The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-12-09

These figures show our country may
be as populous as Europe at some point
between 1920 and 1880, say abou, 1925.
Our territory at 73a to the square mile
being of capacity TO contain 2l7,186, 1874.
This future We relinquish by the folly
and evils OF disunion or by long sxhaus-
ting war springing from the only great
element OF discord among us, while it
cannot be iorsseen exactly how much
one huge example OF secession, bringing
lesser ones, would indefinitely retard the
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one can doubt that the extent Of il would
be very great and injurious.
The proposed emancipation would
shorten this war, perpetuats peace, in .
sure the increase in population, and pro-
portionably the increase in the wealth Of
the country. With this we should pay
all that emancipation would cost, with
out our other debts, easier than we should
pay our other debts without it.
Ii we had allowed our old national
debt TO run at 6 per cent. per annum,
simple interest, from the end OF our rev
pulmonary struggle ill to-day, withou,
paying anything, either principal or in
terest each man of us would owe less
upon the debt now than each man owed
upon it then, and thus because our in
crease of men through the whole period
has been greater than six per cent, and
has run faster than the interest upon the
debt.
Thus time alone relieves debtor ma.
ton 50 long as its population increases
faster than unpaid interest accumulates
on its debt. This fact would be no ex.
cuse for delaying the payment Of what
Is Justly due, but it shows the great i'm
portancs of time in this connection. and
the great advantage of policy BY which
we shall not have TO pay until we mum.
Der lo0,O00,o00, what by a different
policy we would have to have now when
the number is 100000. In a word
it shows that dollar will be much hard
er to pay for the war, than dollar for
emancipation on the proposed plan, and
then the latter will cost no blood, no pre-
cious life. 1t will be saving OF both.
AS TO the second article | think il
would be improbable to return 10
bondage the class of persons therein
contemplated. Some Of them doubtless,
in the property sense. belong to loyal
owners, and hence provision is made in
this article for compepsating such,
The third article relates to the future
OF the freed people. Il does no, obligs
but merely authorizes Congress to aid in
colonlzlng such AS may consent. This
ought not to be regarded AS objections
bic on the one hand or on the other, in.
asmuch as it comes to nought unless by
mutual consent Of the people to be de
ported, and Tho American voters through
their representatives in Congress.
| cannot make il better known than il
already is thai | strongly favor COLOMBIA
lion. and Yet | wish to say tina, there is
an objection against the colored persons
remaining in the country. which is large
Iy imaginary if moi sometimes malicious
| 10 insisted that their presence would
njure and di.place white labor and white
Iaborers. Ii there ever could be proper
lime Tor mere arguments that time sure
y Is not now. In times like the present
men should utter nothing for which they
would not willingly DO responsible
through time and eternity.
Is it true, then, that the colored PEG
pie can displace any more white labor
BY being free than by remaining Slave ?
Il they STAY in their own places, they
ostle no white laboIers. Ii they leave
heir old places they leave them open
o white laborers. Logically, there is
ieither more or less of it,
Emancipation, even without deporta-