Excerpt from Speech of Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, on the Oregon Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 12, 1848 With what justice or propriety do those who have availed themselves of the demand for their slaves in the more southern and sparsely settled States, now insist upon closing the door against their egress to newer countries, as the white population, gathering behind them, would press them still further on They have sold their slaves when they ceased to be profitable, and sla very became to them a sin of horrid enormity when the property was transferred from them selves to their brother. Therefore they will confine it to the country in which it now exists, and deprive others of the means used by themselves, and which forms the only practicable mode of getting rid of it. To those who are sincere in their professions of a wish to banish slavery from the United States, and feel it is only to be effected by the voluntary action of those among whom it exists, I say, leave your territories open, and let the white race, as it flows in from the north, gradually, by its greater energy and intelligence, bear the African race before it to regions unsuited to the labor of the white man, as the tide bears the foam to the shore, and gives back to the beaclr the things which are its own. 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.