Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-04

olutionary struggle Till 70 day, Without
paying anything, either principal or 10.
terest, each ma0 Of - would owe less
upon that debt nov than each man owed
upon it then, end thus because our 10
creaae Of meu through the whole period
has been greater than six per cest. and
has run faster than the interest upon the
debt.
THE CONVERSATIONS OF TTME.
Thus time alone relieves debtor ma
ton SO long as its population increases
faster than unpaid interest accumulates
on its debt. This fact would be no cx-
cuse for delaying the payment of what is
justly due, but it shows the great impor-
lance Of time in this connection, and the
great advantage Of a policy BY which we
shall not have to pay until we number
loO,0OO,OoO, what BY different roIicy
we would have to have now when the
number is 3l,OOO,OOO. In a word, it
shows that a dollar will be much har.er
topay for the war, than dollar for
emancipation on the proposed plan, and
then the latter will cost no blood. no
precious life. 1t will be sayiny OF both.
OF THE RETURN OF FUelrIvEs.
AS TO the second article | think it
would be imprac:icable to return to bond
age the class of persons therein contcm-
plated. Some Of them doubtless in the
property sense belong to loyal owners,
and hence provision is made in this arti-
Gle for compcnsating such.
THE FUTURE OF THE FREEDMEN.
The third articl. relates to the future
Of the freed people. 1t does not ohlge
but merely authorizes Congress to aid in
colonizing such as may consent. This
ought not to be regarded as obectiona-
BILE on the one hand or on the other in
asmuch as it comes to nought unless BY
mutual consent of the people to be de-
ported ard the American voters through
their representatives in Congress.
THE PRESIDENT FAvoRs CoLoSlzArloN.
cannot make it better known than it
already is, that strongly favor colonial
ton, and yet | wish to say that there is
objection against the colorel persons re-
naming in the country. which is largely
imaginary, if not sometimes Malicious
1t is insisted that their presence would
iniurc and displace white labor and white
laborers-if there ever could be time
for mere arguments, that time surely i.
not now. In times like the present, men
should utter nothing for which they would
not willingly be responsible through time
and eternity,
A HUMANE VIEW.
Ills true, then, that the colored peo-
pile can disploce any more whae labor
By being free than by remaining stare
If they stay in their own places, they
jostc no white laborers. Ii they leave
their old places, they leave them open to
white laborers. Logically, there is Meth
err more or less Of it.
Emancipation WOULD ENHANCE WHITE
LABOR.
Emancipation, even without deporta-
ton, would probably enhance the wages
Of white labor, and, very surely, would
not reduce them. Thus the customary
amount Of labor would still have to be
performed. The freed people would,
surely, not do more than their old proper
ton of it, and, very probably, for a time
would do less, leaving an increased part
t, white laborers bringing their labor
Ito greater demand, and, consequently,
enhancing the value of it. With dcpor-
tation, even to limited extent, enhanc-
i g wages to white labor is mathematic-
ally certain. Labor is like any other
commodity in the market. Increase the
demand for it, and you increase the price
Of it.
Reduce the supply of black labor bv
colonizing the black laborer out of the
county, and, BY precisely SO much, you
will increase tie demand for wages for
wages for white labor.
BUGBtAR EXPOSED.
But it is dreaded that the freed people
will swarm forth and cover the whole
land. Will liberation make them any
more numerous! Equally distributed
among the whites of the whole county
and there would be but one colored 10
secen achites. Could the one in aLv way
greatly disturb the seven. There arc
many communities now having more
than one free coiored person to seven
whites. and sthis without any apparent
consciousness Of evil from it. The Dist
ric: of Columbia and the States of Mary
land and Delaware are all in this con-
dition. The District has more than one
free coored to six whites, ard yet in its
frequent petitions to Congress, believe
it has never presented the presence Of
free colored persons as one Of its gricv-
anccs.
WHY SHOULD THEY 90 NORTH.
Eut why should emancipation in the
South send the freed people North 3
People of any color seldom run, unless
there is something to run from. Hereto
for colored people have fled North, to
some extent from bondage, and now per-
haps from both bondage and restitution;
bnt if gradual emancipation and depor-
tation be adopted, they will have neither
to flee from. Their own masters will
give them wages, at least till new labor
crs can be procured. and the freed men
in turn will gladly give their labor for
wages, till new homes can be found for
them in congenial cli'nes, and with peo-
pie Of their own blood and race. This
proposition can be trusted on the mutual
interests involved, and in any event,
cannot the North decide for itself
whether to receive them
Again as practice proves more than