual."
The Colonization Scheme.?
We wish to refer our readers to an
article in another column, taken
from the correspondence of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, in
which is developed the darkest and
most atrocious scheme of robbery
and revolution which human deprav
ity could ever contemplate; a scheme
lltlll/tli immlirAO linl Minn
vriiivsii iinwiTgo) iiv/i iiiu i mil ui uuir
dreds or of thousands only, but the I
utter destruction of millions ofhu.
man beings, and then we wish to
say, if there is one of all the people
who are kind enough to read our
paper, who, upon a calin contemplation
of this horrible project, is not sat
isfied that there is an incongruity of!
sentiment and feeling, an irreconcilable
and deadly hostility between\
the two great sections of the country,
which must sooner or later destroy
the one or sever the Union, as
the fire severeth the flax, that like
the wicked brethren of Dives that
individual readers "would not be per
suadedi though one should arise
from the dead,11
Our Legislature.?It will be
seen by reference to the proceedings
of this body, which we publish to-day,
that the Senate has almost unanimously
agreed upon calling a convention
of the people, and the only
difference of opinion in that body
was not as to the measure of redress,
hut as to the means through which
that redress was to he sought. The
convention is to convene on the first
Monday in December next, and is
thus delayed, we presume, for the
purpose of giving the contemplated
Southern Congress time to act.?
W .1 lioirn ivmnir rl/M I n ^ * I- ? ? * "
r ? V, lift i t lliniljf UUUUI9 Ul Ol lilt} WW
dom of this delay, but for the want
of room must defer our remarks fpr
a future occasion.
| FOREIGN tfWs.
^ v n.. to
The news from the continent is of a warlike
character and open hostilities seem tobp.in?vifcnble.
It is snid that tfip AuatriaGovern
ment had demanded iiie evacuations of
Ifesse CA88/1 in 94. hour?. >*-.
5yd6hy flmitli, in London, Vfhd kuowu a
lump of America., ice upon which he rcmarkrd,
church, monfibet y of lhiB Divi^pn ar?
speciaby rc^ufeste^ko ait end; breth^
ion of the <>l||^'(ind^zenK
Cor. of N. Y. Commer. 4dprti$cr.
Washingtnn, Nov. 14,1850.
Amid all the> reasons attempted to
be shown by the Southern dlsllmflkfists,
for the accomplishment and justification
of their measures, there are
several weighty considerations which
are strangely omitted, that ought to
he presented to be presented to the
public. It has been the object of ail
ages and countries, for conspiratoi'9
to offer a laudable pretext for their
designs, while the actual purpose had
in view they have carefully concealed;
it was so with the Roman world,
while Catale stalked among the catacomhsof
the Ktnrnnl pit v. nrwl it?
voked the spirit of treason in haunts
of the dead; it was so with Ehgland
when shr labored under the ban anarchy;
it was so with France, when
excuse for revolution ever depended
upon the disloyalty of disappointed
demagogues; it has been so, in a word
ever since apostacy assumed the gait
of true patriotism, "and ftmailclsm has
been mistaken for enlightened zeal.
The disunionists of South Carolina
and Georgia are led by the same in
stincts, prompted by the same motives,
and cloak their real sentiments
under the same species of hypocrisy.
The popular voice has decreed
that something shall he done with
the public lancis that have remained
unsold since the establishment of the
confederacy. A large number of the
nconle. (excent in thf? morn vinlnnt
slave States,) desire that a law may
ho passed giving this domain in limited
qua lit it ie8 to actual settlers, with
out respect to native horn or immigrant.
The only person prepared to
take possession of a donation of this
kind would he, in nineteen instances
out of twenty, drainage from the Nor
them population; and with them
they would not only carry the ele*
ments hostile to slavery, but by their
influence would endeavor to effect
its nlliirinto r>vlin/>lini? Rv
v ? ' Mivuvii' JL?jr SI 1V,C\~
(ion to the Department of the Interior,
1 find our pnblic land account
in the slave States to stand as follows:
Area of 5tntcs Owned by
States. in acres. States.
Missouri 43,12.1,200 14,212,100
AI?l,omn oo Ann t\ar\ i/. n-. i /.ja
^ unilKI 04,'1U4,UOU J i3f ~& I t,U'JO
Mississippi 30,174,080 18,480,377
Louisiana 29,715,840 8,700,289
Arkansas 83,400,720 0,149,755
Florida 37,931,520 4,414.225
Aggregate 200,813,240 08,960,908
Ownod by General Government.
28 911,010
17,248,032
i i.uoa.uua
20,025,553
27,250,765
83,817,205
Aggregate 130,852,833
The six slnvoholding &tntes contain ?
200:813,240 neros, they own in their state ,
CHuncitv 57.flfiO.nn7 Mm f!nni..-ni
crnment o\tiis 139,852,8.13
These figures are pregnont with
meaning. 'The population of the
States alluded to, in 17iH),i|pnryhat,
in 1949,showsan increase so trifling,
compared with that that of tkoiJJSfor
thcrn States of the Union,' tnat it
would require five hundred vears.fnr
the Stales themselves<Sto oc&upy the
unemployed lands with a population
ns dense as that of any of the rural
distrugp of Great Britain. Unable
or indisposed to purchase the
themselves, (and a J^ortnern speculator
finds his prejudices sup
his interests in this respect) tlie lands
must remain intbeir, primitive waste,
or become the home of the worthy
settler, whoso mpugnance to slavery
need not tii&vcht him IV.
effFH grat^5U(mt
willing to invest capital. Now look
at tho consequences to thcf States respectively
The influx oft his espies
of population would change the tone
"I nil'
majority, and the' institution ot sla*
yeryJwBuld be abolished in twenty
years. Fpr instance, Arkansas con* tfLv
tains 33,<407V7r<i0 square acres of territory:
OfUhls fh<? Slate owns only
&I49,755 aere?* and iho General
(ijvemmfii '>.765 acres- He^Wp
nopuintipn^now5 is 87.574. Who
Vai^bt rlnAS^n Ml fed?
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