New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-12-05
VOE. HE. no. 205.

true God can never dwell. The blood of the he
roes of &c has been shed in vain. The Just
! expectations of Hamilton and Franklin and ',her-
man and Morris and Adams of the North, are
betrayed by the continuance OF Slavery The
fond antcipations of Washington and Jefferson
and Madison and Mason Of the South, have no.
been realized. The great experiment of Repub
lcan Government has not been fairly tested. II
the Union should not be perpetual, nor the Amer
lean name be synonymous with that Of liberty in
ell coming time, to Slavery is at once the cause
the crime and the avenger
Arc we indeed of that Wanted Saxon blood,
which no dangers can appal, no obstacles OBJ
struCt and shall we sit with shlverlng limbs and
dewy feet by the running stream with lnane fea-
lures and stod gaze expecting this flood of evils
Ito ilow past, leaving the channel dry! Hewho
Scan conquer all things ese shall we be here only
subdued, ingloriously whispering with white bps,
There is 10 remedy? Are the fowls free in the
wide heavens, the fishes secure in the depths OF
the ocean, the beasts unuammeled in the forest
wilds, and shall man only, man formed IN the
image of Deity, the heir Of immortality, be DOOM
Cd to hopeless servitude? Yes there is remedy.
| There is one Of four consequences to which
Slavery inevitably leads A continuance OF the
present relative position of the master and the
slave, both as to numbers intelligence and physl-
cal power; Or an determination of the blacks;
Or an determination Of the whites; Or enamel
patton and removal, or emancipation and COM
lnunlty Of Interests between the races.
The present relative position between the
blacks and whites (eyen if undisturbed by extcr-
nal influences, which we cannot hope,) cannot
long continue. Statistics OF numbers show that
in the whole Slave States the black increases on
the white population. The duest eye can also
sec that the African, by association with the white
race, has improved in intellect, and by being
transferred to a temperate cline, and forced to
labor and to throw off the Incidence Of his native
land, he is increasing In physical power; while
the white, by the same reversed laws is retrograd-
| ing in the same respects. Slavery then cannot
remain for ever as it is. That the black race
will be exterminatcd seems hardly probable from
HE above reflections and because the great mass
Of human passions will be in favor OF the increase
of tie slaves ad interim. Pride, love Of power,
bind avarce, and many other passions are for it,
and against it only fear in the opposite scale
We are forced, therefore, to The conclusion that
the slave population must increase till there is
retreat but IN determination of the whites
Athens, Sparta, Sicily, and Rome nearly, Hayti
IN modern times, did fall by servilc wars. l
have shown elsewhere that the slavery of the
slavery of the whites in the ancient system: then
the intelligent slave Incorporated into the
high caste olquondan masters, an eternal safety
wave, which yet did not save from explosions
cmineutIy disastrous
The negative of the second proposition, then,
establishes the third, unless we avail ourselves of
the last--ennGncipation If my reasoning and
facts be correct, there is not a sane mind in all
the South who would not agree with me, that if
VIC can be saved from the first named evils, by
all means emancipa,e. Emancipation as entirely
safe. Sparta and Athens turned the slaves BY
thousands into freedom with safety, who fought
bravey for their common country. During the
Revolution many emancpated slaves did good
service in the cause of liberty. We learn from
Mr.. Quincy and other sources to be relied upon,
that British West India emancipation has been
entirely successful, and productive of none of
those evils which were pcrtinaciously forctold
by interested pro-slavery men. The British have
regiments of black men who make fine soldiers
protectors not enemies ofthc empire. But above
all | rely not upon sound priori reasoning only,
hut rather upon actual experience. There arc in
the United States, by the last census, 3S6265
free blacks; l70,75S of whom are in the Free,
the remainder in the Slave States There are
also 9 4S5, l45 slavcs-so that in fact about one
sixth of the whole black race in America are al
ready free No danger or evil consequence has
cnsued from the residence olthesc 3S6, 265 freed
men among us. Who then will be so absurd as
to contend that the liberation Of the other five
sixhs will cndangcr the safety or happiness Of
the whites repeat then that emancipation IS
entirely safe.
Emancipation must either be by the voluntary
consent of the masters, or by force Of law. re-
gard voluntary emancipation as the most proba
bic, the most desirable, and the most practicable.
For the save-holding land.holder would not be
less rich in consequence, the enhancement Of
the value of land would compensate for the
loss in slaves A comparison Of the price of lands
of equal quality in the Free and Slave States
will prove this conclusiycly. If, however, by
force of law--the law having once sanctioned
slaves as property, the great principle which Is
recognized by I'll civilized governments. that pu-
vatc property cannot be taken for public use with
out lust OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that slaves
should not be liberated without the consent OF the
masters. or without paying an equivalent to the
owners Under the sanction Of law, one man
invests the proceeds of his labor in slaves, ano
Their in land in the course Of time it becomes
necessary to the common veal to buy up the
lands for redistribution or culture in common
how should the tax be laid 2 Of course upon
lands, slaves and personal property-ln word
upon the whole property of the whole people. If,
Oh the other hand it should nearly concern the
safety and happiness of society, both the slave,
holder and the non.stave holder, that slaves
! should be taken and emancipated, then by the
same legitimate course of reasoning the whole
property OF the State should be taxed for the
purpose If emancipation shall take place BY
force OF law, shall 1t be by the laws of the States
OIL by the law of Congress? Let Congress abo
ish Slavery wherever she has jurlsdiction-n the
military places, IN the territories, and on the high