, 1862-04-30

pESXIIENT. pRo-aAA VERY
,FALNE8V6R

The chief argument Of no-slaFe1y men
against emancipation, is zae old story that
the liberated negroes Tould swarm into
The North In the Border States, itisye~
hement1y stated dat they would flock
thither nom bon North and South The
negro e1odu. Ii changed to reach every
section In which there Is strong prejudice
against ;sszs negroes The course Of their
proposed migration s. turned toward any
locality In which there Is q growing ~senti-
..nenl In hyor Of emancipation This fact
is enough to dispose Of the whole matter,
and to gi@e every redecting mind start in
the right direction. q.
The negroes in the North are erizes
trom erpstss;on, Not .jHsstsees from labor.
70 suppose that they come hither from
love Of our climate, soil, productions, or
industrial pursuits, Is: TO say that they arc
not @acclimated to the South; that they
prefer cold to heat; that warmth is not
. congenial to: their nature; and that the
main argument in favor Of slavery-therr
ability 10 endure tropical sun-ls mon
Etro11s lie. # all these be not established
trntf,s If black meu in Alabama be not as
r7nconfo,tsbIe as polar bears in Africa, if
thcv vea1n not for our April snow storms
and our chilly days in May, then they
would not leave the genial South if liberia
ted, a1d allowed 10 enjoy only the scanty
nriyiRecs which they enjoy in the North
All the nonsense about being "oTerTun"
~by them, falls 10 the ground.
The free negroes are themselves tho best
Judges Of their own feelings and desires in
regard to this matter. Why do they re-
main in Maryland, where they already
number nearly ninety thousand, where
they are oppressed by vexat1ous Laws,
where repeated attempts hare been made
to drive them ont, and where they have
leea threatened with enslavement-why
do tAey remain there instead Of "oTer-
running" Massachusetts,, where peo-
p1e Of their color are only about one
tenth IS NUMEROUS, where they are allowed
to vote, to testify in the courts in all cases,
and to enjoy the privileges Of citizens, even
to holding oh1ce2 The reason is simply
this: because the unusual privileges which
they might enjoy in Massachusetts would
not, in their Judgment, counterbalance the
tlraHbacks Of rigorous cimate and indus
trial pursuits already monopolized by white
men. If they remain in Maryland under
such circumstances, would they run away
from it and flock into New England if the
laws in both are made alike? This IS what
the enemies Of emancipation are trying to
prove.
Why do not the negroes Of Jamaica &C
TO Canada? There is nothing to hinder
them, save what would hinder the hheratei
Slaves Of the Cotton States from coming te
the North In Canada they would enjoy
Just the same political privileges as in ia
maica, with the addition Of those delightful
snow storms and bracing winds, which, &C
eording to The theories Of pro-s1avery men
are so essential to their happiness that onl,,
the sbacklcs Of slavery can keep them i
the sunny South. Within twenty year:
more than twenty thousand blacks hay
migrated from this country into Canad;
The natural increase Of these people hs
not been less than ten Thousand. And &c
according to the late census, there were onl
twe}yc thousand left, What has becon
Of them! Go 10 the West Indies-to tho:
islands already dense]y populated-to th:
climate from which freed black men a,
said to fee northward-aad there you sha
ind them enjoying themselves, multipl,
ing, and accommodating. property, in ope
and fragrant disregard Of the laws Of the
existence as defined hy all enemies Of ema1
cipation.
The truth is, the negroes of the Nor
are awaiting the day Of freedom, in ord
to prepare for removal into the Gulf Statt
Like ell other people, they desire to Ii
where their race pTedominates. In /:
planting regions they will furnish the pr
ductiYc labor. There Will be no prejudi
against their color. The better educatt
ones will become teachers. Mechanics n
be in demand. Useful labor, for the fl
time, will become respectable in the Ge
States And this afused 1ace, rising
from the degradation Of two centuries, "
yindicate universal emancipation.