Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-08

dread OF being punished by them.
lihe Proclamation. directs the r,i'itsrv
to protect innocent persons. particula,lv
! women and children. and oli',rs q rec r, r.
don to all STAY IS who shall within i've. t,avs
iron the date thereof, deliver themselves
up, or rrturn TO their oNners)
II having been deemei advisable ~ az
| quaint His Excei'encj Governor Sir Ja,res
Lelth, q. &. b. Of tta Sat, os the Country
an E&pres, W IS mt TO Sut.!-l uDe ON lie
| io~h ms. ard Ills Excelie ,cy l,s, mn
| .ime IN procee'liag hith L. havi0g arrived
| On the 24th, IN French schooner OF war
that happened to be 1T that Island. re
| Governor has since thought Ii To circniate.
the following Address, which, it IS 10 BE
hoped, viii entirely renew those erronc-
ons impressions win ii appear to have been
MADE on tAe minds of great proportion
OF the slaves, by suine design no pe,Sons
WHO have art;ully entleaynured to rlislc.J
thsm frorn tie PIT ot day. By nisrepre-
seutalcnS which are Is ridiculous in III r.
con ept on, as they are false ...the:r tenor.
I'm -AddrcSs TO the S2a1e Peaukzfiou or
fhe Island IF Earbadoes.
1t appearing that the ! te msur-ertinn
OF the Slaves in the parishes Of st Philin.
st. George, Christ Church, and ST Tobn
was principally caused by the nisrcprescn.
tation and instigation of i'll disposed per.
sons, who have b en- sndeavourius 10 in.
duce belief, that the slaves wee 7c,,,-
ally made free. but n the manu- q,issions
were iwpropery Withheld from hem: y
think 1t my day at QUO q, to remove an
misconceptions on subject OF so great
import tnye tor the tr nquii t. Of THIS 10.
NY, and Tor the well-be.ng OF the slaves
themselves.
do not mean to eater into the or;rin
and nature Of slavery, forth than O. NJ
vent you from enormously supposing, that
bondage Is your particular aad exclusive
let.
Slavery S not he Institution Of anv mar
tcuiar colour, age Or c,untry-it has ever
c7:ists., an.i dos stll szis. aincny v,b,t.
as well IS black men, in every Quarter cf
the erin. That ths blacks OF Aria have
c2u7ieHa" ed slavery, AMI, with the
Wits have been its JOINT authors in the
VS. Indies. IS fact personally known 10
ID OF You who have cnme from Africa
under the compu!nve trinsf'rof your per-
sons y your own un.rymen, by whom go,
were'h Id in bondage n your native l,nS
md were there sposei of as slaves
mat cur humane and equitable SOVEREIGN
ana the British n tin, disapproye of the
traffic in slaves from Africk. I, know, -.
Ill as well as that II has corseou4ntI,,
been prohibited by the law, and has lone
ccas 4. 05
II iscqua1ya fact, that the black people
Of At,i "a still continue IN slavery, not onlv
among thems sc YES, but that they daily bar
ter their fellows Of every age and seq, to
any person who chooses to buy Them.
while Great Britain alone cxerts her now
er to prevent an increase Of slavery, and 70
render those who are now usavcilabv in
that srate, every practi. b G service Which
ben Violence suggests. Bat tie most wise
and jdst mcn-ihs most hrmane and zea-
iOus adyo ates OF the abolition Of the slave
trade, who possess pra ticsl tnowIcdge.
and the most sincere friends f those WHO
are actually in slavery, have considered
their emancipation lex opt IN par,jcul,r
cases, as the reward of fidelity and GOOD
conduct) to be morally impracti, able Wbe-
Their such a III assure shcu,l regard the
good order OF the community at / rye. or
the well being Of the general y of tie slaves
themselves.
What would be the fsie If TIE old ,bs
infrin, the sick, the helpless children and
a large proportion of YOUR whole BODY who
have been brought to dep nd entirely mon
your masters for your subsistence, & from
that circumstance, rs wei rs from tbe
want Of knowledge IS artifcers, and in n
ther resp cts. would he i;t, bic To ,,o-
vide for your wants, If a rash M sue of
general emancipation were at once 60 throCI
the mass OF the Slave popu alton iI.;o a rev
state IF society, under The Eattsrifp but
{ lacons name Of freedo.,, in re9l,t,-
however, present NJ ony lie dangers Of
general disorder, and pro 'uring X ept 10
q iew) the TEiscri S of confusion and want
leading to the commission of crimes and RI
the absolute su5versi n Of pubic or,;er and
tranquility! After c,ntemplatine 81, h
danger to the Community. It's not ,,eceesa-
ry u 81 into the orig II end natare Of sIaye.
~, ia order 70 decide On TIE impracticabi-.
lity Of It's abolition where it act;iti.e exiqte
exccp ing by Il wise aud urrar;rtiue- sve-
tenn Of characterization, by which IL v n era
duolly produce lis own reformation. Pv
such me rs clone, and rot ~ tie stteu.nt
Of 4 sh and destructive convulsion. has
slavery imperc ptibiy, s'fely, and hanpjlv
changed, III every country where il had e.
yer exist &, bit has now ceased. from ~.
beg .nrirg of the world TO the present time
have iearhed that general bel # had
been mischievousiy proparated rrnsoest
you. that l WAS III poss ssion 81 your mann.
1issiors, and that my return to Barbaloce
would have put you in rossss ion Of your
Freedom. Z can solsmnly assure you. that
my arrival mas been che Of the most min
ful periods OF my lie; when in perform.
INK my duty, ] have uot only haa 20 inform,
you cf the cruel d option, which the enc
mics of the state, and stiH more, your own
bitter focs. have practsed on both, but to