The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-06-04
MORO QUESTION.

We -re fJ..v ;,sIe3 that every cne
who has bee" conTsc'ani with negroes, and
VINO possesses, 81 mo same tine, average
faculties Tor eU.crYa.ion aad reflection
Will at once recognize the perfect truth o;
the vIews exrresssd in the subjeined ar
ticls, which we copy from an .ble cotsm-
poray:
There are some things that the higher
or lower law can't manage. There are
natural necessities more conclusive than
military necessities Tho negro question
is one Of them. Power enough can re-
lease the negro from his master; but pow
er can make a negro a white man AZ
ter emancipation, il the negro ha. capacity
to sustain himself anon st white men, by
whom he will be surrounded, tnen there
would be a success; but the experiment
oil generation VIII hardly settle the que.
ton. so far the negro has suffered the
worst OF caiamities under the process. He
is en,icsd or forced into tho armies to
| tight tor government that has ne, been
his, and in which ne mus,.hold a subardn
ate place. If the hsrory of the a,i 10 10 De
any guide He must risk his life and she ed
his blood at the isstigation Of the white.
man. who will only regard him as = negro
after his service
Thus hundreds Of theusands have been
seduced from comfortable homes to suffer
sorts OF dsst:;uiion; 70 perish OF hun
, ger and disease.
| The details Of these thing. are shocking
were IL not that they are negroes and the
| Uproar amongst wilt. tnsn throws all the
passive suffering and misery oil the negro
into the back ground Alter a generation
Of suffering. We are told they w.il do bet
ter. la passing from slavery TO freedom
they must suffer, but their position at last
Tlii compensate for il all.
/ Almighty God may require martydoLn
OF man, for he controls al! things 4 pre-.
eHt aEd 20 come; but who has given 70
man the authority to II I, rIz- one gene. :.
alton Tor the gooi OF posterily? We uu-
dir,taEd that Il man may OF hi. owa choice
make maItyr Of himself from h.. own
sense Of duty, or for The benefit sf Others
but we have never heard that II y.s HI,
right 10 iu2os- martyidom On another
II Is not ours to sacrifice this generation
/ Of neg. oes to b-netIt The next The future
de-t!Hy OF the race IS not in our hand,
We nave no more night to promise the he
gro that he will better the condition OF
ms race by fJ.io"!ng our euun-e! than the
Des.l had 10 promise all Inc Kingdoms Of
! the world for .erv ice 10 ! ls>.it Ne c:,:
ely .Ge>- what change o. the sta.us ..
l:ie regrU will produce on his fate
1t l. certain that the transfer ef the
negro To this country ha, been great
! blessing 20 The race The discipline Of
slavery has elevated him in the state 0.
o.iDg, 80 that after It's operation. for gen
eratIons the race - now Tar sUuer!oI TO
what i ever ia. been in the world III.
fact Of their r1rid increase shows that
they euj y a ful! share Of the comforts OF
hfe. II remains 10 b. proved that / e can
1--we improve ana multiply under any 9th
ersyste,n Emancjp-;e the negro, and one
Of these results VII! follow He wi!
MAINTAIN himself in composition with
wuiie IHen, or he viii perish under tia,
. competition; or he vi. fall back into =
system similar 10 the one firm which ne
emerged, or from which the Whit. mar
tried O drag him.
The fret, ea.anci patton zea,ots begin 10
see is possible; d, any rate Just now
The second misht happen out for The
white mans interest.
The negro can be mads useful. and
therefore. lie will be cared fer; asd hence
w. conclude thai. IL SPIT. Of higher laws
@. lower laws managed ~ man, after this
cruel and bloody experiment is over the
negro will be the servant Of the white
Ha- 20 be employed and taken care Of
d.. 'c'''- '1'r IS he has been RiHhi
or "~, -a. IN Lincoln says, this
! -. l- tic ii .. O..
P-ae-. sH~--r aleE's MAJ s1criice the
in,er.-s; o THOUSANDS of this generation,
and many Of the negro .ace nay be des
troyes. lhou.oud> may lie free. in a state
Of poverty ant de>titution The mass vii!
serve the white man as before The oues
ton Of the slavery Of the black race will
, settle itself a, last in .pre eli parties. II
the North and South were agreed they
could not produce much change in the
status Of the negro.