Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-11-24
our owe debt and q propartional part Of
the Northern debt. 1@t the present
amount of these debts Is, {..e vEiter has 10

means OF showing. Ii Is e6GUgn 10 say
fney are enormous.
q gain {. ask, will we be abe with these
two debts upon our shoulder, in the desc
lated ard Impoverished state of tl1e coun-
try, should we close the war 7, ~ to as
sume the expenses of exportet and for
eign coin7.izatioas Let facts aLswer.-
There are, North and Sonsh, 3 !.,as four
millions OF blacks. These ca avab bs trans
ported and provisioned oserae6sj IL our
seapnrts, and exported 30 Afr tor less
than $50 ner head. OF the va. iennf the
currency before the war. T. s4fancd
ap, gives $2OO,Ooo,00O, ecu ~ sl 4tearly,
TO the whole amoun OF Con Se<.sEas,3. cnr-
rency III circulation, or oneslAgtAteth OF
the valuation OF ali the propertF IT the
South before the war, 'r just $4,OOOs0OO,
600, when reduced To our standard.
! In this cascn atlon, no estimate has been
made of The cost Of Legislation upon the
subject, OF the employment OF numerous
agents 10 colduct the business, and, O
consunlafe the gracionsly philan'hrol ic
scheme OF the Iankees!) ot col"nizipg
| them and putting IN q cnndltion TO begin
to govern themselves. Foreign coioniza~
| ton las not even tie sen,bIance + a pos
sibi.ty. It is not What the Yankees want.
1t is not what they have preached tor the
last twenty five years And, it we may
|. Judge the future by the past, history does
not favor il. France and England are a
gainst it, who did not export he enanci
pated slaves Ut their West India possess
lors. Bat the political and social equality
pt he races is their. gher law, and how
can we be politically an1 socially equal
with the great Atlantic betzT ns9
| AS TO the second fnentio-eQ disposition
TO be made Of the blacks, 10 Que can en-
|tertain doubt, both rs to t. impractica.
|biIily and impossib!ity. Colonization
means the grouping or constellation OF IN
Iisiduals into a colony, for The purpose OF
seperaie government ana national exist
ence Tie domestic colonization. of the
liberated slaves, then means their concen
ration into one distinc1 body apon some
portion OF Tie territory OF tie South Bbt
how does this comport with the ssiigI,er
Ilaw," the favorite doctrine Of the North,
The political and social eq,aIity, and the
ANAL gamation of the races How car We
be thus exnal nnder distinct and separats
| governments.
! But suppose domestic colonization were
the object Of the abolitionists; who would
furnish the territory upon which to colon
| ze them Would the extreme South.
where the blacks can thrive and increaseF Z
| If So condscation is inevitable. Will they
be colonized In the Western territories.
south of the compromise line of 1S5Oe IT
Iso, who will furnish the land7 VIII any
be colonized north of that line. where they
fcould not long exist rs distinct laces Z
/ How would this accord with Yankee .phl-
ilanthropv It is evident that - negroes
will n5,t be colonized at all, e9fhSr in A.
| n1erica,s or out OF It. Then tie. 1t mem
1tioned disposition Of the free f,roes OBJ
lfains that they are to be adne Sd to the
enioyment Eof equal ghts nd privileges,
| in State and Church, with the white man.
/ Now the question is, are N'e prepared to
admit the free negro to a paslic. patton in
! the discussion OF. all mora and political
fqnestions. TO the elnoluments Of Office IN
/ the same tinstifitnti o1l, and the liberty OF
lspeech and the press, equally with our
selves. For one, pray God I .aay not
witness the day when it shall be hnlss1lth
foflT country. .tF 70 ffafs s,
Then we are MOTTO have simple recon-
.strucfion. the abolihosEof slaversfs a,i5l IL
trifiing taxation as, the fruits Of suoIsl ga
tioil but these, With all their esteu,talt,
3diretul evils. BY It we are to lss isssr M
ed, pailperized and disfranehised care
to be 81 aves, and our slaves, fre1 "a n e
are to be. degraded, aud they, efev ated.a
For ANAL ganaation, with its con seqneaf 9el
ovation OF the blacss and degral al m Of