Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06


her labor inio greater demnbd dad tjnsequepts
" ., hascltg tie wages of u,
Wuh deportation, even to limited e1te0t
wages to white labor h fhatlte'
matlcal, certain. Labor IA like any Othef
cnmmodi in the market-increase the de.
inaud f,r It, and you increasa the price ci Il.
Reducing the supply oi black labor by coli
,,n z,nV the back lnbor out of the country,
and hy precisely 30 iuuch ynn will increase
the demand f,r, and wages fir white labor.
But j, is dreaded that the freed people will
; warm for aud yer the whole land.---
VIII liberation make them any rbore nuue-
~nus9 Equally distributed among the whites
of the whole country, and there Wonld he
hdt one colcrpd to seven whites. Could
the one in aoy way greatly disturbe The.
There are many communities now, hating
mpre ;han QUE free colored person IN seven
whites, and ibis without auv apparent con;
sciousness nf evil FROM it. The d strict Of
Columbia and the States of Maryland and
U.awatp. are nil in this condition. The
D ,trics has more than que free cnloFed TO
s,x whuer, and yetin its f. qnent petitions
to Congress, believe it has never presented
the presence of free colored persons IS one
Of it's grievances.
But why sh"ull emancipation south sepd
the tread paopIe north. People of Huy col
ur seldom run unless thare IL something to
run from. II retoiOre colore1 psnple have
fad north to some extent from bondage,
aud now perhaps, from both bondage aud
dpsitutinn but if grtdua emancipation and
deportation be- adopted, they will have neith-
er t" tl,e from. Their own masters viii
give thsm wages, at least, tilI new labhrers
can be- procured and the freed men in turn
viii gladly give their labor for wages till
new homes can b. found Tor t"em in cDnge-
uia cmes, and with people of their own
b.",d aud race.
Tus proposition can be trusted on the
muiua MT rests involved, and in any event
cancot the Nvrrh drclie f,r Itself whether
to receive III, mY Again, "a pfsctlcs proves
more tl,au the'ry in any Case, has there
been aiy irruptlou nufthwari, hecause Of
the ahulisi i,tert e slavery III The District
Of Co;unbia last spriug What have
said ui the prnportloh e free c"lored per-
SONS 10 the whites IN the y strict II Co um-
Ula Is from the Census If 1860, having no
References to persons called coDiratSnds,
nor by those made free by tie act Uf Con-
gress sbUIlsnhg sla,etv here. 't'
The Ii, sing of these articles is reeom-
Tr.,., a, lot hut thai sIOrHiUp OF the nAt0Eal
nnlnorny WOuId Ge acerFIrd without lis AdOp-
tUu, R,r whl IrJ war or II, ,cepdingS under the
| uiuGunialIuu ui ~eptrinbrf 22d, 1852 he stayed
/ Ia cals, ui The Commend Eh oi Ihls plan. lis
uuieiy H'tupu"a l uOLbt moi NouH bring reSio.
r,lon ibd luerrby slaY huth. not zths
! Standing ,hin llanthe r. cnn eDdtuon lint Cun'
| gIrS> IIuHIue by Law FIR crmiTB-at,pg any SOts
winch may a,ipIh the emancipation before this
| MIA sntIt ituN = ac, "A nm "a
! IrneWe cd. SGch wouid u1ly be ad,Rnce part
ul the plan. aud the sate HrgunIebls RpPy 10
! tain. TINS Ian Is rec"nn ended ~ n Plap not
~ C nclrsuh oi, hui addIimna 10 all "th'r fo re-
a,oi'Lg aud Ire~' TviHg Tie aal authnrty
,hr", gIuul ne Uniuu. TIE >uhjct is Vr,seH cd
| ,Ac,urIttIy Ia iis cal aspect. Tie InaR
@Uuid an confident coIe Ieaee more spe' d'iy,
! ,l.n eau he T"ue 10y iO'ce alone. Nh o 1t wound
cost iesa, rUssIdeIiLg amounts and manner ~
lntJ aud unes at pay Inenl. ami the amo eiai
wuuId bc easier pad thau Will be the addltlon1i
cusI Oi The war II We r2piy solely upon fo'cs IL
Is 'bu>t liKeiy Lnal II very likely wou d cos no
blood lt All
Tie pIan IS proposed Ms permanent con-
suluuonsl law. 1t cautot b, come such
without the Co, cnrreuce. first, of two-thrrds
II GuL gaess, aud afterwards three-fourths
oi tie S,aes The requisite three-qnartsrs
dt the ) ates will necessarily nc ude seven
ot the sla,e States. lfoblMued, It viii give
aseurahces Of their se,eraily nj 'pting emnn-
c patFUu At no distant day, upon the new
c9, suiutOnai leru!s. This assurance would
rud tbe struggle now and Save the Union
! torA>er.
do not forget 4 g gravity Of paper ad-
dressed to tue Coz gress ot t'e Nan BY the
Chiel Magistrate a the Nation; nor do
forget lnal a,nne f4~ mre III, souoFs, or that
! & thun II
10 t.c conduct of pubic ntiIF5 Yet
irust dist lu view # tbe gr~at re- p usibill-
y resting upon ne, YOU viii le cslVe no
"aUt II respect to Yourselves IN ANY un iue
earueolDesS may seem To display. IL is
doubted, then, thm Ihe plan L pr"pnse,
.dupled, would shorten tbs wnr and thug
essen lis vAuebddure Of money .rG blood.
l. Is doubted that II Sould restprs the ns"
lluunl pros p"rity and Iierpe'uAte both IN
dvlinllrl Is 1t doubled that We heres
Cougrcss and Executive, can secure its
adoption? Will not the good pe'pe re-
sp'ud Ia - united and earnest appeal rom
us2 Cau we-can tney by any Othet
lneaus s cers My or 81 speedily HssurO
these wtnl oil ljectl We can succeed only
10y concert. Il is not-cAn any Of US im-
w iIS Ocltel bu'1 Can any ~ no wv OO'b"i
OH CT whatsoever Is. p'SSIh'e; stlll the
nu ,,tIun rpclrs: Can We do bAlleri ThN
I.'gn"4 of III" q ie, past "re in"ieqaSte to
Tho su,rrny preseut The occ.sinu IL piled
high with dill :uty. and va must riss with
the occA,n,n A4our case is new. SO We
must think ant W and net anew. We mud
dI,enthra ourselves, sud them we shall
saw unr country.
Frli"w ell z4ns, we cannot escape histo-
ry. We, Of tins Congress, will he Femsn-
tered m spite # ourselves. No persnnal
significance W ius'gn'fcNnc, can spare
one ur aRnthsr of US. Thu f4Fy trial
through which WI ps-s. viii ght Ss do~n
M hou r "r dish ,nur 10 tho II est g"+nsFa-
ton. Wa say that We are for the Uni"ns
The warl val MT f'rGet thHt while We,
SAY this W. i knpV hIW To savd lhs Onon.,
Tn var Il kno~s We do kuO" h." 10 save.
We, .v.n We, h,d lhe po"sr anil bear
the responsibility. Ia gvlng "eet"m to
he ,a . va ensure fresdan t. the free,
houorabs AiIks ~ whist We give and what
h.aI nf.h nN