The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-05
tArIos CARRIED FORWARD.
These figures show our country may be

These figures show our country may be
as populous Rs Europe at some point be-
tween 1920 and 1890, say about 1925
.@ ss.tkory at 73t TO the square mile
being OF capacity to contain 2l7, i86, 38i
This future we relinquish BY the folly
and evils of disunion, or by long exhaust.
ing war springing from the only great ele.
ment Of discord among us. while it can
not be forseen exactly how much one huge
example of secession, bringing Lesser
ones, would indefinitely retard our popu-
tation, civilization and prosperity.
No one can doubt that the extent OF it
would be very great and injurious.
THE BLESSINGS or INDEPENDENCE.
The proposed emancipation would
shorten this war, perpetuate peace. insure
the increase in population, and proportion
ably the increase ia the wealth of the
country. With this We should pay oil that
emancipation. would cost, without cur
other debts. easier than we should pay
our other debts without it.
COMPARISON. .~4--,.~.
If We had allowed our old national
debt TO run 1t 6 per cent per annum, sim
pie interest, from the end Of our revolu-
tiouary struggle till to-day, without pay
ing anything, either principal or interest,
each man OF us y, uld owe less upon the
debt now than each man owed upon it
then, and thus because our increase of
men through the whole period has been
greater than six per cent, and has run
faster than the interest upon the debt.
THE COMPENSATION OF TIME.
Thus time alone relieves debtor ma
ton 30 long As. it's population increases
faster than unpaid interest accumulates
on ito debt. This fact would be no ex-
cuse for delaying the payment of what is
Justly due. but it shows the great i'm.
portancc Of time in this connection, and
the great advantage ola policy by which
we shall not have to pay until We num-
Der 100. 0O0, 900. what by different pol
icy we would have now when the mum
Der is 81 100000. In word it shows
that dollar sciH be much harder to pay
for tie ssar, than a dolsar for <Sascipu.
tim on the proposed plan, and then the
latter will cost no blood, no precious life.
II will be saving Of both.
OF THE RETURN OF TUGITIvEs.
AS to the second article l think it
would be impracticable to return to bon
dage the class Of persons therein contem-
plated. Some Of them doubtless in the
property sense belong to loyal owners
and hence provision is made in this or.
ticle for compensating such.
THE FUTURE OF THE FREEDMEN.
The third article relates to the future
of the freed people. 1t does not oblige
but merely authorizes Congress to aid ia
colonizing such as may consent This
onght not to be regarded as Objectionable
on the one hand or or the other. ;rn:-
much as it comes to nought unless by
mutual consent of the people to be do
ported, and the American voters through
their representatives in Congress.
THE PRESIDENT rAyoRs COLONIZATION.
cannot make it better known than il
already is, that strongly favor col,niza-
ton, and yet wish to say that there IL
an objection against the colored persons re-
malalng in the country, which 10 largely
imaginary, il not sometimes malicious.
II Is insisted that their presence wonld