Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-08-06

less EXPOSED than the labor Of the field,|
might be one, amongst the desirable al
tributes of system, which when de-
| eloped, appears to promise happy
Termination to the angry discussions
THAT have SO long divided mankind onl
the slave question. From the coloplal
Legislature, however, it is hopeless to ex-
pee, any regulations OF internal economy
such as those alluded to-. Composed OIL
The leading Planters. their Interests,
they maintain, are Numerically opposed
to concessions of Whatever nature until
they shall be reused to sense Ut their
! ia ,gea and convinced oftheir errors. IoI
| he mother country we must look tor thel
origin and accomplishment OF such
measures as may be ascerlained 10 bene-
fit a most valuable body, by whom all cul.
Itivation is performed, and, nearly all
trades and callings exercised--aitendedI
with as light sacrifice as possible on
1.-THE part Of those who hitherto have mo-
Inupolised all consideration, and been perl
miled exclusively to reap the benefits OF
the prevailing system.
! The substi ue proposed, in order to
supply the place OF slaves in new settle
ments, and 10 replenish the hands re-
Iquired in the old, is to be found in the
disposition of the Kroomer, Ga hardy race
Iof people in Africa, who come down from
1.-THE interior to work at Sierra Leone)
voluntarily to emigrate in search OF en-
|ployment, and in the hope gain. The
I|reports Of the London African insti'u-
llion, founded on the Information Of gen
tlemen long resident on the Western
! Coast of Africa, represent these people
las most laborious and interchangeable
/ class Of persons, performing all the Sc
! lyerer tolls about the different forts and
settlements, and contented with very
. moderate reward. They have been
,Iknown frequently to row fifteen miles on,
iIto sea and return perfectly satisfied if
eIthey earn leaf Of tobacco, by rendering
: any service to vessels on the coast. No
Unreasonable doubt can exist that, were a
S humber of these kroomer hired in the
(. first instance by contract, for FIVE or sever,
/, years, at stipulated rate, the West In
dia Islands would soon be fesorted to,
) Iunder due restrictions, by their country
0 linen, in numbers adequate to the demand;
n nor is it less likely that they would be in
|. clined to quit tnelr native shores than the
{ Maiays, the Hindoos or the Chinese, who,
Il under the denomination ofLascars, freely
engage themselves to the commanders
+ of East India shipping, to navigate yes
!. sels on an European voyage. We have
/. Experience of the fact of these kroomer
e removing 800 and 1000 miles from the
l. interior, down to the coast, in search OF
o hire and its reward Their fidelity and
!. Icompetence to hard labor are abundantly
e ltestifed 3D. ExperirA ent only is necessar :
10 e eseel teim the prsSticah;lity of in dao;n5
:. them freely, and OF their own accord, to
n enter into voluntary engagements to
o serve Tor limited period in the West
e Indies. AS some proof of this proiec,
; lbeing far from visionary, may be addnced
lie laso the TACT, OF no less that eight British
Il West India regiments; consisting wholly
!. iof black troops, having been raised and
/. lemboded in Africa 10 serve i'm the West
Z india islands. During period coeval
S. with the breaking out of the war between
n England and France mp to the presen,
a. lday, these day regiments, so remarkable
N or their good conduct on all occasions
a. have been recruited from Africa under
Is very circumstance of opposition from
Isl he slave dealers on the one hand, ant
the watchEul scrutiny of the aholitionist,
;. pi the slave trade on the other.
j.. It might he curious to enquire will
i. What feelings the slave on i; plantation
4 who cannot be said to be human being
,e Without thought, regarding the condition
4 u the more fortunate negro soldiers ir
i. 20 doing we cannot omit to arrive a
i. some degree OF approximation between
IN the relative situation end claims Of a bod,
i ! slaves. contrasted with those of bat
,vltalion of free men. The soldier is free
'nasmuch as price has rot been Sc
upon lbs head, iint restraint--sometime.
= severity fiat gue--priyation he is oblip
:, Ied patiently TO cndure-implicit ubedi
:, tnce to the will Of a superior officer, i
+, !. his hrst duty--neglect of it is attcnde.
- with punishment So far the soldier il
9 a slave: but ther he earns the wages o
: his calling, and honor is supposed to con
:, Isttnte portion of his reward. Not S,
:" with the slave. He knows no reward. Hi
J.; labor goes unreqnitcd--his body the pro
~ perty oil purchaser-but with son
:. equally acceptable to COP. How lon,
= shall such palpable injustice be permitte,
:, to exist! What exception to the gene
!. - raj title to remuneration, enjoyed by eacl
- laborlng individual in civilized society
=, =. shall be pleaded in bar of extension to til
!, unollending African? At time whel
=" Ithe abolition Of the trade in slaues i