New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-12

In wells by wisdom never lifted
One Being, only, e'er hath trod
The path of human life beside thee,
To whom thou vert unveiled Thank God
He, only, He, did not dcride thee
He saw, through all thy dark disguise
A SOUL whose destiny was Heaven
The VEIL imperious to our eyes,
lie raised-and 10 thou vert forgiven
sii,leuyiue. Mass s. G. EpeARrov
PLAN FOR THE LIBERATION OF SLAVES.
In 1912 Mr.. McDoNoUGH, planter residing
opposite New. Orleans, liberated cighty OF his
slaves and sent them to Liberia. The manner
in which he accomplished this object is worthy
tho attention OF all who arc really and sincerely
interested In the practical emancipation of those
now held in bondage 1t was effected in pursu-
ance of regular plan, simple and definite in its
details, and as applicable to any other case as to
his; and it would seem to be free from serious OBJ
ections from any quarter. The following is the
narration as given by himself:
"Feeling the necessity of keeping the Sabbath
holy, he would not allow his slaves to work on
him that men who toiled SIX days for their master
needed many things which he could not give them.
To enable them to do this, he allowed them half
of Saturday, that is from midday I'LL night TO
work for themselves.
"Secing the amount of money the slaves accu.
Inuatcd in this way, he was led to calculate how
long it would take them to purchase the rclnain-
ing five and half days. Tho result proved that
it could be done in Ia or Is years, and he deter
mined to make the experiment. For this end he
called his slaves together and explained 10 them
his plan, and said, with their aesenths would car
ry it out. They assentcd, this was in 1926, and
nc made them the following explanation:
The one half of Saturday being already your
own, (in consequence of my agreement with you
that no labor shall be done on the Sabbath day.
your first object will be to gain sutfi :ien; sum of
money to purchase the other half Of Saturday,
which is the one eleventh part of the time YOU
have to labor for your master, and OF consequence
the one eleventh part of the value your master
has put upon you, and which you have to pay
him for your freedom. This notify you will be
the most difficult part Of your undertaking, and
take the longest time to accomplish and is TO be
effected by laborng Tor me OH Saturday after
moons, and leaving the amount of your labor In
my hands to be husbanded up for YOU. BY fore
going every thing yourselves, and drawing as
little money as possible out of my hands, | calcu-
late YOU will be able to accomplish it IN about
seven years. That once accomplished, and one
whole day out OF SIX your own, You will go on
moro easily and rapidly, indeed that once effected,
your success is certain proceeding then on your
good work, you will be enabled easily, by your
earnings on one entire day in each week to effect
the purchase of another day of your time, in
abou. four years.--Now master and owner of two
days in each week, you will be able III two years
more to purchase another day, so that three days.
or one half Of your time, will be your own in
one and half years more you VIII be able to pur-
chase another day, making four days your own
in one year more, another, or the fifth day; and
in six months, the last day, or the whole of your
time will be your own
The results of the experiments were these IN
less than SIX years the first half day was gained
and paid for by them; in abou: four years the
next second day of the week paid for and
their own III about two and quarter years the
third in fifteen months the fourth IN a year the
fifth, and IN about SIN months the last sixth
day became their own and completed their pur-
chase, cftecung their freedom in about fourteen
and half years. 1t could have been sooner done.
but toward the last they drew more money. Af.
ter this 1t took them nearly FIVE months TO pay
the youths-boys and glTls-had earned. On the
morning of the 9Th OF june 1912, they all sailed
for Liberia.
Some may exclaim-" Why this roundabout
way OF giving half a Saturday, keeping accounts,
&c &C. lit is all unnecessary, and this working
to gam time Is AN illusion, The whole Of the
time of the slave belongs to- and is the umc of the
master, who can compel the labor without freeing
the slave" MIR. Med, very much to the point
replies, that by presenting some cndan object OF
deAre aud hope to the slave, you make hun new
man, rouse his moral na,ure,.ssnd developc as YOU
no otherwise can, has energies. He prefers this
mode 10 that OF promising freedom at the end of
fifteen years because IN thlS way his freedom
would appear the gift Of his master, who might
repent OF and retract (as the Slave would fear his
promise; wbile III that the Slave would have gained
it-havc purchased and paid his master for il
Hope is kept alive IN his bosom; he has good
in view continually urging him to fidelity, truth,
industry, economy. and every virtac and good
work. Mr.. Med. calculated that their labor
would be given with ali the energy of heart, soul
and physical powers; that they would In ccnSe-
quence accomplish more labor IN a given time
than the same number OF persons would IN ordi-
nary circumstances; and that III addition, they
would labor some two, three or four hours more
of the twenty -four than other slaves were IN the
habit of doing or would DO; and he says
From the day on which made the agreement
with them, Notwithstanding Ehey had, a, all times
previous thereto, been well disposed and orderly
people, an entire change appeared TO come over
them they We're no longer apparently the same
people; sedaseness, i care an economy, an III
duStry, took possession of them, to which there
seemed to be no bounds blu, in their physical
strength. They were never tired of tailoring, and
seemed as though they could never effect enough.
They became temperate, moral, religious, setting