The national Republican., 1862-03-31
CLUns FOR THE DAILY NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN TO SOLDIERS.
THAT EVERY SOLDIER sHoULr
HAVE
EXODUS SROm TIln DISTRICT.


The S,tniIy Chronicle Of yesterday, says that
during the past two days one huadred slaves
arc known to have been removed to Maryland
from this District" This corresponds with the
statement made by us several days since, but
which was vehemently denied by an esteemed
last week. We hear constantly Of cases Of this
sort Of removal Of slaves, and that II is going
on upon large scale, is urquestionable.
The rate Of compensation proposed In the
bills pending in Congress, an average Of three
hundred dollars for slaves Of all ages and con-
ditions, is regarded here as most ample and
even liberal and the removal Of slaves Is TO
be accounted for upon some other ground than
the inadequacy Of the amount expected TO be
paid Tor them by the Government.
Many of these removed slaves are owned 10
Maryland, and have been merely hired out
here. A compensation is only to be made TO
residents Of the District, the carrying back tc
Maryland Of this class Of slaves Is easily IN
derstood.
No compensation is to be made for the
slaves OF seceSsionis s, or fer slaves now ap-
parently or really held by loyal persons, the
title to whom has been derived from CT
through secessionis:s 1t Is this clause Of the
bills pending in Congress, which explains q
large part d the removals Ct slaves. Cen
science makes towards Of us all, and in addi
ton to the large number in th. District knowr
to be secessionists, the number IL still larger
OF those who know themselves to he secession
ist', and are constantly apprehensive of belrs
found out and proved 10 be so.
When old Major Noah was defeated once a
candidate for the Office of sheriff Of the cit,
Of New York, be explained il the next morn
ing in his newspaper, by sayiog that Christian
dislked beirg hanged by u Jew, and that b
had been beaten by combination Of "thcs
who expected to be banged, and of those uh
kne,o d,.y ouy,a 10 be hanged" The number {
such persons in such place as New Yorl
must be very great but not greater than Q
those in the city Of Washington who know
themselves to be secession;sts.
But, however we may explain It, the fact /
certain, that slaves are being removed from tn
District at rapid iatc. 1t is doubtful If com
pensation will be claimed for more than on
thousand, and these Of the least valuable clsss
1t will be seen how senseless the clauor is. Il
respect to the "leariul' increase o! free nesroe
ny the abolition Of slavery. We had clever
thousand free negroes by the census of 1860
and have now good many m re. The addi
ton Vi thousand, or fifteen hundred, woult
never be noticed, or thought OF by anybody
except for the outcIics Of blatant pro,slayer,
d.mag gucs in and out Of Congress.
II should not be forgotten also, that the tots
colored population, slave and free, of the Dis
trict Is being reduced by the measure pendin,
for the abolition Of slavery, to the extent Of al
the slaves removed to escape the effects of il
and will be reduced hereafter by plohibitip,
. the bringing in OF negroes in the condition o
slaves.
Hereafter, not only cannot slaves be brough
in here by residents, but they canno. be hiret
out here by Virginia and Maryland owners, t
compete with free labor, black or white.