The national Republican., 1862-03-19
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The Future Of America an Slavery.

|, has been said, and has become AIN ost q
political axiom, that slavery cannot be abol
ished In this country 80 long as 1t Is profitable.
The converse o. this is undoubtedly true, that
by hiking slavery Improbable, we abolish It,
This can be done, and it is probably the only
way, by 40 international arrangement Of Our
own, with the several European Governments,
by which impos. duties shall be levied discrim-
mating against certain clasi of products i'm.
ported from nations sustaining slavery, while
hat relation shall exist, and In favor of ths
came class Of products received from nations
in which, with their dependencies, the systG IN
is not permitted.
The produces are few that would need this
regulating process II ~ b discrimination
81 ol'd b made by these Governments On the
articles Of cot'uu, sugar, tobacco. cud cOtf1',
sufficient to eX'iDgush entirely the profit Of
rlsve labor iu their production, when brought
into fair comp atition with FREQ labor, then the
work would be accomplished and slavery ulti-
mately abolished, not oply In the Unit States,
bnt ttrou? hout the civilized world.
1t is evident tia. Spain and Brzil would be
no parties TO such an arrangement. Let us s. q
how 1t would affect the other European Powers
There Is good reason to believe that Great
Britain and France, the two nations that earlier
than az Others entered upon the work of em,n
cipation. would cordially sustain the measure
a. 1t would greatly simulate the productive.
ness Of their West india and South American
colonies, and secure the permanepcy and profit
OF their capital invested iu cotton raslng
It would not lessen Immediately their re.
ceip;s oil cotton from the Southern States oil
the suppression Of the rebellion, unless those
States, In revenge, should refuse to cultivate
the article; and this, one would suppose, mus
operate rs an Increasing stimulus to these na
| tOns to render themselves independent OF q
| to sabeidize the civilized wo,ld. Great Incl
dental advantages would result to the African
colonies, the Eoglish L E:st India possessions, L
| Liberia aud Hayti, from the increased deman
for tropical productions by Tree labor. The
enormous profit of the slave trade would bt
unnihatcd. the traffic abandontd, and the larg,
expenditure for It's suppression would be dis
| psnsed with.
Such u In, asure would have the sjmplthie
| OF Russia, Sweden, DSnmaTk, Prussia, the Ger
man States, aud Italy; and with the example
and influence Of England, France, a, d th,
United States in It's favor, there Is little do ib
that these, with all the other European Powers
except Spain, would adop, a slTi!ar course.
| luc duNuhthSVo W un VI ouSu u hioshou y
emancipation would be manifold. 1t woulc
violate no legal or constitutional obligation
1t would secure. more etftc,u lily than an,
other, thu submission Of the slaveholdo
| TO his inevitable doom; leaving behiGd smne
residuum Of onmity to the North, inasmuCh a.
| II would be the work OF the civilized world con
bined; MOI sundering the legal relation of mas
ter and slave, but making it the interest OF tht
States themselves to emancipatc. In the com
paratively slow but sure results Of the process
we should haS leisure to devise measures 70
the best and most humane disposition Of th'
colored race. 1t would secure the continue,
interest of this stakeholder In the welfare Of thu
emsncipated slave, and make it necessary tina
much of the burden ofproviding for his futur
disposition should be assumed by the slav
States themselves, to whom 1t most rightfull.
| belongs.
| Finally, in view of the advantages of thi
process, IL 1t shall be found pracucablc, IA
believe II may be, no consideration of politica
&c nOmy, Of Stare comfy or convenience
should weigh for momt mt against the stuper
dous benefit of Riding ourselves OF an ev
which hes 50 nearly destroyed our nationt
| existence. sENEX.