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

~ representatives in Congress. -slEoT lss5szs.
It. | cannot make il better known than it alIez(
j. is, that / strongly favor colonization. And y
e. I wish to say there is an objection urged apafn
y free eolored persons remaining in the co0n6r
which is largely imaginary, If not sometinl
N malicious. - M
y IL is insisted that their presence would iFiu,
y and displace white labor and white laborers
it there ever could be proper tins for more cato
= arguments, that tlms is suroly not noE.r /
Q times like The present. men should utter nOthiu
h for which they would not willingly be rss poas
e BE through tine and in sternity sit trus
2 then, that eolored PeOpls can displace any Elor
3 white labor by being free, than by remaining
Q slaves If they stay Ia their places, they. Jos
c tle no white lAborers !; IF they leave their oh
{ places they leave them open white labOrers
D Logically, there is neither more aar less of it
G Emancipation, even without deportation
5 would probS5ly enhance the wages 0
white labor, sad very surely, would not re
dues them Thus, the customary amount of Ia
: Dor would still have to be performed tbe freeG
people would surely not do more than their old
} proportion Of it, sid very probably, for. time
woqld de less, leaving IN increased part to white
iaborers. Bringing thsir labor into greater de-
mand, and, consequently enhancing the wages
/ OF II VIE deportation, ewes to a limited ex-
tenf, enhanced wages 70 white labor i ruathe.
marsslly esriAia. Labor is ike any other com
modify ia tks markst-incrssss the demand for
il, sod yoE increase the pres Of it. Reduce the
supply 81 black labor, by eoIoHizing the black
| lsboT5r out Of the couatFy, aud, BY breeisely so
much, Jon increase tho dsmand FOR, and wages
Of white labor
But ii is dreaded that the people viii swarm
t9Tth sRs cover the whole land. Are they xot
already IN the land VIII liberati0a make them
any more numerous Equally distributed
hnoHg ths Hhilss Of the whole country, AID
here woEld be eAs e0lorsi to Eevsa whites
Could the sns, il any way, greatly distsrb tks
ssTeA. There srs many osmmuRitiss now hav-
| ing Uers than aAs frss eOloFsS psrsOn to gsven
whites, and this without any apparent conscious
| Bs4s Of evil from it. The District Of Colsmbia
and the sssles sf Maryland and Delaware are
al in Ais eoAdijioA. Tks d strict has more than
one nee eoloEsd 10 SIX whites; and got, in its
| frequent petitions to CoseTsss, I believe il
has never presented the presence Of free color
Cd PsrsssS as OR4 Of its grievances Bat why
shead emancipation SJuth ssnd ths freed
PssPls RsrIA People Of any color seldom
THn, Hnlsss there be ssmathiaR to rua frsn
Hsrsf.jsre selsrsa psspls, 10 some extent. have
ned North freR bssdaEs: and zsu, perhaps
tro9 es Sosdsge aAa Ssstitatiss. But II
gradual eaEssiFaaoR an6 deportation BE adopted
they win hsvs seither ts See from Their aid
nsstsrs Eill give them wages at lsast anil rev
labsTsrs can be FroeaTed aud The freed nsn in
turn will gladly give their labor for tAs wages
till Aew hoHsa ear ks iouR2 for theE, in e3H-
genial elinss and VITA Bsepls Of their swR
blood and race. This PrsBssitiSA eAa he tr1slsd
On tbs nutual Interests Involved. And, in any
event, cannot the North decide for itself whether
to receive them'
Again, as practice proves more than theory,
in any case, has there been any Interruption of
cOlored people nertbward, bqcsuss OF tho abol-
ishulent OF slavery in this District last spring
What | have said Of the proportion of free
colored persons to the whites, ia the District Is
from the census of 1860, having no reference to
persons called e0nlra6ands, nor 10 thoss made
tree by the act OF Congress abolishiug slavery
here
II plan consisting Of these articles is recon
mendsd, not but that . restoration Of the ma I
tsnal authority would bo accepted without Its
adoption.
Nor viii the W., nor proceedings under the I
proclamation sf September %, 1859, be stayed
bseause ef tAs recSms4 endatisn of this plan.
