Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-01-07

IN dents recommendation Of colonizng the African RAJ
when some system OF gradual emancipation IL develop
The by the events OF the war An act OF immediate eener
emancipation, throwing four millions Of the ooored ra
ed loose on society north and south, would leave the
more ensayed than they are now. without the INTEL
m gence, power and Of master Of the superlC
vi race 70 support them In the competition with that rae
rs IN the business Of life, they would persh The Nori
rejecting them az has done In many OF the States, an
might do In the Others the four millions let loose In III
ID mination. -. II =
Measures tending to happier destiny for slavery ar
ALREADY broaohed In Congress. II Is proposed 10 tax
ne control OF out OF the hands Of the rebels
seeking to make 1t the instrument OF destroying fre
government and to do hisi necesaryto 10 eScheat al
tner property and all their means Of wagiug war. In
ueea the rgnt OF putting all the means OF wagng II IN
the hands Of loyal cuzens belongs TO the Goyernment
. The Government at this moment commands ali Inc
and property in the loyal States their credit In
cuaed IN this conflict for freedom. II has imposed dl.
Ieot TAX on the rebel States for like purpose but II
rendered abortve by the military power raised against
ne civil authority having the right 10 collect IT, Con.
s proposes therefore, unless the rebel Btaes or the
INDIVIDUAL citizens assessed, shall have paid the direct
imposed that the property which Is liable for II sha
escheat and be vested In the United States As our ar.
snail win s way into the region OF the rebellion the
Act conemplaes the seizure Of the estates Of those en-
gagged In IT, placing them In the hands OF Commissioners:
apprentcing employing and paying the slaves belonging
s 'or OF .me preparing them for emigration, the
the rebels ultimately to I've applied to the purposes of
coonizng the negroes, indemnifying loyal citizens for
losses they may sustain at the hands Of the rebels while
the Government Of the United States will leave Inc
estates undsurbed In such owners as shall have shown
themselves faithful In their allegiance to the oonattu
on and the escheaed rebel estates will undergo dstr
button for sale aud donation by the Government In free
mold homesteads to recompenSe It's soldiers
IL IS not improbable that the principle which under
eS the great measure contemplated by its movers In
congress, receive its consummaton at the hands of
the Legislatures Of the rebel States II the arms of the
United sates shall prevail fully In the conclusion OF The
war IL certain that slaves taken from masters by the
war viii never be restored TO them unless the Ioval
STATES are yanquished II the movement Of the Union
army into me rebel States now In progress be success
u the establishment OF the apprentice System on tho
rebel Estates with the ultimate view TO colonzaton
would induce loyal owners To adopt like system upon
reasonable compensation. The existence Of the sysem
oI apprenticeship on the tax escheated estates putting
great multitude OF slaves the march to freedom would
make absolute bondage neghboring estates condi
ton not easily maintalned.
The necessity OF deprlvng the rebels OF the man and
means employed BY them to destroy the Government,
and the necessity OF recognizing the right which LOYAL
have under the Constitution In their pc
cullar institution, will produce difficult dilemma on
She restoration 81 the Union. II will, In such event.
doubtless become matter Of negotiation between the
federa and State Governments, and there can be little
doubt that the process Of liberation and Colonization
which must be carried into effect In regard TO the slaves
OF rebels will be gradually applied by the Legislatures
OF the restored rebel States 10 all the rest the Govern
ment OF the United States making ample indempitv IN
the owners for the sacrifice 1t may take many year 10
accomplish this deliyerance, but, when accomplished
every non glavehoder In the South will feel that IL re-
stores him to an equality with those OF his own race as
serung superiority never known TO him before and the
Shareholders will obtain, in the influx OF free and in
dustrlous white population and the growth lof arts and
manufactures, Increase In the value Of their land a
exceeding the value OF the interest they held in their
slaves.
The national grandeur that may be acheyed nv rsr,ov
Ing the cloud now obscurng the prospects Of the great
Republic, and giving birth to new one In our Ameri.
can nter-tropical regions Bprnging from a race oil
freedmen born among u.s. imbued With ideas and skilfu
industry derived from us, assisted directed and protect
ed In founding government for themselves-in coun.
