Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-05

heir presence would injure and displacs
! white labor and white laborers il there ever
| could lea proper time for mere arguments
II 1T time surely is not now. In times like
TIE r.ssnt men should utter nothing for
! whieaffhcy would not willingly be response
bic through time and eternity.
----- A HUMANE VIEW. ---------s
Is it true, then, that tie colored people can
displace any more white labor ny seirg free
than by remaining Slavey II they stay in
their own places, they jostle no white labor
crs,- If thcy leave their old places, they leave
tliens open 70 white laborers. EoSicaaly,
there is nei'hcr more or less ofNit..
Is fAdA BuGBEAR EXPOSES. J4 81
But it is dr., I'D. d that tile fred p+oplewi
swarm forth and cover the whole land
Will LIBERATION make these any more numer-
GUS. Equally distributed arr,srg thewh:tes
IF the whole country ard there would be but
one. col0rsd to. sevci, whites, Could the one
III any way disturb the seven, There 'ars
lnany con nun.tiess now having more than
one Tree colored person to seven whites, and
this without any apparent consciousness Of
evil from it. The District OF Columbia. and
the States Of Maryland and Delaware are, all
in this condition The District has more
than one free colored person, to six whites,
and yet in it, frequent petitions to Congress,
believe il has never presented the presence
of free colorcd PERSONS as one OF its grisv-
anceS. .- az '...-..ra# .t2e.
WHY SHOULD THEY 60 NORTH
But why should emancipation in the South
send the freed people North? People Of any
color seldom run unless there is something
to run from. Heretofore colored people have
fled North to some extent from bondage, and
now perhaps from both bondage and desti-
tuition but if gradual emancipation and de-
portation be- adopted, they will have neither
to fec from Their own masters will give
them wages, at least till new laborers can be
procured, and-the freed men. in turn will
gladly give their labor for wages, till new
homes can be found for them in csngenial
cmes, and with people Of their own blood
and race. This proposition can be trusted
on the mutual interests involved, and, in
any event, cannst the North decide for itself
whether to receive them. '..'' 's '' 1''-4
Again, as practice proves more than theo-
~ in any case, has there been any irruptisn
northward because Of the abolishment Of
slavery in the District Of Columbia last
spring What have said Of the proper
ton OF free coored persons to the whites in
the District Of Columbia is from the census
of 1859, having no reference to persons call
ed contrabands, nsr those made free BY the
act of Congress abolshing slavery here.
! TUE WAR WILL WAIT FOR NOTHING.
The plan consisting Of these articles 10 rec
ommended, not but that restoration of the
national authority would be accepted without
e. Al
under the proclamation Of Sep. 22d,g 1852, sbe
stayed because Of the recommendation Of this
plan. It's timely adoption, doubt not, wo'd
| notwithstanding this plan. ,sr.,vs.ssvxx
The recommendation that Congress pre-
vides by law for compromising any State
which may adopt the emancipation act before
| this plan shall have been acted upon, IL here
by earnestly renewed Such woull only BE-
All advance part OF the plan, and the same ar
gumentS apply to both This plan is recon-
mended az means not in conclusions ,Of, but
additional to all others for preserving the ma
| tienai authority throughout the Union The
subject is presented exclusively in its eco
nou,icsl asp Ct The plan would, am con-
tiient, seIur. peace NOR, speedily thai can
be done uy force alone, while it would cost
rsS, considering amounts and manner ofpay
nent and times If payment, and the amounts
" ul be easier paid than will the additional
cost OF III, war, il W. rely solely upon force.
1t is most likely that it would cest ne blood
| at all
The plan is proposed as permanent consti-
tutioiiai law. 1t mot become such with
out The concurrence, first, OF twa-thirds Of
Congress-, and afterwards three iourthS OF the
States. The requisite three fsurths Of the
States will necessarily include seven Of the
Slave States. II Obtained it win give asSur-
anc<s Of their scveralIy adopting e,naneipa-
tion II no distant day on the nyw constitu-
t.oaai terms. This assurance. would end the
struggle now, ami save the Union forever.
/ | 10 not torg.t the, gravity. Of paper ad
dressed t. the Coner ~ Of he nxt,sn by the
Ch:~f Magistrate Of the nation. nor dol for
Z that SOME few are my seniors. or that
many OF you have more exp eritnce than in
tn conduct Of public affairs. as
/ Yet trust that in viewing the great re-
sponsi'ihiy resting upon mr. You Will pre-
| ccive no want OF respect to yourselves in any
undue earnsstnsSs may seem to display. 3.
IL it doubted then that he plan propose.
If adopted will shorten the war, and thug
lessen the expenditure Of lpen.y aud hloed 2
Is 1t doubted that it will restore the national
prosperity and perpetuate both indefinitely.
Is it dou.ted that if; We, here, Congress
and executive, can secure itx adoption, the
good p.opl. will respond to united and
earnest appeal from us ST ss-#ea al.-al
Can We, by any other means 50 certainly
or 50 speedily insure these vital objects y
We can succeed only by concert.
| 1t is not, can any Of us imagine better, but
| still the question recurs, can We do better
| The dogmas Of the quiet past are inads
quats to the stormy present. The occasion
| piled high with difficulty, and We must
| rise with the occasion As our case is new
so We must think and act anew We must
GisenthraIl ourselves, aud then We shall save,
our country.
Fellow Offensive cannot escape histo-
ry. We Of this Congress will be remember,
| ed in spite Of ourselves. Ne personal signi6-s
canoe or inSignifcance can spare one Of, an.
other Of us. The fiery trial through wMch
we pass will light US down in honor or dig
honor To the latest penera ton Wa Ssv yo Z