Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-02-03
1)ro-Glaurrn.
From the Shreveport (Lal Democrat Nov. %.
The EFFECT OF EMANCIPATION,


Suppose slavery was abolished throughout tho
South, in accordance with the schemes of the
Aboliiionists, what would he the effect
lst. Upon the Negro?
ID Upon the Southern white man
3D. Upon the South?
4th. Upon Europe?
/ The effect upon the negro would be disastrous,
| lie would Immediately abandon all regular labor
become dissipated, and, in the course of Il few
generations, would fade and disappear from tho
earth, as the Indians have done, and
doing. Look at Jamaica layti the free negroes
of this continent, Africa the English colony Of
Sierra Leone. There is not now on the earth, and
never has been single prosperous, industrious
and happy free negro community. When Eng
land emancipaed her West India negroes. it was
urged that they would, from of gratitude,
labor more assidiously for their old masters than
formerly, and that the planter would he really
/ benefited, as they would not have the trouble and
expense of the negroes in infancy, sickness and
old age But what the facts of the case
The negro sooner liberated then he ceased
to labor, except what necessary to provide
the barest means of subsistence. The fine plan
tatiOns of jamaica some'o of them worth 81 90 600
could not be sold for many cents
But how would fare the Southern white mans
1t is very evident that the first eject would lie
almost total loss of his landed property for with
out labor his fine plantations would lie wholly
valueless. Some Northern men are silly enough
to suppose that the negro, if liberated could Le
hired to work on the plantation as the English
employ the Chinese in the East Indies We have
shown that is a fallacy; that the free negro
will not work. But could not white labor he
procured in sufficient abundance to carry on pup
planting operations AT the bottom of this lies
another fallacy. The white man cannot stand tho
Southern sun. At least, and the fact is abun-
dainty proven, the white man connot labour en-
the best plantations of the South there is not
only the heat of the SUM- but the general unhealh.
ness of such localities-localities which are per.
fectly congenial to the negro, but destructive tQ
the white man.
But free labour, if it could be had, cannot Le
relied upon for southern planting. 1t may do for
western farming, where few months labour on
the farms is all that is required in the course Of
the year. Here it is the business Of the whole
year, and there are seasons when the loss Of week
would DO ruinous Take the season of grinding
cane for instance, or take the season for planting
and cultivati-g the cotton crop But we need
not designate particular seasons of the year-the
whole is important to the sugar and cotton pan.er,
What reliances could be placed On hired labor
under such circumstances and in such a country
rs this where labor is scarce at est. and the
means of living GGsly procured? Woull net lie
laborers strike for higher wages whenever there
was push Most assuredly they would, as they
do everywhere else. But it is useless to specu,
late on this subject no labor copld be had and,
in consequence, sugar, rice, cotton and tgpacco
would cease to be made.
But how would fare the North without the pro-
ducts of the South and without n Southern mar,
kct? This is the naked and tue true question,
and it is tEe one that every Northern man should
always ask himself whenever he begins 70 rave and
talk about emancipation
An almost entire destruction of tie Northern
shipping interest would he the first blow; then
would follow the manufacturing, and finally tLo
mercantile. In fact, every interest would suffer,
and the desolaton and ruin woull be as complete
rs if yictarious army had burnt and sacked every
town and village throughout the country. Va
could very easily ca ate this subject, and show
to the satisfaction Of all tbs truth Of cur staes
ment.
The effect upon Europe especially England,
would be little less disastrous than upon ouT
country. Starvation, ruin, desplati' II and revo,
luton would be the inevitable lot of the English
nation Only think, she buys and works up about
|, 100000 bales of our cotton consumes immense
quantities of breadstuifs and sells TO our reo-
Sl00,000,000 Of her goods,
In fact no can picture the distress that
would follow throughout Europe, in the event Of
the emancipation OF our slaves. We regard
slavery here Os the creating element in modern
and civilization it is undoubtedly the
creator of that magnificent commerce which builds
up and binds civilized nations in the bonds Of
tamity and peace, Destroy this commerce and
the world would be thrown into isolated jarring
elements, always at war, as was the case during
he middle ages.
Look at this picture, We crazy Drained fanatice,
and do what you have never dono before that is,
reflect seriously and honestly on the effects Of
your mad schemes, provided they could be carried
out