The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet ItHelper, Hinton Rowan
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It
Helper, Hinton Rowan
Slavery -- United States
10th. A Tax of Sixty Dollars on every Slaveholder for each and every
Negro in his Possession at the present time, or at any intermediate
time between now and the 4th of July, 1863--said Money to be Applied
to the transportation of the Blacks to Liberia, to their Colonization
in Central or South America, or to their Comfortable Settlement
within the Boundaries of the United States.
11th. An additional Tax of Forty Dollars per annum to be levied
annually, on every Slaveholder for each and every Negro found in his
possession after the 4th of July, 1863--said Money to be paid into
the hands of the Negroes so held in Slavery, or, in cases of death,
to their next of kin, and to be used by them at their own option.
This, then, is the outline of our scheme for the abolition of slavery in
the Southern States. Let it be acted upon with due promptitude, and, as
certain as truth is mightier than error, fifteen years will not elapse
before every foot of territory, from the mouth of the Delaware to the
emboguing of the Rio Grande, will glitter with the jewels of freedom. Some
time during this year, next, or the year following, let there be a general
convention of non-slaveholders from every slave State in the Union, to
deliberate on the momentous issues now pending. First, let them adopt
measures for holding in restraint the diabolical excesses of the
oligarchy; secondly, in order to cast off the thraldom which the infamous
slave-power has fastened upon them, and, as the first step necessary to be
taken to regain the inalienable rights and liberties with which they were
invested by Nature, but of which they have been divested by the accursed
dealers in human flesh, let them devise ways and means for the complete
annihilation of slavery; thirdly, let them put forth an equitable and
comprehensive platform, fully defining their position, and inviting the
active sympathy and co-operation of the millions of down-trodden
non-slaveholders throughout the Southern and Southwestern States. Let all
these things be done, not too hastily, but with calmness, deliberation,
prudence, and circumspection; if need be, let the delegates to the
convention continue in session one or two weeks; only let their labors be
wisely and thoroughly performed; let them, on Wednesday morning, present
to the poor whites of the South, a well-digested scheme for the
reclamation of their ancient rights and prerogatives, and, on the
Thursday following, slavery in the United States will be worth absolutely
less than nothing; for then, besides being so vile and precarious that
nobody will want it, it will be a lasting reproach to those in whose hands
it is lodged.
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