The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-12-13


the President which nothing in the Consti
tuition or laws of, the United States woul'
have warranted
- On the other hand, every danger Of confic
is avoided when the settlement Of the ques
;ion is referred to the several Statesa The.
can, each for ITSELF decide on the measure
and whether it is to be adopted Mt once anC
Absolutely, or introducetl gradually and Will
conditions. In my judgment the freedmen
if they show patient and manly virtues, viii
sooner obtain participation in the elective
Franchise thrvugG the Stale 'han through tht
l Genera Goverumeut, even if it. had power tt
Intervene. When the ttmult of emotions
that have been raised by the sullenness o
the social chnrce shall have subsidized, it may
tprove that they will receive the kindies
usage fromsome of those on whom they have
heretofore must closely depended.
But While | have no doabt that now, after
the close ofthe war, it is not competent for the
General Government to extend The elective
4 franchise in the several States, it is equally
| clear that good faiih requires the security of
! the freedmen in tleIr liberty GHd their prop
ertY, their right 10 Labor, and their right TO
claim the just return of their labor can not
too strongly urge.a dispassionate treatment
of this snh hect, which shoUld be carefully kept
alCof from all party strife. Wemust equally
! avoid hasty assumptions of any natural ilm-
| possibility for the two races TO live side by
I side, in Q state of mutual benefit aud good
/ wiit The experiment involvos'us in no IN
consistency; etns then 60 on hhd make that
experiment in good faish, ,nnd not be too easi-
\ ly,1ishe4rieued. ThenoQltnpy is in need of
labor, and the freedmen. are in need OF en-
| piofmcnt culture, and protection. While
their right of voluntary migration and ex-
patriaton" is ,fOt to he questioned, | would
not advise their forced removal and coloniza
tiQn. l.etus rather encourage them TO honor
able and useful industry. whore it may be
bencHanl to themselves and to the country
and insteaG Of hasty 'Ghtcipatioa Of the Ger.
utintY OF fnilurei let there be nothing want
ing to the. fsir trial of the experiments The
change in their condition slthe substitution
| OF labor BY uuntract loI the status of slavery
! The freedmen can not fairly be accused Of
unwlllingncss to work, so long as doubt
remains about his freedom Of choice in his
pursuits, ana the certainty of his recovering
stipulated wages In tliis the interests OF
the employer and the employed coincide The
employer desires in his workmen spirit and
aldcrty, and these car be permanently Sc
cured in no other way. And if the one ought
10 be aoe to enforce the contract, so ought
the other. The public interest wall be best
promoter II the sew eral States wlll proViae
aaQeAHate' protection aud remedieS lor 'ns
freedmen. Until this is in some way accom-
pl'shed, there is no chance for the ad'aht.
ageous use of their labor, and the o'ane Vi
Htsuccess will not rest on them.
khowthht sincere philanthropy Is e"rn's'
for the Immediate realization of its fe''oees'
aims; but time is always an element III ~
form. 1t is one of the greatest acts on .N 'oeo,o
to have brought four millions Of Teople i'''o
freedom. The career Of free industry must
he fairly opened to them; and then there
future lprosperity and. condition must after
.al, rest maialy on themselves, Ii they
iall, and 50 perish away, let us be carelu'
that the failure Shall not be attributable to
ANY denial of justice. In all that ates to
the destiny of,the freedmen, 'weneed not be
too anous to readthe future; many incidents
which, from u speculative point of view. might
raise alarRi, will gu city settle themse ives t
Nov that slavery is at an end or neHr its
END, flie greatness of its evil, in the point OF
view of public economy becomes more and
more nppal apt Slavr.ry was essentially 7
monopoly of labor, and is speh locked the
states where it prevailed against tiles ncQm-
ihg Qf free Industry, Where labor was the
capitalist, the white mdn was
excluded from employment or had But the
second best chance OF finding III; and the
forGgn elpi pigrant Earned away from the region
whore his condition would be SO p:ecarious.
with tie destruction Of the monopoly, free
labor VIII ha5tcn from all parts OF the civil
ized world to assist in developing variousand
resources which have hitherto
iaia aormpnt The eight or nine States near
est the Gulf of Mexico have q soil OF eXHber-
ant fertility, il climate friendly to loug life,
and can sustain denser population than is
found as yet in amy part Of our country And
tho future, intlhxiof' population to them viii
be mainly from the NORTH orsfromithe most
cultivated n$ti9ns in Europe. From the
suferings that have attended them during
our late struggle, let lis look away to the
future, which is sure to be latten for thefnf
with gteater prosperity than has ever before
been known, The renoyai of the monopoly
'f slave labor issa pledge lhet those regioas ,
viii betpeopled BY q numerous aud enter !
Drlsing population, which VIII vie win any
il the Union in com pactness, inventiVe gen
us, wealth and Industry. liM afi' 81 7la@ |"
Our Governmept springs from, an'h was !
nale for, the people-7noG tho people for the /
Government, 10 them it owes allegiance, !
roth' Them it mgstderive It's courage, ge,strengtp !,
nd wisdom, But willie the Go4ernment il =
hns bound to defer to the people from whom !
t DERIVES its !s&1sleIte, itls5ould, from the
cry consideration ITS origin, be Strong ia \
is power of resistance to the establishment I
# inequalities. Nonorolies, perpetuities, and +,
klss gislation, are c6uttauy to tue ,gsri rs |