The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-11-12
Gbe Cahis Smtintl.
What TO DO with the NegrO--The
African Invited TO Cincinnati.

tuat oldfeIJ 10 70 De dpolloneu, th'
question, "What is to be done Will
the Negro" becomes practical one
to the party by whom he is emancipa
ted. Heretofore when we have beer
inclined to discuss it alphabetically
upon the ground that it was wise tt
study and determine to what use h
could be put before he was accepted
we have been answered by the sugges'
tion that when slavery should be abol
ished would be time to take the matter
into consideration. At present, there
fore, we occupy toward it the position
of an observer rather than of party
with no desire to shoulder any of the
responsibility. Let those who have
won the elephant now find a place tc
put him; and as every man in the free
States is interested in the result, the
better the disposition they make, the
better all will be satisfied.
The New York Times has an article
upon the subject; but it simply states
the case, and asks the question: thing
considerably easier than to answer it.
1t assumes that slavery has received
its death blow--"tlat the sparl,
has been applied tie the magazine"
and that "not all the water of the
ocean can extinguish, nor all the weight
of the globe repress it," and it in
quires: "What comes of the explosion?
-thirty>four free States and four
millions of freed persons of African
descent" 1t then proceeds:
"What is to be done with these people?
They are the nations foundlings. Freedom
violated by tyranny has been brought 10 birth
in the fullness OF tims, and in great pain has
been delivered OF iour millions OF hapless
children. They are laid at our door, They
are the nations foundlings, and we must
care for them or they will perish. See, what
is their condition! They are naked, hungry
and helpless. They have no propcrty-not
SO much as rood OF land wherein to be bu
ricd. They have no food-not so much as
to keep soul and body together for a week.
They have no clcthes-not so much as to
cover their nakedness once; and any change
is--to nudity! They have no friends-ior
,bo IN ha IN clo
when common calanities are upon the coun
cry, compelling every soul to take care OF his
own; and even that burthen is not light
They have no family sympathies and sup,
port. These would 60 far to make abject
poverty tolerable; for natural feeling would
insure attention in extreme cases OF suffering.
slBut all ties Of family have been lightly re
eaEded in the midst OF slavery, and its cir
cfes are few and narrow. Every enfranchi
sed slave is tirus seen to be a pauper--land
less, frle nd less, homeless, naked and hungry.
They have no education, for the law forbade
them to taste of the fruits of The tree OF
knowledge. They have no habits Of thrift
and providence; for their labor was ever en-
forced and reluctant; and the care for their
animal wants, even, was always assumed by
Others. What shall be done with these hum
cry and helpless mllions?"
Well, what is to be done? Now, if
these freed persons Of African descent,
relieved from "the depressing effects Of
their servitude," and exalted to the
lofty condition of "free American la
bors," shall become intelligent, indus
trlous, self-sustaing and useful men,
bers of society, Northern or Southern,
and the economical interests of the
country and the STATUS Of free labor
he elevated and benefited by the
e.langc, then all the pledges made by
the Republico-Abolition journals and
politicians will be redeemed, and their
party will have the right to claim at
the hands of the people all the credit
that is due for their safe deliverance
from so hazardous an enterprise.
But suppose they do not; what then?
There is, at least, a possibility that
they will not. When things comes to
be tried, and everybody is cognizant Of
the result, there will be ne furthe,
room fer Misrepresentation. When
these four millions Of national found
@!ings are born AMI laid at our door, the
consequences may present the question
whether it would not have been better
9 TO have let them remain as they were
Z If the defects of character of the Af.
rican, which are charged as the pro
saSction Of state of bondage, should
4 turn out--as we have no doubt they
will Ito be native and irradicablc, the
results will !. be bad beyond the
power of imagination to conceive; ant
! philanthropy will have achieved one o
its CHARACTERISTIC triumphs, in the de-
i ;truction of the party in whose favol
is sympathies were enlisted.
Il But the Abolition programme does
lot close with manumission. Like all
ne idead radicalisms, it proposes tx
o to the farthest extremity, and blindly
SIX all the consequences. 1t is al
eady tacitly conceded that emancipa
on alone will not elevate the negro t.
.e standard of the white man. Tht
ample of our own free colored popu
ision teaches this fact, and it is be
inning to be understood. He mus
lifted higher; and the next step il