It's hmely adoption, l doubt not, would bring /
restoration, and thereby stay both.
And, notwithstanding this plan, the reocn1-
E,sndatioa that Congress provide by law for
Srmpsnssting any State which aay adopt e1An-
ciPatiOH, before ;his plan shal have been acted |
uPen, is hereby earnestly renewed. Such vsud !
be only an advance part Of the plsa, and the /
sss1s arguments apply to bosh. /
This plan is recommended ss a mears, not in |
exclusion o. but additional to, all others for re-
storiAg Gad preseTviHg the national GVthsrity /
throughout he Union. The subject is presented /
exclusively is III economical aspect. The plan !
Wouls,l am confident, secaTe peace more 1
speedily, aHd maintain it more permanently, /
than can be doas by ferse alone while allit |
would cost, considering amounts, and manner /
q payment. and tiIae Of payment. would be |
q sier paid than will be tho additional cost Of the
NAr, II We rely solely Epon force. It is much |
very rueh-thSt it would cost no blood at all |
The plGH is proposed as permanent coustita- I
tOzsl law. Il cannot become such without the 1
eesturTenes Of, hTst, sFo-thiTds Of Congress, |
and, Afterwards, three -gsurths of the States The
rsquisits thrse;fourths Of the States will 4eees
Earily include seven Of the slave States Theif
coneurrenos, if obtained, will give assurance Of
their ssvsrslly adopting emancipation, at no very
distant day, upon the new constitutional terms
Ibis sssTaRee would end tue struggle now, and
save The Union forever
/ do aot forget the gravity which should
ehsraeterize paper addrSssed to the Congress
Of ths nation, By the Chief Magistrate Of the |
nation Nor do I forget tina sme OF you are !
my seniors Hcr that many OF YOU have more /
experience than 1 in the contact Of public /
affairs. Yet I trust ihst in view Of tbs great |
responsibility resting upon me, yoR viii per /
undue earnessness l msy soen to display.
Is it dsubtsd, then, that she plan propose, if I
adopted would shorten the war, ard thus lessen 1
the expenditure OF money and Of blood Is It |
doubted that 1t woaldrUs0re the national author
lily and national prosperity and perpetuate |
both Indefinitely Is it doabted that we here !
Congress and executive-can secure its sdop- |
ton VIII HOt the good people respond to /
united and earnest appeal from u.s. Can we, |
can they by sAy other means, so certainly, or 1
so speedily assure these vital objects We can /
succeed only by concert. 1t is not can any Of |
rs imagine better p bat can we all DO better /
TIE dsgmas Of the quiet past are inadequate to |
the stormy present. Tbs sSe&sion is piled high |
with difficulty, aud We must rise with the oeea-
sisH As our ease is new, so we must think /
anew and set anew. We must diScnthrall our /
selves and thss We shall save our country.
FsilsW-eih2sas, ISs cannot escape history. |
We Of this Congress and this administration, /
will be remembered in spite Of ourselves. /
No personal significance, or iRslgnihcaues, can I
spare sas or gROther OF as. The fiery trial /
through which we pass will light rs down, in 1
honor er aishonoT, TO tho lA'ast generation |
We say we ere for the Union. The world /
will not forget shat we say this. We know |
how 20 save the Union. The world knows |
We do know how TO save IT, We-syon sgs |
heTe-hold the pswer, and beer the respensi- |
bility. In gioiRg freeSah 10 the stase We IS
sKTe Jreedssi to the fyse-honorable alike in |
what we give, sna what We preserve. We shall |
noby save, or haeaaly lose, She last best hope |
Of earth. Other means may succeed; ttia could |
not fail Tne way is plain, peaceful, generous,
just-a way which, if followed, the world win |
forever applaud and God must forever bless.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
December /, 1882
= General Bragg has Issued orders granting |
general amnesty to all soldiers abssns without |
leave, and published as deserters, if they return
Immediately % their commands. Another order |
has bOea issued by him that al the regiments of /
Ganeral RrArois amy in the KentnckH cam