The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-23
The Gur,pensations OF EnREcipatiOn.

Missouri and Delaware are setting
good example to She other Border States.
and are pursuing course honorable TO
the intcIll .cncc and the spirit Of their
people. Missouri is devoting herself,
with an energy and dire,tncSs Of purpose
worthy Of her great place in the Cnion,to
the y ork of emancipation. In Delaware,
a similar work is going on. 1.-The Union
party Of our State,' writes one OF Its
!ratiny mcn, sis Of unconditional loyalty,
aud is pledged to make Delaware free
State" Each Of these States, moreover,
has determined not ou'y to do the work,
but to do it for itself Neither of them
appears as a becgar before the nation;
neither of them stands chatferlng with
tie nation for price; neither OF them
whites about being ruined unless COM
penSution be made for its slaves. And
10 this, there /: not merely right feeling,
but also common sense. The nation
would willingly, two years ago. have paid
a large price for freedom in Missouri, in
Kentucky, in Maryland, Delaware, or
Tennessee. 1t would have been glad to
secure, by the indissolublc and happy
bonds of freedom, any one Of these States
to the cause of the tnion. But the time
| for purchase of this sort has gone by;
and Kentucky and Tennessee will do well
20 recognize this fact, and to set them.
selves to follow the teachings of Missou-
! ri aud Delaware.
i At present, the nation will not pay
any State to secure freedom. Tie day
of pccuniarily compensated emancipation
is over There is no need to offer price
for that which is inevitable; there is nci
,hcr propricty nor light in any State ask
irr price for that which will bring to
it unexamp'cd prosperity and long de-
sired peace. But, more than this, the
nation ought not, Oh grounds both OF mo,
rality aud of policy, to recognize proper
tv ia slaves Far too long has it sub.
mittcd to the violation of its conscience G
and Of every dictate Of humanity, in ad-
uniting that man can be lawfully he Id as
property by man. Slaves are property
only BY the force Of immoral custom and
unjust law.
And supposing immediate emancipa
ton to be dccreed in the Border States
there is sufficient ground for questioning
whether it would be accompanied by any
real pecuniary loss There would DC
doubt be rapid shifting of values, {u'
the rise in the value Of other properly
would probably fully compensate any loss
arising from emancipatl0n; and there i
abundant evidence to show, shat ii slave
holders would cmancipate and then hire
their slaves at fair wages, the profits @
the master would be in no degree dlmin-
ished, and his loss of capital in the mar
y kct value of the slaves would be made a.
9 in the course of few years by his de-
livcrance from the expense of kecpln
them
At any rate, the nation has made u
its mind that the compensations of ema'
cipatiCn to those States that adopt thl
!. policy. are sufficient to render it unneces
+ sary to bribc them to its adoption. An
{, the nation is right; for the compcnsatlo
If that freedom brings with it are neithe
trihing nor transient. They are com
pcnsations of the spirit as well as Of tn
pocket First among them are justice
! honor, and good conscience, all thu
=, constitutes the moral strength and tt
!. glory Of a State. Then follow peac
and the works Of peace; prosperity sue
as no Slave State can enjoy. The de
- struction of Slavery secures the erowt
of intelligence, the development Of r
% sources, the increase of wealth, the pro
pect of happiness. The States on
Slave, now becoming free, will take the
proper positions as portions of srea
r, On united, free nation; nation no long
divided and weakened by diversity of S
cial systems, and opposition of NOR
ds conclusions and political opinions, b
ms essentially one, its institutions bas
y upon human principles of universal a
- plication; its laws aftording equal prote
ns ',s tion to all men; its prosperity shared ali
ey by all; and its Constitution at leng
rs, fulfilling its intent of insuring domes'
'l n. tranquility, of promoting the gene
do welfare, and securing the blessings