Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-01-10

half slaves la Tue Ooutn' aooi'
millions of whom are able to perform
labor. From whence, and bow Ion!
would il take to supply the sobstltu
ted number? Think you that it Cal
| be done 10 year, or even IN a hal
century? | tell you no. Our slav,
population is the growth of centuries
and numerically is equal to the pop
ulation of four or five of our larges
States. Bot what is to become o
you during this process OF the resto
ration of labor? You will never
live to see its consummation.-
But. that the white man will evei
take the place Of the negro in The
cultivation of rice, sugar, aud cotton,
is an abandoned and unteneble by
pothesis.
To present the question in anoth-
er aspect. Suppose the Federal
Government should emancipate our
slaves. and agree 10 pay far con-
sideratiou fsr them Is some OF the
leading aboIitionisls have indicated
AS a part of their liberal policyD
Ia what relation would The nom
Shareholder stand to such a prolecty
1t would take forty hundred mlA'ons
to pay for them. How is the debt
to be paid, ana how lcng will it take
to pay il? In the first place our
slave productions form the grand
basis Of commercial intercourse with
other nations, and our Federal Gov
ernment derives its principal revenue
from foreign importations- The ex-
ports of our slave products being
The imports weuld be
greatly curtailej, and the result
would be a corresponding dininutlon
of our revenue duties. This would
inaugurate a system OF enormous
direct taxation to defray the ordinary
expenses Of the government, as well
as The assumed debt for The emanci-
pated slaves. Should the govern
meni levy IN annual tax of 10000
600 forils own support, and 50,oOo,-
OOO 10 pay the slave debt, it woald
take e,ghly gears TO exilngnlsh 1t
without lnt+rrst. But who and what
would be tax d? Tie present non-
STAKEHOLDER aud the former s.avehol-
der alike--their lands and their
heads. Thus it is plain, that the IN
terests of the non-slayeholder and
Stakeholder are warped and weHbed
together, and form The great robe OF
a common prosperity.
Therefore let noae say he has no
interest in the institution of slavery.
The hand of God was in its esta~
lislmenf. He was pillar of fire
befule our Revolutionary Fathers IN
;heir struggle for Independence. =
lie MAS with the sages who cement
I'd The bonds Of our Federal Con-
s,itu,ion. EXCEPT the Lord build
tie honse, they labor in vain thai
.b.;id;t - Slavery vas placed under
Jaw. and The slave is protected oy law
in lis person.
!. If we might venture $50 vindicate
,be WAYS of God to man. We may
see him educing good out ofa seem
ing evil. The negro is an inferior
type oil our race. He bears the H.
delible, iuheriia5le mark OF his Ma
iker's curse In his native propen
sites he is indolent, degraded, ant
iimproyilent. Ia his physical en-
dowme nts be is robust, and able t.
endure great labor under a iroplca
sun. Abandoned to himself semi
harbarism is the climax OF hlS ina
iprovement. Suppose ha Go'
J, should punish him for his moral de
linqueneies aud the abuse Of bis physl
3cal gifts, and by compulsion dra'
the labor from his limbs, which n
other :,pe Of the race can perform
! and make il blessing to the world
Suppose that God, for The unnatura
and bestial irreverance OF Har
(showiag the prophetie dpgredailo
Iof his race) in exposing she nakedHes
! ofMs father, should force bis dt
, scepdsuts by unwilling labor
Ielothe the naEedaess Of the descend
lnnts Of his brethren, who performe
the proper flial duty Showing II
prophetic elevation and merit OF the
races who can quarrel with Him e
, lit, and who can blame the "gen
wham lie employs TO execute ID
will? Bot let sps see how 1t W
, work. There are four and bali m