Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-12-05

This shows an average decennlal increase Of
S4,GO per cent. in the population through the
seventy years from our first to our last census
yet taken.
1t is seen that the ratio of increase at no one
of the seven periods is either , per cent. below
or 2 per cent. above the average, thus showing
how infexible, and consequently how reliable
the law of increase in our case is
Assuming that ii will continue il gives the
following results:
1870, A.. 1888 1880, Sc, 967 ZIG; 1890
| I6,677S12 1900, l02, POS, ,4l5; 1910, 1888 9lS,-
526; 1920, 1856, 9s4, 1856; 1880, 25l ,6sO,9l4.
These figures show that cur country may be
as populous as Europe now is, at some point be-
tween l920 anu 1880, say about 925, our terri
tory, at 49, persons to the square mile, being Of
the capacity to contain 2l7, 1856 900; and we Will
reach this, too, il we do not ourselves relinquish
the chance by the folly and evils of disunion, or
by long and exhaustlng wars springing from the
only great element Ofnational disoord among US
While it cannot be foreseen exactly how much
one huge example of secession breeding lesser
ones, indefinitely, would retard population, civ.
ilzation, and prosperity, no one can doubt that
the extent OF it will be very great and injurious
The proposed emancipation would shorten the
war. perpetuate peace, insure this increase Of
population, and perporonately the wealth of the
country. With these we should pay all the
emancipation would cost, together with our other
debt, easier than we should pay our other debt,
without it,
II we had allowed our old national debt to run
at per cent. per unnum simple interest, from
the end Of the Revolutionary struggle until to-
day, without paying anything on either principal
or interest, each man of us would owe less upon
that debt now than each man owed upon it then
and this becuuse our increase Of men through the
whole period has been greater than six per cent.
has run faster than the interest upon the debt.
Thus time alone relieves debtor nation so long
as its population increases faster than unpaid
interest accumulates upon its uebt.
This fact would be NO excuse for delaying pay-
ment of what is justly due, but it shows the great
Importance of lime in this connection. The great
advantage of the policy by which we shall not
have to pay until we humber one hundred mill
lions, what by different policy we would have
to pay now when we number but thirty-0ne mil
lions. In word il shows that dollar will be
much harder to pay for the war, than will be a
dollar for emancipation on the proposed plan
Aud then the latter will cost no blood, no preci-
Gus life. 1t will be q saving of both
AS to the second article, | think it would be
impracticable to return 10 bondage the class of
persons therein contemplated. Some of them
doubtless, in the property sense, belong to loyal
owners, and hence provision is made in this
article for compensating such
The third article relates TO the future of the
freed people. 1t does not oblige but merely
authorizes Congress to aid in colonizing such as
may consent
This ought not to be regarded as Objectionable
on one hand or the other, inasmuch as il comes
to nothing unless by the mutual consent of the
people to be depored, and the American voters
through their representatives in Congress-
cannot make it better known than il already
is that strongly favor colonization, and yet
wish to soy there is an objection urged against
free coored persons remaining in the country,
which is largely imaginary, if not sometimes
malicious
1t is insisted that their presence would iniure
and displace white labor AID white sborers. Ii
there ever could be a proper time for mere catch
arguments, that time surely is not now.
In times like the present, men should utter
nothing for which they would not willingly be
responsible through time and in eternity. Is it
true, then that cOlOred people can displace any
more white labor by being free than By remain
ing slAves2 If they stay in their old places,
they jostle no white aborers.
II they leave their old places they leave them
open to white laborers. Logically there is
neither more nor less oft. Emancipation, even
without deportation, would probably enhance the
wages of white labor and very surely would not
reduce them. Thus the customary amount OF
labor would still have to be performed.
The freed people would surely not do more
than their old proportion oft, and very probably
for time would do less, leaving an increased
part to white laborers, bringing their labor into
greater demand, and consequently enhancing the
wages of it. With deportation even to limited
extent, enhanced wages to white labor is mathe |
matically certain. Labor is like any other com
modify in the market; increase the demand for