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nil t.liciv experience tliero, tliey looked upon
jMnancip:it.i(iii an a blessing."
Ifeve ends oir cli;i)»ter on the West In-
dies. "Vlmt inference eun be drawn IVoin all
this •?
We answer — I'irst: TImt ./•hiuoici'pfilA'oii
in the Lhiitod iSfafcs is safa. If it was ho in
fluinaiea, where the whites were as one to lif-
teen, will it not be in Maryland, where they
arc more than three to one, in Isentucky,
wiierc they are netu'ly four to one, in Mis-
souri, wlnn-e they are nearly ten to one '!
iSecond : Jl v:ill he politic. ]f the froc-
w of half a million of slaves in .ITi):'),
saved St. Domingo from falling into the
hands of l'^<ngland, the freeing of four mil-
lions, in 1 iSG'i, may save the Cotton States
from a like fare, which even our reeent and
brilliant victories perhaps may hasten.
Third : Jt ?iii.!st not be affended by forced
colonization., if the great want of the West
Indies is labor, with what expectation can we
ship out of our Southern States two-thinls of
the laboring jioj.ndation 'I I inmigrati(.>n is
tiio denunul in the West indias, it ^'aultl be
folly for us to try emigration.
Fourth. It lYtni^t -twl be <;radu(d, hid im-
mediate and coinplete. If the experience of
Antigua and Jamaica tetujhes anything, it
teaches that simultaneous and entire emanci-
pation is the safest, the cheapest, and the
wisest eoni'se.
Fifth. It tcifl attract more ■}c]iitc men to
the South than it vill .'icn.tl blael: mm to the
NortJt. Tills is the opinion of a sensible fu-
gitive, to whom we owe the statement; but
the history of innnigration to the AVest In-
dies, and to Mauritius and ]>ourbon ]iroves
it true. Why should the negroes come here
after emancipation? On the coiitrary, reasons
both of climate and of political economy will
carry them Soutli in great nundiers, not oidy
from the border States, but from the North
and from Canada.
Finally, tiicse facts prove, wiiat no man of
lofty virtie evei" can doubt, — 7'/iaf Jus.tire is
alnunjs expedient .,
Tiie (Irt'(.'lartaj root
and branch."
Centuries (earlier, the wise Athenian law-
giver, in gi'ave verse, which Demosthenei?
loved to (juote, had warned his countrynen
of the same truth.*'
My snni. .Atiixniiins. {irnni j^t.-! nic to ri'Iatt;
Wlml, ir.isi'i'i'-s ii|i!in illjll^Ul•|■ wait.
ilii'lu's l>y tlicf't, idiil ciiy.ciiaiic to piissi'SH,
SMi'rcil lM>uni|s nC ,1 iistirc ^ c t.ran.-'t,'n'KS ;
Willi silt'iit M'i'S til!' )in>si'iil , knows tlm piLSt,
Ami will ri'V'MiL'" Ihi'.-f iiijnrii-s iil last.
Itiit ,tii.-tici'all iliiiiics iiriii'riy ili'.i-iLrns,
Ami in strict IVt li'i-.-' the un.jii.-t ciiiitiiu'S.
NN'liMl'.-! siuir she ^v(.'i'ii.'ii<, aiiil alla.vs what clny.'..
I Wriin.n' Aw ri'i"'!.-, ill in tlii' tcf'Wth ilv.-trnys,
! Sdt'tiMis til',' stiililiiirii, tlic iii,'ni>i n'l'nriMS,
! Aii'l in rh>' S/iiti' ntlni.y nil m 'liliiii'.-: sliinns.
! UittiT ilissi'iisiiilis l>y inT riilr sii iiiifcsl ,
Willi wisijly ^^'iivt.'riis all thing's I'ur the licst.
A nil earlier yet, the stern warnings of tlu.^
Uebrew sage, who led forth his despised peo-
jtlc from the ojijiression of jxe,yi.)t, liad iin-
noiuiced the eternal law with no doubtful
voice :
■• Hinvani f liaf tlinii tVii-LTt li'it On- I.ori.l thy (inil, in lUU
ki't'tiin^c his ciiiiiiiiMiiilnn'iit-- and his JmliriiM'nts. and his st;i-
Intt's whii'li 1 ciMinnanil t his day ; h'st when thim hast. I'.atcn
anil art t'till, and ha,-t luiilt u;iiiiilly hmiscs. and dwolt tlmrc-
iii :
1 And when thy tUu'ks and tliy hurds nniltiiily. and thy
j silver and thy .u'old is innltii;';('d. and all that thim ha.Nt ^
ninlti(ili('d ;
I 'I'hcn thine h"art he lifii'd ii]!, and thnn I'lirm't, the hord
! fliyOiid. . . . And thnn sa in thinr hi-art. my power an'i
the iui,i,'!it of my hand hath trntten me this wealth.
And it sliali he. it' thiiiiiliiat all fnrjiet ihe Lord thy (iod.
I testify a;;ainst _iin this d.'iy iha! ye .'•hall sncely perish.
.s t he nations whieh the l.nrd destrnveth lieiiiri' your
fai'e, so shall i'iierish; i eeanse sevniild not lie ohedient.
into t.hi; viiieeiifihe l.ord vour dud." — [ l'i:iit(^roiioniv viii
i il-2i).
1 'heinosthene-'. I'alsi' I,l'^.^•ltilln, 'i."i5. Stanley',* Trims-
I llC^ion in the Uistnry nf I'hilosopli} .