Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-01-06
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What will Become OF the
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If the negroes remain among us, we
shall probably have at the. south another
Hayli. Probabilities are against an gini
crease of slave territory, Our population
is, in, round numbers, south, $4,000, 900,
north, 1s,O0O.0o0; increase, south, 80
per'eentsin enyears, north, 81 per cent.
Square miles, south, s5o, ,000, north except
Oregon and Minnesota, -650y90e.- Popu-
lation per squar, mile, south, d i. north,
%. ii The south retain its increase, ,25
years will makelit just as populous as the
north now is; the increase Of the north for
25 years will be17, 100000. Stop, reader,
study. these facts awhile; compare the
ability Of the north to settle the territories
with that of the south. a.. ...t,-.
The soil of the territories does not
specially demand slave labor4not enough
to draw'any large number of slaves from
where They are now used preftably. The
emigration from northern to southern states
is falling of, while thousands of whites in
the. south, unable to own slaves are seek
ing homes in new countries These are
generally opposed to again surrounding
themselves with shareholders, and again
having to compete with slave labor
Northern settlers are almost unanimously
free-state men. Of such sc, 900 in a new
state will make it a free one. Tosend out
this number is easy for states that increase
100000 or 100000 every year. As to
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here. As TO Mexico, ahe few negroes there
2,OOO-are free citizens; and the Dor
der states have a population sufficient to
come at once as states, if annexed to our
Union. Whether northern or southern
principles would most influence a people
who freed and enfranchised negroes, reader,
Judge for yourself. 1i ~ 80 81
Should there be no more slave territory,
slaves must remain where they are, and
non-slaveholding whites must move out to
make room for them. This process, as
every body knows, is going on even now.
Eventually all non-slaveholders will have
emigrated. In so years the negroes will
outnumber the whites.
Four-fold numbers enabled the blacks of
Hayti to accomplish revolution; and
they worked at much greater disadvan-
tage, tlian would those of America. There
will be several elements of disafeclion if
the latter should eutnumber their masters: !:
L. They are naturally arerse to labor. 2.
They possess little of sympathy, or of the
higher moral feelings. 3. Free negroes as
sociate with them, and nobody or thing on
earth hates white men like free negro
4. They can not be kept Ignorant that
they have the sympathies of many north
ern whites. 5. Abolitionists will lose no
opportunity of initiating them. These ele-
ments would foster spirit of revolt should
break out, it would receive ample encour-
agement and aid from some white men,
If the blacks acquire the power, | know no
way to avoid such an outbreak. Severity
would only hasten it, lenity make it only
more irresistible.
If our slaves succeed as the Haytiens
did, in an instantaneous rebellion, how
could our Government interfere so as to
satisfy any one? how resume possession
of lands sold! how dispose Of the negroes?
how do otherwise than cast off the whole
country rs an unnatural excrescence!
l do not say these dreadful consequences
are certain to follow if the negroes remain
among us; but that strong probability
rests on undisputed facts, no man can deny.
II .,a..lf. ,s.,ls a..i BRoADBRIM.