, 1862-08-09

they uust, help each other, aud "root hog or
die" There WAS 10 tnhumxnity In being iueL-
onble In regard to this; for no people are
Of earning = superabundant support; |
but the newly emancdpated require to be |
ta1ght bv ntcessitY Row habits Of sall-aepen- !
dence. Tbs chivalfy have too long found ~
our soft nature, iudrmaries for their aged, aud |
a}meEouEes for their poor false charity, |
weak and ruinous In time Of War. Shall We
now invite and charge ourselves with 8 stil
greater burthen, the maintenance Of theirrun-
sway property" to whom We cannot even
ensIre freedom? Better not invite slaves to
leave their k-maaters nn1eas we can promise
them Nork and welcome, and saft5 some
where.
And how ahan Ne deal with slavery? If \
proclamation were made to the F1oridlans,
guaranteeing all the demands OF the slave power
ii Mould not noW materially aid us to reduce
The State without Whist seems inevitable,
long and bloody WAT; It being no longer \
quarrel Of politicians about property or power,
but pretty general struggle for independence,
which minority could efectually continue,
though deserted by tbs many weary aud Dis
couraged.
| Or course \ proclamation eon.fscaf;ng their
| slaves will not end the War easter or sooHer.
| Masters will fight more F1ndicflYely spar.
hapF, and slaves will dtstT1tst our promises o.
| liberty, OF be too remote, too Innocent, or too
| prudent, to avai1 then1aeYee generally OF It
| Perhaps the -pAseage through the Diner
| slave states of fen regiments Of free blacks.
| with music and red breaches, Offering freedom
s1sverV hS r ton R auv ~ other cause. 600 blacks
! might be enlisted as Fernandina, 600 about
Port Royal, and 10, GOO. bold and black as
Pilot Small, in the fee Northern States. :
But cur white loss might be greater than
our black gain. For four fifths Of our army
and navy, coming under my observation, are
pro.slaye1y. Officers and men are alike teal-
GUS and intolerant Of sharing the honors OF
the military profession with "degraded
race" and grumble against lighting what they
are pleased to call e battles for the niggeE
and not for the Unlon.'' Such men would
probably grumble at anything; but many
such there are. I notice, too, that Northern
soldiers. not pr5neipked against slavery, be:
come speedily reconciled to it on ACCOUNT o'
BONE OF its conveniences. The demnra}izA
tlon, I should cay. Is very general and com
We'll, inasmuch as no amount OF protection
to slavery will help ua in thia war, Why moi
try the other couree and strike at it wherever
we can, and 20 get something for 0ur money
Considerable ohserEation and experience ha!
: | convinced the writer, an old Republican ant
warm ant{-s1sgery man, that we should STRIKE
the hardest--at present the only pract1cable.
blow at slavery By, letting it alone seuerey
that il, by merely not recognizing the relation
q Of mater and slave, and 60 rendering it i1se
cure and improbable. al re can wisely d
8 now is to stop slave catching-as Gen. Hunter
noble soldier as he 1s, seems determined to
and give to the blacks coming under feeders
| protection the chance to earn tuelr 1ivellhoo
freely. The more capable or ambitious ri
s try and succeed. Happily, the vast majorit
). will not move, even though offered freedoI
y and arms, being held III bondage by an IRENE
= diable necessity stronger than main force c
| the law Of the land, viz: by fixed habirs an
d local and family attachments; by lack of Ian.
!. tools, protection, dc, without which 1near
= self support is impossible. It would even
q cruelty to force freedom upon people {
Is naturally dependent rs slaves in general.
Te But to those who have the courage to see
a freedom in fa1th, and to emigrate, let our q
~ mics give help and God speed. The we
Wapts them, would be enriched by theI
e. Every peighborhood would be the bright
"A and the better fur few Of the cheerful race
- grown children as they are, aflectlonate, 81
u teachable, and productive. Aud lot eve
10 true man of us oppose the cx.ra-co.onizati
~ scheme, III every form, as an invention OF t
devil Tor secesh) to defeat emancii alton
~ making it impossible with such a. rider
D. True, not ten per cent. would consent to /
at pottstion-the blacks generally prefsrri
slavery and home to freedom with exile.
;. the necessity Of providing tor much grea'
r. deportatiou-under the colonization plaI
u would oblige an appropriation Of capital a
ho apparent loss Of productive labor which VOL
~ trIghten into opposition to any euaucipati
10 measure our bOldest public economist. L