Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-05
NORTHERN NEWS AND LIES.
Demands Of the AbOlilionists.
from the Chicago Tribune, Nov. &c.

IRON the Chicago Tribune, Nov 70.
Special dispatches from Washington fOreshadow
the contents Of the forthcoming reports OF the Sec
Ietaries of War and the Treasury. The country
is assured that the head Of the War Department
Secretary Cameron, will distinctly aEow the policy
of placing arms in the hands of all men willing tC
use them for the salvation of the Union, and that
loyal slaves of rebels should have the right to strike
for the Republic. The Shareholders are aiming
their daggers q. the vitHls of the nation. Let al
friends of the Republic, black as well "a white
help to ward of the deadly blow and cleave
the assassin dOwnI This is the position said to be
taken by the Secretary of War. tits solid ground
it Is common sense it will receive the hearty sane
ton of every earnest patriot; Of every man who
loves the Union better than slavery. Secretary
Cameron looks at the question from military
stand point while Secretary Chase looks at it from
financial point Of view. As the army advances
into the rebel country, vast multitudes of slaves
will inevitably become separated from their mas
ters- As at Beaufort, rebel claimants will run
away, leaving the slaves behind.
The Secretary of War proposes to employ such Of
them as are fit and willing to fight and work, to han
die the musket and spade. But the mass of the
slave population are not suitable for soldiers or
camp laberers. They are women and children and
old en Besides, all the able bodied slaves cannot
be spared for military purpos;s. Secretary Chase
suggests very simple and efficient way of dis
posing Of these people. He proposes that all the
blacks not employed II the army, be hired TO work
the plantations of the rebels and paid fair wages
for raising cotton, rice sugar and tobacco for I'm
Gle Sam, the profits that accrue, go into the Nation
al treasury and help to defrsy the expenses Of the
war, aud pay interest on the war debt
This plan of the lOng-headed Secretary answers
the oft repeated question What shall be done
With the slaves after they liberated? Secretary
Chase says: Setthem st work Just where they sre:
pay them proper wages; treat them a. human be-
ings.
This is certainly wiser disposition of the slaves
than to let them roam in the rear Of armies to
depend on pllsge for sustenance, and wiser than to
convert the Government iatO slaYehOlding corpo-
ration, and attempt to reduce them each into bond
sge, either as the property Of the Government or
their rebel claimants.
The msnumitted slaves will gladly work the
plantations on which they have been born and raised
on shares" or for pay, and they would labor far
more industriousIy, faithfully aDd contentedly than
they ever wrought, when stimulated by the lash of
an oVerseer and plGcedon level with mules and
horned cattle of the plantation. million bales Of
cotton, worth sixty millions Of dollars, could be
handed over to the Government next FAN by the
emsncipated colOred people of South Carolina
Georgia and Alabama if the rebels shall be driven
out of those States this winter. The expense 70 the
Government of raising this cottor need not be more
than one third of what it would bring In open mar
ket
After the conascsted estates Of PARTICLES have
bees sold by the Government to loyal men, tie
blacks would nDd ample and steady employ ment at
good wages to cultivate them for the purchasers.
Both classes would be thoroughly patriotic owners
and tillers Of the soil. There would be no more se
ceEsion and rebellion ever attempted in that cOun-
try. The emsneipated blacks would ever after be
the most enthusiastic and inhsIible Union men il
the whole nation. Secretaries Cameron and Chase
have devised the most practicable aud speedy sou
ton of tie double quesion-rebelliona 2d slavery
that has yet been presented 20 the public.
IS 50 simple that ell can understand It. and so
perfect that it makes complets finish sf the rebel
lion and the cause Of the rebellion, and gives to the
Republic indemnify for the past and security for the
future IL viii bring the war to a speedy and benS
efcial Termination and ndissOlubly unite all inter
ests Of the country upon the enduring basis Of uni
versal freedom.