The national Republican., 1861-02-18
ION, they can Danish slavery and all its attend.

and save the Union for IL is because each in.
dividual owner of slave fears the loss of his
property that makes him disunionist, looking
for greater safety elsewhere.
would recommend that the slaves be kept
slaves for life, after they be purchased by the
Government, and be hired out as they are at
present, so that the social system may not be
disturbed. The fields should not be without Ia.
borers, nor the houses without servants; but /
would have it enacted that all children born in
the United States after this arrangement goes
into effect should be born free.
would give the labor Of the slaves to each
district, town, or county, where the labor was
performed, to be employed in educating and
maintaining the rising generation Of that dis.
trict, subject, perhaps, to a tax upon that labor
to assist in paying the expenses Of Government.
II any district wished the slaves to be removed
from their district, they should be removed, and
distributed pro rata among the free States,
where they should be bound to service for like
purposes-the maintenance and education of
their children.
1t need not be compulsory on the owners Of
slaves to sell them, but when they do sell, they
must sell to the United States; and they would
be prohibited from ever buying any slaves and
all persons born in their premises after this
agreement would be born free.
Once q year-to wit, on the first of Janua-
ry--:he slaves would be hired out at auction to
the highest bidder, by a commissioner appoint
ed by the county court Of each county, and per.
sons from all parts Of the United States should
have the right to come and hire; and it should
be made lawful to take these slaves into any Of
the States of the Union, where there should be
proper laws to register all children born Of these
slaves, to see that they be born free.
1t is lucky that the cotton States have sece.
ded, because they take half the slaves with
them, and thus make it much easier for the
United States to pay for half than for the whole.
If the border slave States desire to be clear
at once of their black laborers, which is not
likely, it would be no difficult matter to distrib
ute them among all the States, according to the
population. In the whole Of the United States,
the population exceeds thirty million deduct
four millions for the seeding States, we have
twenty six million, two million Of whom are
slaves, twenty -four million free men-equal to
one slave to twelve freemen. From statistics
which have examined, the average number Of
persons in family is six; therefore, there is
but half supply Of slaves for each family to
have one servant.
When we come to sift the slave question, it
is no difficult matter to settle it.
If the cotton States choose to return to their
allegiance, would give them every guarantee
for the protection Of their slaves; but | would
not propose buying them. II we can buy one
half, and give freedom and prosperity to the
border slave States, it is as much good as this
generation can be called upon to perform, and
the next generation must take care of ITSELF
Some of the advantages or benefits to be derived
to the border States from selling their slares.
The strip of land bounded by the Delaware
river and Pennsylvania and the Ohio and Mis-.
souri, rivers on the north, by the Atlantic on the
east, by the southern boundaries Of North Caro-.
lima and Tennessee and the Arkansas river on
the south, and Kansas on the west, comprises
one of the finest tracts of land on the habitable
globe. 1t includes the States of Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Ar.
kansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, and
contains 3ls,0 900 square miles. This land, with.
out the slaves, when it comes to be settled by
q white population, will be more valuable than
is now the land and the slaves. This is proved
by taking the same quantity of land in the free
States directly north, and comparing the tax
books for the land and the slaves in the former
and for the land only in the latter. 1t is clearly
proved that it will be great gain to the pres.
ent inhabitants Of these border slave States to
sell their slaves and invest the money in land.
Much has been said about an invasion of Vir.
| ginia and the border slave States, and these
States wish laws to be passed to prevent any
invasion but there is an invasion coming upon
these States, and into them, which no laws can
resist and no armed soldiers can prevent. Mr..
Clemens, one of the Representatives from Vr.
ginia, designated, in a late speech the persons
to whom allude as "the hog eating Teutons,"
to which I might add the root. eating Scythians.
The Irish are branch Of the great Scythian
family, and it is we'll known that large numbers
Of this race do subsist almost entirely upon the
bulbous root called the potato. This root will
grow upon the sides of the mountains in Vir.
ginia to their very summit.
These hog.eating Teutons and root.eating
Scythians are pressing on to America at the
rate Of two or three hundred thousand annually.
They have taken possession of and inhabited
most Of the Northern and Western free States,
and are now about ready TO pounce upon the
border slave States. These invaders want no
slaves they make slaves of themselves, their
wives, and children. In order to prepare for
these invaders, and be enabled to make better
terms with them, the present inhabitants must
sell their slaves and invest the proceeds in land,
which they can hold at higher price than they
can possibly do if they keep their slaves; and
thus the present inhabitants will maintain their
present elevated position. There will be no
danger of the country being overrun with free
negroes. As you SOW, that shall you reap O. for
whatsoever q man soweth, that shall he also
reap" II we SOW white men, we shall have a
stock of white men springing up around us, and
the black men will be born only in sufficient
numbers to be our household servants. The
white race will take their places and occupy the
land, and white children will be born in the
place of black children.
Some Of the benefits to be derived to the free
States from this fund.
In the first place, it will save the Union and
l think the Union is worth more than two hun
dred million dollars. The old Democratic party
are holding Conventions through the Northern
and Western States, ostensibly to take meas.
ures to save the Union, but really to place
themselves again in power. If they will put
their hands in their pockets and take ont acme