The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-09-10
Southern siaveSy-Ths Cleveland xstion-
al Emancipation Convention.

Prom fa~ ~ y fIessJA
THE Learned Blacksmith" and some
other benevolent individuals, (who believe
that slavery is "sin against God, but who
are not prepared for the revolutionary mode
Of abolition peculiar 10 the Lloyd Garrison
iaction1 have hit upon notable plan Of
emancipation, 10 wit the purchase by the
federal government OF all the slaves Of the
South ard their immediate eDrollmen among
that most unfortunate u a.! classes or castles
Of our population free colored Amer
leans"
The Learned Blacksmith and hrs learned
co.laborrs, 10 pursuance Of this grand idea,
have been holding. for some days past, at
Cleveland, Ohio National Emancipation
Convention, the MT results Of which, thus
far, We have spread before our readers.-.
Reduced to nat shelf, their phikmthropic
plan Of mercy TO the slave and justice 10 his
southern mas Ter, comprehcnds the appro-
priation Of the proceeds Of the public lands,
and the annua, surp!nsage in the public
treasury from tie customs for the purchase
Of as many slaves annually as these reve-
nucs win buy, to the end Of the ultimate alb
clifton Of the institution Of slavery in the
South through this soothing system OF buy
Ing and ernaucipa,ing.
Now, 10 such men as the learned Black
smith and those doctors Of theology whose
lives have been devoted TO the study Of the
dead languages, this visionary project Of
blended Justice and mercy may appear rs
the grandest and most fortunate discovery
of the age. But e ANY man Of comn9 q.
sense aud common observation upon the sub
ject, this scheme Of federal emancipation
can only be ciasscd among snch modern dis.
covcries as woman's rights, free love, spirit
nal manifestations, and the Fourerite theory
for making labor attractive
When brough, TO the crucibc OF prac-
teal test, we have seen that wonans rights.
Us demanded by Lucy Stone, Sojourner
Truth, and company, are as absurd as the
right Of the hen TO play the part Of the
rooster that spiritual manifestations are but
the Independent devices Of the dirty charla-
ta,s for obtaining money upon false pre-
fences; that the divine harmonies of free love
are the denominations Of the Five Points;
and tia, the Fourierte system Of making
labor attractive IL but n miserable aduix-
iurc Of free love, free lazness free rags, and
desttution.
We apprchcnd that this slavery emanci-
patton scheme under consideration il not a
whit less absurd and impracticable than the
most visionary OF these aforesaid impostures
Let ia see. There are now in the Southern
It tes upwards Of 100000 slaves; and at
the present high prices paid for niggers. from
Richmond to New Orleans, they are proba
bly, in value equal to the stupendous aggrc-
gate Of 'lro Mouma3 millions Of doildrs-
Now, allowing the liberal margin Of treas
ury surplus from The public lands and the
crs'oms Of twenty millions pr annum unin-
tcrruptedly f'r u hundred years to come, i,
will require, cash down, exactly those one
hundred years TO accomplish the work of
buyins up the slaves Of the South Bat
when we come To embrace in the estimate
the natural increase Of the slave population
and the chances within the next hundred
years Of Il foreign war or two. the cost Of
which may require all the means of the
treasury for ten twenty, or fifty years to
liquidate. the ultimate cousummation ii the
work Of abolishing slavery by buying it up.
is hlcpdci end lost in our calculations OF the
millennium
The doctors of divinity and the professors
al philanthropy therefore, in convention at
Cleveland. under Che auspices Of the
"l%arned Blacksmith" have simply been
playing second fiddle ,oa learned simpe.on.
We hel supposed that Henry Clay's fayo-
rite tn DRY for the gradual abolition Of sav
cry in The South. ard the regeneration Of
Africa. TO Wit--thc Iibcrian colonization
scheme--H0s nhont ~ near the topmost
mark Of ph,lan'hrapic emancipation ~ any.
thing could possibly be, i'ut this Clcve>
hand council of learned tjnkcrS ON political
economy has such an overlooking fund OF
hro,heriy Eve for the slaves OF the South,
that tor The sake Of securing their personal
liberty il woGld exhaust the Treasury.
though our Southern States NAV thus be
reduced, by purchased omancil alton, to
the wretchCi condition of the British West
India l'land>--industry. morals whites,
uicg,fs and AL
Nc This u1tah'c scheme u the learned
abolition qgaeks ~ Cleveland for negro
emancipation is bu, another elcmcnt intro
ai,ed aiming tie niger aSi,ations Of the
day. lAbertaG colonization is a good thing
IN It's practical results for the colortd race,
- far Us il gooS hut VIZ have seen enough.
even IN this experiment. TO discover that
without fresh recruits to Liberia from the
| njtsd Statea. that free colorel republic
within generation or two would rclaps'
no African barbar,,r,.
From the tim Of tie rharaohs 10 The
time Il faus;in SouloUeue AMI the King OF
Daaomry, We fnl that tie condition Of the
Tia K rarc l. ua,l,r the restraint IL hoNiarc
ar the cNccss's Of savage life W. inl
that tie slaytS 81 nrr southern States. in
social moral aul intellectual elevation. are
as !ar above any other breach ri the Airi-
can race sine 'ie DAYS q; \ Dab. - are the
:;e,d hands en- 'ae savannah river above ,hs
wild tribes a.; the Mgr
In a woNl an The lhiisr'hrpic schemes
of oar \oy,h.r0 - yWcrs o. tie abolition