The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-12-26
FnE END OF THE NEGRO.

presidential plan by which the states that
have attempted to secede, are to be recess
tablished under state governments, vested
With all the local powers hitherto possess
ed and exercised by the several states.
We pointed out the significant TACT that
the great leading, and indispensable pre-
requisite to this movement was the recog-
| milton eli the freed condition Of the negro
under the emancipation proclamation. As
w SAID then We repeat now, there Is moth
| ink IN the political way that can arrest the
execution OF this plan, save the success of
1.-The rebel armies. The democratic party
are powerless in congress, and there viii
be no eiectlons for year; during which
the presidents plan will be carried out.
The people are therefore to expect that
Dir. LincO!ns policy, backed as it will be-
by congress, and unchecked by any judic-
iai proceedings will be carried practically
into execution, and before the next fourth
OF July, state governments protesting alle-
glance to the Union will be in operation
! in nearly If net quite all the rebel states.
| Accompanying this manifesto Of Mr.
Lincoln lis the "order of General Butler,
which is perfectly consistent with Mr.. Lin
coins policy, and will undoubtedly be sus-
tanned by the administration and the re-
publican party That order assumes that
recruiting negro troops is the settled poll
cy OF the government. AMI that to enlist
| compensation on the part Of the blacks for
the boon of freedom. That order provides
that no male negro between the ages of
eighteen aud forty >five who is not decIar-
| ed to be unfit for military duty by sur
geOn Of the United States shall be employ
ed rs q laborer. teamster, servant. or in any
OTHER capacity, but shall be, forthwith ups
on entering the lines of the army, muster
ed into the military service Of the Tn ted
| States.
General Butler SAYS "The best use du.
ring the war for an sLle-bodied colcred
man as well for himself as the country, is
! to be a soldier and therefore, doing the
! part of a friend to the negro, he forbids his
employment in any other capacity, and
l eonpels him TO enlist.
The effect of these two military and civil
DEGREES cannot be mistaken. Both declare
that the negroes of the slaveholding states
twhsre the rebellion has existed shall
henceforth oe free; both look to the e.
Enlistment of civil and military power to
tprotect and secure that freedom but both
finsist that the negroes thus made free
shall work for the government; those ca
.pabte Of bearing arms shall work in the
(, army as soldiers, those unable to bear
arms shall work for the government in
such empieynents As they are physically
! able to perform. The absorption in this
manner Of the entire male portion Of the
( smancipAtsd slaves in the military service
! OF the nation is-the first step toward the
gradu al, but general extlnguishment OF the
] race. OF these male negroes thus employ
! ed, and thus subjected to rigorous labors
I for which they have never had the slight
4 Sill fatal n rds
of them before the expiration Of one half
! the term Of their enlistment Such has
J been the experience of tho negro reg
! nlents raised on the Mi..issi .pi, and such
! a result is nothing but what may naturally
J be expected. The free negro whose life
4 has been spent III labor less severe IN many
! respects than that Of the slave, is neverthe-
less far more capable Of undergoing the
! lators of the camp, and will stand its haz-
ards with almost as favorable results as the
white man. If Gen Buffers orders be
carried out, and we have doubt they
, will be, then all the male negroes in Ten
! nessee, Arkansas, Louis ana and those
I POI tons of other states occupied by our
/ troops will soon be enrolled in the service
( of the government, and enrolled for a
/ I IN which will witness the end of the
7 grea ter part of them. What Is to become
/ of the women, children and old men OF
tn race? Whe are they tn 90. how are
| they TO live. By whom are ihry u lac sup
ported? Excl .ded from Tie IN iori:y Of
( the northern states. they are 10 remain
within the military lines during The war,
and then are 10 be LETT free, 1t Is true, bat
without any legal claim Cor supp 1t or care
, ppoa any person. They are tn b- house,
: but Without Inc f.ieI:,s 10 procure d-ItFEIt
hood eXceIt on .'r:as net half as favor
able TO their physical necessities as they
enjoyed while sia The eii' ct OF free
dom upon the adults of the present gem
Grafton, as a class, wiil not b- Improving;
it will take years TO educate them TO the
cares which freedom will add IL their cx>
istencc. The youths Of the race. brought
up Familiarity with the necessiiie- for labor,
and realizing the Importance of system,
prudence, honesty and rersevere nee, will
be better fitted to cuj"y tie freedom that
has been given them bat to I others il
will be but hss;cnirg the day when the
African will di&pprar from the face of
North Amer!ci
IL Ju 1860 the negro population Of
the United States was 4,435, 1uy. Of which
iS2 l22 were free. If MIR Incoi,'s policy
be carried out the who!e negro population
will be virtually reed The experience Of
the last forty years has been that The free
negroes have not increased liz the free
states, Notwithstanding the number that /
have come there from the slaveholdlnc /.
states The race decays rapidly under |
apalramation. This has been the case in !
time Of peace, when there was no unsual |
cause tending to destroy them. Putting |
the whole negro population hereafter as
free, and considering all the circumstances
OF the war, the desolation and suffering,
the enpioymept of all the able bodied |
slaves in the military service, we think it |
can safely be estimated that in June 1870
the negro population of the United States,
will have persisted to the extent Of one
half the number that existed in 1860, and
chat the residue will be Mr.. Lincoln in
1853 said he wanted slavery to be, =, in the
course OF ultimate land rapid) extinction"
Such, we regard, will be the effect of the
present policy Of the government upon
the negro race In abolishIng slavery, the
negro as part Of the population Of the
country, will also be abolished. The fields
Of labor hitherto occupied by him. and for
which it had been supposed he was eyclu-
svely fitted, will be occupied by the hite
race and the day of large landed propie-
tors at the south will gradually disappear,
and the hand Of industry and skill, work
ing for Its own personal profit, will bring
from the cotton rice tobacco and sugar
fields, aggregates of product besides which
Tho STATISTICS of the r-;A I'm :rP-"r InsIg-
nihcanf. Ia tho march to this grand re-
suit, in this delivering over to the white
race of the whole field of labor, the unfor,
tunate' negro IS doomed to perish, and per.
ish by the hand that has held out to HIM
the "precious boon of freedom forever
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