The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-12-12

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most orthose whose habituai coursei
thought viii he disturbed by the mes4
will hcye passed nwby before iis eonsxs |
nation. They will never SEQ Il. And
or class Will hail the prospect Of eHs
cipution, but will deprecute the len
OF time. They will feel that Il gives b
I ljtle 10 the now living slaves. Ilul
really giecs thvm muth IL saves M
/. r tie yugrait dest,tutirn which m
I largely attend in nc lutte rmlncipat
J in loeali,i,s whore their rumb-fs
very great, and It q YES the inspiringh
sur1nee that their posterity shall be II
{ forever. The plsn leaves to eueh 81
0hoos ng to act under IL to abolish 81
cry now or 0t the cud OF the century.
at any int.rmidata time, OF by 4 or
cNtcnulng over the whole or any parv
the period, aud II ,blipos ~ w. St..
[ 10 procced alike. II aso preyidcsl
compensation, and generally The spodc
making u. Tbs, Il would sceins mi
further mitigate tho dissaiisiaetionf
these who f-vor perpetual Slavery .
especially VI these who ore u roco,
compensation. Doubtless, some Of tl.s
who are % ply aud not TO receive, w
object; yet that the measure is both n
aud economical is certain. ~, ~
The lborVton Of the slaves Is the dl
trurtion of properly ; properly asqns
by descent .r y iurshase, the same
any Other property. =, a...s,s
II is no less iruo for having boeu oft
said that The people Of the South aru
mare rCtponciblc for the origiuul mts
duciiun OF this property than are the ps
pie oi the N-rth /; ana when il is ren,sl
b,r,d low unhesitHtingly We use--A
iol ard sugcr, and shlrs the proi.s,
dealing 10 them, il may be not quite "a
to say that the South has been more
sponsiblo than the North fer its conua
anCc. lfthcn. for common oliect, ii
property is TO be sacrificed. Is il net "
that Il be dunc II cUmmon charm
And il with less monty, or money, m1
easily rnid, we can preserve the. Lcn
FITS of the Unicn by this mean, than v
eau y the war alone,is it not also eco
omicOl 10 do II Let US cons'd,r ths
Let us ascertain the slim wa. have y
pended IN the war since com pcrsat
cmsi cpatloR was proposed last Mare
and consider whether, If that mes-u
bad been promptly accepted. hy ev
some Of the Slave Stntss, the same s,,
would lot have done more TO close III
war than has been otherwise dsue. y
so, the measure would saye money. AZ
IN that vitw, would be prudent III
econIm csl measure. Ccrtainly. IL
not 30 easy u pay ssmctLiag as Il Is u
pny nothing But it is eusi,r to pay
larger ole, IN / is easier to pay :s "a
fore we arc able. Tho war reouirs.
them at once. Tie aggregate sum m,
cessary for compensated rmaneipatio,
OF course, would be la-gc. hui il would n
.1nirc no r, aly cash, nor boDds even, an
lastcr ihln The tmancipaiion Progressed.
This might not, and probably would no
I, close bctore the end Of the thirtv-seye
ycnrs, At thst time, we shall probabI
have lo0,OOO,t0O oi people to share III
burden instead of 100000, as now
aud, ""t e"is' -, IL. .i.~s i..-...ss or vv
population may be expected 10 coHt;la
for long tliuo alter the period as rapis
ly as belCrc, because our territory vii
hot have become full. do not s,sn
this inconsidcratcly. At the same ra,;,
Of ihcr5osc which We have muintninef
ON an average from onr first Nations
Census in 1900, until that of 1860, ",
should, in 1900, have population q
lo3,a0s,4i5, and why muy We not con
tinuc that ratio Far beyond that period 4,
Our abundant room, our broad Nations
homestead is our anyle resource. Vcr,
our territory as limited ns are the rri,
ish Isle, very certainly cur pobulatio,
could not expand aS stated. InstcaJ b
receiving tie itcigr-born. Us now. va.
should be compelled to send part of III,
nativc.born away; but such Is n(t ar,
condition. We have 2,o63, COO squars
miles. Europe has 5,sOo.0oO with
population tverag'ng seventy. three and
one-third persons 10 the square mill. -
Why may MT cur country at some tins
average rs many Is il less fcrti
Has il m IRE waste surface Ly inonntsirs,
rivers, lakes, deserts, or other causes
Is il interior to Europe in any naturul
advantage! If, then, we are at stu<
time TO bc as popultus as Europe, how
soon AS to when this may be, we can
Judge by the past aud the present.. A
to when /, viii, if ever, depends sauch
on whether we maintain tho Union.--.
Several Of cur States are above the av-
erugc European population Of lsis Il
the square mile. Massachusetts has 81.
Rhode Island 1888, New-York and Newl
Jersey each so, aud two other great
States, Pennsylvania and Ohio, 'uro d
far below, the former having ca, aud ths
latter 50. The States, already abay
the European average, except Nov
York, havo increased in us rapid .raiis
since passing that point as ever bsfors
while no one of them is equal to SONS
other parts of oll,p e.untry IN nat,rs1
capacity fer sustaining a dense pop als,
ton. n
Taking the nation in the aggr,gats, W
tind its population aud ratio ofincferss fs1
the several decenniaI periodsto DO a. fsl.
lows ~ -ad,1 81 q sf.l-rls' s'5lil. \
1890. - ,929,sa f.,.ls !. Nj
le00. .b,3Ob yss--25.02 pr ct ratio insrs..,.
1910. d2i9, ,sl4-36 45 dn do ~