Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-08-06
WHOLE NO. 1892.

these measures with all his powers of rid
icule ''the raw-headed and bloody bones"
of negro equality. These measures have
no relation to political or social equality.
and have no tendency TO regulate the ons
or interfere with the other Because We
are willing to do justice to the humblest
/ N society. does it follow that we are bound
70 extend to them the same social and DO
htical privileges which we enjoy? Be-
cause my colleague is disposed to pSy mis-
humble waSherwoman a Just compensa-
tlon Tor her labor, shall reproach him
with the iaellI'ation to marry her, or to in
vite her to his table? The right of suH-
rage is a political right, and State or no
htlcal community may withhold il from
class of persons without an interference
with their natural rights. It ia withheld
in most of the states from foreigner till
they have resided in the country FIVE
years. 1t may be granted conditionally
TO, or withheld entirely from colored per-
soma, without injustice to their natural
rights. The people of each State are en-
tirely competent to regulate that matter,
and most people are competent to control
their social relations. Should the gradu-
al emancipation plan be carried out in
the States, and should coniscation iber-
tie the slaves of rebels, if my colleague
really fears he shall be brought down or
up to social equality with liberated Alb
yssinians, such as he saw at Sistine Chap
ell, or If he fears any tendency to amslga-
mate with that race which he so despisea
n this country, but which in. Rome 20
charmed him. will not object 70 a spec-
lal law for his benefit. Such a bill would
De IN order on private bill day. if no OBJ
lection is made, and am sure no one on
this side of the House will be so unkind
IS to interpose an objection. Ny colleagus
seems to have but little prejudice against
the society of traitors, and from his votes
here he would seem desiroas of cultivat-
ing it. This may be attributed to the
act that his system is so full of prejudice
'tgainst the negro, that there Is no room
or justice to traitors. . Tbs space 10 linz
ted. = =
A bill passed the House, few DAYS
since, entitled, An act to prescribe an
cath of Office" This bill provided in sub
stance that all United States officers shall
take 81 oath that they have not vo!ur-
CARLY engaged in this rebellion, or borne
arms against the United States. Without
,uch law, at the close of the war this
House might be mainly filed. from the
States now IN rebellion, with traitors.-
Ny colleague showed by his vote that he
vas willing, as a member of this body, to
ut alongside of traitors, whose hands ara
red with the blood Of his murdered coz
'tituents. Ny colleague, and all his DEM
ocratic associates, voted against this bill.
They do not object to the society of trai-
.ors, but they do oppose acts of common
ustice and humanity to loyal colored per-
sons. My colleague throws out in his
speech the pro-slavery argument that
in the West Indies has been
4 failure. This is untrue. Emaneipation
nowhere has been failure, politically,
morally, or pecuniarily for the reason
hat freedom is better than slavery for all
parties concerned; and because right IA
llways productive of good, and wrong is al
Ways productive of evil. This Is part of
he economy of Providence IN the govern
nent of this world. Emancipation in the
v est Indies has been great success, and
3 an example We should profit by it,
Pro slavery writers and speakers hays
eized upon isolated facts and in ignorancs
# the real condition of the island before
md since emancipation, or willfully blind
o it, have used these facts 70 the preiu-
lice of emancipation. An able writer IN
he Edinburg Review, for april. 1859, il
n article entitled the West Indies a
hey were and are" used the following
anguage: a
Never was more ra4.cal revolution
made in the fortunes of a whole people
han when eight hundred thousand Brit
SD negroes stepped from slavery into free
iom. When the clock began to strike
welve on the night of July 81, 1884, they
we're in the eye of the law, things, chat
els, beasts of burden, the mere property
If others. When it had ceased 70 sound,
hey were, for the first time, not only free
nen, but men standing on the same level
IS those who had formerly owned them:
The negroes were everywhere jubilant
vhen their birthright of freedom was re-
tored to them. ReE. James Phillips,
Baptist missionary IN Jamaica, IN describ-
az the state of things when the slaves
Tere released from their apprenticeship
D 1883, uses the following language:
g In front of the Baptist chapel were
hree triumphal arches decorated with
caves and flowers, and surrounded by
ags with inscriptions, Freedom has
ONE! Slavery is no moreY The
hains are broken; Africa is fresH The
enthusiasm of the multitude was aroused
10 to the highest pitch. They wanted TO
rect all the flags, many of which bore
lames of their benefactors. Surge,
,ougham, Slingo,' Sc. The flags wers
and for nearly an hour the air
ang with exultant shouts, in which the
brill voices of the two thousand children
oined: We're freeP We're freeP Our
'ives and our children are free p"
Could emancipation to such people be
failure? The real condition of the West
ndies has been misunderstood or grossly
What has been quoted
5 failure of emancipation is attribute
le TO other causes, and emancipation is
% wise responsible for it. The principal
act relied upon to show that the islands
Tere injured by emancipation is the fact
hat in some years since emancipation the
xports have been less than before.
The chief end Of man in society 10 not
0 raise produce 10 export, and this fact
not the best criterion of the prosperity
a country. When all things are taken
1to the account, the facts on this head
re against slavery, as / viii hereafter
riehy show. The bad company of slave
3 in the West Indies had " ell nigh bank
ipted and ruined them, as it always doss
nv State or country where it is tolerated.
he population returns from the islands,
lade to the British Parliament prior 70
showed that in eleven is
Inds (Ihe only ones from which returns
ere naade) - the slaves had decreased in
yelye wears BY no less than 60, ,2l9; name
?. from $50, 1874 TO 497, ,975." According
, the estimate of the Edinburg Review,
had similar returns been procured from
le other seven colonies, (including Maui
tius. Antigua, Barbadoes, and Grenada)
le decrease must have been little, if az
L. less than 100000" What an eppal-
ng fact was this-one hundred thousand
uman beings slaughtered IN twelvsyasrs.
lat few privileged slaveholders might
ecome rich in exporting rum and sugar!
few may be pecunisrly benefited BY
lch state of things, but everything val
able and desirable in society must 70 20
scay. This damning fact was enoush, in