The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-08

~ Our black population feems moreover to be tho
principal obac'e to the plan of education pro.
Poied many years ago, by the conutee of rev;iors.
and to that proPoied by al ad of AiIembly in 1886
! (O How many of Our fellow citizens. have duIv
sonildered the 18th Query in the Notes ON Virginia
hough our faith may forbid us to eonGder as meta.
Pho''ca' the Mefaic account of the plaques irfSf-
ca on tine Egyptians, when "they would not let the
children OF lirae co., yet in that fenfe they may be
very ioreio aPpied to rePrefent the evils neceari-
~ attendant on domefiic navery: and the deflruaion
ct the irl-born of the Egyptians, and the fpoiiny
them OF their jewels and garments, is emphatieaIv
descriptive OF the fcenes produced by powerful rae.
OF iaves recurg themelses with violence from their
, opprefors.
(3) By Mr.. Smith, member from wythe.
(D It is fated in the fpeech of the eentlenaH
from Wythe, that the lal Genius ffewed the pum-
Der OF tie people OF color, uthe eaernditro of y;rg
20 oe greater thar the number of whites The wri-
ter had drawn different eoncuion from the Ian GEN.
fus - -''' S''A-
l1) Inc a.semptt to execute them is without its
mhehef. White perfons+ have been uunee eiIar;lv
moletedj and while families, in the dead Of n;ybt.
, have been frequently alarmed and infnted by COM
panea ct patrols whole infoxication rendered then,
unit for any thing but mitchell This has fire quentv
gwen re to contention and Irrigation negh5ors
(6) In many parts ofthe fate, nothing in a man.,
private conduct renders him more unpopular than
mutual feverty to his Aaves.
W May we be defended from fuch hotrid expedi.
ems as that ATTEMPTED to he praSfed by the Egyp-
ans towards the raeltes, thro' the means of their
midwives and that OF the A,,bljeQds Of the Lace.
denonans againf their I1elots.
(s) This is 70 much the cafe at prefen, ria, ~.
news at any remarkable event in a neighborhood
Where there are many Gaves generally has the moit
rapid circulation anlongR them,
w In the propoied condition many of then, would
acquire snowledge Of letters; and this il may be-
Co..
fpraees.
co) The fear that this flep ~onld produce conn.
ferSa,ling neaures by other ifates is no, fffccnr
objection to it. The new dates. who principally
receive me emigration amonga u.s. are roo anxious
to increae their population and find faves TOO ufe-
ul in turning their woods fields 20 have ourle
70 iuch counterfeit on-It feers d1icnlt to account
Tor the policy Of the fouhern member. of conerefs
II they voed for thofe parts cf fome of the ordnan-
ces Tor the government of our weiern territory,
which prohibited the exifenee of svery, even if the
ilaves were the natives Of other Rates
ND TIE writer cannot forbear 70 notice, in This
place, the fevere blow which has been given TO tn.
feelings OF the republicans n the United States and
rerh7ps throughout the world, by the late conduct
OF s. Carolina on this fnbie6f. At the n,o,rent whea
me friends OF throughout the union we're ex-
ntng in the p'endd fuccels of their exertion in f-
vonr Of principles which they deem precious and
facred, and which had lately been brought into ieopgr.
DIV by the weakness ar treachery of thofe who lad
been appointed to guard and defend them, and when
confident otthe fecurty of the public liberty, ,hey
were turning TO the contemplation and Improvement
OF their own donetc policy, this retro9rade nove-
ment in the practice of liberty by the intabar,s ce
iiiser fate, has JULY excited the deepef aioniih-
inent and chaprin. Blinded and natuated Nv excec-
five erpidty, BY the nur aera fasvrs they are VINO.
inc the means of their weakpeTs and dehi!ity."
aud haten'ne IN become inextricably en,anq'ed in
No nD,y,ltr at.I C~II e ~
let's and a indufry. they Towing the feeds Of
their own wretchednefs. ard garnering up an nberi-
tan { Of woes for their poferity. Let them anfyxer
for this deed to their condolences and to their country
The infamous department Of the French Con.
| IN IN Alexandria TO our relehra. ed Courtrvn,n
Eaton, mutt excite the juft Indignation Of everv
civilized nation. May it not go FAR TO account
tor his 'iIheral conduct to eon;efnre that this
courfe had been already prefen'ed TO him hv
:. the government of France, which might have
even formed The extraordinary project Of nego-
ciatDg befzueen and the Bafhaw of Tripoli.
and receiving hapdfome aoneeu, for its diGn.
| terefted fervices
! We have not yet underfocd the refrlt Of Mr..
Monroe's remembrance 10 the Britih Cabinet
refpeef'ug the late decifon of the Court of An
peals IN the cafe of the ETex. Should that re-
monitrance, contrary to our own expectations
and the real interets Of orr country. be upfor
tunafely reieaed, we fhalI conceive 1t to he our
duty to enter into an inveftiestion ofthe various
remedies, which is within the power. and NAV
ne he ->''cy of our government to adopt. We
! Gia'i publh extrae's from Barlow's letters TO
the people ofthe U. s. MIR. Madlfon's celebra-
ted fpeech and refolutons in %, with feverat
other diiitrtations on the fame fubie6t. At pre-
fent we cannot but exprefsit az orr mon dec i'd
ed conctuion, from the ffets ~hich are Already
J prefent to our mind. that nothing iron of the
/, mon rigorous commercial reHri7isnt, ar the r.
. qnefratioa Of 6ebt5, can politely bring the Bril-
Tin Cabinet to proper fenfe of their duties T.
our own rights.
, The celebrated match between Mr.. Ball,s
f'orlzel and Mr.. Tayloe's Peace-M ker. which,
has occaiioned az much convcrfation as any
other race that ever was eontefte,i in the u. 8.
and on which fcarcely lefs than 80 600 dollars
could have ventured, wastun yefterday over the
Broad Rock Courfe. The firt heat was run in
about IN. s 3. the la1 in m. is s. Forizel
gained both heats.