The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-12-09

The ibiei article relates - the Co.
tura of dse freed people, Il DOES not
obhge. BOT mgly authorizes congress
70 aIi "a ealomsias such as may con.
sent THIS aneht no, to BE- regarded
rs objectionable ou Ii one hand or on
the other ioasmuch as It comes to
no'hing unless Ny mutual couscn, of
the people, 20 30 dcpor,etl AND the A
mefican voters through their rcprysen-
iafisc. h Congress | canno, make
h better known llian I already 4, tlat
1 aroaels iavor csleaizatIon, and YET
/ wish 70 ay there i ons objection 10
The colorea persons remaining 10 the
country, which is largely imaginary
i not sometimes malicious It Is ia.
sisted that their presence would injure
and displaee white labor II there
ever could be a proper time for mere
arguments that time is surely not nov.
IN times like che present, men should
not utter anything for which they
would not willingly be responsible for
through time and eternity. Is ittrue
Then, that coloyed people eau displace
any more white labor by being free
than being slaves Ii they stay in
their old places, they iostle no white
labor i they leave their old places,
they leave them open for white labor.
Logically there is no more nor no less
Of It. Emancipation even without de-
poriation would probably enhance the
weges sl white labor, and very surely
would not reduce them hence the cas-
tomary amount Of labor would have to
be performed, The freed people
would surely not do more than their
old proportion Of il and probably for
9 time would do less, leaving an in
creased part for white laborers, bring
ing their labor into greater demand,
and consequently enhancing the wa
ges Of it. With deportation even to
limited extent enhancing wages TO
white labor is mathematicaly certain.
Labor is like any other commodity
II the market-increasc the demand
for il, aud you increase the price of il.
Reduce the supply Of black labor by
colouizing the black Iaborer out Of tho
country, and by precisely 50 much, you
increase the demand for and wages Of
white labor but il is declared that
the free people will swarm forth and
cover the whole land. Are they not
already in tbs land2 win liberation
make them any more numerous
Equally distributed among the whites
OF the whole country, and there would
be but one colofed to seven white.---
Could the one in any way greatly dis
turb the severn There are many
communities now having more than
one free colorcd TO seven whites, and
tins without any apparent conscious
ness Of evil from il. The District Of
Columbia, aud the States Of Maryland
and Delaware are all in this condition.
The District has more than one free
colored TO six whites, and yet in its
frequent petitions to Congress | be-
lieye i never presented the presence
Of free colored persons as one Of lis
grievances; but why should emanci-
patton South send the freed people
North People Of any color seldom
run unless there Is something 10 run
from. Heretofore colored people have
fed North 10 some cxteat from bon
dagc, and now perhaps from both bond.
age and deslituiiou but now, IL eman-
cipation be adopted they will have
neither 10 flee from. Their old mas
ters will give them wages at least till
new laborers can be obtained, and the
freed men will gladly give their labor
for wages until new homes can he
found foI them ii genial climes, with
I people Of their own blood and race.
This proposition can be trusted on
The material interests involved, and in
1 any event cannot the North decide for
itself whether 70 receive them again ;
/ Al practice proves more than theory
in any case, has there been any
1 irruption Of colored people nor,hward
because Of the aboli5hmcnt of slavery
{ in the District last spring. What |
have said Of the proportion u free
colored persons 70 the whites in The
District Of Columbia. s from the cen
sus Of 1860, having no reference to
lIose pcrsops called eontrabands, nor
10 those made free by the act Of Con-
gfcss abolishing slavery there.
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