, 1862-04-04
SEEATDR HENDERSON ON TIE
SLAVERY QUESTION.

unnecessary strife upon my State? In 1850
our slave population WIS one hundred and
fourteen thousand nine hundred and sixtS-f
aid although we stood as peninsula in tho
great ocean Of free soil around us, 1 hazard
The assertion day that no property was more
secure in the State than slave property. 1t
was so regarded BY every body. Our white pop
ulation at the saulc period was np~ards OF one
million. How is it nows doubt whether
there arc $1,000 slaves in the State. The
seccssionsts charged that the brigade con-
mandcd ly the Senator from Kansas, sitting
near NE, seized their slaves and took them
cut of the State, and in order to rytaliate they,
us learn, baye taken hundreds, perhaps
thousands, into Arkansas from Union mt1 i'll
tic State, to be delivered over to thcir injured
friends. In addition to this, many Of tho
largest shareholders Of the State, fearing tho
result Of The war, in the earlier stages Of the
rebellion hurried oil their slaves to tue South.
Others again, whiting until they were SUIT
rounded by hostile armies, abandoned negroes
and everything else for the protection Of
themselves, tLt ir wives. and children.
The true value IF real and personal property
in Missouri in lSG0 was S5501 81, ,39S. Aside
from the depreciation of value, which no man
can now estimate, and beyond the loss Of
slaycs to which bare referred, think it SAFE
to shy that ten per cent Of this vast amount
Of property bus been destroyed and forever
LOST to the oune1s III consequence of this war
an amount equal to the aggregate value Of
all the slaves in the State at the commence
Ment Of hoEsitities.
If were to add to this the loss oceasioned
to the people Of tie State by the utter pros
tration Of its AGRICULTURAL, commercial, and
manufacturing interests for the last twelve
months, might add fifty millions more to
Tie sum already named.
Looking, then, 70 my oWh State, and l
speak for it alone. I AM not disposed to take
issue with the President iu regard to the tu-
ture results Of the war. regard his express
sion SIS prophecy, and not as threat pro-
phecy that feel will be realized if this war
continues. That it shall continue until the
Uuiun bs restored. l have already expressed
nv wish in the amendment offered. Whether
you .Copt il or not, tue oreat West will never
be content until every mile Of the Mississippi
river. from St, Anthony Falls to the Gulf Of
Mckee. shall be under tnu jurisdiction Of our
Goyernncnt. let the oncsfion be settled noY.
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