Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-08-23

The Southern Slaves to be Paid For Il
the Democratic Party gets Control Of
the Government.
The Democratic party North and South
most probably will form Presidential
ticket for lS72-one for which both Sec
tions will work. The governing incen-
tive in the South to do this. is the hope
that by this union, power will again be
theirs, and that then, if they cannot ef-
feet repeal of the amendments against
slavery, they can, through the aid of their
Democratic allies North, receive by legis-
lation payment for all the slaves released
by the rebellion. Southern papers al
ready agitate the question. The follow
ing. from the Richmond Wig of the
18th inst, states the great expectations
Of the Southerners on this question, and
also suggests how the negro may be
brought to favor the scheme:
The Southern States, under any fair
apportionment that may be adopted. will
have twelve more than third of the rep
resentation in Congress and in the EIec-
toral College. United and harmonious,
this would constitute power adequate
for self-protection, if not sufficient to CON
troll the action of the government We
have common interests-one especially OF
towering and controlling influence. capa-
BILE of welding the whole Southern pop
ulation, black and white. into one solid
mass for joint and common action. Sla-
very has been abolished But slavery
has never been paid for. 1t was a con-
stitutional and vested righ, if there be
such a thing. No government ever con-
fscated sucb property and of such mag
nitude without compensation to the indi-
vidual 1t would be monstrous if it did.
and it would unsettle and confound and
leopard all other rights. The blacks can
be made to have the same interest in this
right a. the whites. The market value
of the property at the outbreak of the
war was estimated at S3000.000. 900
The half of that sum might redress the
whites. the other half would console H. E.
bribe) the blacks. and prove a far more
substantial blessing than the imaginary
" mule and forty acres Of land"
We have no idea Of pressing this re-
clamation at the present time. But it IL
shot in our locker, which we are un-
willing to surrender, and would be ready
to use whenever an opportunity presents
itself 4 Southern conference. either the
coming winter or at some future time.
can arrangr the programme, the mode,
measure and time for urging this claim
We would not hurry tit is a perma-
nrnt bulwark and source of safety and
harmony to all the distracted elements of
Southern society. Whenever the signal
is given it will bring white and black
together. shoulder 10 shoulder The
North sold their slaves aud pocketed the
money. aud then confscated the slaves of
the South. for what they pretended was
the public good They must pay for it.
1t is only question of time-and though
we are all, white and black. very poor,
we are not impatient. They turned the
poor blacks out Of house and home. with
the delusive promise of a male and forty
acres, and left them to the cold charity
of the world The blacks must be paid
for their confscated home and the right to
protection. But. as already stated. we
do not urge it at the present tine We,
however. are unwilling to abandon it. or
leopard its recovery by di-banding an
independent party organization That
party NAV save us when all
other expedients shall fail. At any rate,
it is the best trump out, and if iudicious
" played may win the game. The wea-
ther is too warm for elaboration. Hints
must suffice. Wise men can take and
ponder them and if there be good in
them. like bread cast upon the waters. it
will return to bless us after many days.