Year: 1862

These figures show that OIL country may be as pop
ulOus as Europe at some pant between 1910 and
1880 say about 1925 Our ttTrito9Fy at 1871 to the
suqare mile being of capacity 10 contain 2l7, 1885,
OO0-and we will reacn this too if we DO not our
selves reiLqush the chance by the folly and evils Of
dlsunlon, or by long existing sprnging from
tAs Only element OF discord among us. hle 1t can
not be foreseen exactly how much one huge example
Of secession bringing lesser ones indefinitely would
retard our pOpulaion, civilization, and prosperity,
nO one can doubt that the extent Of 1t would be very
great and injurious. The proposed emancipation
would shorten this war; precpiate peace insure tins
increase in population, and prOpOrtonatey increase
in wealth the country. With this we should pay all
emancipation would cost, without our other deD's,
better than ourselves could pay our other debts
without it. If we had allowed our old National debt
to run at six per cent per annum at simple nterest'
from the end of our Revolutionary struggle ul TO-
day, without paying anything for principal or inter
est, each man Of would less on that debt now
than each owed on then, and this because our
increase of men through the whole period has been
greater than six per cent and runs faster than inter
est upon the public debt. Thus time alone relieves
a debtor nation so long its population increases
faster than unpaid interest accumuates on its debts
This, however, would be no excuse for delaying pay
ment of what is justly due, but shows the great I'M
Portance of time in this connection and the great
advantage Of policy by which we shall not have to
pay until we number one hundred million, what, by
a different policy we would have to pay now, when
our number is thrty-one millions; in word, 1t
shows dollar will be harder to pay for the war
than emancipation on the proposed plan, and then
the latter will cost precious blood, no llte-t Will
be a saving of both As to the second article, think
it would be impractcable to return to bondage the
class of persO therein contemplated. Some OF
them doubtless belong to loyal owners, and hence
provision is made in this article for compensathg
such. The third article relates to the freed people,
1t does not Obge but merely authorizes Congress to
aid in cOlOnzing 1t comes to naught unless by mu
tual consent of the people to be deported, and the
American voters through their Representatives in
Congress. ] cannot make it better known than it
already is, that strongly favor colonization, and
vet wish to say that there is an objection against
colored persons remaining in the country which is
largely imaginary if not sometimes malicious. IL is
insisted that their presence would inure and dspace
white labor and white labOrers. If there ever would
be proper time for mere argument that time Is not
now. In times like the present men should utter
nothing for which they would not willingly be res
ponsble through time and eternity. Is it true, then
the colored people can dispace any more white labor
by being free than by remaining slaves! If they stay
in their own places they Ostle no white aboreIs If
they leave their old places they leave them open to
white aborers very surely it would not reduce Them
Thus the customary amount OF labor SfHkSfii1 nave
to be perfOrmed-the freed people wolez Idsarely do
M more than their old proportion Of Il and very
probably for time would do less, leaving an in
creased part of white laborers to bring their labor in
greater demand and. consequently enhance the value
Of it. Reduce the supply OF black labor by colonz
inc the black aborers out Of the country and by pre-
cisely so much you would increase the demand for
white labor. But it is dreaded that the freed people
will swarm forth and cover the whole land will
liberation make them any more numerous If they
were equally distributed among the whites of the
country there would be one colored person TO seven
whites Could the one in any way greatly disturb
the seven? There Many communities now hav
ing more than free coored person to seven whites,
and this without any apparent consciousness Of
il from it, The District of Columbia and the
les of Delaware and Maryland are all in this con
n But why should emancipation South send


ID people orth People of any color seldom


IS there is something to run from, and here


ed people have fed north to some extent


z, and now perhaps from both bondage


n. But if gradual emancipation and


dopted, they will have neither to flee


masters will give them wages at least


can be procured, and freed men in


give labor forwages till new homes


5hem in congenia climes, and with


n own blood and race. This propo-


led on the natural interest involved,


cannot the North decide for itself


We themg As practice proves more


nv case, has there been any inter


rd because of the aboishment Of


District of Columbia last spring


id of the proportion Of free colored


es in the District of Columbia. is from


SEQ. having no reference TO persons


juads nor to those made free by the act Of


Jolishing slavery here. The plan consist


,se articles, as recommended, mott but res