The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-11-10

eithtr the black people ihould f)t be 1
emancipared az all, or thar they hould
have track ofiand ALIGNED to them.
ieiVes ina ieoueitercd parr Of tie con-
rlnent, where they might live il their
own way, without ihterrnaxing WITH the
whites. Ii this were found impntica-
bic, ehey might DC lent TO the Wet In
dies, ander the guarantee OF The French
Or b7uIa governments that they Mould
DC treated with humanity and permitted
70 ENJOY their freedom. IF MIR. ]effer-
ION had kept any fort oflermS with. The
tirtt confui, if his editors had rot 70
warmly reNiled the ilnparion Of Bao-
napart.s'f they had not recommended
the murcIer of that uhconlmon and lupe-
rlor mans the new Ffcrch cftabNhment
at The mouth OF the Mifig7ippi might
have formed an suspicious a1Y!lm for
tfls ciafs of people. Provitions viii
be cheap, and iabour dear The foil is,
i'll general very fertile and the climate
being warmer than thar q chs fate,
would agree very wea with thc conlti-
tuition OF a black perlon.
In the mean sine, what are vic 70
think ofthe political ioreiight Of our
iecrerary Of fate, thar father Of the do
nation Of The north Weitcrn Yerriioryps
We have formerly quoted his report
70 Nongre!s concerning the lait cenius.
By chs report, Mr., Madifon appears TO
conilder fhat The multiplication o, free
he5r5cs ana mplatrocs is u tclirable OBJ
Ictt. We with 70 know whether here
IS one farmer our of forty in the com
monweaith, Wtr0 does noe conlider this
plan as. an ob)ett Of alarm. What is,
tie common proceis of emancipation? A
Fressa@'f, rs ioon as he is his own matter,
narrles the female llave otfome farmer.
tic Cannot well be prevented from re-
siding wiyh his wife She feeds him
gfHf'5, and from being an uietulmenber
OF iociety, he links into dilIipation, la
zneis and theft, To this, as 70 all
remarks of a general nature, there. are
various exceptions. But in large ma
ority of initahces, the picture IS or
rect. AS an iiluftTaticn Of the bufinsfs,
VIZ ihaii prelent the reader with func
part of the hiftory of one Of thele joz5 of
as we had it from an eminent
end Intelligent citizen ofVirginia.
There was black man in one ofthe
norm weitern counties ofthis fate, who
had always been remarkably we'll be-
haVed. He had never received perhaps
even Jingle freSe from an overietr.
His matter died, and left him Eree. Et
was bur ihort time after this, when he
found himleIf in the county iail. BE
ient for the gentleman from whom We
had the particulars; and who had known
HIM formerly. when a fave. Ar re
pr''oner's earneif requeft, this oentieunn
became his fecurity for good behaviour,
and ADVANCED, five miHake NOT, a i'm
OF money TO geC hun out Of iail. The
iiiue oftte matter was that the ne,rc,
bound hlmlelfto lerye his deJiyerer hr
twoyears, Or jome 1uch term; for We
did NOT make written memorandum
OF the particulars. fIe went 70 work:
but the .genj25 IF s1sancfpaA6g, as CIR
rant or Patrick Henry calls il, besan
to break out and the overiecr iafornrd
the gentleman that it would be neeen:rv
70 fgg 65@. The gentleman was cong
from home, and was TO be abfcnt or
ieVeral months, He ienf for the fellog,
and addre6ed him .o this effect. /" Y,u
" fancy that you are nor my fave. YOU
&C have refulrd to obey my overleer. IF
p" there IS another wordo this, you lnlI
&c be tied Zip infantly, IF you difob,v
C my overfeer, he lhaIl Cog you, juR IS,
" ltyon had always been a fave" Tie
fellow went back TO his work and dur
ing the term Of his feryice, his behavior
was without exception. He was tie