New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-10
A NEW ROAD TO WEALTH.

INTERESTING PLANS OF THE UNITED STATES
EX-sLAvE-OwNERs REGISTRATION BUREAU.
An organization known as the United States TX
Slave Owners Registration BTeau. with headquar-
t.rs in Washington and branch office In Savannah.
IS flooding the South with circulars urging form n
saveowr hc certified lists of the slaves he.
by them January !. 1863. with The bureau for III,
apparent purpose OF collecting evidence which will
be final when the time comes that the people OF the
United States decide to compensate former owners
for the slaves liberated by Abraham Llncolns
Emancipation Proclamation
Confdng persons. whether they once owned slaves
themselves heirs to those who did. invited
10 step lp and pay the United States Ex-Save own
Registration Bureau snug sum for fling the
entry Of their claims IT is significant feature Of
the appeal that no names are attached to Il, and
that no effort Is TO made by the Bureau prose-
cute the alleged ,lains. All that the subscribers
required do Is to pay in their money, and all
that the Bureau binds itself to do Is to accept tho
and file the afiiavts. The circular is as fol-
lows:
United States ex-Slave Owners Registration Bureau.
Kellog Building, i.4is F-si., y: W Washington. D C.
b-Ofice. Provident building. Savannah. Ca
Dear Sir Thirty years ago January ], 1@3) the
proclama ton of emancipation was issued. BY this
act more than $SO00OJOCO worth of legitimate prop
erty was swept out Of the hands OF It's owners In
the Southern States.
This seemed at the time to be necessary measure
and was resorted to by President Lincoln as war
measure. President Lincoln never favored the
policy OF interfering with slavery Wherc IL existed
nor of freeing the slaves without compensation TO
the owners and If he had lived there Is no douDt
justice done between the Government and SO large
number Of her citizens but he was taken on Dy the
assassln's hand. and then the great scramble ior
place, preferment and pecuniary gam Whcn mas
ragged for than thirty years. has prevented any
well defined concerted action being taken IN the
History shows that no civilized nation has ever
their owners. Therefore. he is no ethiopian dreamer
who looks forward 20 the time wnen ms grsa,
Government Will do justice 10 her citizens We pc
leve this VIII be an established fact within the
lives OF Of the present generation we are now
on the OF mighty political sirugeie inc ou i
come of which will be determined largely by the
pace set By public opinion. 49,, l.,
fast APPROACHING when il Will be impossible TO OBJ
tain authentic record Of saves owner ana 4
yised a system Of registration whereby any former
owner. the heirs of any former owhe ~ ea rac
ord ana their sworn returns of said slaves pre-
served for future reference at nominal cost living
Carefully MI out the accompanying BANK, BNlnB
the number and On proper column, Of all slaves
0%ned by you inc on b % any one who d 50 stat.
in the proper place in The blank Then 80 before re
any State or couy o cer VINO 10 the same Then
send the aidavi,s to this office with the following
to thirty. 81 thirty to forty 81 forty to nifty or
Your sworn returns will be officially acknowledged
and recorded in the books OF our pTnepai onee IN
Preserved n and d for future referen
A word to the wise Is sufficient We need not DIS
ord Din the event that public opinion should recog-
nize the justice of this claim or Of the overwheIm-
Ing Importance of 4 being made Just at this time,
~, o,i he seen that the fee charged for making
.,cb records barely covers expenses and reasonable
s enn,cnsat,on for those who do the work
JT you have other evidence of ownership so state
In your ,cter to us that II may be filed with your
afidavit In archives - ,. =,
vo,r afIldavit OF ownership and registration fee.
,veerTiSr GsTpeST ATrES Ex-sLAvEOwNERs REGIS
TRA TbUSS BY b; T. s Ex-slave Owners Registra
lion Bureau. 1896