Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-04-24

| il would continue the agitation of this qucs
tion fof d short time. IL probablymightinduc,
efforts to repeal or modify the law before 4
took effect on all the slaves iD the District
| IL would be difficult to guard against eva
sions of the law. The children now growint
up, afew years hence might be smuggled
out, of the District, and IL would be yer,
dificnlt to follow b em and trace hem, Of
enable them to assert their freedom There
would be no inducement in that case 10 the
owners to educate them. There would be
no legal guardians for their children. ThciI
mothers being slaves, as q matter of course
they could not have, loyal guardians, unless
| you should make the masters their guar.
dians; and then there would be no induce
ment for the masters to cducate them
These are practical lobjectionsagainst grad
ual emancipation but stih es,I skid befsfe,
If were faming abilI, would provide foi
gradual instead of immediate emancipation,
and without compensation. mod
VOTE or PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.
A proposition was made Yesterday by the
Senator from Virginia tMr. WILEY, to
submit this matter to the people. l think
it would have been unwisc, to have adopted
that suggestion. The people in this Dis
trict are now In chIysalis state |; they are
changing. You could not submit this ques-
tion to the people without at once bringing
up the question of suffrage. Who shall
vote upon the proposition? Shall those res
idents who have come here within Che last
sIx p months, IN view Of the present Difficult.
sMr. WILEY. The amendment pro.
yided who should yote-alf over twenty -one
years of age, who had been residents Of the
III. IT, SHERMAN, S=1f fts That would have been
clearly unjust. You limit the right Of suf-
frage TO- the people who have been residing
here one year. How many or them are
there? How many Of them are directly
Interested in the question on. which they
would be called to voteY How many Of
them would be the owners Of slaves, or the
relatives of the owners Of slaves? You do
not allow man to sit upon ajury who is
interested to the amount of one cent ia the
matter in controversy. You do not allow
man to sit as judge who has a relative, q
party in a suit And yet nearly all those
who have been here one year are either in
terested in slaves themselves or have rela-
tives who are interested in slaves Besides,
if you submitted this question to the peo.
pie, you would stir up strife and contention
in this District. | think it would be far
better for us to take the responsibility. The
Constitution invests in Congress the exclu-
sive power over this subject, and, for one, l
am not willing to transfer tHat atresponsibility
to the people of the District, but would
rather take it myself than submit it to the
people, and thereby create contention and
strife among them -f---s;-,- ,r---i------sys, !.
~, q, CHOICE OF BILLS. ..,s...,..
have read carefully all the bills on this
subject, and will state frankly to the Sen
ator from Maine Mr. MORRILL] one or two
objections that occurred to me 10 regard to
bis bill, that induced me to think that the
bill framed 5y the Senator from New lamp
Thn sT,1e pae n hAssn ~ was sne prgtsfaple one
not me dssno louslty e nsS IA ,a "a aSts I,
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ls II zoe, COLONIZATION, sti o., l.s, (
There is another objection 4 to the bill Of
the Senator from Maine which i hope will
be obyisted; aud that is, it does not provide
for colonization. 1T tits our duty to eman-
cipate these slaves, it is equally, our duty to
give the negroes, of this IDistriet, and, in
deed, of theIwhole country, I, the right of
choice whether they will live here in Q land
where they will always be- held a : . sub0r.
dinate RAGS. or try ths experiment of free
dom ip enotheg and mpFa tsvotable' olime.
l think it V ajastsnd poistic idea that II
we' g . naaon, :owe tecse People !reeasI'
Ne slso y. alqers setyt.ss o9lsAson sI ", III
i9w theAltee usse'opl tneit iresIom' Aup