Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-06
THE QUESTION OF THE TIMES.

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THE QUESTION OF THE TIMES.
Its gratifying IN perceive that our mel hboFs
Of Maryland, who have Of late been reaplng the
fruits Of secession In the IosS Of their negroes are
rapidly coming TO comprehend that their evident
and Only sure relief Hes in promptly adopting
the wise policy Of gradual enamel patton enforced
In the Presidents late message on that subject
The Sfay repeatedly explained, Ia endeavorIng TO
prevent secsscion, that IL must inevitably result
in the destruction Of the value Of slave property
In the border States. We were, therefore, not IN
prepared for the existence Of precisely the state OF
things to which We refer, In this region. We do
not believe that single intelligent STAKEHOLDER
Of Maryland fails at this moment TO realize that
his Losses frCu the escape OF slaves and the extraor
binary depreciation OF the value Of slave property
are justly chargeabIe upon secession; the author
OF the war, that, like ali other wars is attended
by immense pecuniary losses to all communities
involved In IL. While secession has thus Liter
ally robbed SHAREHOLDERS Of much o. their pro-
PeTty, and Immensely deprecated the value Of
that remaining, 1t has Injured, even more, the
property holders OF non- siarehOlding States rob-
bling them of thousands of millions Of the value
Of their property in stocks, bonds business lands
&c, &c. II Is not more Just for the Maryland
STAKEHOLDER to charge upon the Government,
rather than secession the injuries be has received
through the war, than Il would be for the North
ern manufacturer, merchant, stock holder or me-
chanic 10 do the same taing. The latter have
always held the right parties-the secession oil
garchy-rssPorsible; and the former are rapidly
coming TO take the same common sense view Of
The matter. Nor Is IL more reasonable in tar
former to look 10 direct interference by the Gen.
ssal Government 10 ward of from their interests
the natural ELECTS OF the existing state of civil
war, than u would be for those Of the North who
also fad ;Lef property aad labor Of every descrp-
tion almost utterly ruined in value to expect tue
Government TO make them whole again b; Its d.
rect interference TO that end All alike deplore
the fruits Of secession explained above and all
patriotic people look alone to The only sure remedy
for Its cure-the prompt and thorough extinction
ofthe rebellion with the consequences that should
rishfully Cow from IL II achievement.
70 the North, It's chief consequence will be the
prompt restoration OF its former business relations
with the South, In every way rapidly increasing
the aggregate amount Of busIness II does with the
South and the relatively aggregate profits upon
that business To the border slaveho!ding States
those consequences will be even more signslly
beneficial, soon rePaying them, with heavy Inter.
est, ior ali The Pecuniay losses bIOugh upon them
by secession.
They pOssess soil, climate, water power, min.
erals and other natural incidents of pecuniary and
social prosperity 70 = community, of far greater
value than those possessed by any other States Of
the Union; and the results of the war in bringing
them 10 adopt the wise and slatesmsnlike policy
ofgradual emancipation so fOrclbly recommended
by the President, will make those resources avail
able, to their immense proft, as though by nhsgic
No possible Interference OF the General Govern
ent can restore the market value (prices Of slave
property in the border States 70 the standard at
which II stood before secession struck Its fatal
blow upon It, That value was the result OF the
extreme Souihern State demand for It, not Of the
profits Of its employment north Of Mississippi and
Alabama On lSe contrary, all political econo-
msts know well thai In the aggregate, the EN-.
poyment Of slaves rather than paid labor In other
than tie region In which, on account Of the cli-
mate, whites cannot labor TO Is gfsat pecuniaIy
advantage an negroes, pays no margis Of profit
whateve'i or, Al Dest, very Uncomfortable r-oft
when compared with the profit of paid labo, IN
the border non slsveEclding and other northern
States We therefore assume that, the late great
money value OF slaves in the border States be ING
gone forever, few sensible men there will desire
10 Perpesuate the institution among them for 4
moment longer than Il can be gradually, hu-
As vas the case IN every northern STATE that
las renornced the Institution, from the moment
the subject becomes generally asitated vast
Numbers Of the slaves o. the border States will be
removed to the South, where their annual labor Is
worth four field lin resulting dollars and cents) a.
much rs IL Is north OF the cotton, sugar and lice
producing northern line South OF thatllns ihere
IS ysi room for the profitable employment Of, it
may be, ten times a. many slaves a. are now in the
whole United States; and their EN- ployn,ent there
wiz be Source OF equal profit TO those north CT
them Who tacde with and manufacture for them
as 10 those working them. Less chan half will
be left for The opesaicn upon them Of the gradua!
emancipation Psliey-;he slaves OF single slave
holdens and Others aetus,Sd by personal sttaeh J.
ment to the domeslIcs Of thesr households, &c.
For every negro thus sent South, or coIonized out
Of the border States the result Of the adoption
Of the gradual paid emancipation poiiry, from
two to Eve white persons will speedily sfins In
the border slaveholdlng States, which will III n n
with them eyea faster than lllinois Iowa and w IA
eonsin did There remsin comparatively little or
no more desirable lands for settlement In the North
and the tide Of emigration will instantly be
turned, like q deiuee, upon the border = atss
Tins Kidding themselves Of their negroes livery
acre OF land, every water power, every mine, and
indeed everything In them that can be turned 60
proftby the industry, Intelligence and ings nuity
Of the white man, viii instantly, 10 IL were.
double In money value. The pronn OF every
prOsessiensl man, mechanic, farmer and merchant
VIII Of course increase enormously, pro rata with
This increase Of while populatioa around him /:
for every men knows thss The lawyers, traders,
mechanics, doctors, teachers, &c, living sur
rounded BY thousand whites, may safely ealcu-