Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06
re have expeoded In The Wan, since compen-

been promptly accepted by oven ,ome OF tho
slave States, the s~ttte stfn would not have
done mute to close the wAt than has been
o,heteise done. IL ~, The measure would
have money. aud in that view would he q
prudent and econjmca measure certainly.
/ il not so easy to pay Soihethiug as il is
to pay nothing. but It is easier to pay n
large sum than it il to pay larger one,
and it Is easiet to pay any shm when we
are able than Il Is t' pay II bfore we ara
able. The war rqures them at ouce The
aggre4 ate sun necessary fnr compensated
emancipation of c"urs would be latge, buj
il would qulre no ready cash nor bonds
man any faster than the emancipation pro-
gres,e4. THIS might not aud probably
would not close before the end Of the thirty
seven years. At that time we shall pro
badly have l0O,0OO,000 people to share
the burden instead If 81 100000 rs now;
and not ony so, but the increase Of our
population may b, expected to ,nthde
t'r long tiins after the period rs rspidiy
~ before, hpcau>e our territories will not
have h, C me IA
de- MT stale lhs inc .ns,leraie'v At The
Same ~ IL ui inc case winch We have maintains
~ IN average lr - uur r-t natnnal c,..,Sus t
l7g0 uuul that ut 1869 We should IA lIlO hnve
u p,luiath,u uf lU3 2u8 AIS. aud Why M we
nul cnniIRup that iallO hu beyond that perlUdf--
Our abundant iorrn. cur broad national home
stpHd rs an ample r,s,urSe. We're DIR territory
aS hunted IA are The Bt~h Islps, 6rrtanly our
population cnuld pni ,xImnl IA stated. lnsiea /
VI ,crIvIng the ETegn hdu NJ nov. We should
ne Compelled To srui part of the native hOrn A.
wav: bat - ch rs not uur cnudiiion. We have
gG3 UOO uf square '"ilps Eurnrr has 3 S0OGP0
wun population averaging IN rrrs Gus to the
sqnae mile.
VIZ, NAV mi onr country. ai some time. aver
nge H. many? is II less itruh2 Has II more
waste surface by mOuuta,ps, rivrts. lakes drS-
pitS abd uilpr Causes2 j. II nirrur q Europe
i any bntmuNl advanug'2 II then We are al
some iIne tO te rs l"W,huS rs Europe how
a"r3 As 10 Vh'a Tins may he, We may .fu'g"
u the lAs ard "l lie present. hs 10 when u
wall dvrr dpl ends M ch IN whetltF We maIu-
tam H., UnUp S'v'Ial rfunr States NJ" n'"'vt
| Il e average "r Eur,reap prrnlaimn 4" 7a5 I"
| hr sgunf M Massachusetts has l57; Itlndr
| l-land 49,; n, Il York "rd NV lp .ev, zach
! so also lUu ulhrr great Siais- PrpnSy lVnnm
amd Oh"--arp pui lar hrlnw. the tn'm"r hay ~
! 63 AVID II e latter SO. The Sinies already nhovt
IL" EurI can nvr'HEe except NV N"lk, av'
~ CO a~ed N as raIhd rarp Siucr pass NJ that
~ Int as ever hp'ur". wIilr nn "pr o them QUA
To some other parts of ur c"nh ~ n n7iural ca
| pacuy f"r sus .bihg u drn-e pnpdlainn.
Taking the natlon in the aggregate We
find Its population and ratio of j. crease ~
The =, veral drciun, periods. To b, a. f,llows
1890. 029 s27; 1870, 53O5 037 R.'i'
of i.cr-ase, 80 81 100 uer cent. 1910. 7,
239 9l4. Ra1n SO As 100 1922, o,
GSS, 1871. R,tl". 33 l3.luO. 1880 H..
S6G U2U kntr,, 33 49-IOO. 1910, II
US9 453. Ran", 80 G7.l0O. 1850. %,
+ l93,S7G. Rau'., 35 81 100. 1860, 81.
433, TOO Ratio, 35 So lu0. his sh"Ui
nu y, erage d,cir al increase If 81 Gn-l0t
per Mt IN POI ula,ion through the 70 year
IRON our first To- our last census ,"kpn. j
is seeu that The ratIo of incr' ut no one
Of hrse seven IPr o s is either two pc
en-, below or tw' per cent above the aver
ag thus showing how il fl-xlble, and con
- qr-ntly how reliable, the law Of increase
III our case is. Assuming that it will con
unu". II gives the following results: 1870
~ 323,872: 1880. SO 0GG ZIG; 500 76.
677 o74; 1900. lua2ds.4l5: 1910. l3S
DlS 52G; 1920, lSG,9S4335; 1880, 25l,
6SU9l4
TueSe fyures show that our country ma,
he rs p puou- MS Europ., At some poin
q weeu 1920 ard 103O-ssay nb ut 1925
our 'er'lt"v, a 735 to the ,quare n,4 ht
my of The capacity /" contain 2l7ls6 600
and We viii reach this, too, If We do no
ourseI, ea reiii qui>h the charce by the foil,
aud eviIs of dI-umo", orhy hong, exhaust
NJ var, spriu3'ng from the only great el,
ueut ot d,scord among uS. While it can
NOT be toresren exactly how much one hug
example of 81 ces'iuu, breeding lesser one
nd' tinely, would retnfd the p"ruislinn. civ
lrzni"n md properly, no one can don't
lhnt the extent OF 1t would be very grea
aud injurious .
Th pr'p sed emancipstion would shorl
eli thus war; rerpetuate peace; .irsure iii
u crease m population, and pr pmuonsb''
the ucraas, Ia tHa wealth If the country
Win this we ehqGd ply "Il that enancip
nllnn won d C 81, with " ;}ur other debts
e"-ler Than We should pay cur other drb'
without II. If Ne Lad allowrd our olt
National d ht to un st per cent per Nm
nun, simpe interest. from the end nf on
re,ou ion"ry struggle TIL to-day with
pay ing any rhlng "n either principal or in
trIeSt each man uf MS wru'1 owe less on tha
drbI no" than each man owed upon il then
aud tins because our Increase of m"l
through thu whole peri has been create
than per ceni, aud has run faster thai
the interest upon the debt. Thus tim
alone relieves y debtor nation, ~ long y
is p'pulAtrnu q increases faster than nnpai
interest accu'nu s'eS on its debt. This fac
would b. n, EXCUSE for d.ia,ing the pay
m-nt of what is justly du'; hut Vt show
the great imp rGarcs If tine M this con
nectlOn, the great advantage "f policy b
which We shall nnt have To pay until VI
number 10000, 900, what by n dItfaren
policy We wuuld have 10 paw now, whe
the nuuberis Is $1,000 600 In w'rl i
shows that dollar will ha much harder &
: pay for the war, than dollar f n emancip
alton "n the proposed plan; and then latte
will cost n" b'ooh-nn precious life. !
will be q saving Of b ih.
As la The srcud article, | think il woul,
, be impHeticable to return to bondage th
Glass "f persons ihrein Contemplated. =
Some of them, d ublless, in the prnperi
sense belong, t" l"JaI owners, AMI henc
/, pr'visInu Ii nsde IN this article for com
pensnlirg such.
The lhIrd article relates to tho future n
the freed penpe It Ines not ohiiga, bu