Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-01-21

80 d.
MK. 0uYR1sess Leesure.>Gls plaa fer q
E0anc1pasioa ~ slavery.
!. The language Of al who were 20 fortunate
toiisten 70 the eloquent discourse on the ema
! cipatIon Of the slave, on Friday evening last,
Ehbu Burritt, must have beer. that it Was ..go<
for them 70 be there" His profound reasonin
his persuasive eioquencc, his thorough scquai
sence With the subject, A. well IS his phiidnthr
pic desires and motives, all 20 apparent throug
out the lecture, could not fail to carry consi
ton 70 his hearers, that his proposition If carrie
into effect, would do away With the great evil |
slavery from the United States. That this plal
for the emancipation Of the slave, ispracticabl'
and would prove all that his philanthropic hear
desires, We do not doubt, but work Of sac
magnitude, Of consequences immediate an
remote ofso great moment, is not the accom-
plishment Of d day. However much we nigh
hope forthe contamination Of his plans and thei
immediate execution, We cannot expect it, no
will, in all probability, the present generation
see them carried out This plan is rendering
just equivalent to the holders Of slaves for thei
emancipation. He says National Indemni6ca
ton would not be a mere compromise, but Al
earnest and brotherly partnership between The
! north and the south, in working out glorious
| contamination, which would bless equally both
sections Of the Republic. The extinction Of sla
| very at every stage of this process, instead Of
discovering, would unite the states by afinities
and relationship that have never e1istedd be-
tween them
"The means at the command Of the nation for
the extinction of slavery by the mode propos-
ed, are ample. There is one source Of revenue
alone, not needed for the current expenses of
the government, which would be sufficient to
emancipate all the slaves in the Union. This is
the public domain OF the United States. This
landed estate ofthe nation, according to official
estimate, contains exclusive of the lands acquir-
ed from Mexico by the treaty of 1858, 1,60o,-
O00, 900 of acres. AT the average of Is cents
per acre, they would yield 81 200, 000,00 Admit
ting $3.50 per head for the whole slave popula-
ton to be 4 fair average price, taking infant and
aged, sick and inirm, the 3,5O0,OOO in the Uni
ted States would amount to $S75, O0O, 900. Thus,
the public lands would not only defray the ex-
pense of emancipating all these slaves, but
would also yield large surplus tor their educa-
ton and moral improvement.
The only action which it would be necessary
to ask the government to take in this matter at
the outset, would be-
To make provision by law, that whenever
any state of the Union, in which slavery now e1-
lists, shall decree the emancipation Of all slaves
and the abolition Of involuntary servitude, ex-
cept for crime. within its borders, an exact emu
meration shall be made, and for each and eve
ry slave thus emanclpated, there shall be paid
from the national treasury to such state, for
equitable distribution among the Shareholders,
a certain sum OF money, to be ascertained as
Congress may direct and that the nett reve-
nue. from all the future sales of the public land,
shall be appropriated exclusively to the enamel
patton of all the slaves in the United States in
this manner.
The prerogstive of each individual state to
retain or abolish savary, remains untouched by
the Congressional enactment proposed. Not
the slightest form or aspect Of Federal compul-
sion is assumed towards its sovereignty. The
Central government only makes generous Of
fer to each and every southern State simulta-
neously 1t leaves that State in the freeest ex.
ercise Of it's sovereign will to accept or reject
that offer. If it accepts, then the stipulated
sum Of money is paid to its appointed agents by
the government. InRt money IS distributed ny
the state receiving it in its own way"
The amounts accruing to each state for thus
freeing its slaves, he says would not be the full
amount of pecuniary compensation they would
realize. The extinction of slavery would open
the flood gates of free labor, and fertiizing and
ingenious industry. Vast numbers of intelli-
gent and vigorous men, from the north as well
as from Europe, would flow into Maryland, Ken
lucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and other
southern states, and create great demand and
value for their lands Those in Missouri would
advance to the price of those Of similar quality
in Iowa. and those of Kentucky to the stand
ard of Ohio, Virginia would equal Pennsylvania
in the value of its real estate &c. At a moder-
ate estimate. he says, the lands of the southern
states would be doubled in value by emancipa-
ton. and admitting this ratio Of enhancement,
there would be two positive pecuniary consider
atoms operating on every slave state in its favor
But these advantages would not be all. Thou
sands of thrifty towns, villages and cities would
spring up throughout allthe southern states, ad
ding another and greater advance in their vicin-
ity. .Esa
of justice towards the southern states, and ena-
BILE them to enter on the great work of emanci-
patton, from which they would shrink for CEN
fury to come if obliged to bear the full burden
of its cost. This is the only way by which we
could ask them in justice and right to do this,
and the only possible way the free states can &C.
qu1re the right to legislate for the extinction OF
slavery throughout the Union.
This is but meaare, and imperfect view of
the arguments set forth in defense of his great
and humane plan, and will only tend tocause re-
greet for the loss to those who did not hear him.
Things About Town.
The Young Ladies Supper for the benefit OF
the Poor was very pleasant affair. The tables
were tastefully spread and bountifully supplied.
squeeze-not so very terrible either, as at least
half were ladies. Whites String Band en-
livened the occasion with most excellent music
After the invocation of the Divine blessing by
the cash of crockery. 1t was like the assault Of
! the French upon the Malakoff. Things disap
| peared at q terrible rate.
The Lecture of Elhu Burritt, the "learned
Blacksmith" was well attended We shall l'ere
after notice the subject matter Of this Lecture
more at length.
Notwithstanding the crowd at the Lecture
and the jam at the Supper, "Zion" Methods
| Church was crowded, where there is an inter
est ng prosracted meeting and revival OF reli
| gion.
/ Last night Mr.. salter lectured at Marion
Hall before the Historical and Geological lnsti
tute-subject, Louisiana under the French"
The weather is mild and pleasant-roads e1
cellent-wood cheap times hard and none.
scarce. howbeit trade and business is good, pal
ticuarly in selling tickets for ssgif enterprises