Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-03

If they leave their old places, they leave
them open to white laborers- Logically.
there Is neither more nor less Of it,
Emancipation, even without deportation.
would probably enhance the wages Of
white labor, and, very surely, would not
reducethem- Thus, the customary amount
of labor would still have 70 be performed;
the freed people would surely notdo more
than their old proportion of it, and very
probably, for a time, would do less, leav.
ing an Increased part to white lAborers.
bringing their labor into greater demand,
and, consequently, enhancing the wages
of 1t. With deportation, even to q limit.
ed extent, enhanced wages 70 white labor
is mathemati Is eertlin. Labor Is Ike
any other commodity In the maFket-iin-
crease the demand for e, and you increase
the price .ofsit. Reduce the supply of
black labor, BY cOionizing the black Ia
borer ont Of the county, and, BY precise
IN so much, ly6p increase the demand for,
and wales 81, white labor. -
But It Is dreaded that the freed people
viii swarm forth, and cover the whole
land? Are they not already in the land!
VIII liberation make them more numer-
Gus? Equally distributed among the
whites of the whole country, and there
would he but one cOlored, to seven whites.
Could the one IN any way greatly disturb
tho seYenR There arc many eornmuni.
ties now, having more than one freesOIOr-
ed person, to seven whites: and this with.
out any apparent consciousness Of EVIL
from It. The District of Columbia, and
the States of Maryland and Delaware, are
all IN this condition The District has
more than one free eOlOred to six whites:
and yet IN its frequent petitions to Con.
gress, j. believe Il has never presentedth
presence of free coI0red persons as one Of
Its grievances. But why should emanci-
patton south, send the freed people nOrth2
People, of any color, seldom run, unless
there be something to run from. Hereto
fore cOlOred people, 10 some extent, have
fled north from bondage; aud nor, per
haps, from both bondage and destitutiOn.
i Bot r. gradual emancipation and deporta-
ton be adopted, they will have neither to
Red from. Their old masters will give
them wages at least until new labOrers can
be procured; and the freed men, in turn,
viii gladly give their labor for the wages,
till new homes can be found for them, in
eongenial chimes, and the people of their
own blood and race. This proposition can
be trusted on the mutual interest inyolv.
| ed. And, in any event, cannot the north
decide for itself, whether to receive them!
Again, as practice proves more than
theory, in any case, has there been any
Eruption of colored people northward. be.
cause of the adjustment of slavery in
this District last springF
/ What have said of the proportion Of
/ free cOIOred persons to the whites, in the
District, IS from the. census of 1860, hav.
ing no reference to persons called contra
bands, nor to those made free by the act
of Congress abOlishing slavery here.
The plan consisting of these articles IS
L
| of the national authority would be accept
ed without its adoption. p 4 =
/ Nor will the war, nor proceedings un-
der the proclamation of September %,
1862, be stayed because of the reoOmmeH
dalton of this plan. It's timely adoption,
doubt not, would bring restoration, and
thereby stay both q ~
And, Notwithstanding this plan, the re
COMMUNICATION that Congress provide by
law for compromising any State which
may adopt emancipation, before this plan
shall have been acted upon, is hereby ear
nestlY renewed. Such would be only IN
advance part Of the plan, and the same
arguments apply to both. &. ~ e.i
This plan Is recommended as a means
not in exclusion Of, but additional to, all
others for restoring and preserving the ma
tional authority throughout the Union
The subject is presented exclusively in It's
economical aspect. The plan would,
am confident, secure peace more speed
ly, and maintain Il more permanent
~, than can be done by force alone;
while all It would cost, considering
amounts, and manner of payment, and
times of payment, would be easier paid
than will the additional cost of the war,
If we rely solely upon force. It is much
very much-that It would cost no blood
at all. half r5ie5
The plan Is proposed as permanent CON
stitutonal law. Il cannot become such
without the concurrence of, first, two
thirds of Congress, and, afterwards, three
fOurths of the States. The requisite
three ourths of the States will necesSar-
ly include seven of the slave States
Their concurrence, If obtained, will give
assurance of their severally adopting
emancipation, at no very distant day, upon
the new constitutional terms This assn
rance would end the struggle NOW, and
save the Union forever. --L.
lido not forget the gravity which should
characterize paper addressed to the Con
gress of the nation, by the Chief Magis'
trate of the nation. Nor do l forget that
some of you are my seniors; nor thst
many of yOu have more experience than
|, IN the conduct of public affairs. Yeti
trust that IN view of the great respOnzi-
bility resting upon me, you will pereeiTe
no want of respect to yourselves, in any
uudds earnestness / may seem to display
Is It doubted, then, that the plan pro
pose, If adopted, would shorten the var.
and thus lessen the expenditure Of mon'
ey and of blood Is Il doubted that i
would restore the national authority and
national prpsperityi and perpetnate bO'h
indefinitely Is Il doubted that We herr
Con Qraa1 and EEarntiVe-g.at seeure tn
adoption3 Win not the good people re-
spond % united and earnest appeal ir0H
Gs! Can NE, can they, by any other meAa;'
90 certainly, or 50 speedily, assure thess W
tai objeets1 We can succeed only by eon-
cert. It is-not ssean my Of US inlaqlnE