try provided for them by us-is consideration which
cannot fail to commend the Presidents scheme Of coon
zaon TO every who would exalt the glory of The
Nation. The colonies Of Greece and Rome reflected re-
noWn on those ancient republics. The splendor and
power OF Great Britain derived from the peope she
has planted the freedom and civilization she has nyead
around the globe. Tae Canadas are worth more to her
than the conquest OF India The rumphs she has won
for civilization in her vast island domain IN remote
oceans have done more for her glory than ali her gea
victories on the continent Of Europe. The redemption
OF her West India slaves and the colony she has fond
ed for them at the Ballze-a territory acouired on the
mainland from Guaamaa to extend her power over te
an example which the necesIties as well as
the honor and interests OF the United States reoure
them to follow. The slaves which the war now waged
shall wrest as weapons out Of the hands Of
must soon be provided with homes some favorable elf
mate beyond the confines Of the Union Those remsn
ing in loyal hands must abide the operation of the moral
influence generated by the results Of the war and the
Inducements which may be held out by the overnment
in pecuniay compensation In adyau aRes which NAV
be conferred on owners in the settlement of those vol
UNFAIRLY liberated, by giving them share in the landed
interest OF the new acquisitions. Io
The treason Of Texas should have a daer,no
from that of other States. That State came into me
Union under peculiar circumstances The greatest por
ton OF the State lying west Of the Nueces was
from Mexico by the arms OF the United States Tha
war cost more than one hundred millions Of dollars The
Government gave to Mexico fifteen millions besides
purchase money Tor lands acquired by conquest and
gave them, with ten mllens OF dollars In addition 10
Texas consideration for the forts naval Stations and
other public property resigned together with the sover
eighty necessarily appurtenant to the authority OF the
Union. Many millions more have been annually ex
pended In he maintenance oil an army the frontier Of
Iexas Tor ig defense Texas on her part has violated
every stipulation for which the lands acquired from
Mexico were conceded to her, commencing the work Of
treason with an act Of ingrattude and perdy that has
parallel The General OF the army, given to protec
heI was corrupted the army scattered in
and betrayed into the hands Of the rebes and even the
terms OF the treaty by which officers and men, In suren
deTng their arms stipulated that they were not to be
held as prisoners OF war, were violated. The next step
to practice on the Indians against whom the United
States had made war to protect the sae and they have
been seduced to take part in the rebellion The respI
is that the whole frontier of the Rio Grande which IN
the judgment OF the advocates Of the annexation Of
Texas to the Unon rendered Its acquisition SO essential
to the safety OF the United States laid OPEN Rnoand
and France proposed to the President Of Texas to obtain
the recognition Of its independence from Mexico and 10
guaranty it, provided the State stipulated against an
nexatlon to the United States. Now the coveted hmm
dary which cost so much blood and Is prev 10
traitors inviting France England and Mexico to Invade
our weak side, and command through 1t the Mississippi
and Its great valley.
Thisjust6es the Government Of the United States IN
reconquest and partition Of Texas taking the autar
section, yielded to that State on the conditions has yo
lated, and holding it as the property of the United
States For this purpose it has been suggested by ma
ny able and patriotic men, 1t should be Invaded 6v ar
mics from the north and south, and the whole region
from Missouri and Kansas to the Gulf including the In
dian Territory where the tribes have Joined the rehels
be subjected TO an armed occupation by volunteers who
may be induced, by the division OF the lands among
them, into gratuitous freehold alotments TO d.vote
themselves te the purpose Of the Government in settling
the country, with view to create Tier of free States
along the western border on the Rio Grande. No norton
the Northern States from Europe than this
The rebels and their Indian allies have driven manv
thousand Northern emgrantS from the scene Of Improve
ment which they had there created More than hun.
1red thousand emgrants, armed at their own exnense
be promptly raised in the Northern States To
hose who have been driven out and to establish them
el with them under the proposed armed occupation
This would make the Rio Grande an iron frontier and
orever prevent slavery from being extended over Next
% and the States Of Central America. The safety OF our
rec institutions, to nothing Of the general interests
II humanity, demands such buwark against the snread-
ng Of slavery over those regions. G
submit these remarks, not as furnishing solution of
he questions discussed but suggestions which feeI
my duty to communicate to you and through Won IN
common constituency the relations which slave
bears to the war; and what seems to proper pol
for the Government to pursue In relation to the sub
ects to which have referred Iwould gladly persuade
myself 1t possible, that It is not in the interest of
Rvery that the rebellion has been organized But this
denied me by the history Of the country forlthe last
hrtg years. Is not wiser and better in every respect
recognize the fact and as the basis of our
legislation, Federal and State that the war being Waped
the rebel States to give to slavery the mastery On hia
and to destroy In its vandal march The Ma
onal Government under whose protection we have be-
Of the leading powers Of the world the people
prosperous and happy at home and universally respect III
ID and honored nbroad? III
In closing this my last general Communication
General Assembly, discharge grateful duty IN ac
fnowedgng the obligation OF the Executive authority
of the State to the Senators and Represen in Con-
yTess from Ohio for their prompt compliance with NV
request In procuring the passage Of the act providing