Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-12-12

| the United States, said bonds ts be dehsyf
I'D IA such state BY instaments, or ia one
marcel al the compilation Of the abolishnentt
accordingly as the same shall have oeen
gradual or at ene time within such @aief
and interest shall begin to run on any sueie
bond, only from the proper time OF "a de>
livery, as aforesaid and afterwards. Any
state having received bonds as aforesaii>
and afterwards Introducing or soleratinE
slavery therein, shall refund to the Cntea
States the bonds SO received or he value
thereof, and all Interest paid sheseon.
Article--Aii slaves who shall have er.
joyed actual freedom By abe chances Of The
war. al any time before the end Of the re~
bellion. shall be forever free, but all osnera
of such who shall rot have been dsloys%
shall be compensated for them at the sanse
rates as is provided for states adopting the
adjustment Of slavery, but in such way
\ that no slave shall be twice accounted for.
Article-Congress may appropriate raon-
ey aud otherwise provide for coonsing free
colored persons, with their own consent, -
any place or places Without the United
States.
DIscusstcS or THE SLAVERY QUESTION:.
1 beg indulgence TO discuss these pro-
posed articles at some length. Without
slavery the rebellion would never have ex-
isted without slavery it could not continue.
Among the. friends of the Union, there is
great diversity of sentiment and of policy
, in regard 10 slavery, and the African race
amongst us; some would abolish it sudden
: ly and without compensation; some would
abolish it gradually and with compensation;
!. some would remove the freed people from
us. and some would retain them with Us,
l and there are yet other minor diyersities.
|, we waste much strength in struggles among
e ourselves. BY mutual concession We should
: harmonize and act together. This would
q be compromise amcng the friends, and
e not with the eneHaies of the Union. These
: articles are intended to embody a plan OF
: such mutual concessions. If the plan shall
S be opted, it is assumed that emancipation
It viii follow, at least in several Of the states.
), As to the FIRST article. the main points
/ are: fist, the emancipation; second, the
# length Of time for consummating it, thirty
b seven years; and third, the compensation
The emancipation will be unsatisfactory to
G the advocates of perpetual slavery, but the
= length of time should greatly mitigate their
y dissatisfaction. The time spares both races
. from the evils Of sudden arrangement. In
e fact, from the necessity Of any arrangement,
J while most of these whose aabitual course
h of thought will be disturbed by the measure,
!; will have passed away before its consumma-
4 class viii hail the prospect Of emancipation,
sr bat win deprecate the length Of time. They
to will feel that it gives too little to the now
$, living slaves. But it really gives them
a. much. 1t saves them from the vagrant des-
$, iituiion which must largely attend immedi-
I'd ate emancipation in localities where their
Is numbers are very great, and il gises tho
OF inspiriting assurance that their posterity
r. shall be free forever. The plan leaves to
le each state choosing TO act under It, to abol-
ish slavery now or at the end of the centu-
ID. ry, or any intermediate time, or by degrees
y, extending over the whole or any part ol
OF the period. and it o5liges no two states to
lat proceed alike. 1t also provides for com
or pensaior, and generaly the mode of max
an ing it. This, it would seem, must furthe
* mitigate the dissatisfaction of those who "a
mt vor perpetual slavery, and especially 0
est those who are to receive compensation
oe- Doubtless some of those who are to pa
bit and rot to receive, will. object. Yet tina
he the measure is both just and economicali i
es- certain
of '
THE ECONOMY OF EMANCIPATION.
es, The liberation Of the slaves is the de
ra- strnctioa OF properly acquire
ere by descent er by purchase, the same as an
other property. 1t is no less true for hay
err ing been often said, that the people Of Ii
md South are no more responsible for the orig
ley inal introduction of this property than ar
ITO the people of the North; and when it
ol remembered how unhestatingly we use, a
ry. Of us use Gotten and sugar, ana share III
er- profits o. dealing in them, it may not b
bit, quite safe to say that the South has bee
{ is more responsible than the North for its cor
ulI tinuance. If, then, for common objec
Us. this properly is TO be sacrificed. is il not ju
md that it be done at common charge, and
aet, with less money or money more easily pai
yer we can preserve the benefits Of the Unio
ion by this means better than we can by u
TO war alone. Is il not more economical to
en-, it? Let US consider it then. Let us a
led certain the sum We have expended in Ii
war since compensated emancipation wa
FD. proposed last March and consider wbethe
ion if that measure had been promptly accep,
les ed by even some Of the slave states, tb