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| 10th. A tax Of sixty dollars on every
STAKEHOLDER for each and every negro in hi,
possession at the present time, or at any in
termedate time between now and the All
of July, lS63-said money to be applied
TO the transportation Of blacks to Liberiu,
TO their colonization in Central or South
America, or to their comfortable settlement
within the boundaries Of the United States
llth. An additional tax Of forty dolhr,
per annum to be levied annually, on every
STAKEHOLDER for each and every negro found
| in his possession after the 4th Of July,
lSG3-Said money to be paid into the hands
Of the negroes so held in slavery, or, in
case of death, to their next of kin, and to
be used by them at their own option.
This, then, is the outline of our scheme
for the abolition Of slavery in the Southern
States. Let it be acted upon with due
promptilude, and, as certain as truth is
mightier Than error, fifteen years will not
elupse before, every foot of territory, from
the mouth of the Delaware to the embogu-
ing of the Rio Grande, will glitter with the
Jewels Of freedom Sometime during this
year, next, or the year following, let there
be general convention of non-slaveholders
from every slave State in the Union, to de-
liberate on the momentous issues now pend
ing"-[p p. l55, 1856, 1871.
"Henceforth, let it be distinctly under
stood that ownership in slaves constitutes
ineligibility--that it is crime, as we verify
believe it is, 10 vote for slavocrat for any
office whatever. Indeed it is our honest
conviction that all the pro slavery slave
holders, who are alone responsible for the
continuance of the baneful insiitptiou
among US, deserve to 6e at once reduced
to parallel with the basest criminals that
lie feltered Within the cells Of our public
prisons, Beyond The power Of computa-
ton is the extent Of the moral, social, civil
and political evils which they have brought,
and are still bringing on the country
Were it possible that the whole number
could be gathered together and transform
ed into four equal gangs Of licensed rob
bers, rnfians, thieves aud murderers, socie-
ty, we feel assured would suffer less from
their atrocities than il does now."--Ip.
1853, 1891
ITO turn the slaves away from their
present homes--away from all the property
and means Of support which their labor has
mainly produeed-would be unpardonably
eruel-exceedingl unjust. Still lmore cruel
aud unjust would It be, however, TO the
non-sla vehelding whites no less than to the
negroes, TO grant further toleration to the
existence Of slavery In any event, come
what viii, transpire what may, the institu-
tion must be abolished The evils, If any,
which arc to result from It's abolition, can
not by any manner Of means, be half as
great as the evils which are certain to over
take u.s. in case Of its continuance. The
perpetuation Of slavery is the climax Of in
iquity."-[p ITO, 1907 81
"In this matter however, so far has
wrong triumphed ever right, that tho slave
holders--a mere handful Of tyrants, whose
manual exercises are wholly comprised in
the use they make Of instruments OF tor
ture, such as whips, clubs, bowie-knives and
pistols--haTe as the result of . series Of
acts Of their own Vilainous legislation, be-
come the sole and niggardly proprierors Of
almost every important item Of Southern
wealth"-tp. 1871 s h
9"0ncc for oil, within, reasonably short
period, let US make the shareholders do
something like justice TO their negroes, by
giving each and every one Of them bis free
dom, and sixty dollars IN current money;
then let US charter all the ocean steamers,
packets and clipper ships that can be bad
on liberal terms, aud keep them constantly
plying between the ports Of America aud
Africa, until all slaves shall enjoy freedom
in the land Of their fathers. Under a well
devised and properly conducted system Of
operations, but few years would be reqair-
ed to redeem the United States from the
monstrous curse Of negro slavery}i--lp.
1888. vai. "a 4aos IS. y.
"Bat, sirs, Knights Of .blndgeons, cheva-
Hers Of bowie-kniVes aud pistols, and lords
Of the lash, we are unwilling to allow you
to swindle the slaves out Of all the rights
aud claims to which as human beings, they
are most sacredly entitled. Not alone for
ourself, as an individual, but for others also
particularly for five or six millions Of
Southern non-slaveboldng whites, whom
your niqutous statism has debarred from
almost all the mental aud material comforts
Of life-do we speak, when we say you
must emaneipate your slaves, and pay each
and every one OF them at least sixty dollars
cash in handp-[p.lS5.l
"And now, sirs, we have thus laid down
our ultimatum. What ore you going to do
about it? Something dreadful. as u mat