New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-24
THE PURCHASE OF TH. SLAVES.


as would consent to sell them, We alluded to the
resolution offered in the State Assembly by Mr.
Fullerton of Orange aod referred to the Com
mittee on Federal Relations. The following ls
the resolution:
hea, The ows-s Of slave property In the 'oye border
States oih Union urty sopsn the 1888 - 'u
eoyry especially account Of the roess Of nee "a
lhe sAyrhodng States; and iuasmucb rs we regafa te
rights property under the existing laws Of any state sacred
Hheos The action Of the portion ofthe people
Of hose State e. uudeavoug maintain tho integrity u the
Union sganst pressure Of snsicsm ard treason IN the COT
States meets our hearty approval and ened 70 earnest
sympstb, and encouragement and, ,,,,,-...,
" hrl This has long been disturbing element oas reA
iioun South and especially VIII that porti o tue
soul lying alorg the the free States therefore,
In Congress be requested % urge the adoption
the part Of the General Ooyefnment OF ne tpsd
saye ss,s {, VIII seer9 ,rs s o, Of slave property
within hoe sises, the gradual emancipation Of their slaves
and extinction o slavery therein forever under such rogue
tlous q. shall DE satisfactory Themselves provided the
yesrs that th Oone Government take such sleps sed
As . ,us 5 % 10 @ q for tHsf SS5non 6ofc pfo,
,i3ed those State. any ofthem shall desire |"
We look upon this as emphatlcally wise,
iudicious and timely proposition. Its adoption by
Congress and the border States would at once
give peace TO the country, and afford perma-
rent safeguard against all future attempts to
raise a national commOtiOn on the Slavery ques-
ton. Mr. Fullerton has boldly bit the nail on
the head and brought forward the only practi-
cable scheme for extrcating the Slave States
from the dangers by which they are menaced.
His plan ia the first compromise yet suggested
which the Free States can honorably support.
We IRE confident that the more it Is considered
the stronger hold ii viii take public favor.
The only objection that We have yet seen raised
to il is from Tie ". y. Times, which declares
that its only tendency is to exasPerate the South,
which will not consent to be hemmed in by
States containing such number Of cmanclPatcd
,laves.
Ii Is sufficient answer to these vague general
tiles to say that Mr.. FuLerton's proposition con-
Templates the removal and colonization Of the
emancipatcd sla-cs if the States concerned do
not wish them to remain upon their soil. The
Times remarks that any measures relating to
Slavery should be suggested to the Slave States
in friendly spirit and without needessly dis
turbine their fears or their pride" To this
We cordially assent. But our notions on the
subject OF Cancellation, and of language calcu-
lated to disturb the fears or the pride Of the
South, unhapPiy, do not altogether coincide with
those of The Times, which continues its plea for
mildncss aud Cancellation in the following sin
gularly seductive style:
The South cannot hold itself glsI, be :, peace With
world Ga m position while Slavery remain
what Il Is Tie gs1T need " nc SoEM - S'odAdh5H ara
not prop, under tue sun enlightened civilized bsrbau'
ayrF tcttt the slaves Of ' south, among WHOM iriiony
svio Institution. But with majority Of the people OF
south Csun sd Nstppi aud WiA Til 10" agtH SH
population Of the Northern Slave States this nndanen basis
There f the msrrssr Of slave, Tho union Of the
el.s whther org o. short nay DC 'e'r'ed aS ie 81 'ng
would b. oga sy barbarou' or sren irdge since
v. N 9s. part. Of Ihs World southern admitted
the enoimy Of The evil and ma, ieIdy .Loni ns sPoa
& on So sue lon boca without rorcy wnou, shame
here then gea, reform ted, wi:h adopted would
70 soften me r'f Indignation inc cord agdin" people
.shV Tolerate su1h a Trse agIfnsi hsTdH mature
The Tunes concludes thi, extraordinary
TRADE with the recommendation that the
marriage Of slaves should DO put on the same
footing with that of white people; aud that it
| should be made high crime TO separate hus-
band and wife. OF parents and young children.
II also proposes that slaves should be allowed to
learn to read and encouraged to 20 to Sunday
Schools: and tina. they should be allowed to hold
property, with the privilege Of purchasing their
| freedom at q fair valuation. Slavery thus modi-
| fled, The Times thinks, would become very
tolrrabe and even patridrehdt system, and it pro-
| poses that the Federal Government should pay
ono hundred and thirty or forty millions of dol
| lars TO collect the scattered members Of slave
families, to educate the negroes, and to enable
| the Slave States to make internal improvements.
With oil difference 10 our neighbor, We think
| Mr.. Tullertons plan for the entire removal OF
| Slavery aud the slaves would be infinitely ser
and more practicable. Mr.. Fulertous remedy
| goes 10 the root of the evil and cuts it of for.
| ever. That of The Times would BIO only palla'
| tive, which would leave the main difficulty to
| grow into huge, and in time unmanageable, un'
comfortable proportions. The negroes IN the
| South now number four millions. At the rate Of
their increase, as ascertained by the successive
censues of the United States, in less than half g
| century they will amount to fifteen millions. Tt
remove them viii then be impossible, and ever
to govern them will be task only TO BIO achieved
| by powerful despotsm and q great standing
| army. Over the future Of the South impends
not far of the black cloud OF Authorization
| Now ia the time, if ever, TO avert such catas
| tfophe. A little longer, and it may BIO too late
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