Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-07
BRITISH SLAVERY.
HOW SLAVERY LOST AND WON
THE DAY IN THE SIXTIES.
John Davis Shows How Slavery Died but
stiil Lives, on a broader and Safer
Scale, and Pays Better Than Do-
fore.

hSiuNth VI bnlh Vouhbly IN bno nlANVn'
two gentlemen were discussing the
great question Of the day. II was be-
fore President Liucoln's proclamation
Of freedom had been issued, The pro-
gress Of the war and the relative
strength Of the North and the South
were the subjects of conversation.
Said one; "rho black man holds the
balance in his hands. His sympathics
and friendships will turn the scale"
"Well, said the other, "his sympa-
thies and friendships are with the
north, are they notP Surely the slaves
cannot Join their tyrants against their
friendSl"
But" said tho former, suppose the
southerners should turn abolitioniBts."
"Thoy cannot do that" said the lat
tor, "aa that would DO yielding the
point Mt iSsue."
Apparently II would" said number
onci "in reality IL would not. Let mo
outline plan which broad Southern
policy may adopt Suppose the Con-
federate government should any to tho
slave holders; Sell US your slaves!
Set your prices high but sell us your
UlaYesl We have no money but we win
pay you In bonds--wlth liberal inter-
est, payable seml-annually foreverv
Seeing that slavery may DO destroyed
by the casualties and the exigencies Of
.he war, the slave holders will accept
.he offer Then when the slaves be-
some the property Of The Southern
government, the proclamation should
70 forth to the slaves; Fight and you
ire free' This course would change
The sympatbies OF the slaves from the
North to the South. The Southerners,
noble fellows, would then have the
lredit Of freeing their slaves, and the
war would then, henceforth, DO joint
Itruggle Of whites and blacks for ma
liopal existence; while the North,
Ihorn Of her prestige and reputation
IN the slavery question, would have
The bad reputation of fighting for en-
plre. There would then DO no moral
Ir other reasons why England and
France should remain neutral The
American blockade would be destroyed
md the North would be beaten"
But" asked number two, "what
will become Of slavery"
"oh," responded his companion,
slavery will be all right 1t will be
changed, Of course, but II will be on a
broader and safer basis than before,
Nominally the slaves would be free,
practically they would not Formerly
the masters owned the slaves and the
lands. Latterly they would own the
bonds and the lands. The cx-slaves
and poor whites would have access 10
the lands only on the masters terms,
The interest on the bonds paid by la
hor) will hire the labor Of the new Or
der OF slaves forever! The former sys-
tenn compelled the masters to care for
tho lives and health Of the slaves. The
after system would compel the slaves
10 work on the masters terms, and 10
care for themselves The death OF o
slave would be no loss to the master.
The master class would be tho ruling
.lnss--the law-maliing class The new
plan would be much safer and better
system, by which the master could ell
Joy the earnings OF the man, than the
former one. 1t is merely change
from the chattel system to the merci-
less British PLAN"
But the South did not adopt the plan
here outlined, The South was beaten
because the negroes joined the North.
And the bonds which were most Law
lShly issued ut the instigation Of Wall
Street and the European money loan
ers, fell upon the laboring people OF
both North and South. Instead Of the
Southern slave holders remaining the
masters, our masters now live In New
York and London.
A much quoted and much denied,
but truly prophetic circular, once pre-
dicted the conspiracy Of the British
slave holders MS follows: Hs
"Slavery is likely to be abolished by
the war power, and chattel slavery is
10 be destroyed This, and my Eu-
sopean friends are In favor OF, for sla-
very is but the owning Of labor, and
carries with II the responsibility 10
care for the laborer; while the Euro
pcan plan, led in by England, is: Cap.
ital control OF labor, by controlling
wngesl This can be done by controll-
ing the money.
"The great debt, that capitalists
will soc 10 1t IL made ont of this war,
must be used as the means 10 control
the volume Of money. To accomplish
this the bonds must be used as the
banking basis. We are now waiting To
get tho secretary Of the treasury to
make this recommendation to congress.
H. will not do To let the preen bncIes as