The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-12-06

! Ill delivery as aforesaid and afterwards.
| Any State having received bond a. afore-
said, and afterwards introducing or tolerat-
ing slavery therein, shall refund to the
United States the bonds 50 received or the
value thereof, and all interest paid thereon.
FOR SLAVES Peso BIT 1as WAR.
| ARrIcLE.-All 'slavesswho shall have en-
Dyed actual freedom by the chances of
war at any timS before the end Of the
REBELLION, shall be forever free; but all
owners Of such who shall not have been
disloyal, shall be compensated for them at
the.saaae-ratess "a is provided for States
adopting abolishment of slavery, but in
| such way that no slave shall be twice
VOLUNTEER CoLoclzArIoH IN TIE " s.
ARTICLE Congress may appropriate
money or otASrWise3 to- provide for colo
MIXING free celored persons with their con-
sent at any place or places within the
United States. II 81 =
r - rHR ARGunxSrs rrsrREFoR.
beg indulgence to discuss these pro-
posed articles at some length Without
slavery the rebellion should never have
existed; without slavery it could not con
tine Among the friends Of the Union
there is great diversity of sentiment and
policy in regard to slavery and the African
race amongst US. Some would abolish it
suddenly and without compensation, and
some would abolish it gradually and with
compensation. Some would remove the
free people from among us, and some
would retain them with US. and there are
yet. other minor Universities. Because Of
these diversities We waste much strength
in struggles amongst ourselves. BY mu-
| tual concession we should harmonic and
act together. This would be compro
mise among the friends and not with
! enemies oe The onion These articles are
intended to embody plan of such mutual
concession. If the plan shall be adopted,
it is assum ed that emancipation will follow,
at least in several of the States.
| HARHoxizlEG DIFrERKxcEs 81
In the first article the main points are:
Frsf, The emancipation. Second, The
length of time for concentrating, in years !;
and Third, The compensation.
| The emancipation will be unsatisfac-
/ tory TO the advocates OF perpetual slavery,
but the length of time should greatly
mitigate their dissatisfaction The time
saves both races from the evils of sudden
arrangement, while most Of those whose
habituai course Of thought will be dis
turbed by the measure. will have passed
away before its contamination. They
will never see it Another class will hail
the prospect of emancipation, but will de
precate the length of time They will
feel that it goes for little to the now living
slaves, but it really gives them much 1t
saves them from the vacrant restitution
which must largely attend immediate
emancipation in localities where the cir.
cumstances are very great, and it gives the
inspiring assurance that their pos.erity
shaft be free forever
The plan leaves to each State choosing
to act under it 10 abolish slavery now or
at the end Of the century, or at any inter
mediate time, or by degrees extending
over the whole or any part Of that period
and it obliges no two States to proceed
alike. Ii also provides for compensation.
and generally the mode of making It
This, 1t would seem, must further mitigate
the dissatisfaction of those who favor per
pe,ual slavery, especially those who are to
receive compensation.
WHY COMPENSATE
Doubtless some Of those who are TO paw
and not TO receive will object 10 it. That
the measure is both just aud economical
is certain. The liberation OF the slaves is
the destruction of property acquired by
descent or purchase, the same as any
other property IL IS no less true for hay-
ing been often said, that the psople of the
South are no more responsible for the in
PRODUCTION of this property than are the
people of the North and when it is re
membered how uahesitatingly We all use
cotton and sugar, and share the profits Of
dealing in them, it may not be quite safe |
to saw that the South has been more re. /
spopsible than the North for its continu /
ance. IL, then, for common object this /
property is to I've sacrificed, Is it not Just /
that IT be done at n comm On charge? And |
II with less money, or money more easily ,
paid, we can preserve the benefits of the /
Union by this means, than we can by the /
war alone, is it not economical to do it?
AN ECONOMICAL VIEW
Let us consider it then; let US ascertain
the sum we have expended in the war
since compensated emancipation was pro
posed last March, and consider whether if
tn at measure had been promptly accepted
by even some of the slave States the same
sum would not have done more to close
the war than has been otherwise done If
so, the measure would save money and
in that view, would be prudent and eoc.
nomical measure, certainly.
1t Is not 50 easy to pay something as it
Is to pay nothing. but it is easier 10 pay a
large sum than a larger one
The aggregate sum necessary for COM
pensated emancipation of course would be
large but it would require no ready cash
nor bonds any faster than the emancipa-
ton progresses
SHARING The BURDEN WITH PosrNRITY.
THIS might not and probably would not
close before the end Of the thirty -sevea
years At that time we shall probably
have loo, 600 900 people TO share the bur
den instead Of 100000 as now, and not
only so, but the increase of our population
may be expected to continue fo- long .
time after the period as rapidly as before, ;
because our territories will not have be-
come full I dot state this inconsderate-
". At the same ratio of increase which
We have maintained on an average from
our first national census in 1890 until 1860,
We should in 1900 have population Of ,
l03.20S, 4l5, and why may we not continue .
hat rate far beyond that period.
OUR TERRITORY. 1
Our ABUNDANT room, our broad national
is an ample resource. Were
our territory as limited as are the British
sles, certainly our population c uld not
expand as stated Instead Of receiving
he foreign born as now, we should be
to send part OF the native born
away, but such IS not our condition. We |
have 2.963,000 of square miles Europe ]
has 3,S09, 600 square miles, with a popula-
ion averaging % l-3 persons to the square
nile Why may not orr country at some 4
lime average as many? Is it less fertile? l
Has it more waste surface by mountains
.lyeers, lakes, deserts and other causes Z? I
e it infehor to Europe in any natural adj
PROSPECTIVE GROWTH OF POPULATION.
If then We are at some time to be as :
,opulous as Europe, how soon I? slAs stod .
When this may be, we may Judge of the !