Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1800-10-14
RICHMOND:
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Tassday. o9obsr ~, 1900.
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SIR.
HAVING feen an exsrza from, vonr
paper 10 the Petersburg intelligence, eni.
tied, " Negro Stealing in which find
mytep enroi'ed and deeming the purchaie
OF Slack People, where man comes f,irly
and legally by thcm. az fulIic;-atiy deroga-
tory, without the annexed infsmy of aesling
then. | beg leave to Gate few faas in
reply TO your publication. You m.ation
that :" when Mr.. Drew BRING home he-
man cargo, lie does not expofe the people
near iowa: He pulhes his beat or coop
iato creek THAI runs from hi corn piauta.
tion 90 James River. There his cutoners
from North Carolina reiort, aud bargain
I with hn IN PrivacS and lecurity " Strange
aisruono wonderful lies In lieu Of nv ron
mag my people up creek, to avoid landing
them nea: town, | Go pointcdiy aEerl
thai never landed nsgro az any other
place in the whole coYrfe Of my fpecuiatjon.
{ except IN town, and that in the mott public
manner. And Cor an impartial ruth on his
( lu5iect, / appeal 10 the citizens of Sniih-
Geld. And HEREBY offer reward of Five
Hundred Dollar, 10 any perron who can
/ prove THAI ever iandei haels negro
brought from the northward, except in a
town, and that N public manner. Aad
a. 10 my boat running up a creek leading 10
my plantation, SC. this ALTO uloIt palpable
faltity---for the uighe9 navigation 10 my
plan,stJon 10 that at Sni,h6ell, whicl is TX
and Sweuty milsE. Bug the mott important
accuIaiioH sgs'n raeis tilst Of my own con
te',on Go my acquain spce. 81 That all The
iiives [ sriug here are frec--fo You mud
I maze GGn- of them" Strange hypothefis,
that the Gaanc n-groes ihoald be ali G4sss
and AZ free. But the n-aring Of the puDli-
cation iuppo c, was shat al the negroes
brought By rae froFu tEs- nov lGssrd, were
free and hsi had is,5n iAhua.sa, nnde.-
handed ruaGrer. aolen thea. THAT Euch
wa the meaning 81 the piece, or the idea il
! intended 10 COW :, have ~ don5i, frop,
che title OF the addrefa. "Ne.ro stealing 81
I Now Z appeal ia Tie frt inasnce to an la
partial puoiic, it il be poii35ie that fvch a
deciars,ioa could have been made by ME.
| And mutt moreover. call on the candor
lof di(iGtereaed public to decide, If II be
5cihs., Tor any indivllual 80 go ia he north.
ward, Tor in&ance, 20 ,he town az Baiil-
more 'Sl=ie Real cargo OF fr-e people,
bring them 20 'his fac, publicly land, and
paoi'eiy ieil hem, then ie;ura to he fame
plsrc, prriue the fsTae coaGnet for two o'
.nree Yeari, and no tr be mate Such
then IS the improbe6il o this accuia,ioa
! sgaaA ms; he1aufe The publication fa;es
ihsi nave ftequendy orough large 81 go.s
from the ner;hwar,i, a,,d Sy nv own ,on-
tcilon hey are 81! frcs.-- 81, ttc iatt u,
( the iuiormer Of th's ecdote { ( any, "a an
infamous lar, aad seiigaigg icoundiei. And
call upon ,he magittrs,e Tor the name OF
hiS informant, TO enable me he more fully
TO expofe caiomey spd iaiiehood. Eos &c
| Glaze 10 The s1gid have never borrowed
inch fum as $50 do,lsrs ofEny perfSn.
wlio'eyen mentioned negroes, mach les was
| foiieited to furpi!h negroes IN payment.
| recolieet on csrs ain occSiion 70 hsve hscn
favored by "a acquaintance With Toco dol
| lars, and Thar at the timc OF ny recei-ing
this money, tie lsnder meotiouei he ih0uid
be glad 70 ge; isdor two My reply ws1,
,hst i, would be orr OF my power TO loppy
hiu., becanie the llaves whic1 b;oeght
rom The uortbwlrd, it Told 20 remsp in ti6s
ss,e, were, by an aa Of oui ahembly, end-
| led 10 their freedom after twelve moaths &c
| Gdence. Thus, | truil il appsar; sefed
with PROPHECY as TO ny acq1.'nraac-, who
might have been igaorant. IS TO the act Ct
aGemhiy, and willi Prudence in sspiding a
violation Of our at Of aaeaabiy, vhich sss
intep4 I'D - preven. ar increale Of ucgrocs
IA this commonwealth.
p. DREW.
Southampton, oa. s, 1900.