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656
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ther confirms my position if additional au-
thority can be required to fortify it.
But what of emancipation with State
compensation ? I am opposed to it. Now,
1 do not want to be misunderstood, or
quoted as saying that if the State eman-
cipates she ought not to compensate or
to secure payment to the slaveowners
for their property thus destroyed; hut I
repeat it, I am opposed to emancipation
based on State compensation. Who de-
mands this destruction of forty millions
worth of property ? Not the people of the
State cf their own fret will, and moved by
reasons which convince their judgment. It
is dune to satisfy the demands of those who
administer the Federal Government, and is
founded upon a supposed benefit which is
to accrue to that Government. It is done
to advance the National cause, to estab-
lish the National authority, and to restore
the Union more speedily. Mr. Lincoln
indicates this very theory in his message to
Congress of March 6th, 1862. Speaking of
emancipation, he says: " The Federal Gov-
ernment would find its highest interest in
such a measure as one of the most efficient
means of self-preservation. The leaders of
the existing insurrection entertain the hope
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that this Government will ultimately be
forced to acknowledge the independence of
some part of the disaffected region, and
that all the slave States north of such part
will then say, ' The Union for which we
have struggled being already gone, we now
choose to go with the Southern section. '
To deprive them of this hope substantially
ends the rebellion; and the initiative of
emancipation completely deprives them of
it as to all the States initiating it. "
I cannot see the force of the reasoning
which leads the mind to this conclusion,
but conceding it for the purposes of the
argument, it follows that the Government
which is thereby so materially benefited by
the destruction of this property, should pay
for it.
I have before me the annexed table show-
ing what each county will receive, and what
each county will contribute towards paying
for the negroes made free, based upon State
compensation at the rate of three hundred
dollars a head. This shows that at this
rate of compensation it would involve the
State in a debt of $26, 156, 700, and then
only provide compensation for property
really worth, under the enforcement of the
laws which protect it, over $40, 000, 000.
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FIGURES FOR TAX-PAYERS.
A Calculation of what each County will Receive and Pay if State Compensation is Car-
ried; based at $300 a head for all Stares, according to the Census of 1860.
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No.
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COUNTIES.
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DEL.
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ASSESSMENT.
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RECEIVES.
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PAYS.
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BAL. RECE'D.
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BAL'CE PAID.
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Allegany Co
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5
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$8, 619, 522
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$199, 800
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$821, 292 42
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$621, 492 43
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Baltim're Co
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7
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20, 836, 209
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954, 600
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1, 985, 314 7)
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1, 030, 714 71
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Balto. City..
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11
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128 268, 669
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665, 400
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12, 216, 084 50
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11, 550, 684 50
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Carroll.......
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4
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9, 319, 461
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234, 900
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893, 702 14
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658, 802 14
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Cecil.........
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4
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7, 695, 511
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285, 000
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733, 250 04
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448. 250 04
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Frederick....
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1
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21, 361, 657
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972, 900
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2 035, 399 44
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1, 062, 499 44
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Harford.....
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4
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6, 569, 237
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540, 000
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'625, 935 67
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85. 935 67
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Washington
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6
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14, 061, 557
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430, 500
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1, 339, 842 45
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909, 342 44
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48
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$216, 731, 829
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14, 283, 100
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$20, 650, 821 37
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$16, 367, 721 37
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Anne Arun'l
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4
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$6, 112, 450
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$2, 199, 60°
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$582, 411 60
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$1, 617, 188 40
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Calvert......
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3
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1, 723, 791
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1, 382, 70°
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164, 247 69
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1, 218, 452 31
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Caroline.....
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3
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1, 992, 290
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221, 70°
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189, 831 02
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31, 868 98
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Charles......
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3
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2, 774, 129
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2. 895, 90°
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264, 326 85
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2, 631, 573 15
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Dorchester..
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4
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4, 269, 880
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1, 286, 900
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406, 846 24
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830, 053 76
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Howard.....
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3
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3, 843, 784
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858, 600
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366, 246 61
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492, 353 39
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Kent..........
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3
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4, 802, 222
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752, 700
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457, 569 29
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293, 130 81
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Montgom'ry
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3
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4, 718 388
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1, 626, 300
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449, 581 35
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1, 176, 718 65
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P. George's.
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4
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7, 015, 750
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3, 743, 700
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668, 480 49
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3, 075, 219 51
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Qu'n Anne's
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3
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4, 878, 539
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1, 252, 200
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464, 840 99
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787, 359 01
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Somerset....
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5
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4, 185, 725
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1, 526, 700
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398, 827 74
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1, 127, 872 29
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St. Mary's...
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3
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2, 465, 409
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1, 964, 700
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234, 911 14
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1, 729, 738 86
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Talbot.......
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3
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4, 726, 241
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1, 117. 500
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450, 358 19
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667, 141 81
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Worcester...
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4
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4, 275, 686
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1, 094, 400
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407, 399 46
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687, 000 54
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90
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$274, 516, 413
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$26, 156, 700
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$26, 156, 700
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$16, 367, 721 3. j
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$16, 367, 721 3?
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