Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-09-19
a SOUTHERN VIEW D THE COMPENSA.
TON QUESTION.

The Richmond Enquirer discusses Elihu Bur-
ritts compensation plan Of emancipation as follows;
With que Difference to the patriotism, wisdom,
and discretion, OF its originatOrs, abettors, and
participants, We must be alio~ed to express the
opinion that this national" emancipation move
nent Is among the most presum ptuOus, foolish, Ia
natIcal and traitorous, evidences OF abolition in
sanity we have witnessed for some time. Mr.. Eli
hu Burritt may MOAN well, aud he is, we believe.
usually accounted a man of Information and
parts but in this instance he adopts Il novel mode
of attesting either his intelligence, ability, expe-
rience, or patriotism. And 10 cOrObOrate any sus-
picions Of sincerity Of his philanthro;,ic profess
sions, we should certainly not refer to the fact Of
his advocacy OF an Emancipation Convention.
Among the signatures Of this most cSregionslJ
Arrogant proaHnciametO, We observe the name
OF an individual from one OF the Southern States,
That State We are proud to say, is not Virginia ::
and toe individual in question, we have little
doubt, owes his nativity to the North.
However Mr.. Elihu Burritt and his benevolent
coH/oeeS may deem il desirable 'that some prac-
teal and equitable plan should he bro't forward,
by which the people of the North may cooperate,
in Il generous and ~trothelly spirit with the people
of the South, and share with them the expense
necessary to the extinction Of Slavery" we beg
leave to suggest, for their own physical comfort,
that they cUnine themselves, in their addresses,
circumstances and appeals TO the Cleveland Con-
ventiun, or at least to the shady side of the Union.
g would adVlse them, by all means, not to test the
sincerity of any Of their number, by proposing to
send them into the South a. negOtiatOrs for the
emancipation of our slaves, whether with the own.
ers, relative to the purpose of llberating them, or
with the slaves themselves, In relation to the
means of ehecting their freedom through the agen-
.cy of the underground railroad.
These intensely philanthrGpic persons, who have
determined upon endeavoring to devise ways and
means for the extinction of slavery, which ''shall
fully recognise the principles aud policy of a fair
and honorable compensation to the shareholders, y
are assuming an importance as unwarranted, as
their undertaking is idle, and their design suspi-
cious. Presupposing that the Southern people ex-
ercise ownership over their negroes as II matter Of
necessity, and regardless of every other considers,
tion than that of pecuniary profit that slavery
even in the South, is esteemed an evil and that
those who, as they think, are cursed with it
would gladly do away with, 1t If it could bt
compensated in dollars and cents, for the loss i'm
mediatcly incurred by adjustment. Mr.. Elihu Bur
rift and his conciencious coad ntors propose, for
sooth, a National O. Emancipation Convention, fo
the adoption of a plan by which all the slaves il
the South may be bought up and made free. Thel
might as well at the same time m a con
tributiOn for the purchase Of all the cotton ana su
gar plantations in the South, together with Cuba
Central America and Mexico, and, indeed, of ever,
portion of the habitable globe which invite
Anglo. Saxon enterprise, and is peculiarly adapted
to negro labor. We would also advise them t.
extend still farther their field Of philanthropy, anC
raise money enough to furnish to every nhabitan
of Africa the means not only Of living, but liyiny
luxuriously, without any eXertiOn either of thei
mental or physical faculties.