Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-13

those whose habittlal coarse of thought will b
disturbed by the measure yviIlhays passed ava,
bsforoits coHsumm ito a . Thsy will never sec il
I Anpther class will hail ths prospect OF emapci
patton, but will deprecate the length Of time
Phsy VIII feel that it gives too little to the nov
living sla7es go 10 .z51l-
T. Bat really gives them much Il saves then
ffsFa the Eagrant destitution which must largely
1 attend immediate emancipation ina localities
/ where their numbers az very great; and il
/ gives tha insPiritiug assafSace that their pos
teritg shall be free teIeyeF.f The plan leaves to
easn State, choosing 30 act under it, 90 abolish
slsvshJ now, or at tAa end Of The ooziury, or a.
any intermediate time, OF by degrees, extending
oveF the whole or any part Of ths period, and /.
obiiges no two States to proceed alike. Il also
| provides fer compensation, and generally the
mode Of making it. This it would seem, must
further mitigate the dissatisfaction of thesa who
iayor perpetual slavery, and especially of those
VIE are to receive compensation. Doubtless
some OF those who are to psy, and not toreceive
viii sFJsct. Yet the MEASURE IS both Just aud
eeonomjcal Ia eertais sense. the libsratinq
OF slaves is the destruction OF propcTty--proper.
~ aequi!fd BY descent or by purchase, the same
% any ether property Il is no less true for
havihg been often said that the people Of tho
South are net more res ponsible for the original
introduction Of this property than ore the psopls
of the North and vixen it is remembered how
uuhesitatinglV We all uss CottsE and sszsr, aud
share the profits in dealing n them, 1t may net
be quite safe to say that the South has bees
more responsible thsH the North for its continu-
ancs. If, then, fer a common ohisct this prop
erty is to be sacrificed is il not Just that It be
done at q common charge
And if, with less money, or money more .easiIy
paid, We can preserve the kensf,s Of the UniOR
by his measS, thaR ws eau W the war alone il
it aot also economical ts 90 isl Lssus consider
It hss. Let uS ascertain he SUE We haYs sx-
pended IN the war BiRcs CanpeRsatsS arnansi-
piston vsI proposed last March, AID soasidsr
Hhethsr, II that measure had basn Brozply ae
esptod, by even Some OF thu slave States the
sane sNn would rot have done more 70 close !
the war than has beOA otherwise dono. II so, |
the measure vould save moAsy, and, IN that |
view, wsuld be pTuieat and econoEioai Hsas-
ure. Certainly il is Rot - s4sy to pay sssisthisg
as 1t is 10 pay Kotksag bat it is castor to pay 1
large SUM tsas il is to pay larger one Aad il !
is sasler 70 pay any sun ashes ne are able lhan /
/! is to pay it befero va are able The war re- /
sdires largo sums, aud Tsssirss them at sacs
The aggregate sans nsssssssyy for sompessstsd
emancipation, Of course, Fsal9 be large. Bat |
it would require no ready cash nor the boada
even, any faster than tie easneigstiea pro
crosses. This might not, and probably woald
net close before the end Of the thiIty-ssven
years. at that ti'as nc shall probably have
hundred millions 81 people - share the burden
instead Of thirty-oAe millions, as new And not
only 80, but the increase of our pOpulstioa may
be expected to costume for long time aftsr
that period, as rapidly IS before; because eur
-srritory will not have become fall | DO not
state this inconsiderAtely.
. A! the same ratio Of increase which We have
maintained, on az average, from our iirst na
lonAl census, in 1890, Hntl thai of 1869, We
should ia 1900 have 4 population Of l03 20S.4I5.
And Why may We not eontinue that ratis far
beyond that period Oar abundant rooFh-oar
broad national heInes.ead-is aur ampls re-
source. Were car territory as liEsitsd as are the
British Isles, very certainly ear population
could not expand as stated. Instead Of reeeiv
ns the forsign born, rs now, We should Be con-
oeued to sesd part Of the native born aWav.
3at such is not eur oeE6Ition We have two
nilhsns, nine hundred and sixty-three thousand
iqEare miles. Europe has three EiIIions and
hight hBsdfed Thousand, with population kvsr-
'ging ssVezty-ihrse and aAe third persons to the
.quaTe mils. Why may not osr country, at como
i.ns. AVeTsgS &c sany7 Is it less fertile Ha.
t HoTe waste service, by nsuatsiHs, rivers
axes, deserts, Or ether esasps2 i Il inferior to
hSTSps IN aay Aataral advantage II, thon,
sc sTs a. ss2e tine to be as populoas a.
Europe, how seeR As to when this msy be
Ne can iudEe By the pest and the present; As to
vixen is will be, if ever, depesds zach or
vAsther We Eaintsia the UniCn Several sf ear
5tates srS already sbsVs he svsrsgs Of Europe
sSd thri 10 the square nile
Ass ISL Rhsds Island, 1873
Ionnsstisut, 80; Esw York aRd New jersey,
'seb, 80. Also tive thsr great States, PsnnsyI-
TAsis szS Obs, are sot Ar belsw, the former
lsviSg s5 and the latter 80
The States already abevs the BUfsseaa aver
.sS, except New YsTk, have increased in g
sPid rate, Tinss PSssiRg tkst RsRt, ss ever
'efoFs ~kils ne ore Of ihsn is sqasl to some
,thsr parts Of ear sosatTy, IN natural capacity
9r sustaining dense population
Taking the RstiOa in tbs aggregate, and We
lud its population and ratio Of increase, for the
sVsrsl deSannisl Psrisds, 70 Be as follows: