Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-29
From the st. Louis Democrat,

There are some things that seem to have
served their day, and served it well, which,
nevertheless, are worth keeping, and consplre
with succeeding events 10 make a ioIc salu.
tary and effective. or this sort is our fellow
iownsmau, b Gratis Browns speech, ON eman.
cipatlon, delivered in the house OF representa-
tivef, Feb, Il, 1857. l have recently rcperused
this speech, with great interest There are
many paragraphs, which, il l had space to
quite, am sure your readers would seriously
consider. While MIR. Brown by no means ig
nOres the humane and moral aspect Ut the
subject, he confines himself TO the material
and pecunIary argument, and most SUCCESS
fully and unanswerably vindcatvs the 1iqht
and advantages OF free white labor. 1t will
he remembered that this bold aud manly effort
OF MIR. Brown was called out III opposition TO
an almost unanimous sentiment Of the iegisla
ture, sought to be put On record in the passage
OF the following resolution -
Resolved, That the emancipation of the
slaves held as property in tins state would be
not only impracticable, but that any move
ment having snc!i dill object in view would be
lnexpedient, impoliIic, unwise, and unjust,
and should i'll the opinion OF this general as
sembly, be dlScOunteuanced by the people of
this state.
The introduction of this resolution by those
claiming most aversion 10 the agitation of the
slavery question, of course exunerated MIR.
Brown, i'll the minds Of all reasonable men.
ir0m the charge OF being an ayitator More
over, it afforded him just grounds and qOod
occasion for one OF the must Important decara.
tons vi his speech, regarded both as Il right
and propleSy. He says, toward the close
OF his address, abiding To tie short notice and
meager sources OF Information which he had
then at command but, sir, if nothing else
b,gu a bpd thiS Il ,,a tb;,,,, 10,
TRANSFERRED, and that is the bringing up Of tile
whole subject for discussion. The introduction
Of this resolution has made emanc, patton hence
forth and Jorecer, an open question Missouri "
Good MIR. Brown, so 1t was and 50 II u.s.
Aud VIII It this resolution did Tor Missouri Tie
lnaug uration Vt this War las done, not only tur
Missouri, but Tor every one OF the United
States, whether slave or tree. Mr. Brown
says again, "Whai l wish TO contend lur here
is not 80 much lie mere emancipation of the
black race as it is what | will define to he the
emancipation Qf the iciite race Good again.
Mr.. Brown. Emancipation" is not only
'henceforth and ,Orever an open question IN
Missouri, but whatever may lie the cUuelu.
sion as 10 the negroes, white folks are now
and hencetOrwaru, fUr, yer, TO be Tree.
This being The case, NJ Democrat, think
1t tln,e aud proper we begin to exercise our
freedom. hope neither you or my pro.
slavery friends will become at all alan med at
the way propose to do this. 1t is, Speak
the truth In love" TO persuade you, if pussi.
bic, AS l would persuade you to amy other duty
or interest, and il there We're difficulties in the
way, as certainly there are, 10 help you re-
move them. Then, my pros avery friend,
don't be angry at me- don't "hate me-" but
come. let us reason together"
The following resolution recommended TO
congress by Mr.. LincOln, Silh his iraternal
exposition and the solemn reverence explesse ed
ior God and his country, fairly and most i'm.
pre"slvely represents my views and feelings
Resolution recommended by President Lin
coin -
Resolved, That the United States ought to
co operate with any state which may adopt a
gradual adjustment OF slavery, giving to such
state pecuniary aid, TO be used by such slate
IN lis discretion, 10 compensate for the incun.
Venience, public aud private, produced by such
changes Ut system.
By the adoption of this resolution our ma.
tlonai government is put right ON the record.
The Assumption is That slavery is local and the
paohc mlnd Of the nation IS expecting and en-
courdgihg its extinction Let ltie ACES of the
government correspond with this in the emau-
cpation of the Uery teW slaves now in the
District OF Columbia, remuneraling their
owners, and then in the same kind and harmless
,cdy CoTk tie government to tue discOuruge ment
OF slavery anu the encouragement OF gradual
emancipation And now my dear pro slavery
friends, how shall we fix it in Missouri? L
think we all have abundant evidence in the
troub Is we are now having, that the Union
and slavery can not both be pcrpetuated.
| Which shall we give up? Certainly not the
Onioh We must 40 one OF the three things.
l. JOIN with secession and take the conse-
quencts in utter ruin and final overthrow or.
by attempting to conserve and perpetuate
slavery, keep ourselves in constant turmoil
and discord. repaSive 10 emigration and paraiyziro
TO enterprise and improvement; or,
g. Accept the offered aid of the government
and early adopt ystem OF gradual enlanripa.
ton, which will settle disputes among our
selves, and recommend our state to enterprise
and capital, as no other state is recommended.
think, my dear friend, we should do the
last The difficulties would become much less
than they at first appear it once we settled il
in our hearts to do it. The increase i'm the
value of land, consequent thereon, would OF
itself pay all the expense, even if no aid was
received from government.
Then the expense might be very small, and
the change very gradual aud almost imper.
eeptible, by making the emancipation to take
effect only on those hereafter bonn or on the
other hand whole families might be enamel.
pated, retaining the young males till they
were twenty-one. Or it might be possible,
perhaps, to adjust some plan by which eman.
Cipation might be conditioned on good charac.
ter, or qualifications for which it might be a
reward.
Indeed, my dear friend, what we want .irst
and most is a willing mind-and many of you
knOw-and l thank God that you do-who
"giveth wisdom Literally and upbraideth not "
Let us go to him. RS.