The national Republican., 1862-06-17
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The question, what IL 10 be done vi the
negroes, II We liberate them ~ would be . very
stupid one, II II wss NOT almost invariably 4
knsvish one. iHT .s.
There is abundance Of employment In this
oosstsy for thsu, and the localities are few and
exeeptsoaai b which there is sny considerable
genuine rspugnsnce to their remaining here as
freemen. Many States have, TO be sure, passed
laws for the expulsion Of free negroes; but the
general fact Ia, that these laws, passed at The
instance Of dsmagogues who wished to siguslize
their devotion to slavery, have been rendered
practically ineffective BY public sentiment. 1,
often happens that the very men who make
speeches in Legislative bodies ssainst Tres ne.
groes, win protect them against the laws which
they have sustained and voted for. II is one
thing to denouuce The negro in the abstract
and another thing to prescribe harmless and
docils man, personally known to us, merely
because his color is not orthodox. Demagogue.
ism b not q very admirable manifestation Of
character; but q man may be q demsgogue
upoa political calculation, without being desti.
tute Of humanity or Of any other virtue. We
do not believe, for example, that Gov. Rich.
ardsoD, Of Illinois, who headed the address Of
the immortal fourteen Democratic members Of
the House, the burden Of which was deuuncia-
ton OF the negro, would personally drive ou,
Of the country any black man whom be hap.
pened to know, unles be had some special pro-
vocation for 1t. f' "
Aoch the larger part of what is called the
pr-judiee against negroes. arises from the ex
istsnse d slavery, for forty years the domi
nsut political power in this country and " hicb
many politicians stin expect to ace rsinstated
In its ancient supremacy. As nothing more
tended 10 uphold slavery, than the belief that
the negro would become intolerable by becom
Ing free, and - indeed this was about the last
refuge Of the defenders of slavery, it has been
their unceasing labor to inculcats Ii. II Ia not
wonderful that they have had some success, but
af'sr al, they have not diffused an extent Of
prejudice against negroes comparable to tbs,
which prevailed against foreigners at q recent
period, but which yet proved short lived, and
10 now generally discountenancsd. One ground
Of prejudice 10 common to both Gases. that of
composition iu labor with our own people.
upon the ground generally assumed. although
really untensble, that the labor of slaves does
not compete with that of freemen. But in the
case of foreigners, there were grounds Of objec
tion which do not apply to the African. A
majority Of foreign immigrants have been,
until recently, OF the Roman Catholic per
suasion. against which popular prejudice is
strong. And under our naturalization laws,
they were soon admitted to the right Of suf
frage, which Is alleged to be dangerous. In
deed, this last objection was 80 much urged,
that the opposition to foreigners assumed
rather the form Of q demand that they should
not vote, than demand that they should be
refused admission into the country. But with
all these objections to foreigners, some Of them
certainly not frivolous, the public mind, after
. very persistent and thorough agitation, hs-
settled down into the belief that the true poll
cy 10 to invite them into the country.
II would prove to be 80 with the negro ques.
ton, If slavery, which is the real fomepter of
the clamor against free negroes, ceases to exist
Nevertheless, recognizing the fact Of the pre-
sent existence OF some degree Of prejudice
against this class Of persons and considering
the importance Of uniting public sentiment IL
favor Of measures Of emancipation. the Presi.
dents recommendation Of aiding the emigra-
tion Of such negroes as may voluntarily cleo,
10 emigrate, seems to be wise. If, In conse.
quenos Of their aversion 10 emigration, very
litsle would be likely TO result practically from
such policy, II does not necessarily follow
that 1t Is not worth trying. The wisest ply.
sicians, il they sre not slandsred, rely oflen
upon the efficacy Of bread pills, in the treat
ment Of imaginary diseases. The theory Of
bread pills is certainly a. sound in polite. as
1t 10 in hygiene.
II does not conflict with sound economical
principles, to encourage emigration under Ger.
tain circumstances. II it Is true that labor 40
oons,itutss the wealth OF nations, tsat il may
be taken as the measure Of 1t, 50 also 1t may
be laid down In respect 10 commercial coun-
triss, that they are benefited by emigration
solsich u beneficial to TIE 'emigrqnts themselves
Il u upon this principle that The British Island.
have been so wonderfully enriched by the
exodus Of people from them since the pscifca
ton Of Europe In 1916. What has happened ir
that case, has besn the transfer OF millions Of
Irish, Scotch, Welsh and Eng to places
where they have proepsred, have earned mors
money, have lived better, and have Consumed
more British goods, than if they had stayed At
hsos. Their emigration was beaefcial 10 Crest
Britain, because beneficial 10 the emigrauis
thsnsslves, who did not, by crossing the ssas,
gse beyond The range Of British commerce, but
Only acquired an augmented ability to contri-
bsEs 10 Il. The population Of the British Is
lseds u to-day greater than IL possibly could
have been, II nobody had ever lef, their shores.
Without the emigration thus supplied, therr
would be no Australia, no Canada West, ana
no Cape Colony, and the growth of this coun-
try would have been less rapid than it ba-
been. Aud without these markets which Brit
uh emigration has built up, the present eI-
panaion Of British population and OF British
home population would be impossible And
vhas v uus Of the mother country, 10 true OF