New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-11


dent Ia replate with peril.
Could 81 avery have been abolished, by Northern
action while peace yet existed between the North
and South, without violation OF the Constitn,ion
in other woru, without revolutionary act Clearly
not. Can Slavery be eradicated now, in war, with
out sucb violation II emancipation be necessary to
insure the permanent peace and safety OF our Gov
eminent and ii we are willing 10 pay to all loyal
slaye-owners q reasonable price for their slaves,
clearly yee.
For no principle in law is better established than
this. that when important public interests demand
it, private property may be taken at fair apprase-
ment, for public use. The opening Of street in
improving q city, the running OF railroad, are
held, in this and other civilized countries, TO be
objects Of sufiicen Importance to Jnstify what the
French laws appropriation Jorcee pour casse
ut,itt puttiqae.'
Bot of Importance how utterly trivial is the open.
ipQ of a street. or of q railroad, compared TO the
preservation. in its integrity of the greatest republic
upon earth
con pied with a provision for the payment, TO all
loyal slayehoders Of The fairly appraised value Of
their slaves7 This question resolves itself into
another: Have things gone 20 Tar that the Union,
in its peaceful integrity and Negro. Slavery wilhin
It's borders, 'an no longer co-eXist That Is The
GREAT QUESTION OF rHE DAY. l think 1t mus! be
answered, even now, in the affirmative. Every
month that passes il converting hundreds OF thou
sands of moderate and conservative and peaceoving
men TO the same opinion. They despair OF sectional
! frie udship or national peace, unit. the teeming
caus-s of mortal hatred and civil is rooted oat
forever.
Have we the means Of paying loyal saveowners a
fair price for their slavesf II we net now, before
contest has exhausted our resources yes
II we wait the termination oil three or Tour years
war; very certainly, no.
In that price deportation must not be estimated.
The South ssserts that negro slaves iDdirpensa-
bic 10 her. That is only 30 fur trus that she does
absolutely need hired negro workmen. and Ought
not TO be deprived of theui. Her agriculture would,
for time, he ruined without them. But no good
man desires a settlement under which any section Vi
our country would lie even temporarily ruined.
Nor can it he doubted that the South, however
strong her preudices and traditions III favor OF OWE
ing her laborers, has herself been brought, by the
peris of The hour TO think seriously Of change OF
system as the only means left her TO obtain aid and
! confort from Europe. Nor can all her leaders be
wholly blind to the fact ha, such a change OF sys-
TEN would advance, in the end, beyond calculation,
her material pros erity.
Suppose a declaration 70 the effect that the Gov
ernment urged by the necessity OF seltpreeervaIion,
takes at lair valuation, the slave property OF tie
South Will such a declaration Cause negro insur-
recIion and ndisc rininare assassination OF whites
throughout the Slave States The result. go FAR,
has clearly shown that the negro, mid and lOpgrui-
ferDg aud often attached to hs owner, is iitlc ds-
posed to resist, under an Organization OF bis own.
Once assured Of freedom. he will gradual, join our
cause-that is ALL He can then be hired ~ labofer
or soldier, az may seem ht-pay ment being made Tor
him If he master proves to be loyal and his services
being confscated If there are due 70 rebel In ail
tins we are clearly III our right.
| Look now at the question IN its foreign aspect,
nnder the chances OF European intervention. 10
those chances great or small Intervention may occur
and that ere lODg 80
II IN occur. it, character will chiefly depend upon
what shall have been the antecedeIh action OF our
Government III regard 10 Slavery
II. previously to such intervention we shall have
issued general declaration OF emancipation, tben
we shall stand before Europe AS the champions OF
boman Liberty while our enemies will DO relafd'd
~ the advocates OF human -ersitude. Public OlluiOn
In England III France, AMI throughout Europe gem
srlly will then prevent the resp, Give Governn,s
| from intervening, except II lie In our iayor No
European Government dhre lace itseu la The atti-
tuGe OF y Slavery protector.
H. on tue contrary, shall have lef, the issue
il now stands policy indicated oply by the Con-
fscation act not bruaoly and boldly announced, and
more esI ecialy If the South, d"spairing OF saving
her fayorie institution, conced-r, the price OF
foreign recognition aud SUI port, voluntary syste
Of gradual eDauci paiO-bOt al all sn unlikely move
--then the sympathy Of public olinion throughout
Europe will be- with the South, and viii sustain any
action IN her favor.
Think too, IN such event. how false our posi-
ton how low we shall have fallen III tie eyes vi
world how uDeuviabe the Lace We shall occupy
IN history through all time
4 1t is idle gasco made sAy that thus situated
can DEFY Europe. let lie South, ty coDoeding
emancipation. secure tie sympathy AID the pcrma-
uent services OF her four millions Of libOerr, with
ont action of our; theu throw into the scale again
us the thirty millions u England, the forty millions
Of Franoe-and who shaI say how many Ieus u
millions beside land wbaI chance for success, or
for reputation, shaIl We Layc, struggling Tor nothing
nobler than tel-e1 stence, IN eqnyOeal attitude b.
fore the world, matched against opponents who
.hal have forcstacd US and ASSUMED tie Initiative
OF lrosrere
! While the contest assumes no higher character
than that Of portion OF great Ia ion dee nlg IA
separation from tie mother country una iJruOiy
cartlog off its authority, what more syupathy can
wo ex prct from Europe than We Ourselves gave TO
Spain when she lost Mexico. or 10 Mexico when
Texas stuck tor iuuepoudencei Until the nsur is
changed that tile great question oil human lib
erty becomes Involved ia II, ~e must eXiect from
EnrOpean powers at the bert only Indifference;
coupled probao with the feeling that as VI xioo
succe, ded against Spain and Texas ihst MeAico,
Nv will a Southern Coniederacy finally maInsain
nseli against NJ.
That u declaration Of emancipation Wa not issued
n year ago, do Dot regret. Great changes must
mature ia public opinion before they can be safely
carried out. Extreme measures, TO be justified ard
10 he eff ctua must often be preceded by Onytlcd
Cancellation. Yet in national energences 1t may be
as dangerous 10 dlsappoint a- TO anticipate puLlc
opinion. And confess my fears tor tie rcsult1 de-
cIrive measures are longer delayed.
Stand where are, We cannot and TO go on If less
dangerous than 10 Dctrace our pteIr. We ought
never 10 have proI Osed emancipation with compen-
saion TO loya raveowneis, nor declared 10 the os.
loyal, IA by law We have that. their slaves slni' be
liberal Cd without com peubalOn, II We did not dcbd
TO fellow out the yoIcy commenced. We have
incurred The odium lot us reap the benefit.
Nor do perceive how we can free the slaves OF
Rebels, yet r asouably expect to retain Slavery III
the Border States, in they perrirt IL rous-
ing the offer Of the prerideht. Having interviewed
30 tar exit patton OF Slavery the only eilectual pol
,cv hecnmes The safest also