The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-11
The New Plan for AbOiishing slavery
Patented by JEFF. Davis.

Wendell Phillips may hang his harp
upon the willows. His occupation as an
abolitioDist is gone jeff Davis has en-
tirely superseded him. Phillips and his
followers proposed to free the slave. jeff.
Davis goes much further. He proposes to
free three hundred thousand able-bodied
slaves and give them fifty acres of land
apiece. When the able bodied slaves are
free, of course the CID slaves and the in
FAINT slaves will be worthless. We shall
see their masters running awey from them.
No SOutherner, however great his love for
the peculiar institution, will be willing to
support q lot of decrepit old aarkeys and
swarm ofnegrO children in arms and clouts
Practically, therefore, jeff. Davis will
abolish 0sgery. We hail him as the great
abolitiO1gst. All that the slaves freed by
Phillips~tould expect was six feet of mother
earth otter they starved TO death. jeff
Davislkill give them fifty ceres of mother
earth sptl fair chance to earn livelihood.
Fifty Rres Of land each for three hundred
thousand negroes amounts to fifteen mil
lions of acres. Making allowances for
cities, mountains, rivers, swamps, lakes,
rocks, baTrens and last bitches, this will
leave but little room tor any rural white
population IN lie seeded States. 80 we
are to have no more planters or planta
tons, as in the oden time; but a, rebel
dom is to be made & present to the blacks,
and the white men are 10 einigrate, 90 TO
work for colore,i masters, or submit to q
premature decease.
jeff. Davis Is going to free the slaves
and besto~ upon them the title deeds of
the seeded States in order to achieve
Southern Independence. lie feels that the
sacrifice is great but lie is prepared to
make it fer the sake Of the Southern Con
federacy. This ;s 3 highly novel and orr
cinal plan, and J5if. Davis ought to take
out g patent for it Immediately. 1t is cut.
ting Off a man head to save his life. 1t
is pulling out the corner stone % keep the
eaitice standing. 1t is throwing away q
thing SO as TO keep it. 1t sjumping over
board to avoid wetting. It is leaping
into the fire to escape from the trying pan
1t is committing sricile to get out OF lrou-
be. The seeded States iiounced cnt Of
the Union because they we're afraid Lin
coin would interfere WIKI slavery. They
put themselves under the lead Vi Davis.
who promised 20 protect slavery against
the attacks of Yankee yandals They
| have been lighting for tour years to pre-
vent us from bringing them back into the
Union, where tie awful abolitonists might
get another chance at slavery. Now, after
the lapse OF al this time, and after the
shedding of all this blood, presto. the
chief aboltionst turns out to be Jeff
Davis himself. Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan have stripped him of his dis
guise, and the horns, hoofs and tail of
the abolition Lucifer are revealed. What
do the Southern people say now? Do thew
like jeff. Davis any better than thew did
Phillips, Greeley, Garrison, Sumner and
Ward Beecher? Are rebel muskels anv
pleasanter than Sharp's riaes7 Do the
shareholders prefer military orders to news.
paper arguments? They left the Union to
save slavery; will they now give up slavery
rather than come back into the Union? We
can fancy their feelings when thew read
about the fifty acres apiece to be parcelled
out to the freed slaves BY their il ignorance
and their prejudice they have been led into
the very trap they were most anxious to
escape. Their own favorite leaders
have deluded them They have been
spoiled by their own professed friends