The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-06-19
TON, PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO THURSDAY, JUNE 1a. 1862 =

ident. But if this be not done, il
will be a heavy draft on the
patriotism Of Massachusetts. Il
/ the blacks are to be freed /; if slav.
org is to be uprooted. Shakespeare
says, s'your If IS a great peace
imaker." This abolition "U," sir,
is an infamous traitor. I could
name members on the other side
iiof the House who, though few in
tnanlbef hass kspt fh6ib.lAitIl With.
out ambiguity. But the body OF
them are led by another class OF
unmistakable hue, who are ready
to follow the conditional loyalty OF
the Massachusetts Governor, and
to free negroes, regardless of con-
stitutional limitations and conse-
quences.
| The London Times gives truth
fnl picture of the freed negro of
Hayti, which has its counterpart
here already:
"The negro is a lazy animal,
without any foresight, and there
fore requiring to be led and com.
PEELED. lie is decidedly inferior,
very little raised above q mere
animal. He is void of self-reliance,
and is the creature of circumstan-
ces ; scarcely fitted to take care of
himself; has no care for to- morrow;
has no desire for property strong
enough to induce him to labor ;
lives from hand to mouth. In
Jamaica, emancipation has thrown
enormous tracts of land out of
cultivation, and on these the negro
squats, getting all he wants with
very little trouble, and sinking, in
the most absolute fashion, back to
the savage state" X
Such schemes of emancipation
will only prolc lg the war and add
oits expenses. This enormous tax
is to be paid, it is said, IN thirty
seven years, at an annual tax of
S15O,O0O,O00! We arc to use our
credit by bonds, and thus establish
a national debt. Great as our re
sources are, this burden is too
much. 1t leaves no hope. 1t cre-
ates despair. Ask the question OF
the people: "Can you meet these
Liabilities in addition to the war
debt, now estimated by Senator
Simmons, at the end of July, 1862,
at $500,O00, 900, and to be doubled
before the war is over, supposing
that it will end in a year? ?"
Such scheme even destroys a
large portion of the means to pay
for itself. The labor of the he
groes after they are freed and colo
nized is nothing, worse than moth
ing. 1t is loss to the country of
just what it will take in time and
trouble to replace by other labor
equally good. 1t is loss to the
country of the labor and the labor
ers themselves, estimated at $780,
100000.
Then we have the following
results:
Cost of compensation to owners
- of slaves $l,2OO,OOO,OOO
Cost Of deportation and main
tenance one year 6OO,OOO,OOO
Cost of land to be purchased,
bridges, houses, &c. 2O,OOO,OOO
Loss of the labor and laborers
to the country and to the ..~
masters before new sup --,t
= ply of labor can be had 6OO,OOO,O 900
Debt already, according to
Secretary Chase's last
ru report -. 49l, 1884
War debt additional by 1863,
according to Senator
Simmons 5oo,OOO,OOO
$3,4l ,445, 1884
This sum almost equals the ma
tional debt of Great Britain, which,
as the accumulation of centuries,
amounts to 9757, ,486,997, or about
So, 87,000,000! Here is a bridge
of gold for the African exodus FL
Ohio builds one span of one.tenth, |
to cost $34, ,114,459; my district
pays one-twentieth of that, or
81, ,7O5,922 But how much of the
accumulations of our people will |
this sum take? Secretary Chase
tells us that, according to the cen.
sus Of 1860, the real and personal
property OF the people of the
United States Is SIG, 3,924,116 Il
Hence oneGfh of all we have
you'd Is%';d.s scarcely meet this enormous
In conclusion then, if the negro
cannot be colonized without bur-
lens intolerable, and plans too de.
usivc; if he cannot be freed and
eft South without destroying its
abor, and without his extermina-
ion; if he cannot come North
without becoming an outcast and
without ruin to Northern industry
and society, what shall be done?
What shall be done? I answer,
Representatives! that our duty is
written in our oath f! 1t Is IN THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES! Leave to the States their
'wn institutions where that instrn.
nent leaves them, keep your faith
N tho Grittandn, ras,i, -;