The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-04


1908 s,s5o,soo 1854
1904, s,l2isoo l2f,s55
Report Of hbs committee APPOINTED On ID. 1873 of D.e.s
Der fsF, 70 1oSom zpeye 'cft,yed tie report Of Eie7
committee, on fbt letter IF Wm. II. Hanil6a, rad.
tbr l7.L February, 1904 a s7tm,y;,I of r.. Liz,
tivs council and Ro. Of Rp,.tntatses .rtte Indiana
fg.ni'"y and /t0srai esii'i0ns ana,y inSaEitaafs
effbeJiidfurit0ry.
REPORT.
ihe committee to whom were referred the reror, Of
aieica committee made on 9Th February so4 nm
aletter OF VIM. Henry Harrfon, Prefdsn, of con-
vention held At Vncennes in the Indiana territory
declaring the content Of the people of the faid TER
I"srY 10 iuiPeniion OF the 9th art of compact be-
tween the Y. States, and the fad people. alEo ~,
memorial and petition of the inhabitants of the
iaid territory alto on the petition of the I.riC
i've council and Houie of Representatives, of the
laid territory together with the petition of GER
tam Purchalers of land, fsttled and intending 70
ietie on that part OF the Indiana territory wen of
Ohio, and eait of the boundary line runn;po for
the mouth of Kentucky river ; and ON t,,o sn.n,o
rails from the inhabitants Of Randolph and S.
Clair, ''
REPORT.
ina having attentively coniidered the +, IS
hated in the fad petitions and memorials thew are o
opinon that qualified fufpeniou for iim,e ed rim.
OF the 9th article Of compact between the orpn,i
hates andthe people and Gates wet of the river Oh;
"ouia Dc beneficial to the people of the Indiana
territory The fupenfion of this article is an ,b;s
ainot universally defred in that TERRITORY. I, ~
pears to your committee to be uuef}ion .n,;-eiv
oiHerent from that between lavery and freedom in
airnueh as It would merely oeeaion the removal of
Perion already flaves, from one part of the country
20 another The good efiesis ofthis ufpenion, in ,h.
plt'en. nanee' would be to accelerate the popula.
q h1f 81 =
eratlon OF that article of compact; as flave hoId.r.
emsrating into the wefern country, MIGHT then in
eu'se any preference which they might feel for
iet,rment IN the Indiana Territory inaead of fe.k
as they ars now compelled to do fettlements in o.
ther itates or countries permitting the
OF 'ne haves ne condition of the laves themfelves
ouiu oe much ameliorated byit; as it is evident,
from experience, that the more they are f.p,ra, an,
dihuied, the more care and attention are blnu.d
On tnem by their matters each proprietor HAVING !,
IN MS power to increafe their comforts and con.
Vehienees IN proportion the fmallpefs of their
numbers. The dangers too (f any are to be appre.
eehoea) from 100 large black population exiting
=" a"y one iec'ion or country, would certainly be
very much dminiihed, ifnot entirely removed pn |
whether dangers be feared from tb;s fon,. -,
NOT is certainly an obvious dictate of found poI;ey
20 kuafo againt them, a, far as pofible IF tbis |
danger does exit there is any caufe TO aonrb.nd
IT, and our weltern brethren are not ONLY wiling
OUT deiiroas to aid us in taking precautions againa IL
m"u,i IL nor De wife to accept their afiilance We
their population nun always 70 far exceed any bi,cL
population which can ever exf in tina, eonn,rv A.
to render the idea Of dagger, from that fource CHI
nerita. ~
Your committee con6der the regulation contained
IN the ordinance for the government of the terrto
OF tfe onted States which requires freehold Of f,v
acres OF land, as qualification for an elettor Of ,h
general afIembly, limiting too much tbr e,sl3ins
ffanchiie Some retrieton, however, being unn.-
eehary, your committee conceive thar fefidence
continued long enough to evince determination IN
become permanent infabitant houd ep,i,I. a ,,o-
ion to the rights of fufrage. This probationary
period need not extend beyond twelve msrth,
me petition OF certain fettlers in the Indiana
terrory, praying TO be annexed to the rate of Ob;o
ought not, iii the opinion Of your COMMITTEE. to he
granted. ~ oe
IL appears to your committee that the diviGop Of
the 'diana territory, in the manner directed bv m.
order of 1877. and for which the people of Ran-
d1iPh and st. Cair have petitioned your horora-
o'e oooy, would be ineIpedient at this tinie The
people OIL the two iretiohs have lately entered into
the iecons grade OF government, the whole e.pepCe
OF which would fall OH the people of one feaior
u divlhop was now to be made Th;, in ,bs ~
pn'on oil your committee, would be neither rol;,;c
nor putt But although adivfon oftheterritorv ,t,er
nnPrsPerat slime, wethnk fhoudb be made AZ Co
S'e PoPuauoh III eitner lection has ncrealed In far n
| to entitle them TO form fate government. ,Ihs
petition which prsys that fuch government n,,v
DC formed. oy uniting the two feGions as roop ..
their inhabitants mall have augmented 70 far as IN
thoriie It, your committee conceive ought nor IN he
granted territory, when once erected into
| Rate, cannot be divided or difrnemb.red ,;,Lo,,.
its own content The formation, Therefore. Of 80
Rates out OF this territory, originally intended bv b
ordinance OF 1857 could CONFERENCE.-The be egs
ted II the two iettiuns were once permi,ted m e.
one rate, without the content Of that 0ate bouscr
neeeiary the extent and population Of tina, terror,
might render fuch diviGon
After attentively confderng the various obet de-.
| bred 10 the memorial and petitions, the commit.
respectfully fubmt to the heuie the following refoa-
tons. ~
ia Rsf'Ivrd that the 9th article of the ordi,a,,.
Of I7S7, which prohibit Havery within The Jnd;srs
territory be fnPended for years, 70 as,o pern,,
the introduction Of 1aves, born within the Z, f,o.,
| any Of the individual Rates
| "a EsfoiOrd, That every white freeman of ,bs
age OF III years who has refded within the ,e,r,orv
twelve months, aad within the county IN which r.,
claims vote flH months Immediately preceding The
eIeSlioo, ha enjoy the rights Ofan elsor Of he ge
nefal afernbIY.
Sd R9Sit'd, That the petition If certain fe,le,s .,
me Indiana territory praying he annexed TO the
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